STRETCH Yourself

This is the second year our ministry is doing a blow-out event for middle school students called STRETCH. We call it a camp but it's more like a conference or maybe better stated - our youth ministry on crack! Our entire staff, as well as over 80 volunteers, come together to make this event a success. That is what is so amazing to me!


No one can ever say that this event is a success because of his or her solo effort. Although this year has gone smoother than the previous, it is still an "ACT OF GOD" that it comes off successful. It is the passion placed by God in the hearts of his people that allows and motivates...

• 40 people to deliver 15,000 door hangers in our community to promote this event


• Props people and staging people to give up countless hours cutting themselves with scissors, getting paint on themselves, and smashing their thumbs with hammers


• Band and tech members grinding their way through both early and late practices


• People giving up their entire weekend (at the expense of vacation and shore time)


• Volunteers rising up to great heights in leadership


• Staff members bonding and loving on one another through the stress of the event

To all those involved in STRETCH or other student events in the country, THANK YOU! You inspire me!