KNIGHTROUSVLOG

Pastor Jeff,

Great meeting ya! And – given the wildness of this particular JAM! – I have a feeling each of us will be forever etched in each other’s memories.

Wouldn’t it be great if every gathering in God was this unforgettable?

As I said to you while there, people will see clearly that you guys go all out for kids – even to the point, as you said – to “crazy failure”. I know how you meant that use of “failure”. In truth, you “failed” forward, if you can say you “failed” at all.

Somewhere in the midst of making styrofoam snow angels and spiking balloons, a deposit of Christ was made in the chaos. Okay, so they didn’t have styrofoam when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey but the contagious, unrestrained craziness of celebration and joy exhibited that day was enough to prompt the religious fuddywhacks of their generation to attack it as unorthodox and inappropriate.

“Knock it off!”, “Shut it down!”, they demanded. As if to say, “God is not honored by such a shameless display.” Christ knew different. “Fellas, even the rocks are eager to bust out,” he assured them.

I’m not sure the “meat” of what I hoped to convey was all that important compared to the “meat” of meeting itself. Kids showed up and were celebrated, embraced, delighted and delighted in, and accepted to a point they will likely, sadly, not experience very often. And, all that, under God’s roof.

Hats off to you and your energetic and crazy gathering!

Andy Holmes, the “puppet guy” you picked up.

I remember you saying at some point this year P. Jeff that it was going to be a messy year!!! guess so!

Pastor Jeff,

My oldest son, who is 4, had an awesome time at JAM! He loves his class, but having a chance to “worship with grownups” as he put it, was the highlight for him. He was still talking the next day about how it had “snowed” at chuch. (God bless the clean-up crew) I love that we have a church that places such a high importance on it’s children, and I was blessed by the worship team, who gave it all they had even for a “kid’s service”. Though obviously geared toward the younger audience, the story about the little seed really touched me. We tend to really over complicate things and get lost in all the day-to-day stuff don’t we? Sometimes we just need things broken down into their simplest form so we can remember what we already know. Thanks for all the laughs and for a great time of worship with the whole family! Thanks to everyone who worked on JAM!

P Jeff,
You are an amazing leader. I’ve never met a leader that would encourage risk like you do. Most leaders only focus on the results which in most cases means “NO” failures. I love the fact that the attitude you teach me to have is to go for it and see what happens (not my caracter), but it make me grow, and think outside my box. Thank You.

Pastor Jeff,

I think this is AWESOME! I’m sure the kids had more fun than they have ever had in their lives in church. That is something that they will not soon, if ever, forget. I love it! Wish I was there!

Val Solomon