Student Ministry Family,
Our Student Ministry Staff has worked with our Student Ministry Advisory Council to create ministry programming plans for this summer that align with the church’s plan. Clearly our first priority will be the safety of everyone involved, but we also want our summer program to be both as fun and meaningful as possible in this most unusual summer. That has required some changes to our typical ministry schedule.
In June we will continue to have our weekly Sunday evening gathering, The [Digital] Brook, via Zoom. The only in-person gatherings allowed in our church reopening plan in June are our Sunday morning worship gatherings, which begin June 14. Your family can
pre-register online to attend worship
– either traditional worship at 9 am or contemporary worship at 11 am.
As we enter the next phase in July, we will be able to have some in-person Student Ministry gatherings for the first time.
The first week of July students will be able to serve our children’s ministry in various ways at our drive-in VBS. You’ll be hearing more about those opportunities in coming weeks, but feel free to
email Sharon Howard
to volunteer even now.
July 12 is the day things will really take their first big step back toward normal for our Student Ministry!
That morning marks the resumption of Sunday Morning Bible Study at the church building. You’ll receive more details as it draws nearer, but we do plan to have Student Ministry SMBS each week.
That evening The Brook will return to an in-person gathering at the church, too! Please make plans to join us July 12, 19, & 26. As those gatherings get closer, we’ll share more details, but know we’re working to make it a fun, meaningful, safe experience for you and all the guests you might invite.
We also have plans for having plenty of socially distanced Summer Fun activities throughout July and creating some new MBBC Student Ministry traditions.
While the in-person gatherings in July won’t be quite like what we were used to before the pandemic (social distancing will be required, we’ll all be wearing masks, etc.), it will be so good to be back together again!
The social distancing rules do mean some of the summer traditions we love will not happen this summer.
Our South Africa Mission Trip had already been cancelled.
Beach Retreat 2020 is now cancelled.
LifeWeek won’t be happening in its traditional format. (We hope much of what you love about LifeWeek will be found this year in the special July editions of The Brook!)
I know these cancellations and changes are a disappointment to you (as they are to me!). Nonetheless, I am both confident the plan for reopening MBBC is one carefully designed to keep everyone safe AND we are going to pleasantly surprised by the way God will be at work in all of our lives through the alternative programming we’ll have this summer.
In the meantime, as we plan and eagerly anticipate being back together, know our Student Ministry team is here for you! If there are ways we can come alongside your family in these days, please let us know. We’re always open to being invited to socially distanced meals with your family. We welcome conversation at a distance or through technology anytime. We're always here to listen.
We are praying for you. We love you. We miss you.
If you have any questions/concerns about our summer plans, feel free to reach out.
Blessings!
Ben Winder
Minister to Students
205.603.6803 | ben@mbbc.org
