Decoding Love

This past weekend I was able to attend CIY SuperStart with some of our 5th and 6th grade students from our church.  This is a great opportunity to let some younger students experience a big trip for the very first time.  We are blessed to be able to partner with CIY for an event like this.

Over the weekend Patrick Snow and the rest of his team guided us through an incredible journey learning about how to show love.  As they fought off the evil Dr. Ego they learned how to deal with hurt feelings and rude people.

The SuperStart team does an amazing job of presenting this message in a way that allows these young students to learn on their own level.  It is amazing to watch our students learn from watching the characters deal with life on the stage.  Our students were entertained  while they were learning this powerful lesson.

It is amazing to see how they would focus in when Patrick would sit down and talk to them at the end of the sessions.  He did a masterful job of tying everything together and making our students feel like he was just talking to them.

One of the best parts about this event this year was that CIY brought their challenge cards to this age group.  CIY gives each student a challenge card in an envelope and each student is to decide if they will accept the challenge or not.  If you accept the challenge then you open your envelope and you have to do whatever your card says.

This worked great with this age group as the SuperStart team did a great job of selecting challenges for this age group.  This is something that can be life changing for a student as they do something that they know God is calling them to do.

This was the largest SuperStart they have ever had and I know that their audience will only continue to grow.  I would encourage you to check out CIY SuperStart to use as an amazing tool in your ministry.  If you have been to other CIY events then you don’t want to miss out on this opportunity when it comes around again next year.