Teaching Series: Collide – Our monthly combined MS/HS worship experience
Theme: Graduation
Attendance: 300
First Time Guests: 12
Volunteers: 30
Length of service: 90 minutes
Breakdown: We definately learned our lesson from the last Collide. We kept it simple and focused on worship and experiencing God. The band was on point last night with breakout performances from Kristin and Shayla. Brooke Overholt made a guest appearance and they team did a Barlow Girl number that was quite impressive. A highlight was the time of communion, seeing 300 come up for communion is a sight that never gets old. We had 2 graduates share from their heart, Andrew wrote a rap for the group that was incredible and Katie shared a sobering poem to encourage the younger kids to learn from their mistakes and lean on God. It was a special night and a good night.
Frustration: after the service we had a couple of guys get in a fight. I lost my cool after one of them threatened to go get a gun. Had to expel 3 kids from the program. That is necessary but hurts deeply.
Sean Rheaume 