TiReD.....

Like I mentioned yesterday, we have been privileged to serve at the same church for 20 years in January......and God is still blessing us.

We cherish the older members........there are only two that were at our church twenty years ago.  Our first Sunday, there were 12 in Sunday School and 32 for preaching.....and the youngest deacon, at 77 years old, praised God for the large attendance.  (Most of  the original members have gone on to be with the Lord.....and a few have changed churches many times in the past twenty years.)

There are several families that came the first year we were there and they are still present....and some of the "children" are now adults and serving in leadership positions of our church.  God is good......

Ten years ago, God began sending us younger folks.  (That crowd is now in their forties and are very much appreciated.)

In the past 4-5 years....God has used our softball teams to bring in an even younger crowd.  As of right now, our church is about 80-85% under the age of 40.

God is good............we now have LOTS of help.........................

BUT....this NEW GENERATION....the Millennials....are a DOING GENERATION.  They do not have time for meetings, planning, etc.  They want to DO.

AND....they are great at DOING.

But...Roger and I come from the Baby Boomer Generation and we are use to planning and organizing our time away..............so the Millennials are keeping us busy. 

We have had to also step back and realize that if we are going to reach the "church of tomorrow".....meaning the Millennials..............we have got to loosen up and re-think how we do things.

DOING, DOING, DOING.

That's not a bad thing.............it is a good thing.  BUT....it is keeping us busy.

Twenty years ago.........we barely had Sunday School and WMU.

Today.........we have Sunday School, Wednesday night classes, small groups, Bible Studies, Ladies Softball Team, two Men's Softball Teams, a Fishing Team, a Worship Team, a Disc Golf Team and other activities.

God has sent us help, so we do not have to PLAN and organize EVERYTHING............but we do try to "show up" and show our support and help with the activities.

We are TiReD...........but VERY BLESSED!!!