Ch-ch-chaaanges!

[for the old blog, click here]

most people who are into building empires or followings would say "don't change websites! everyone knows where you are!" but wordpress was getting annoying [it doesn't work well with my macbook, for starters], and life has changed A LOT in the last year, so it kind of feels like part of the process.

in 11 days, i will have had my job for an entire year. 365 DAYS OF FULL TIME MINISTRY! how awesome :) they always say your first two years are the hardest, but hopefully for me it was just the first year [haha, a girl can dream!]. I'm SO PUMPED to see what God does with this next year. The biggest change is the implementation of MINISTRY TEAMS! the hardest part of last year was having way too much on my plate, partially because i didn't know who to ask for help, and partially because i'm a control freak [God has definitely changed that this summer!]. in my interview, i said i didn't want to do ministry alone, so i've come up with a couple teams:

• Dream Team- visionaries for the future of the youth ministry
• Task Force- our missions team! they'll organize local and national projects, as well as fundraisers to help us make it happen
• Small Groups- a new part of our ministry! God's really been pushing this on me, and I'm so pumped to see new community groups form
• Programming- this group will help develop series and look for new curriculum to use in Sunday School, Small Groups, and HSM
• Snack Squad- they provide our HUNGRY students with some grub! it seems insignificant, but food really brings people together.
• Big Event Team- plan one big event per semester for students in our community

I've prayed A LOT about these teams this year, and I really think this is where God's leading us. I'm so excited to see how all of this works out, and I'm excited for the kids to own their ministry. It's going to be an awesome year!