Thursday, May 26, 2011

More Summer Dates

Below is the REALife summer calendar that you should expect in the mail next week. All the extra details of each event will be available on our website www.mecklenburg.org/realife.

This weekend marks the last REALife service of the school year before we start our summer programming. It really has been an awesome year. We've seen more spiritual and numerical growth than ever before. We had our highest attended Fall Retreat and will have our highest attended Summer Camp in REALife history. We've got more REALife volunteers pouring into our students than we've ever had (but we still need more if you're interested). We've moved our REALife service into our main auditorium to handle our growth. And this is all just the beginning of what I know God is going to do in and through our ministry. God is inspiring some creative ideas in our leadership to implement throughout the summer and into the fall, and I can't wait to share it with you. But for now, it will have to wait.

With as much as we are doing at REALife I do want to stop and thank you so much for all that you do as parents in the lives of your son or daughter to encourage them in their faith. We have one and a half hours that we spend with your student, but you are the biggest influence of faith in their lives. Keep up the hard work of investing in their spiritual lives, and know that I am praying for you.



Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Summer At REALife

Let me start off with a praise report. This year will mark the largest attending S'CAMP (summer camp) in REALife history. I am so pumped and ready for the fun and the amazing life change that will happen on this trip. Please be praying for our students and staff as we prepare to head down to camp in June.

...and on that note, we did have one female student drop out of camp, leaving one open spot for one female student. If you know of a student who would like to pick up this spot please let me know. First come, first served.

And our summer calendars will be sent out next week along with the website being updated, but I just couldn't wait until then to throw some dates at you for some of our awesome events we have coming up. Check these out, and mark your calendars. We're looking forward to a great summer.

"Summer Nights" Services: June 27, July 18, August 22

All-Nighter - July 8

Lake Day - August 6