christmas party

we met as a team on thursday in our "dungeon". it was our christmas party! so we had yummy treats and had white elephant gifts :) and since we didn't have dice to play with...we were resourceful and made some. sarah took some empty boxes and drew black dots on them and we used those to play with. (and no...they were not perfectly accurate...;))
some of the gifts were pretty epic...lots of good stuff...
and then we took some time to talk...well, i talked. haha...but there is this book that i have been working on forever and i wish i had the discipline to sit down and actually read it. its called "the worshipping artist". i cant think of the author right now - but it is so good! just talks all about learning who God is and what the gift of art means and how to use it to worship. its really powerful stuff.
so one of the days he talked about finding out what it is you feel like God wants to use you for...or just one of the things. and then (for example) if you sing...dedicate your voice to God. or if you draw...dedicate your hands and your ideas. etc...just giving God free reign with your gifts.
so we had a time of prayer where they all split into groups of 3 or 4 and prayed for each other's gifts, praying that they will grow, praying for opportunities.
and i really pray that we all continue to do this. just continue to give our gift and bodies over to God...cuz like i said below...He knows so much better how to use them. has so many better plans for them.
and after that...we played a little improv acting game called "bus driver". so funny, sarah has a video we can put up later.
and then we had a prayer time...i love praying with them. my favorite thing is praying in groups...unstructured and holy spirit-led...so powerful. i need to make that a priority.
and then we freed them...haha.
now we won't see them at ALIVE til next year, sad story.
but this week we are putting together a video for next sunday's service!
so keep that in your prayers...its a powerful message and it will be a great service!
God is so amazing and always has surprises for us!