family meeting recap

We started the morning by having all of the students skootch (sp?) their chairs closer together and closer to the stage. We wanted to see everyone for this one.

What talked about what it means to be a family. There might be over 200 people in there on Sunday mornings, but we can still feel and act like a family.

Melissa talked to the students about how this year feels different than the previous few years. Some people were definitely oblivious to the differences, but there were plenty of nodding heads in the room in agreement.

We ended the morning by talking about we, collectively, are “the light of the world”. When Jesus said “You are the light of the world”, he was saying that “you” (plural) are the “light” (singular) of the world. We’re in this together. We’re not 200 different points of light. We, the church, must realize that we are all in this together. EDL has no king or queen (that doesn’t work in the Kingdom of God). We come together to worship God. To pray together. To talk about what it means to live a different kind of life.We encouraged the students to be a community of visionaries. To dream big, and to fill any gaps they see.

We got some great feedback