Surge Idol

This was my last week on staff at Fellowship Church. On my last day, Wednesday, I got a send-off like only junior high ministry can do; here's the story...

A couple of months ago we shot a video as a spoof on American Idol called Surge Idol. Six of us sang on video, three sang good and three sang horribly. Those of us that sang horribly got to move on to Hollywood and the others got voted off. I figured it was just a goofy video to use to add creativity to our program, like usual...boy was I wrong! The staff decided to turn it into a contest like the real American Idol and have the students vote for who was the worst singer out of the three of us that went on to Hollywood...yes, that's right, I was one of the horrible singers. The "winner" of the worst singer had to perform live at Surge on May 23, which just happened to be my last day. I had a feeling they might rig the voting somehow. Andy, the Junior High Pastor, actually pleaded with the students to vote for me so that I would have to embarrass myself on my last night. So, that's exactly what happened. I won and on Wednesday night I completely slaughtered the song Over the Rainbow and then was interrupted by the runner-up, Jason playing his Country Jo character. He interrupted me and then Andy made us have a sing-off. Although embarrassing, it was so much fun and a great way to end my time in the Junior High!