Pray for our youth

This one won't be long.

09.09.09. Remember this date (it's not hard). This is our youth kick-off - "Gower Wars (Return of the Tribes)" - an evening of dressing up as a school tribe you're not usually part of, and generally having fun. This event needs to be covered with prayer...that our Sovereign God would lead the teens who are hungry and thirsty for truth and relationship to this event. That the Holy Spirit would be present and moving throughout this event.
16.09.09. The beginning of youth (proper). We're starting a series called "Surviving School" but of course the whole point is to MORE than survive - through encountering Christ and His life-changing message of sins forgiven and our relationship restored with God through the cross. Please pray that this isn't about making "good non-Christians" but about God raising up youth who are passionate for Him and passionate about taking up their cross everyday. Good non-Christians are still going to hell.

In addition:
Please pray for who the youth leadership team is going to be this fall. God knows and God will bring the right people on board. Pray for our current youth leaders and the ones to become youth leaders. Pray for a God-sized vision for them for Unashamed Youth and their role in this kingdom ministry.

Lastly, please pray for me. Why? Because my default mode is to run a youth program. Any monkey can do that. Pray that God keeps me FAR from default, far from the land of SAME-OLD, SAME-OLD, far from STATUS QUO, and that He keeps on instilling in me a) my sufficiency in Him and b) his vision for the youth of North Gower and surrounding area.

Nothing less will do. Because "nothing less" revolves around me. I need your prayers. Unashamed Youth needs your prayers.

• If you want to get on board as part of the weekly prayer team, let me know.
• If you want to get on board by lending us your van every once in a while, let me know.
• If you want to get on board by giving of yourself as a youth leader, let me know.

The teens don't need empty religion. They need a butt-kicking, self-denying, Satan-confronting, soul-loving, in-world but not of-world, divine relationship.

Cheers
Dan