Converge and Beyond

"Wherever two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among you."~Matthew 18:20


     Last Wednesday was See You at the Pole.  Students from all around the area gather churches gather at their schools in the morning before school and pray for their schools and the community.  That night area churches gathered at Decker Field for Converge (our annual community SYATP rally).  Converge is defined as: to tend toward or achieve union or a common conclusion or result.  The point of the Converge rally was for area youth groups to come together for fellowship and worship.  I am not sure exactly how many church youth groups were present last night but it was at least 13.  We do not all believe the exact same thing which is okay.  But we are able each year (hopefully more this year) come together to fellowship and worship together.  And that is what is important.
     Having met and planned the event with other youth directors, it was great to see how the event came together.  All of the planning was simply and easily divided up among each youth leader so that everything was covered which included: a speaker, a band, a location, advertising, t-shirts, giveaways, and food.  And it came together without a hitch.  I think this was able to occur because there were no egos involved.  As the above verse says, we gathered together for a common purpose which was to praise and worship our Lord and savior.  It was a great event with probably around 400-500 youth from Granbury and the surrounding communities.  Everyone seemed to have a good time and got along great.  I don't see why we can't do this again and more often.  All it took was some planning towards a common goal of prayer and worship of Jesus.  I think that is all something that we can all "rally" around again and again.

Grace & Peace
Kevin