Wake Review for 9/21/08

Wake is our weekly meeting for Junior High students at Watermark. We meet on Sunday mornings at 11:00am on the 4th floor of the Watermark Tower. Here is my assessment of this week's Wake.

Program Outline
Attendance: Average
Fun Factor: Average
Leader Presence: Average
Music: Average
Message: Average

This week brought, in my opinion, the return to average. Everything felt like we were getting into a routine. There were some standout moments but overall, nothing too impressive.

The one thing of interest was the fact that we have consistently been welcoming 10+ first time guests each week. A fun thing we have for our guests is the "Guest Suite" (a couch and comfy chair set up with a coffee table and accessorized with Red Bulls, candy, and other freebies). We randomly select two guests each week to enjoy the suite and all it's amenities. This week, we decided to give guests the opportunity to "win" the guest suite and so we just said, "If you're a first time guest and you feel comfortable, come up on stage and whoever can impress us the most will win." It turned into 20 minutes of hilarity and ended with a kid doing non-stop backflips while another kid sang Silent Night with her eyes shut.

The crowd went wild and we spent so much time goofing off with the guests that we had to scrap our game.

Music was okay but we had some no-shows that put us in a pinch. My message had a great concept and challenge but lacked in solid content and effective delivery. If you're interested, you can click here to find a discussion guides that leaders use in their small groups throughout the week.



P.S. We showed the following video towards the top of our program just for laughs...