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30 • JANUARY 2020STAYING THE COURSESusan Marquez
Each Thursday morning at 7 a.m. sharp, a group of young mengather in a Madison home for breakfast and fellowship. In a weeklyBible study led by Sam Kelly, tenth, eleventh and twelfth gradestudents spend a half hour or so together eating breakfast andEsharing the Word. It’s a special time for Kelly, who says thegatherings are the highlight of his week.Kelly always enjoyed being involved with baseball and other activitieswith his son, Sam Clayton. “We have two wonderful daughters, Maggie Kateand Anna Claire, and we love them to pieces,” says Kelly. “But the Biblestudies are a way to keep me connected with young men.”On October 30, 2011, the Kellys lost Sam Clayton when he died in atragic one-car accident on I-55. Sam Clayton and two of his close friends,Walker Kelly and Mason Wilbanks, were headed back to Ole Miss to attendchurch services with their Kappa Alpha pledge class when their car left theroad and all three were killed.“The following spring I started a little Bible study with some of AnnaClaire’s friends,” says Kelly. Today the Bible study is attended by boys fromMadison Central, although Kelly says that boys from other schools arewelcomed. One of the moms coordinates with other moms to schedulemeeting places. “We travel from house to house,” explains Kelly. “I have allthe boys on a group text, and I text them on Wednesday evening and tellthem where to meet the next morning.”The topics are often dictated by what’s happening that week. “Unfortunately,many of these boys have been affected by the death of classmates dueto accidents, drug overdoses or even suicide. We talk about that, as well asabout things like drinking and girls. I try to tie a scriptural reference to what’shappening in their lives that will plant seeds. That’s what I like to think ishappening, that we are planning seeds that they’ll remember down the roadwhen they are confronted with various situations.”From time to time, Kelly will teach from a book, including Make Your Bed:Little Things That Can Change Your Life…and Maybe the World by Admiral WilliamH. McRaven (retired). “We’ve walked through that book and a couple ofothers. I also teach a life group at Broadmoor, and often, when studying toprepare for that class, I’ll find things I want to share with the boys.”An average of 15 boys attend the Bible study meetings each week. “I’mreal tickled by that number,” says Kelly. When the group first started therewere 25 to 30 attending, but by the end of the school year, it had dwindleddown to eight or ten. “It’s hard to get senior boys to get up that early by theend of the school year,” laughs Kelly. “But this year, the number has beenconsistent, and I don’t anticipate that changing too much.”The group meets throughout the fall and spring semesters and takes thesummers off. Because of the popularity of the group, Kelly’s wife, Kim, begana Bible study for girls three years ago that meets on Wednesday mornings at7 a.m. “It’s been something that means a lot to her as well,” Kelly says.For more information on the Bible study, Kelly invites high school boys to contact himvia email at skelly@brunini.com.Hometown MADISON • 31
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