From One Season To The Next...

Tis the season...

Not the holly jolly, Santa seeing, it's really only 5 degrees colder here in South Florida than July type season; but the season of change and transition. It comes upon us right around this time every year. It affects everyone from students to parents to business men and women.

Students are beginning the transition from Summer break to the period of time when they are just counting the days to the next Summer break. School is starting! They are moving from the lazy days of Summer to the daily grind of early mornings, quizzes, gym clothes and home work. The days of sleeping in late, staying up late, hanging out with friends on what seems like a constant 12 hour clock, frequenting the beach, the mall and the ever popular local Tiajuana Flats are over. This is a real change for them.

For others, who are not operating within the realms of the local school calendar, this is also a time of transition. Family vacations have come and gone. Summer travels have become a distant hazy memory. People are gearing up for the upcoming business quarter. Major holidays are right around the corner and for some people in other parts of the country cooler weather. So for them, it's out with the shorts and jeans and in with the snow boots and jackets. This too is real change.

No matter how you look at it, unless you look at things funny, this is a time of change and transition.

With this, we here in the Student Ministries are gathering steam for this upcoming ministry season. We have some wonderful events and activities planned as well as some amazing opportunities for discipleship and service. We are preparing the ministry to receive new students with love and joy, sharing the gospel and showing forth Christ in all we do. We are also, preparing the ministry to take our settled community of students to a deeper level in their spiritual lives. All this is by its nature a type of change and transition.

So, change and transition is not all bad. In fact, we see it as good and necessary. Thus, we are inviting all our students, parents and volunteers to join with us; to change and transition with us. From this it is our hope, desire and prayer that we all will encounter Christ and His gospel in a more vibrant, enlightening and profound way this year!

For His Kingdom...