The Stromwall's

We spent a weekend at Camp Shamineau with students who will be leading our Summer Training Project.  Below, meet our Room Leaders, Team Leaders, A- Team, and Student Project Directors!  Quite the lovely bunch, no?   So, the funny thing about being a leader as a Christian is… that… its totally not like the cultural perception of “leader.”  In a lot of ways, a leader seems like someone who has it all together, someone who has reached a certain level of expertise, someone who does a great job at a lot of things and is able to tell other people what to do.  But, for the believer, the bible compares being a leader to being servant-hearted and full of humility, rather than seeking power and dominance.  One of the goals we pitched to our student leaders was this:  To fail and fail publicly.  Sort of a weird angle to throw at our leaders… but, let’s roll with it.  Its not some cruel joke to want them to fail in public so people can point fingers and laugh.  What it is getting at is that the believer is FREE to fail.  And its OK to share the ways you fall short in front of the students you are leading.  It creates some of the best teachable moments that could radically help the student disciples going.  If the cross is big for a leader, its big for their followers.  If the cross is small for a leader, the followers will likely not see the beauty of grace and the glorious truth than in light of our falling short of God’s glory, we are freed by the gift of Jesus life and death.   For the believer, failure is…oddly enough… the most powerful way God can use you. Pray for us personally, our staff team and student leaders to cling to this promise in 2 Corinthians 12:9 “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”