I participated in the Juvenile Hall Christmas Party last night and it was AWESOME! Clovis Hills has been a part of this mission since we began as a church. The Mid-Valley Southern Baptist Association has hosted this mission for many years now and as a result over 300 people from the central valley will participate this year!
Marcela, Missions Coordinator, facilitated and orgainzed our party. We had about 17 of our folks serve by playing games, providing food, reading story, sharing the gospel and basically just hanging out with these teens who are living in Juvenile Hall. I was priveledged to share the story of Jesus birth and crucifixion. I felt it necessary to highlight the two criminals being crucified alongside Jesus. It seemed relevant. It seemed an opportune time to help these guys realize God's love when they choose to accept Jesus. In fact, they too can hang out with him in heaven if they so choose. 20 young teenagers accepted Jesus last night! Woo, hoo!
Praise God!
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What a beautiful thing to share! That part about focusing on the two criminals and how God was willing to forgive them made me want to cry right now. I'm sure that message was just what those young people needed to hear. Well done!
This was AMAZING!!
I was blessed to be part of this, and one of the gifts I believe we received as part of the "team" was seeing how God had gone before us, through people like Danny Johnson, to prepare the hearts of these boys. As I sat and talked with them, they were so ready, "primed" so to speak, to hear about how valued they were in the eyes of God. Many of them knew the Christmas story, a few of them are very well versed biblically, but for most of them, the message that Jesus loves them, NO MATTER WHAT is difficult to grasp. It's hard to see them in the place they are, but the hope I witnessed was the evidence of His walk among us.
We were all blessed to serve.
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