The scene: a room gently accented by Christmas lights, worship music playing lightly in the background and the smell of a home-cooked meal lingering in the air. High school students from Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville made their way to the Jones Center last Friday for the first semiannual all-city high school worship night. The evening began with students socializing over an Italian meal of pasta, salad and breadsticks. Providing a family atmosphere for students around a dinner table taught in a moment a value often lost in current times. That being, the importance of warm discussion between members of a camp family, coming together to continue forging the loving bonds of listening and encouragement over the simple but necessary task of eating. Through the everyday activity of being fed, students and leaders were not simply filled with food, but with the sustenance of holistically nourishing relationships.
Students then transitioned to the worship segment of the night, as Ozone leaders Jonathan Chavez, Allison Meads, Sean Fuller, Jackson Hoyt and Springdale Director Wes May led in worship. The band's songs, which spoke of the great things that God has done, were interspersed with testimonies from various leaders. Bentonville intern Liz Harter shared about how God has helped her through hard times, including the passing of both of her grandmothers within the past few months. Fayetteville intern Ryne Pruitt talked about how we are saved by God's grace, not through our works or trying hard to earn our salvation. Students had the opportunity to gather in small groups of friends to share about God’s work in their lives as well as prayer requests for one another. Discussions about noticing how God had been evident in both the obvious and not so obvious blessings were a common theme.
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| A small group discussion |
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