Basic Ministry Training 2018

We had Basic Ministry Training last week and what a fabulous group of teens and adults! Most of them spent the night at the farm with the guys staying in the "barracks" and the girls in the house. Here they're playing a game of "The Prince of Paris Lost His Hat".

We had training early this year because every weekend is busy from now until VBS. We still sang the songs we'll be using at VBS. We will be having an Armor of God theme VBS and are singing some patriotic songs.

Practicing counselling. We never want to just have children "say a prayer" and go through life thinking their saved because of it. We actually teach the workers to ask tons of questions and use lots of verses to make sure the child knows exactly what he wants to do. Sometimes they find children just want to have someone pray for their grandma or cat. Sometimes they are just doing what someone else is and don't really mean it, but we want them to be prepared for the child that really does know they want to get saved.

The last few years we've been learning the wordless book. We changed it up a little this year and made "wordless crosses" that also have a blue square for creation.

And here's the group! This includes students and leaders.

Class time. We spent a lot of time studying the armor of God and how it applies to our lives. What a great thing to study on an adult level.

Working on the cross.

The older students spent some time working on teaching Bible lessons and how to put different points and applications in the lesson, how to handle visuals, their speaking voice, etc.

Working on an Armor of God skit for VBS.
It was a great weekend! I am so thankful to know each of these great young people and can't wait to see what God will do with their lives!