THE PULSE

We just completed our first week of a new sporty club at the church. It was called The Pulse and was a drop-in center for the youth to come and play indoor games, outside sports on the green, wii, get sweets and just "chill." It was the first time ever that the church has tried to have such a club and we had pretty decent numbers. The first day we had 12 kids and by the end we got up to 16. It was so great! The reason for the club was that it was half term for the schools, so kids were not in school for the week. We wanted to have somewhere for the kids to come to, a time for us to connect more with them and maybe get new faces in the church. We did have a few new faces, which was really great to see! The kids seemed to enjoy themselves, for the club was a drop-in center, meaning the kids could just drop in from any time between 1-4. However, the kids were dropped off at 1 and most did not leave until after 4. They seemed to not want to leave! Whoo! It was exciting to see! I took the ones that wanted to, out on the green and played football for 3 of the days....even though it was a mud hole! We all would come back in the church filthy and smells, sweaty and wet. The last day I slid on the green and reeked the whole rest of the day! But it was definitely worth it. I thank God for such a great week, a time to connect to new kids, share the Gospel and overall, have fun playing sports! Since it was so successful, we will talk about what to do next! I can't wait.