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HSM Weekend in Review: Volume 74
Weekend Teaching Series: Do Something: A series about social and spiritual action (week 2 of 3)
Sermon in a Sentence: You can “do something” in many different ways – personally, locally and globally.
Service Length: 81 minutes
Bible: Acts 1:8
Understandable Message: This week’s message was again very short – it was almost more of a verse challenge – so we could focus on action right there in the service. I talked about how Jesus’ last words to continue His mission on earth until he returns in Jerusalem, Judea and the uttermost parts of the earth. We divided up each service into 3 groups and sent them to 3 areas in The Refinery – they stayed in the theater to take some personal action [walk], headed to the gym to sign up for local opportunities [drive], and spent 15 minutes in the classrooms to hear speakers talk about global opportunities and action [fly]. Anyhow, we also updated everyone on our goals for the series (clothing drive, food drive, offering, etc) and we make some good progress, too!
Volunteer/Student Involvement: This was the first week of our rotation of schools that rally students to serve by greeting, handing out programs, clean-up, setup, etc. We had a TON to do for a weekend like this, so the extra help was HUGE. So proud of them! The band, camera, lights, sound and control room were also handled by students, and our adult volunteers really had the opportunity to engage with students with the extra help on tasks.
Element of Fun/Positive Environment: We had some great music, and a very welcoming environment, and used Poll Everywhere to ask students to text in what they been doing since the series is called “do something” – seeing the responses fly on the screen during the opening song was really cool. This video called “He > You” was a neat element, too.
Music Playlist: Use Somebody, Life of Love, Solution
Favorite Moment: Seeing all of the student leadership kids in action was great! I really liked the global action room where the students could hear from James, a Kenyan-born young man who sees the opportunity/need for helping spiritually and socially. And tons of students signed up for local serve opportunities … so while it was crazy with all of the people-moving, there were lots of favorite moments, I guess.
Up Next: Do Something (series finale, week 3 of 3)
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