Only 51 Weeks to the Next Backyard Blast!!

Another week of Backyard Blast has come and gone.  Only about 51 more weeks until we do it again.

We started doing the Backyard Blast a few years back.  At the time, we didn't have a building, and we were looking for a way to reach out to kids during the summer.  When we moved in last year, we decided to keep ministering to kids in backyards, rather than bringing them into our building.

Although there are benefits to having events at the church, there is nothing quite like the Backyard Blast.  Every year, we have kids and parents show up and learn about Jesus all because they heard something exciting going on as they walked past.  My favorite this year was a young family who had just moved to the area that started talking to us through a fence while we were setting up.  They enjoyed it so much that we saw them again the next night.

We haven't finished adding it all up yet, but we had at least 100 different kids who learned about God throughout the week.

So now, while I start planning the next kids event (Basketball Camp, August 9-13), I am so thankful knowing that every ounce of energy that I put into it will be worth it.  If God uses our efforts to change one life, it's all worth it.  He did far more than that last week.  It's honor to have been involved.

Thanks for bringing your family out to be a part of the Backyard Blast last week.  Now we've got about 51 weeks to pray for the next one.  It's going to be amazing.

-Pastor Jim