Pittsford YL CLUB!

The Lodge!

Great news….Pittsford YL Club is happening! We have had someone graciously decide to pay for us to use the Lodge (located at a park in town) and it is SWEET. We are so excited. It's a great location…neutral, everyone knows where it is, there's plenty of parking, a small field area next to it, playground, plenty of space to spread out but contained so we don't have to worry about kids being all over someone's street, the building itself is so great. We're really excited about this. It is the type of place kids rent out for sweet sixteen parties, grad parties, banquets, etc. All things of this world. Now it will be remembered for YL. We brought our campaigner kids there to share vision and pray over it. Our team has been praying over it, and our committee has signed up, one person each day, to go and pray on the property up until club starts.

I was there the other day praying for club and was thinking about the impact the Lord could have on kids through this place. If kids meet Christ at camp, they always remember the specific rock or bench where they first prayed. That can happen at this place! 4 years from now, a college girl can bring her boyfriend back to Pittsford and show him this place, where the Lord completely changed everything about her life. Where she realized her purpose and realized that she was loved by the God of the universe. How cool is that?!

Team Pittsford praying at the Lodge

So Pittsford's first club is scheduled for Thursday, April 19 at 7:18. The kids are stoked. They have designed a t-shirt and are pumped. They're inviting their friends. They're practicing music, mixers, skits, getting everyone involved. And they're praying! They are praying for their friends. Praise the Lord.

While they are excited, part of them is nervous it's not going to 'work'. "What if no one comes?" Here's my response: (and what I'm really looking forward to…) We are called to go and make disciples. To love people and serve people. We have an opportunity to invite kids to young life club to have fun, be loved, and hear the gospel. So we will do just that. We will be faithful and obedient and do everything in our power from now until club to get everyone we know there. But the beauty of it all is the Lord is going to get people there ultimately. So when 7:18 on that Thursday comes, we are going to celebrate. Celebrate every kid that is in that room. We're going to live life to the full, love people, and talk about Jesus with kids. Whether that's 100+ kids who have never heard the gospel, 30 kids who came every week 2 years ago, or the same 15 kids that were at campaigners last week. It's up to the Lord, we're just along for the ride.

Specific prayer requests:
-75 kids would pack the Lodge on April 19th
-That campaigner kids would find joy in inviting people from their school
-That every kid who comes would have fun, feel loved, and hear/experience the gospel
-That kids would give their lives to Christ!

Please join us in praying!