be careful what you wish for

Our local middle school set the captives free today. In glorious celebration, we kicked off the summer with the Big Barn Bash!

We’d been encouraging our students to invite their friends to the Barn for the past month, and we expected a pretty good response. We were blown away.

We had more students show up to Bash with us than we’ve ever had.

Here’s the kicker–I don’t know how we’ll follow-up with all of them.

We’re believe that life transformation is both expected and possible for those of us who follow Jesus, and that the process happens best in the context of small groups. We are committed to trying to connect each and every student with an adult who is passionate about Jesus.

Each year we face the unfathomable task of figuring out who will step in to lead these groups. In our collegiate atmosphere, there is an inordinate amount of leader turnover. I simply don’t know where the leaders will come from.

So what to do? From Matthew 9

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.

So we’ll pray, asking God to send more workers…