Parents update for 3/3/10

// March 4th, 2010 // Youth News

Tonight we continued our series on the movie To Save a Life. The purpose of the night was to empower students to meet their peers in their hurt and to help others rewrite their stories based on how God sees them. We began the session tonight with Jason directing the youth in making a human thunderstorm, (sorry if you were down stairs) it sounded really cool. Next Jason gave a update on his Darfur diet challenge and gave a little more history of what has been going on in the region.

The game tonight was a challenge between family groups. Each group had a list of 25 tasks they had to complete. All the tasks were either impossible, very hard, or no fun to do with out other people. The point was to show the youth that they were made by God to help one another.

Next we watched a video clip from the movie To Save a Life where Jake gives up his dreams to help Amy and to show her that she is not alone. We then watched another clip called got service. In this clip, a man is able to see how everyone is hurting because labels show up saying how they are hurting. At the end of the clip he does something to help one of the hurting people.

We then had the privilege of Jeremy Creasy sharing his story followed by an activity based on the movie clip. Each of the youth put a paper on their chest that was a tagline of something they dislike about themselves or that they are struggling with. Then each of the youth went around and wrote new tag lines on another piece of paper on their back. The goal was to show they youth that they need each other and that they can help each other.

We then had family group time where we talked about what they had just experienced. Jason then told the story of Margaret who at a young age had been insulted by her entire class and how 30 years later a councilor helped her realize that Jesus will always be there for her and be kind to her. He then told the story of Zaccheaus and how Jesus had inspired him to change.

We concluded the night with prayer and singing a song. Once again the youth were given the opportunity to take a challenge card (and remember if they took it the committed to doing it during this week) and also to write notes of encouragement to each other.

Next weeks purpose is to show that God can actually use our small acts of service for the hurting and lonely to save peoples lives and change the world.

Jason will be spending a couple of days this week in solitude praying and figuring out what the next step is for Ignite when this series done. Please pray for him and that God will guide him.  Also it is Jason’s birthday on Saturday so make sure you wish him a happy birthday.

-Geoffrey Bazuin-