The Great Adventure

Every summer, Hill Country Bible Church puts on a month long event called Great Adventure. It is totally different from anything we have ever been a part of (i.e. typical VBS). The month begins with a service called the Concert of Prayer. The evening is dedicated to praying for the month ahead and all of the different areas of ministry that will be going on at the same time. We took Elias to the Concert of Prayer Sunday night and it was amazing. There was just a buzz of excitement in the room about what is ahead.

During first week of Great Adventure there are 150 Backyard Bible Clubs (offered at 4 different times each day) happening all over the city for K-4th graders. There is a program called Ultimate Knockout at the church for 5-6th graders. The high school kids have been trained at a week of bootcamp and are put into teams which lead all of it. There are adults who act as drivers for the high school teams and they take them from club to club each day. It all culminates Friday night with Summerfest, which is a huge party on the church grounds with 9-hole putt putt golf, NFL punt, pass & kick, inflatables, games, hotdogs, popcorn, cottoncandy, etc. Last year there were over 6000 people at Summerfest.

The next 3 weeks are GO Trips. There are 12 teams going to places all over the world. One high schooler we know is going to Wales. I think there are about 400 people going on those trips.

Then the whole thing ends with the Concert of Praise. Adaryll will be playing there and we are told it like nothing we have ever experienced before.

We decided to host a Backyard Bible Club and invite all of the families from Elias' Tball team and some neighbors we have connected with over the last 6 weeks. Everyone had such a fun time last night, and the highschoolers did an awesome job with the games and stories. It rained, so we moved into the garage (and I am guessing several people probably thought it was cancelled). I have no idea what is in store for tonight, but I know I have to have a bunch of water balloons for tomorrow, so I am sure it will be lots of fun!