Coaches Training

Last night we had our Five Star coaches training here at the church. It was a mixture of Seth Maust casting vision, Justin Maust doing some leadership training and Judy Gregory (jr. high youth pastor at GCC) teaching on how to make the most of small group discussion. It was a great night. I love working with the team of coaches that I work with at Schmucker Middle School and seeing the impact that we are having on the kids in that school. One quick story:

Yesterday I went to Schmucker to do Five Star promotion at lunch. Schmucker has 1200 middle school students so I spoke to three different lunches with around 400 students each. As the last lunch group was heading back to class, one student from Five Star (he is like a mini Chris Farley) stopped to talk to me. He said, "What do you have to do to be a coach anyways?" I asked him why he wanted to know. He responded by saying, "Because when I get bigger that's what I want to do. I want to be a coach."

It provided a great teaching moment for me as I told him he needed to model a five star life. Show that he is responsible, has integrity, willing to serve, chasing his dream, and is excellant in all he does. He is beginning to get excited about what life has in store for him. That is what I love about Five Star. We are bringing to hope to kids who really never had any before.