Rev. Lindsey Wade is the Transitional Pastor of Montevallo Presbyterian Church
Today was our first full day getting to experience everything Triennium has to offer.
We started the day by meeting with our delegation (which consists of all four of us!) and discussing yesterday’s worship and today’s Scripture. Mary and Henry then went off to meet new friends in their Small Groups while Barrett and I learned about intergenerational ministry with a large group of adults.
After lunch, we traveled back across campus to worship God once again with the largest group of Presbyterians I’ve ever seen. Today, Rev. Sandra Van Opstal was our preacher and she focused on the story of Zacchaeus, reminding us that Jesus seeks us and sees who we truly are even when the rest of the world writes us off as worthless or bad or insignificant. Rev. Van Opstal pointed out how Zacchaeus went above and beyond what was required of him when Jesus changed his life and we too are called to go out and see others how God sees them now that we know Jesus is seeking us out.
The rest of the day I was truly able to witness the young people around me seeking to help others. Whether they were giving an offering to help rebuild a camp in Puerto Rico, remembering their baptisms in worship, learning about creation care or intentional dialogue in interest groups, trading pins with people from New York and Detroit, making first aid kits for people living in the streets in North Carolina or dancing with new friends I saw them giving their hearts God. Today, I was given a glimpse of how God sees these young people and it is a truly beautiful sight.
Today was our first full day getting to experience everything Triennium has to offer.
We started the day by meeting with our delegation (which consists of all four of us!) and discussing yesterday’s worship and today’s Scripture. Mary and Henry then went off to meet new friends in their Small Groups while Barrett and I learned about intergenerational ministry with a large group of adults.
After lunch, we traveled back across campus to worship God once again with the largest group of Presbyterians I’ve ever seen. Today, Rev. Sandra Van Opstal was our preacher and she focused on the story of Zacchaeus, reminding us that Jesus seeks us and sees who we truly are even when the rest of the world writes us off as worthless or bad or insignificant. Rev. Van Opstal pointed out how Zacchaeus went above and beyond what was required of him when Jesus changed his life and we too are called to go out and see others how God sees them now that we know Jesus is seeking us out.
The rest of the day I was truly able to witness the young people around me seeking to help others. Whether they were giving an offering to help rebuild a camp in Puerto Rico, remembering their baptisms in worship, learning about creation care or intentional dialogue in interest groups, trading pins with people from New York and Detroit, making first aid kits for people living in the streets in North Carolina or dancing with new friends I saw them giving their hearts God. Today, I was given a glimpse of how God sees these young people and it is a truly beautiful sight.
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