Discovery Weekend
in Peoria, Illinois
PEORIA, Illinois—The Peoria church had a teen Discovery Weekend and campout Aug. 24 and 25. "As part of our church camp-out we had a service done entirely by our youths," said Pastor Cliff Parks.
This was the first time that many of the young people who attend on Wednesday nights came to a weekend service, and the first chance that many of our members had to meet them. A lot of the young people from both our Sunday service and Wednesday service brought friends, so we had nearly 50 young people there for most of the weekend. Some left before the Sunday service because they had their own churches to attend, but those who stayed invited parents and family to come with them.
Four of them gave 10-minute messages, and others led worship and ran all of the sound and overhead equipment. Several of the families expressed an interest in coming to church regularly.
