Were hosting Merge this week at Youthfront South. So far — it has been a great week. We are three days into it and it has been fantastic to participate with the youth workers and students in the challenge of throwing ourselves into God’s Story. I have enjoyed very much listening to students share what God is teaching them through their interaction with The Story.
I have been moving this week also so it has been a hectic week to say the least. I have, in between unloading moving trucks with some of our staff, had the privilege to lead the morning gatherings as well as one night of the evening response times. I am always blown away by the creativity, candidness and the humility of the students as they articulate how they are merging with God’s mission and way of life.
Today we are deep into Episode 4 — God-With-Us — and it has been powerful to observe the students as they work their way through a “Kingdom” excersice designed to converse about the mystery of the Kingdom through six different interactive and experiential stations such as, The Upside-Down Kingdom, The Kingdom of the Forgotten, The Emerging Kingdom, The Agents of the Kingdom, etc.
Tonight we’ll be exploring Luke 4 as we reflect on the mission and message of Jesus!
Chris -
Reading this post has made me even more excited. Can’t wait to be down there with you all. Thanks for posting.
dude! we can’t wait to have you down here… hurry up!
Hey Chris,
Will some of this be in your up coming book? Glad the week and work is going well.
Tom
tom- some of the philosophical concepts on learning and discovery from merge will be in my book but the merge content itself belongs to a friend. we are, however, putting the content we developed into a product with barefoot publishing… should be fun!
chris
Chris you mentioned to me at the BBQ place after Prelude that I should check out your curriculum. What events do I need to look at to do that?
tom
tom — give me a call and let’s chat. you still have my number right?