Greetings on behalf of our youth and all the leaders who are actively involved in the lives of our young people!
God has been doing a number of great things with our youth here at Liberty Street Church of God, and I am thrilled to have the daily opportunity to work with our young people! I feel blessed beyond words to be able to help guide and direct them in their spiritual lives through the power of the Holy Spirit and his leading! I would ask that you continue to encourage the youth, pray for them daily, and support them in any way you can; they are doing a great job of shining the light of Christ into their schools and the community!
This fall we entered into a new transition with the youth! Our church has been growing in number and that has increased the number of youth exponentially attending our weekly meetings! At our kick-off party we had a total of 68 youth. We have divided into three groups, led by seven adults, to help accommodate the differing ages and maturity levels of our youth. Those groups are 4-6th grade, 7 and 8th grade, and 9-12th grade!
On September 9th we kicked off our fall curriculums with a Soul Survivor party. The theme of the party, and the entire fall is: Outreach, Outlove, and Outpray! We as leaders are really stressing the importance of reaching those who are lost, loving those who need loved, and being in constant prayer with God! I believe our youth have stepped up to the challenge and are doing a great job of ministering to those they are in daily contact with! Praise the Lord!
I would also like to thank and recognize those who are helping lead. JJ and Samantha Ferguson, Mary Beth Allen, Jessica Wilson, and Wendy Ferguson, along with Blair and myself have each taken on an age group to help lead through the fall! Please be in prayer for these leaders, it requires a lot of time and commitment for them to come and devote themselves to the youth every Sunday night, and without them this ministry wouldn’t be possible! Thank you leaders!
I want to thank the loving members of this congregation also! You have shown the youth your love by supporting them in various fundraising activities, through prayer, and constant encouragement! It is an exciting time in the life of the church here in Clarion to see the unity and oneness that can only be accomplished through the love and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
It is my heart’s desire to see the youth in this church become great followers of Christ! To see them be Godly leaders in this community! To grow up and raise families that serve Christ and his Kingdom! God’s doing great and might things in Clarion and for that we are grateful!
In His Service,
Pastor Jonathan
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