My Thoughts on Murder Mysteries and the Gospel

So, The Greatest Story Ever Contest has officially ended. Colin Hemphill and his, "I walked with Penguins" story won it outright. Well done my penguin walking friend. (Speaking of penguins, maybe it is just me, but I'm super excited about the "Happy Feet" penguin movie coming out soon. It might even be opening night worthy.) Anyway, congrats Colin.

Since the contest is finished my blog officially returns again to its overarching theme of "What's the youth pastor thinking?" And so appropriately I find myself thinking about this Saturday's murder mystery outreach. We have 25 students signed-up and 5 leaders that are going to participate as characters. There are going to be two groups of 15 and each group is going to have a killer. I am excited to see how this night transpires and who figures out who did it first or if the killer can make it all the way thru the night without being figured out. It should be fun. I also pretty excited about the costumes and what y'all come up with. It should be fun to see y'all all dressed up and looking quite fabulous.

I must say that I am getting a kick out of the fact that we are doing an outreach event centered around a murder. Nothing like preparing everyone for the gospel presentation by reminding them that no one knows how long they have left here on earth. You could go at any minute, just like the poor soul who dies at the event.

The other things that are on my mind are really not all that interesting. Well, other than how Dallas delivered beautifully last night. (Take that Taylor.) Other than that I have a paper due in my DTS class this week in which I have to define God and I have a test on Friday in that same class that is going to add to an already busy week as I get things put together for this outreach. My thoughts on those two things are not very pleasant right now so I will keep them to myself. So with that I must move on with my morning and try to knock out some more things before I begin studying. I hope y'all have a great week and I'll see you on Wednesday with your character envelops in hand.