New Castle Christian Church Youth Group

To remain young, I would say the best way is to spend time with the young or at least the young at heart. This semester I have been working with a middle school/high school youth group in New Castle, KY. (where I was born!!) This past weekend we had our first lock in since I've been helping out. We had fifty some kids go which is absolutely amazing. We took them snow tubing first and then brought them back to church for the rest of the night.

This lock-in was exactly what I needed to establish better relationships with the kids, even though health wise I probably should have rested (I was sick for the days leading up to the event :( ) I taught the kids the quality game of full contact spoons and tried to teach them silent football but realized it was much too late or early in the morning to attempt it. I think around 3 o'clock in the morning I taught Sarah (the girl in the photo with me) my wonderful kinematic jokes... ie "what is this 'w'? ...a dead one of these 'm'.. of course these jokes work best in person and under sleep deprivation. Sarah and I could not stop laughing.

I love working with the youth. There are several moments when I feel like I'm just not being effective.. but then there are moments and there are students that remind me that I am making a difference.