The Leading Meeting

SummerShine Leadership weekend was great! Not only was it informative, but we had a great time meeting new people & other leaders. We got a lot of insight from those who have done this before and it helped to boost our confidence in heading into this summer. A special thanks to Pete & Cheryl who took us into their home and made us feel welcome! As we met different people this past weekend my mind went to the scripture in Hebrews 10:25 that says, "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." We hear this preached in sermons to stress the importance of going to church. That is true! Also, God gives us direction to "not give up meeting together" so that we can build relationships! What is the importance of relationships? Why must we strive for them? I believe so that we can gain strength for our walk with Christ. The Bible says, "...a cord of three strands is not quickly broken" Ecclesiastes 4:12. We will certainly be building relationships this summer, but why wait? Why not start now? Every opportunity that we have to build positive, Godly relationships should be acted on! We must learn to take advantage of the opportunities given to us. The relationships we build today, could be adding strands to that cord...making it extremely difficult to be broken!

~Jason

Preparing for a Summer of Excellence

Hey staffers,

This is your AD, Jason. Wow, can you believe that the summer is only 9 weeks away? Hannah and I are so excited to share Christ with a great staff & the campers we will be meeting this year! I am also excited about our preparation. As we prepare for this summer we must know this: Pray...Prepare...Peak!!! That's my motto over the next 2 months as we prepare to share God's love with people this summer. We follow this exactly how it is written. First we pray! The scripture tells us in 2 Chronicles 7:14 that "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." The verse starts off with IF...that's a big word! It implies that we have a job to do. As we prepare we must prepare for excellence. I believe that God is a God of excellence and requires that we serve Him with excellence! The only way to do that is to pray. Then we must Prepare...again we see in the same scripture that we must seek him. This is preparing!!! Seeking Him is preparing for Him to work. So what's next??? Peak...I don't need to spend much time on this. Why? Because once we have prayed & prepared, then we simply watch God move! So as you prepare remember this...We must pray & prepare for what God is going to do, then let God show up & show off...That is when everything will PEAK!