This weekend was packed with a little bit of everything. A true triumph for our young adults is that they finally unveiled their mascot in the play room at church. I am hoping that his we settle on his name being Dan because Dan Kimbal’s curriculum “they like Jesus, but not the church” inspired the iconic quadruped. 
We also had 19 confirmands join the church and 4 were baptized. I love confirmation Sunday. They write their own personal creeds, make banners and stoles and it is really a fun weekend. I really feel blessed by hearing and seeing the way their faith shapes their lives. Also I see God a bit differently after each class through their perspectives and the youth that God places under my care through this program. Also the class got a tree (blue Spruce) in my honor that is in our prayer garden…soooo fitting. We even had one of our High Schoolers preach at the confirmation service. She was awesome.
I tried a new preaching style that Jim Walker from hot Metal Bridge church taught about at a worship conference. It was way fun. It was a narrative approach. I don’t know if it was good or not, but I loved preaching the as a story teller rather than a traditional 3 part lecturer. Check it out:
Sermon May 16, 2010 from Middletown United Methodist Ch on Vimeo.
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