Chase the Setting Sun...

The first few weeks of things on the Student Ministries side of my job were pretty low key. The majority of things involved just getting the fall semester planned with Steph and working on the high school Bible study of Proverbs, which we are covering throughout the entire fall semester.

This week we finally began some programming for the students. Wednesday we began "WISE UP! Study of Proverbs" for our student side of Castleton Midweek Connection. I am leading the high school students in a study of Proverbs. Saturday we hit up RENOVATE our Saturday Evening Contemporary Service and then went over to Pinheads in Fishers, IN for some bowling with the High Schoolers.

It's felt like a busy, yet slow start. While there has been a lot to do the majority of it has seemed to be in the office and not as much with the students. That will definitely change as we dive head first into our fall programming with Bible Study, Breakfast Club, Sunday Nights along with student lunches and all the random fun that goes with Student Ministry. I'm definitely looking forward to all of it. I'm specifically looking forward to getting to know all the students and joining them on their faith journeys.

Things have been a lot of fun with both of our contemporary worship services. RENOVATE is taking off. The band has been playing great, Matt Lipan has done a great job settling into giving solid sermons each week.

We have run into some snags at Renovate. We had a couple of weddings to work around over the summer which hurt our consistency in worship time. Last week we lost guitarist Andrew Meadows as he moved out of state with his fiance. Soon we will be losing Matt Dilley, our current worship leader, as he got a full time job working at another local church. Those things in mind, we are still growing stronger as a service and faith community each week. Looks like we'll have our band line up locked down here soon and will be better than ever in no time!

Sunday mornings have been a lot of fun as well. We added Matt Harris on drums, a friend that graduated from Butler with Courtney. Matt Dilley has been doing a great job leading worship and the band seems to be locking better than we have in the past.

Overall, between both parts of my job, things have been very busy and a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to getting into the semester and getting a routine going and getting everything settled.