For months now, the students in the Middle School Ministry have been clamoring for an all-nighter. Realizing this would be near suicide for myself and my fellow leaders, I had always declined the option, seeking instead to have other events (see: Rocky Point Camping Trip).
However, the students were incessant with their pleas and on Friday their wish, and my nightmare, came true. Truth be told, the night was actually a lot of fun. We had a lot of leader support in addition to some adult/college types who came to see what the MSM is all about. I was anticipating about 20-25 students. 39 showed up! By far the most we have had at an MSM event. It was super encouraging/overwhelming.
We went to Boomer's (mini-golf/go-carts) and did a digital camera scavenger hunt. Dan Gillette, Charlie, Pati, and Greg did an upbeat set of worship songs at 2am. It was really great to see all of the kids sining and having fun. The students drank soda and Rockstars like water. Not a single student or leader slept a wink.
We walked to Denny's in the morning from the church only to find that the restaurant was full. We then decided to invade Burger King, which went surprisingly well considering we had 50 people. God has really done a lot in the ministry and I am fortunate that he has allowed it to grow so much and has provided such strong leadership. Much love to all that helped with the event. Lets pray we only have to do one of these a year.
5 comments:
Man, that last picture is awesome!
glad to hear it went so well. 39 students is awesome!
Wow the turnout was AMAZING! Hopefully that brought in more students for the upcoming year. I miss all those crazy kids. Be good to them Dan.
funny thing...i wrote that it was fun to see the kids "sining" whereas i meant to write singing. my bad.
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