Look out Florida here we come!

Every year the Assembly of God churches come together and have a talent competition for the youth called Fine Arts. I have heard a lot about it and was very excited when my son signed up to do a Human Video with 3 other kids from his youth group. They decided to do one from a drama they had done earlier in the year to the Jeremy Camp song "Take My Life". The drama itself is about the unseen battle that goes on between good and evil for ones soul. The video is about a boy that is struggling between his relationship with God and peer pressure to drink and do drugs. The pressure gets so strong for him that he is tempted to take his own life. It really is a powerful message and when we did the entire drama at our church we had several teens come forward. Luke plays the angel in this video and I must say he does a very good job especially since he is only 12. He really looks up to some of the kids in the youth group that are older than him and he don't want to disappoint them. I was beginning to think the pressure was about to get to him on Saturday..Like Pastor Derrick said, "I didn't know he was going to get sick or pass out". When the time came and they were on that stage..they nailed it! They really did do a great job and they got invited to Orlando for the National competition in August. I'm so proud of all of our youth..we get to take 8 of them to Florida. They really are a talented group of kids. The best thing about Fine Arts is that it helps the kids to get comfortable on stage and develope a ministry of their own. These are the future leaders of our church, and I for one want to support them and their ministries.