Come to me...

MSM has found a pretty sweet groove lately. We meet in the Middle School Lounge (room 101 downstairs) until 11a and then head upstairs to the loft. From up their we are led in worship along with the rest of the All Saints community. When the music stops we head back downstairs to the Lounge where we play a couple games, study the Word or a theme, and then play a few more games. Usually their are some snacks and silliness thrown in there too.

Today after worship we played charades. Watching Chase try to act out "snow tubing" was awesome! Grayson easily acted out "playing soccer" and "dancing like Michael Jackson" while Cameron was an all-star guesser. Even Bella got in on the action and acted out "flying".

Next up we dove into Matthew 11:28-30 which reads
28The Jesus said, "Come to me, all who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 for my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light."

We talked about things that stress us out that would make us weary. We also talked about what a yoke is and why Jesus would tell us to put one on. Then we talked about some the characteristics of Jesus that we can learn from Him such as humility and gentleness and what learning from Jesus would do for our burden.

Since we want to learn to make reading the Bible a daily habit we are going to ready these three verses every day this week. If we can memorize them that would be cool too, but really we just want to read the Bible every day this week.

And at the end of our time together we finished up with a couple more games including "Finger jousting" and "Ultimate Ninja". It was a good day to be a Middle Schooler.

Hannah

Things to Know...
- Winter Retreat: Feb. 3-5 We are going to Miracle Ranch for a weekend of fun, fellowship, music, speakers, adventure, good food, and games. It's going to be an awesome time. All Middle Schoolers and their friends are encouraged to attend. The cost is $100.
Registration and Information for the MSM Winter Retreat are available at  THIS LINK If you have any questions about how to register, let me know.
- Rock & Worship Roadshow: Saturday March 3 Some of the biggest names in Worship are going to be at the Key Arena! Mercy Me, Tenth Avenue North, Sidewalk Prophets, and many more will be there. You are not going to want to miss this event so mark your calendar today. The cost is $10. More details to come.