I arrived bright and early at 7 AM, arms full of lesson materials and Dunkin' Doughnuts paraphernalia, in order to get the classroom up and running. I had created a Sunday Morning worship playlist full of some of my favorite uplifting and fun contemporary Christian songs, that I played as I was preparing the space. My awesome fiance came with me to help set up the space, the projector, the coffee, etc...the energy was high and I was ready for my students.
I was nervous, but full of energy, optimism and expectation. I knew that the students weren't quite sure what to make of everything yet, because we have never really done anything like this...but I was ready to make it work. I was excited to share my love of the Lord and the awesomeness of god's story with these amazing teens.
Finally, it was time. My fiance and I joined hands and prayed over the space, asking God to work, through me, through this place, through the students...to create a space that is pure Truth, pure Love, pure Acceptance, pure Faith, pure God. We opened the doors...
I thought the response was great and the first lesson went without too many glitches. :)
We studied Creation,and what it means to be made in God's image.What does it mean to you???
Students: You were AWESOME today. You participated and shared, you were engaged, and you posed some really GREAT questions. I am so looking forward to working with you this year!
To quote one of you "I think it's going to be a good year"......
I think so, too!
In case you wanted to re-visit the lesson, or reflect on stuff that we talked about today...here is the video (created by Inspire Church) that I shared in class:
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