introducing Evan

For those folks who attended last year’s Believe Tour you will remember the 14 year old boy Robert Peirre who joined us. It worked out great having an actual jr high student with us on tour in many ways. I was forced to think about every component of the event through Robert’s eyes. I can remember many conversations back stage about various elements of the program and how I changed them after talking with Robert.

Well this year we are fortunate to continue the tradition of having a jr high student actually with us! It also serves as a reminder to all of us who work with jr high students regularly how different every student really is. Let me introduce you to Evan. Evan will be playing the keytar on stage all weekend. Be ready for the killer Chicken Dance song on Saturday afternoon. If you are joining us at Believe this spring be sure to have your students all log onto www.savethekeytar.com to learn the moves to, soon to be world famous, ‘Mas Tortillas’. Mas Tortillas will be featured at Believe during break times.

Just to give you a glimpse into the nutty mind of Evan check out this cartoon that him and his Dad recently worked on. We can’t wait to see you and your students this spring!

most of the time less is more . . .

Last night at our jr high mid week service our jr high pastor was pumping the Believe conference that we take our students to. It was fun for me to see what it is like from the other side. This is my full time job. I plan Believe events and here I was on the other side in a jr high service hearing with them about Believe. We take our students to Tulsa Believe. It is just around the corner and our jr high pastor, Matt Neal, told the students he had a video to share with them to "pump them up about Believe". I was excited. We work so hard on our videos that promote the Believe event. We sit in meetings and talk about how our inventive videos are going to rock youth ministries all across the country . . .

. . . and then last night my own jr high ministry reminds me of a few of the core values I myself trumpet on this blog. Believe is bigger than the program because we (no pun intended) believe in the local church and we know that it is all about connecting adults with students in meaningful relationships. The video our youth leaders made to tell about Believe is one of the best I have ever seen. I drags a bit in the middle; but it is still funny! Great job guys, it was awesome. I can't wait to see our students experience Believe in Tulsa! Less is always more . . .