Motion X

School starts next Tuesday, so that means our church was busy getting the students ready for the struggles and battles of life as a teenager. Motion X had speakers and music to motivate the next generation to live indepedently from the rest of the world. A huge challenge where communication is not respectful, intolerant of those who think differently, and completely lacking understanding of body language, inflection, and other nuances of face to face communication.

My heart breaks for the youth of today. I would not be a teen again for all the money in the world and today is so much harder than when I was young. There is so much potential in these beautiful kids, I am so happy to be a part of the church which encourages them to live with love.

Sixteen thousand students converged on the BJCC for three days to:

1. Know God
2. Find Freedom
3. Discover their Purpose
4. Make a difference in the World

These youth are a Generation in Motion, moving towards God and serving/loving others in His Name.

Screenshots stolen from Social Media...my little angels are further down...my bad attempt at doing this chronologically...mild fail by this blogger.

Kind of like "Where's Waldo?" but this is "Where's Matthew?"

Each Campus has a color, ours is purple

I was so disappointed to not be serving when Hannah came back from setup and told me about the stage being an X and the X backdrop. This is the 10th year of Motion...it has grown so much in such a short time. 

As part of Hannah's Internship, she helped set up the BJCC for this conference which included 14,000 LED bracelets which were synced to the lights on stage.

Matthew's buddy

And these pictures are Hannah's buddies from her 252 Internship

The 252 Internship name comes from Luke 2:52 "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man."