Serving God

Unbound student ministries has been characterized largely by student led worship for the past 5 years. As students step forward with musical ability and leadership skills I see true transformation in front of my eyes. I have been so excited to see the students gain a true understanding for what it means to worship God.

We have a number of students involved in children's ministry in some capacity (Awana, Sunday School, Child Care, Kidzville Worship, etc). I have been so excited to see this number rise to almost 25 high school students involved in children's ministry. The students are understanding more and more the need that they have to be involved in furthering God's work through his church.

In the past year we've had 6 young men share truth from God's Word. Whether these young men aspire to be teachers or preachers is irrelevant. They are grasping key parts of God's Word and communicating that to their peers and in doing that I have seen immense growth and challenge. I am excited to see what God is doing in these students and I can't wait to see how he will use many of these young men and women to further his work in the future-should the Lord delay his return.

We also have 6 high school students participating on Junior High staff. They are putting gifts into practice by weekly leading small groups, games, teaching, helping with worship, and planning events. These students are a key part of the middle school ministry and they have developed amazing relationships with the kids in that program.

As parents and youth workers I would love to know what qualities you've seen in your kids or in these students that could be put into use for the student ministries and for the church ministries as a whole. We can't continue to think of them as "the church of the future" because I'm starting to see that they are the church of right now. All praise, glory and honor to God.