My Epic Journey

Okay, I am aware that it is not Monday but since I missed a couple of weeks due to Christmas, I thought it would be best to post one now at the beginning of the New Year.

ORANGE.  Where Faith and Family intersect.

Activity:  New Year’s Covenants

I am sure each and everyone of us has sat down, at the end of the year, to evaluate the past year and to vision about the coming year.  I know I have.  As long as I can remember I have sat down to write out New Year’s resolutions.  From losing weight, to becoming better organized, to connect more with God.  And yet, at the end of the year, I seem to have failed WAY MORE than I was successful.  The problem with resolutions are just that, they are a resolve to change.  I think it best to make a covenant to change, a contract with God and with others, to live differently.

Application:

With that in mind, sit down as a family.  Talk about what the year looked like as a family and individually. (Parents, don’t be afraid to be honest about your shortcomings as well.  Your student already knows them.)  After you have listed areas you can improve, write out a covenant to God as a family as to how you are going to improve in the New Year.  Sign it as a family and post it up in a prominent place (such as, refrigerator, front door, etc.).  Then hold each other accountable to keeping the family covenant.

I didn’t forgot to mention Maddie in the video credits, it just cut her name off when it edited it.  Sorry Maddie!!!!!!  You were awesome on your solo part too!!!!!!!

Above are pictures of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) students at Olentangy Liberty High School.  This morning we partnered with them to pass out 1200 (that is 100 dozen) free Krispy Kreme donuts to all the students entering the building.  There was card attached explaining that we just wanted to show them the love of Christ in a practical way.

After the blitz, we took the rest of the donuts down to the administrative offices, the teacher’s lounge and the janitor’s office.

It was an amazing morning and a GREAT event.  Looking forward to doing the same with Olentangy and Olentangy Orange High Schools.

Very proud of our EPIC students who showed up to help.  Thanks Anna J., Hannah F., Morgyn C., and Kennedy B.  Also a big thanks to Josh Dixon for helping us pass them out as well.