What do you call 100 kids running around with plastic sheets tied around their necks like capes? Superhero Club. For this club we told all of our kids to dress up like their favorite superhero, or perhaps create their own superhero. We provided the capes for kids who didn't dress up - not one was wasted! You've never truly seen a crazy superhero until you see what a junior high kid can think up...
Once we started club we split the kids into four groups to play some superhero competitions. The groups were the Avengers, the Justice League, Super Friends, and the X-Men. The most intense competition was our edition of Family Feud: Superheroes, where the kids had try and guess the survey answers for Best Superheroes, Best Superhero Powers, Most Effective Batman Gadgets, and Superman's #1 Power.
The talk portion of club was a little different for me because I wasn't the one who delivered the talk! One of our leaders stepped up and gave a talk about how Jesus knows us better than anybody. She talked about how Jesus approached Philip and Nathanael and called them as disciples. In that story, Jesus talked to Nathanael and told him everything that he had done earlier that day before Philip had called him to come and see Jesus. Jesus showed Nathanael that He knew him even though He had never met him. Nathanael responded by proclaiming that Jesus is the Son of God and King of Israel.
It was such a great talk because it hits home for everybody. Everyone wants to be known. We all want to be popular, respected, and loved. The sad thing is that most of us attempt to appease those feelings through worldly things that ultimately leave us feeling empty inside. But that is not what Jesus offers us. He offers us love that is unending and love that is from somebody that truly knows us better than we even know ourselves. He cares for us, teaches us, and loves us. And when you respond by faith to the fact that He died for you by placing Him at the center of your life, you can truly feel His everlasting love and grace.
The greatest thing about WyldLife is that it is a ministry based on relationships. We try to know these kids. We spend time with them, talk to them, attempt to lead them. But we will never be able to love these kids like Jesus does. And that's why we point them in His direction!
Please continue to pray that kids in Lake Highlands and all across the world will get to know Jesus.
-Brody
