MERGE 09 was wild! Thanks God!

Thanks to so many of you who prayed for MERGE 09 and thanks a MILLION times to our host homes, lifegroup leaders, co-hosst, band, and speaker who took time to invest in a bunch of wild teens from relevant student ministry. We do MERGE and CRAVE each year as times where we can go to the next level of investing in teens who plug into REMIX each week. It has been so thrilling to hear the stories of God working from group leaders and students. It is amazing that God worked the most in our lifegroup sessions in the homes. My heart sings each time I hear a of a moment where somebody got "it" and decided to do more than "learn", they decided to follow God's voice and "live." Here on monday morning in the middle of finishing the details of the retreat I am overwhelmed with the "it is all worth it" emotion! Pat Rowland and the MERGE band ( Patrick Willis, Cameron Gwaltney, Kyle Shipe, Reen Bernick, Logan Leopold, Jon Austin, and Rosemary Willis) thanks for serving. Patrick, Cameron, and all the band...it was a joy to serve with you again and I am so proud of how God is at work in your lives. The fact that we got to serve togethr at First Norfolk and now here at Grace Community blows my mind. You are each amazing! To all of you who came to MERGE...I love serving you here at GCC, you are an amazing group of teens. JUST AMAZING! Here are a few pics that sum it all up for us...