I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am that Surge is starting back up tomorrow evening. Just for a little bit of history, Surge is actually a rebranding of a discipleship program that actually started at the Rockwall Campus over a decade ago called Extra Innings. Since then, the program has grown to almost ten times it's original size, is on multiple campuses, has added 4th graders to its numbers and incorporate missions into part of its dynamics. Last year we launched the program at the Firewheel Campus and had 9 kids faithfully coming each week to grow in their walk and gain a deeper understanding of their relationship with God. Of those 9, 6 went down to Mission Waco with us over Spring Break, with 4 of their parents, to love on and serve the homeless community there. It was a great start for us here at Firewheel.
With the success that we had with our launch last year, more people have expressed an interest to be involved with this rapidly growing discipleship program. This year we promoted a large class of 4th graders and many 5th graders who were not able to join us last year have made plans to jump in. As we look forward to the year ahead, we're already considering some local outreach ministries we can partner with as well as planning some unique way to raise money for Mission Waco 2012. But most important, we'll be looking at ways to pour into the lives of each other as we strive to live more like Christ.
It's going to be an amazing year with a great group of kids who are striving to know, love and follow Jesus.
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