At the Covington Georgia service we had an amazing altar call where about 30 teenagers responded. The lead pastor of the church was so impacted with what we did that the next day he called pastor Adam Farley (the youth pastor) into his office to ask if we would do some drama for Sunday morning! The lead pastor changed his message Sunday night to talk about “Faith, Hope, Love, and Justice”. After Sunday night service Pastor Adam shared with us from his heart and said something to our students that was pretty amazing:
“You have won my heart as one of the greatest Master’s Commissions! The church has brought in a lot of groups including ***** *****’s church and other Master’s Commissions, but year after year you guys make the most impact on our church not just because of the quality of performance you did, but because the way y’all love and build relationships with people!”
We also did a chapel for some kids; kind of like what we do at cross-town, except they were ages 12-16. It was powerful! Aaron Harrington spoke on the story of Gideon, and Anthony and Matt gave their testimony. It was a cool experience for all three of them, but Anthony Reale got the most out it. It was his first time giving his testimony to group of young people since he has been saved. He spoke about where he was in his life and how he was living when he got stabbed. He talked about the impact of reality he faced after he came to; that he was still alive knowing that if he had died he would be in hell. It was a touching moment! Then he explained how we all have to choose to live for God and make an impact in this world.
Other notable things was Tyler Adams got to give a challenge during worship which he talked about Ephesians 3:12-15. It’s about Paul being in prison and still worshipping God. Tyler challenged his home youth group to stay faithful to God, and God will get you through your situations in life just, like he did Paul! The reason this was so powerful is because before service he shared with the whole group that he grew at that church, and that he knew that the youth culture there tend to live for God only part-time.
We have built a lot of solid relationships in Covington to where they were sad to see us leave.
We have two more services to do! One tonight and one Friday!
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