Subscribe to the NetworkHSM Weekend in Review: Volume 55
Weekend Teaching Series: GROW
Sermon Title: “Why We Don’t Grow”
Sermon in a Sentence: Although spiritual growth is necessary, fear keeps us from taking the “leap” into growth and truly looking like Christ.
Weekend Scale of Difficulty: 3 out of 10
Service Length: 70 minutes
Understandable Message: To continue the conversation of growth with our students, Josh Pease shared a message on why we don’t grow and what so often trips us up. Josh compared our fear of diving into growth to his experience with skydiving, illustrating how real action is much more difficult than simply words and unfulfilled goals. In order to encourage students to grow on their own, we gave out “Know Your Bible” books for every student, a handy booklet that explains every book of the Bible and provides an understandable way to journey through God’s Word.
Volunteer/Student Involvement: Students ran cameras, lights and sound. Volunteers did setup/cleanup. Low attendance this weekend on both volunteer and student side because of the 4th of July weekend.
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: Scotty Pichard, former summer intern, made an appearance this weekend as he protested HSM’s lack of “4th of July” recognition. Dressed in patriotic attire, Scotty recited a poem he wrote about the freedom Americans have to choose and then sung a few lines of “God Bless the USA.” Brilliant! Also, we had a student do a quick skit promoting our Summer Nights of Laughter event this Friday. On stage, Jake Rutenbar stood behind the student and acted as the student’s arms as he explained the event where many students will put on various hilarious skits and dramas. There was a big push to bring friends to this event… it’s a great outreach!
Music Playlist: Look to You, Tear Down the Walls, Pure and Holy Passion, The Stand, Jesus Paid It All
Favorite Moment: Towards the end of the talk, Josh gave students a serious challenge. He picked a lime from a lime tree he had on stage and explained how the lime has to die to produce seeds and grow into another tree. Repeating the phrase “to live, you have to die,” Pease stressed the importance of losing the parts of ourselves that hold us down and asking God to fill us with Him in order to live the life we were intended. Such a cool, moving moment!
(this report written by Kyle Cleveland, an incredible summer intern you’ll hear more about in the future)
