TBC Youth Group

Due to lack of time to plan anything else, we decided to do a movie night, and get some pizza. And it’s a good thing too, because Odele and Kaitlyn weren’t able to make it, so it was just David and Diana as leaders—if we’d done anything more strenuous, we wouldn’t have been able to handle it!

We had three movies to choose from (Crossover, Bend it Like Beckham, and Roll Bounce), and it wasn’t until after we got back to the church, movies in hand, that we realized they were all sports movies (basketball, soccer, and roller skating, in that order). They decided on Crossover.

David ordered pizza, and then we started the movie (later than we would have liked). And, surprisingly, everyone came up to watch the movie; the guys didn’t even have to be forced to leave the basketball behind. (Maybe because it’s a movie about basketball?) When the pizza arrived, we paused the movie to dig in, and then David led the devotion, which was on Matthew 8:5–13. David made the following points about this passage:

• For most of Jesus’ ministry, his miracles were performed on Jewish people, but there were a couple of exceptions, like this one. But whenever Jesus healed a non-Jewish person—at least, as far as David can remember—he also made a point of talking about how much faith they had. He was willing to make an exception to his rule, to make the point about how important faith is.
• Jesus also mentions that many Jews will not come to faith, even though many people who are not Jewish will. Similarly, you can’t judge who is going to become a real Christian from outward appearances; many people who have attended church all their lives still have not accepted Jesus as their saviour, whereas someone who has never been to church can hear the gospel and come to a saving faith immediately.

We turned the movie back on, and finished it. And then, since David was the only leader present who had a car, it took twice as long as usual to ferry everyone home.