If you don't love music from the early 2000's, then you must not work with high school kids. Tuesday night was full of laughter, ridiculous songs, questionable games, and a message that will not soon be forgotten. Senior run club. A Solanco tradition (you know... all 2 years of our existence). The seniors own the night. Leaders help write the club talk, but other than that we are kept in the dark. And we like it that way, because our seniors run club better than we do.
The night was amazing! Energy was high all night, right through the club talk and into burger king. The way they led the games was funny and engaging, and they worked as a team. Laura and Holly (picture right) gave the best camp sell just because of how they feed off of each other. The seniors could read how the crowd was feeling about songs and games and adjust accordingly. Not only was the night amazing, but they were amazing.
I was asked what my favorite part of the night was. To be honest, it was when two of my really close friends got up to share with their friends what sin is and how it effects us and the world. Caleb (picture left) explained what a lot of people, including himself until recently, think sin is: the bad things we do. But it's so much deeper. Sin is a condition of our heart that we can't seem to fix ourselves. We try so hard to just be good people and do the right thing, but we can't do it. So it's got to be something deeper. Then Caleb confessed some of his sin to a room full of people he sees everyday. He talked about how he takes it as a personal challenge to make people like him, and he does that to build up his pride and to feel better about himself. Then he apologized to everyone in the room for not treating them the way they deserve to be treated.
Next, my close friend, Shira (picture below), got up to confess as well. She talked about how she always desired to be needed, and how that would come out in a lot of unhealthy ways. She was honest and vulnerable in her confession. Then she talked about how there has to be a punishment for sin. She gave the illustration of how she broke a light in someones room and hid it so they wouldn't know. She didn't have to take the punishment, but the person had to pay
for a new light. Someone had to pay for it. So what is the punishment we have to face? It's eternal death: separation from everything good (love, relationships, success, and ultimately God). But we also have hope, because eternal life is an option, which is the opposite of eternal death: living in everything good.They came up to me after club saying they couldn't remember anything they said. The Lord spoke through them last night. He also spoke to the hearts of all their friends there, especially to the hand full of people that went up to them after club and at BK to talk about their club talk. Shira and Caleb experienced the Lord teaching them something very profound by taking a chance and proclaiming the message that has changed their lives. They were terrified, but the Lord used them in such an amazing way. They didn't just teach their peers last night, they taught me too. They taught me about community, being vulnerable, and taking the time to think things through. They taught me faith. I am so grateful for my friendship with them.
Love,SLC YL
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