Second YL Club

Our second club was great last night! We had a smaller group, but some new faces! The North Bay skit to sell the weekend went really great(thanks to Billy Brown and Taylor Robinette) and we had our camo T-shirts for the weekend done which looked great.

I did the talk and I think it went well. It got good feedback from kids and the other leaders.

I talked about belonging and how we want to be thought about. I used Facebook as an example of something we do to feel a part of something and to be thought about. At the end I tried to tie it together by saying something like, we are all being invited to follow Jesus just like he invited Levi. We are content with just scraping by with Facebook friend requests when the greatest invitation of all time is awaiting us! This great adventure and life with Christ is better than anything you got going. Then I said when you go home tonight and get on Facebook and see your friend requests, I would just ask you to think about the fact that Jesus Christ, the creator of the world and of YOU, is requesting you to be with him. What do you say?

Thank you so much for praying for it! Also, we got another North Bay deposit in!!! Myles Stanley, who is the man!

You are the greatest team I could ever ask for. Thanks a ton for your support and faithful prayers.

One down, hundreds to go!

We had our first club of the year at Westminster High School last Wednesday!!

Westminster had a few clubs last spring and it kind of tapered off, and kids ended up going to South Carroll's club. This year kids are so excited to have their own club!

Last week about 35 kids were there. It was so awesome! We did the dizzy bat game which is always a winner, and songs went so well! Kids sang loud, and our Campaigner kids did such an awesome job loving their friends and leading by example to bring the energy level of club up.

There were some new faces there, a few of which were on the list of names we pray for every week at Campaigners. The quarterback and offensive lineman on the varsity football team showed up which was awesome!

It was such a blast. The perfect house for it at Billy Browns house, who invited so many people and now many of his friends are interested in North Bay! The club was a perfect momentum builder for the semester.

I did the talk and I think it went well. It was an intro talk and then I talked a little about Jesus healing the man with leprosy. It got good feedback thankfully.

We have our second club tonight! I am giving the talk again about Jesus calling Matthew. I'm going to try to stress the feeling of belonging that everyone wants and that Jesus offers. I will also talk about a relationship with Jesus being better than anything they've got going.

Please pray for tonight! That club would be so much like heaven we would have to stop and just say ,"wow!" Also that it would be so fun and life giving that kids would fully think and know that no man could put something together like this. And please pray that kids would sign up for North Bay. Our goal is 60 kids, but we are extremely short of this. That's okay, but we just want to get a good base of relationships throughout the schools.

Finally please pray that kids would meet Christ.

Thank you so much for you support! This would not be possible without you! I will be with kids tonight, loving them, encouraging them and talking to them about Christ, thinking about you guys being with me there, because you are my partner in this.

Campaigners and North Bay

The other night we had Campaigners and it was rockin! A lot of kids have been coming which is great and I bought a Dry Erase Board which has been solid.

Here are some pictures from the other night!





We also have North Bay coming up. We set a goal as a team to take 60 kids to Fall Weekend, and we have a lot of kids that want to go, but no one signed up yet. Please pray that kids would make it onto the sign up sheet and deposits would come in. This could be a HUGE momentum builder!









Thanks supporters!

Carroll County is about to blow!

Hey partners, teammates, supporters and friends!

Sorry it's been a little while. As the title of this blog suggests, I have quickly learned that Carroll County Young Life has potential to soon erupt to the degree of nuclear proportions.

The other night we had Campaigners and as I have been getting to know the kids I am quickly learning that these kids have such an incredible heart for the Lord! One of them Billy Brown(to the right) has one of the biggest hearts for the Lord I have ever witnessed. While we were talking about some of his friends he has been inviting he said the following. "I invite the guys every week, but they always have an excuse or they will say, 'yea I will come next week,' but they never do." Then Billy said the following and the look on his face was pure compassion and love for his friends, "I just tell them like...please come....please. Just for me come once!" I immediately wondered if I have ever had a passion this great for anyone to come to hear about Christ. By the way Billy is a sophomore at Westminster.

Billy isn't alone either, Aaron Carback has introduced me to the entire Cross County team and is so full of life it's hard to imagine why everyone doesn't just follow him everywhere he goes. Taylor Robinette goes to McDonogh high school and is so sold out for his friends to meet Christ it's ridiculous. Craig Bowen is on the basketball team at Winters Mill and knows everyone in the school, literally. Miles, Nate and Travis are all getting to know some of the kids in Campaigners and are going to be used by Christ in a HUGE way! And these are just some of the guys that show up to Campaigners every week.

Thank you for you prayers! Please pray that our team (to the left) is brought to a deeper place in Christ and that we would be able to love kids limitlessly without fear and unashamed. Please pray that we would know when to start club. We have been getting up to the school and games a lot and we have met so many kids it's awesome! Please pray that we would be able to take 60 kids to North Bay on November 6th-8th (this is out goal and prayer).


Thank you so much supporters! I could not do this without you. Your prayers and support are making this happen! You truly are teammates with me.