Celebrate!

Celebrations are a lot of fun. I keep smiling through them all. I talked with parents at the Lawrence United Methodist Church Youth Corps celebration last Thursday. Some of their kids had been in the program several years and others this was their first year. They all agreed that it is a great program for their kids.

It was a celebration for the kids. It was a celebration of the leadership teams. It was a celebration of those that provided funding, transportation, publicity, and for the community that was served with their service projects. There were awards for the kids; there were testimonies of lessons learned; and a few tears as the program came to an end. Congratulations to Lawrence United Methodist Church and the Youth Corps.

Metro Auxiliary gave the Brightwood Community Center summer program kids an opportunity to show what they have learned at their celebration Friday. The kids put on a play written by Debbie Hall, their director, which had lots of humor in addition to teaching a lesson. Debbie is a school teacher that has great leadership skills, has led the kids in good discipline, and lots of learning while still having fun at Brightwood. It was a big crowd helping with the celebration – visitors from as far away as Franklin UM Community, Brightwood board members, St. Paul-Brightwood UMC members, Indiana Annual Conference staff Rev. Michelle Cobb and Rev. LeKisha Reed. I especially appreciated that the Metro Auxiliary members served ice cream and brownies. The program continues another three weeks with an outing at Eagle Creek, library visits, field trips and a closing cook-out prepared by the Brightwood Board of Directors.