It has been a little over four months since I took on the leadership of the student ministry at my church and can absolutely confirm that this is the right place for me. Like I said in a previous post, I truly believe that God has called me to this specific generation (those that are currently in junior high and high school) for a specific reason and purpose. As much as I fought this calling and tried to pursue other things in ministry, I kept feeling like I was supposed to be doing something for this generation. It’s weird. I do not understand God’s timing on many things in my life and have finally given up trying to figure it out, because as I look back on these past several months – I am truly dumbfounded by what God is doing…

There truly is something special going on here. The pastoral staff, as we met on Monday, talked about this and have even noticed the amount of young people (through college) that we are seeing show up at our services. As I was thinking and praying about what God is doing here, I thought of this passage in Colossians…

“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints— the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.” – Colossians 1:3-6

From this passage you can see that God is moving right now. He is spreading the truth amongst the next generation in a special way. Right now, right here the “gospel is bearing fruit and growing.” I am so excited to be a part of something bigger than me, bigger than one church. I am excited to be a part of the Kingdom of God as we give hope, love, and purpose amidst pain and destruction here in Wichita and this broken world.