Storyline Fall 2018

S: What has this community meant to you?
R: I love the SHS community. The students are really just so
great. The other leaders are awesome and so encouraging of
one another, and Dave and Jonathan are great at supporting
their leaders. It makes serving/investing into our students so
much easier when you have an awesome leadership team
working with you. There is such a camaraderie between the
students. It’s really great to see how they interact with each
other and spur one another on in their walks with God.
S: Anything else you’d like to share?
S: What has God taught you through investing in others?
R: Just that if you have a connection with or a heart for youth,
come and serve with us. I promise it’s not scary! We are
seriously so fun and it’s one of the most rewarding and things
you will ever do!
R: Oh, goodness, so much. He’s taught me selflessness,
generosity, PATIENCE (huge one!), compassion, trust. To
be authentic in relationship with those I am investing in …
However, it has also taught me to ensure my relationship with
God is authentic and invested in, that I am spending time with
Him too. To be consistently in the Word and active in prayer,
whatever that looks like, journaling, meditating on scripture,
whatever. I know if I’m solid in my walk with Christ I’m way
more invested and effective in how I serve others whether it’s
at church, at home, or at work.
S: What has been challenging and what do you want prayer
for?
R: I don’t care what anyone says – teenagers can be so
intimidating at times. I was so nervous to be a SHS leader. I’m
over here like, “Please like me, please like me!” But all kidding
aside … Being a youth leader can be just plain hard at times.
Society has changed so much over the years especially with
the introduction of every social media outlet on the planet
and with that has come all sorts of challenges teens face daily.
Navigating through that with my girls has been trying, but also
rewarding. It has allowed God to use me and my co-leaders to
speak light and truth into their lives in the midst of hardship.
It’s also been challenging seeing girls come and go from our
group but we as leaders trust that God has His hand in all of
that. As for prayer, I just ask that you remember our students,
period. That you pray for them as they continue to maneuver
though their teen years and as they build and deepen their
own relationships with Christ. Pray for all us leaders, too. We
just want to show these students Jesus and walk alongside
them and build relationships with them during this important
time in their lives.
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