This last Sunday I was asked to give the lesson at the church youth meeting.  This is a monthly gathering of youth from a few churches in Croatia that is held at a different church each month.  This time we were at Zaprešić.  I taught a lesson about how we are born into a grand story that God is telling and that we all have a role to play in that story.  I tied this in with how all the grand stories we love all share the same basic storyline:  Things were good, then evil enters the picture, a hero has to fight a battle and sometimes has to die, and then things are set right again.  What does this sound like?  It is simply a reflection of the grander, truer story (the Gospel) we are all a part of as God’s creation.  It is wired into who we are and so it can’t help coming out in the stories we love to tell.  I used scripture references together with several film clips from popular movies to illustrate the lesson.  Afterward, we all went bowling together at a local shopping mall.  It was a good day and it was great to get to know these teens better and pour into their lives.

Our Youth Meeting

My Bowling Group