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We had our Camp-In Friday night here @ HHC! Since it was raining and very cold we changed our Camp-Out to a Camp-In. We had a blast hanging out all night playing games, video games, & more! We had a great turnout with about 55+ students. We got maybe 3 hours of sleep or so then sent them home Saturday morning. It's always good to have these fun night to build relationships with the students and just open the door of trust and showing that we care about them. It's amazing how spiritual a normal night of just eating and hanging out can be. It may not be directly spiritual but it is for sure a in-direct connection with the students. The more we build relationships the more we are able to speak into their life. In today's culture teenagers are used to a breakdown of trust, leaders, and people that say they care yet don't show it on a practical level. So that's what these nights are ALL about building relationships without any thing in return just showing the students we are here for them. When you have those kind of times you are able to have heart to heart challenging times that take them deeper & further in their relationship with Christ!!! The more you build trust the more we can speak into their lives on a weekly basis.

Worship went great Sunday morning at church. We were able to break out of the box a little and truly let worship ring from our hearts. Our team is AMAZING here @ HHC. I am so excited about the journey ahead of us with worship. The team is united about the purpose of why we do what we do and that is so much deeper than just music. It is about connecting with God's presence and leading others into His presence. That is a BIG responsibility to not only journey into God's presence but lead others there as well. It challenges you to go beyond the melodies, beyond the chords, beyond the music and to go to that focused place of expressing your love and passion for GOD!!! Sometimes that is hard to do when you are thinking about the arrangement, chords, melody, timing, words, is everyone doing their part, sound, harmonies, rhythm, & more! But you have to be able to juggle all that and go beyond into a deeper expression of worship that involves the heart pouring out to God without going through the motions. I LOVE to worship our Creator God and lead others into a genuine experience of His presence. I don't take that lightly. I consider it a joy & challenge to become better at worshiping God and leading others into that place as well. After all we are ALL WORSHIP-LEADERS on the team from sound to singing. We first worship God personally then lead others into that place as well.

Just my thoughts for the day!!!