Middle School PURSUIT

Often times parents today will say, "I can help with the math homework and baseball, but I'm gonna let someone else handle all that spiritual stuff..."

PURSUIT is designed to enable and equip parents to come alongside their middle school student and assume the role as the primary discipler in their son or daughter's life; to provide an opportunity for a relationship founded in Christ to take root.

This past Sunday we kicked off our first semester of PURSUIT and, as far as I can tell, things went great! I could not hold back my eager smiles of excitement as people began to arrive at Area 51... and they just kept coming! We were blown away by the turnout. After things got started and everyone had their share of Chex-mix, we talked about our purpose and goals behind Pursuit. Then Pastor Les Hughes talked with the parents while the middle schoolers went upstairs to hang out with me. Overall it was a great night... and we had a blast!

It's NOT too late for you and your student to join PURSUIT!! We meet THIS Sunday, September 14, at Area 51 @ 6:00.

Lacy

Project 32

For Project 32 we teamed up with the Hispanic church that branches from Westwood. We helped throw a "block party" in a local mobile home community as an outreach for Hispanic families in Alabaster. It was really cool to work alongside the Hispanic church. Our part of the team included Michael Barnes (the amazing balloon shape-maker/ soccer star), Casey Barnes (photographer/ backup soccer star), Mr. Stacy (the adult presence) and Liz Hinrickson (protected the younger kids from Michael and Casey's intense soccer skills!!) Other activities included... face painting, puppet shows, handbells and eating nachos of course! It was a lot of fun and they are planning to do another one soon so keep an eye out for more upcoming projects. Here are some pictures from Saturday....

Middle School Wild Game Night

So, we went completely unspiritual last night during the middle school hour and just had fun.  We call it Wild Game Night.  Here's a clip of some of the craziness: