Challenging Normal

Wednesday night Thrive had a record attendance for a nonevent service and it was only the first week of school. October will be a year that we have lived in Stockbridge and had the privilege of being the Youth Pastors of Uth Force/Thrive. The ministry has more than doubled and we have seen some great things and God has done some amazing things. Here is what we are focusing on the rest of the year:

• September and October will be two of the most awesome series that we have ever done. September we will be doing a series called "Turn It Up," and then in October we will be doing "Game On" with a Campus Challenge.
• We are still working on our small group strategy. We are doing them once a month at our house right now, but we are looking at allowing them to meet more often. Also making more of them and making them smaller.
• Student Leadership is a HUGE element of Thrive. We will launch our Student Leadership in September.
• We have a need to renovate our facility but before we do that we want to raise $10,000 to help our friends in Bogota Colombia make discipleship and evangelism videos.
• Schools are the largest mission field in America. We have a campus strategy and plan on walking it out. This fall we are feeding Woodland High Marching Band for every home game. We will be hanging out at lunch with a lot of students, plus a lot more.