revolve

last week, the new "coordinator of christian education" at my NJ church was plugging the revolve tour. it's in philly the first weekend in november. according to the website: " It’s a weekend of awesome music, amazing stories, faith and fun! It’s an event designed specifically for teen girls (6th – 12th grades) with stuff they need (and want) to know. And according to the girls who’ve been there . . . it’s a life-changing faith-building totally sweet beautiful real honest intense experience!".

ok, 6th-12th grade and "totally sweet", sounds like a target audience a little below my age level, right? and yeah it is.

but just now, i got a call from said "coordinator of christian education". she's like early 30s and really energetic, usually sits near me on sunday mornings and is always way friendly. she said she was brainstorming this week for chaperones for the trip who are young enough to not just be the participants' moms and for the kids to consider "cool", but old enough to actually be entrusted with driving 3-4 other bodies to philly, be responsible for a hotel room full of them, etc.... basically 20/30 somethings who could be good role models for the high schoolers in our church for the weekend and beyond.... she said i came to mind and she had no idea if i'd be interested, and if i wanted a few days to think, or if i just wanted to say "no, that's not my thing" that was fine, but she wanted to throw the idea out there....

are you kidding? i grew up in the same church from age 5 until grad school. when in high school i worked with grade school kids and was a senior high youth group officer/leader... when in college, i still went to conferences and retreats as a "junior chaperone", etc. i miss that stuff. since moving to NJ, (1) i didn't grow up in this church, so i don't know all the families in ways that i'd be comfortable just jumping in and working with the HS youth on my own, (2) i've been super busy studying non stop. but not asking for a permanent "hey help run youth group every week" deal, just being a fun responsible person to get to know the HS girls for a weekend, and actually getting to know some of them instead of just recognizing them on sunday mornings... how cool is that?

i gave an enthusiastic yes, so now i'm way excited about nov 3 and 4. getting more involved in my church in a way i'm excited about is a fantastic happy thing. :)

the end.