So today, I'm posting about something that has truly made me the woman in Christ that I am today, youth group! I cannot imagine going through middle school and high school without a youth group, but the youth group at Blanchard is pretty special...
From the beginning 6th grade all the way through the end of your senior year, you are put with the same group of amazing people. You begin to establish deep and rooted relationships with each and every person of your small group, and eventually, they become your second family. By the time you reach your junior or senior year, you as a group have made so many memories that you feel like you've lived your LIFE together. That bond that began to form as awkward and shy 6th or 7th graders, now seems to be made of steel, and NOTHING would be able to come between you and your small group. But, no matter how amazing your small group is, there are leaders behind the scenes that have worked their BUTTS off to make sure you have an awesome time at Blanchard.
Blanchard youth groups don't have just one leader. Of course, you have your one "main" leader, but then you have so many others that branch off from that. You have college students, parents, grad school students, or even married couples that truly have a passion for middle school and high school students. It is so nice that if for some reason(NOT SAYING THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME), you don't see eye-to-eye with your youth pastor, there's at least a good 5 or 10 other leaders that you might see eye-to-eye with, and that is not something that every student has. I especially enjoyed having the college students, because you, as a high school student, or even a middle school student, can relate to a college student, because they're not that much older than you! It wasn't so long ago that they were in high school or middle school and experienced a lot of the same things that you are going through. I am so happy and grateful for the chance to be able to be a part of such an amazing youth group, and have amazing beyond amazing leaders to help me every step of the way. So, if you were EVER a leader in The Stand(middle school) or The Edge(high school), I want to thank you. Thank you for the countless hours you have devoted to us, thank you for the energy you spent on us to make sure that we were having a fantastic time at youth group. Most of all, thank you for enduring all the pranks we have pulled, or the middle school drama we involved you in, or the bruises that we gave you on the broomball court, because I KNOW that you did it out of love for us!
<3 Always,
Rose
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