It was a crazy night for our second week in the year. we had to pull in another table and add more chairs to make it all work. which all set an attendance benchmark for a regular EVO gathering. There was amazing energy and good sense of community. Had many new faces and a couple new adults too.
Current Series:Text Week 1 – You’ve got a message waiting.
Big Idea: Through His Word, God has a text waiting for you each day that is personal, current, and easy to read. This was the first week in a 3 part series on the Scriptures. Using this focus as a foundation to our Life Book saturation in December in area high schools. Used this video to set the vision.
had the students take out their cell phones and text a friend to show how connected they were. moments after they all sent a text asking “are you at church”? about 15 students stood up as they got a reply. only two got texts saying they were. Just like text messages are personal, current, and applicable for your life so too was the idea of the truths of God’s word. Its clear from our conversations in small group that the Bible isn’t being used on a regular basis. Praying that the conversation over the next couple of weeks will help leverage that. Was excited to see several students (and adults) log into YouVersionas a tool to help them read the Bible. It was also good to see a couple dozen students (and adults) sign up to get a text message bible devotion over the next three weeks. 
Also showed this fun video from the news this week to leverage how connected everyone is. NBA star Kevin Durant tweeted how bored he was due to the lock out and wanted to play some flag football. A couple hours later in Stillwater, OK a group of students got a memory made. Also used this video to remind the students how “being present” can create all sorts of fun.
Fun: Snickerdew- some fun from chad at youthleaderstash. basically it was a chew-the-snicker-bar-and-drink-a-16-oz-mt.-dew-as-fast-as-you-can kinda of game. 
