Almost Midnight Breakfast

Not pictured:  3 delicious breakfast casseroles.

Tonight was PCF's annual Almost Midnight Breakfast, where we "pass the torch" from the old leaders to the new leaders.  It's a night of breakfast casseroles (yum!), hanging out, and grouping together with our leadership teams.  We share a little of the people who have impacted our lives this year, rejoice in what God has done, and excitedly look forward into what God will do next year.

This is also an exciting night because it's the first time next year's ministry teams meet up.  The Justice Team I'll be staff liaison for listened as Shannon and Andrew shared their stories and lessons learned from this year.  They challenged us to listen for stories, love people, seek our basis in scripture, and pursue what God has called us instead of being overwhelmed by the injustice in the world.

I am excited for next year.  It was exciting simply to look around the room and eavesdrop on this year's leaders share their experiences, to imagine what next year will look like.  Specifically with Justice Team, I am excited that each student on the team wants to be there, and they come with their own passions and insights.  God has "imprinted" justice on their hearts in some sort of way, and they desire to live it out.

We have some hardcore homework assignments for the summer, including reading Practical Justice, volunteering at a soup kitchen/child program/homeless shelter/etc., reading the newspaper, and calling up our J-Team partner weekly.  But this is like the farmer tilling the soil, breaking it, softening it so it'll be ready for next year's crop.

Current and next year's leaders!

If you want to be in prayer for the leaders I'll be working with next year, the students I will be in close contact with are my small group co-leader Nathan H and Justice Team members Nic C, Julie G, Christine H,  Colin M, and Kyle S.