I love it when a plan comes together!
Last year, I had the privilege of directing the first-ever preschool Worship & Arts summer camp at McFBC. Because we joined the church after Easter, we had a very short window of time to plan and implement the week-long camp. But despite the shortcomings, God blessed our efforts, and we had a great turnout of 25 little ones, ages 3-5 years old, who came daily to sing songs, experience creative movement and rhythm, do crafts, and learn about the God who loves us.
So it seemed natural that I would lead again this year. Knowing that I had a full year to plan, I began praying about what our theme should be. There is nothing commercially available for this age group, so we have to plan from scratch and pull ideas from various sources to make something like this happen. By Christmas I was a bit concerned that I didn’t have a theme yet. Oh sure, I’d tossed ideas around in my head, but nothing seemed right, nothing truly gelled.
Until one day in January.
Driving around town running errands after working out, I was listening to the radio and really praying that God would just show me what we needed to do this year. And all of a sudden, the song I was hearing put it all in perspective. The song was “Lord I Lift Your Name on High” as performed by Petra. EUREKA! That’s it! A rock-n-roll theme using familiar songs set to a rock beat! How perfect is that?! Immediately the ideas began swirling around and I raced home to get them all written down before I lost momentum.
Then began the task of assembling my team. And even before I could begin asking, people began approaching ME…asking how could they get involved? What could they do? You mean, I don’t have to beg, plead, or coerce someone into serving? WOW! And what’s more, I have MORE volunteers than I need?? Thank You, LORD!!
Well, it was time to meet with the core of leaders on this project to solidify our ideas and get a timeline going. We met last week and I actually delegated – ME, DELEGATED! – a project to someone else to handle. And you know what? They’ve already prepared their first draft of the project and submitted it for review. We’ve discussed ideas and revised some thoughts and they are so pumped about what they’re going to do…it’s going to be awesome! God is really moving!
I wish I could share all the nitty-gritty details, and in time, I will. But for now, I think it’s best if I keep things under wraps a bit. We still have a ways to go to make it all fit together. And I have a lot of work ahead of me to make the vision a reality. But God is working…God is preparing…God is providing…and it’s already been amazing to see what He is making happen.
The rocks may have to cry out a little louder over my shouts of praise if they expect to be heard.