"Sweet" series at Merge

This weekend I got the tremendous opportunity to speak for my first time at Fellowship Church! I delivered the message for the 6th graders at their service called Merge. I spoke the message 4 times, as the 6th graders meet during the 4 weekend services, 2 Saturday night and 2 Sunday morning. The series we are doing is called Sweet and is based on the verse Psalm 34:8 that says "Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him." Trust me, I totally have that verse memorized by now! We pick a different candy each week and connect it to this verse with different spiritual ties. I got to make up my own...so I chose to do Milk Duds. I used Hebrews 5:14 to base my message on. It says "Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways; solid food is for the mature, who have some practice in telling right from wrong." I challenged the students to grow in their faith and get past the "Milk Dud" phase of their lives and move onto solid food, growing in their relationship with Jesus. During their small groups they got to eat Milk Duds! Oh, and I used this baby picture of me in my intro...to talk about how I grew physically, past the milk phase. It was super fun and I'm excited because I get to speak at Surge, the 7th and 8th grade service, during Spring Break. God is so good, giving me these opportunities. I'm learning a lot about message prep and creative ways to inspire your audience...it's an exciting time!