The vine of life

This Sunday the team went to the church for service. Matthew, Micah, Booke, Claudia and Sherlynn gave a testimony and the entire team performed the skit. Mike led worship for the first time within the Church, setting the tone for a day of reverence. Joseph went onto the stage and was accompanied by Pastor Aguido. Joseph shared with the church, a message of Gods love, and how we are called to love one another as ourselves. We love ourselves perfectly, and God knew that we would understand that kind of love. Joseph explained the importance of husbands loving their wives as Christ loves the Church. He also addressed how many of us have broken relationships amongst our family members, and that forgiveness is required from us, just as Christ has forgiven us. Pastor Aguido translated Josephs message line by line, and then invited the Church to come to the alter, and ask the Lord to restore their marriages and relationships. The ENTIRE Church came forward, and the HSE students laid their hands upon them, and prayed. The Holy Spirit was clearly ministering to every single person there.

Later on that evening, the HSE team joined the youth of the church for games and fellowship. They played Bible charades, pulling out names of Bible figures from a bowl. A HSE student would accompany one of the church youth, and silently act out the chosen character. It was both fun and educational!

The youth then made their way over to the basketball courts to hear a message from Micah VanDover. He explained how Jesus is the vine of life, and we are the branches connected to Him. Jesus is the life source of all that we are. If a branch is not connected to the vine, the branch will die and not bear any fruit. If we are not connected to Jesus, we are then spiritually dead, lacking the love of God, that is necessary to love one another. Without that connection with God, we will be incapable of growing spiritually and loving others. The youth gave Micah a very enthused applause and gave thanks to God for a wonderful day of teaching, admonishment, and fellowship.