Both nights filled with laughter, conversation, play and worship! Being known by God means not only putting your best foot forward, but also your worst... and still being loved. After many months of planning, adjusting, and figuring out the best way of youth ministry re-entry - the waiting and anticipation is over! Sherwood Park Alliance Church Youth ministries launched this past Tuesday & Wednesday night. Between Senior High and Junior High, we had 150+ of our youth make it out! How incredibly refreshing to witness, in-person, our youth and leaders fill the air with laughter, conversation, play, and worship!Scattered across the parking lot, with bonfires, our usual fun activities included customized button pin-making & building terrariums to take home. A parking lot party was all that was needed for us to see how much our youth and leaders were hungry to connect and get back to authentic, in-person community!Our nights closed with ice-breakers and a word from Pastor James & Jesse, who provided guidance in ways to navigate a year full filled with change and the need to adjust! At the Junior High event, the we discussed what it looks like for us to TRUST a God who is faithful as we enter into a year of uncertainty. At the Senior High event, discussed what it means to be KNOWN by God and by others during a time where our relationships have been so dramatically impacted by this years changes.Church family, in a year full of many surprises, we are still excited for what Jesus is able to do this year and we thank you for holding us up in prayer to our God who is not surprised!God is good, all the time! And all the time, God is good!If we won't live forever, or even long enough to make a lasting difference to the world, how then shall we live? That was basic teaching from last weekends service, which kicked off the new series Living Life Backward, a study of the Book of Ecclesiastes. Wise people accept that they're going to die - that is the first step in learning how to live. If you missed it, check out last week's message, Stop Pretending.This weekend, we are going to pick up right where we left off in Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26. We tend to live our lives fully integrated in this world, rather than as visitors passing through. Our future death is a light God shines on the present, in order to change it. Life in God's world is gift, not gain. Facing death can radically enable us to enjoy life. Hope you can join us in-person at 11 am (registration required) or online Saturday 7 pm | Sunday 9 am & 11 am.