Pleasant Grove Baptist Church of Neese, Georgia

By Matthew Lee

I’d like to let you know what’s going on in the PGBC Youth Group these days. For starters, it’s been named the “180.” This was the original name Aaron Dougherty wanted to give it when he was here, so I felt we would stick with that. He had the idea for several reasons.

First, a 180 is a U-turn that could describe the change in one’s life when he turns it over to Christ. He leaves his old life that led to eternal death and separation from God, and he turns around to eternal life with God. Also, the verse Luke 1:80 is fitting, “And the child (Jesus) grew and became strong in spirit….”

And yet another way 180 fits is that it is a popular skate boarding trick. You may have noticed that many of the kids around here are skate boarders. I think the new name will connect with the kids and sound “cool”; yet at the same time, it will have an important underlying message about it.
Anyway, we are off to a good start this fall with six different students attending so far. Please pray that I would be able to gain their trust and friendship as well as be a leader and teacher to them. Pray also that the ones who haven’t received Christ yet would do so, and that their lives would reflect Christ in their homes so their parents would come to know Christ, too.

Please remember that these kids have probably never been to a church regularly, if at all, and are very shy and unfamiliar with the church environment. Be sure to welcome them and make them feel right at home in that good old Pleasant Grove way. Thank you for your prayers and support.