I came across this story, not surprisingly, from a video a friend posted on Facebook. It's about a young autistic boy named Jason McElwain... I won't talk so much, watch the video yourself... :)
Can you imagine if the coach didn't put Jason on? I think more than not being able to witness such an awesome feat, more importantly, Jason never would have known what he was capable of doing.
As I watched the video, I am reminded of Heart of God Church and how Pastor How and Pastor Lia really believe in young people. I think back to the past more than 3 years I have been in Heart of God Church and it is so obvious that without Pastors willing to take a "risk" on people who may not seem the most capable or experienced. They gave so many of us a platform and an environment to do things we never thought we could.
There are the famous stories of people like Charleston who started leading at 13 or 14 and how now, at just 20, he is a Senior Zone Leader overseeing so many cell groups, preaching in services and representing young people in the Festival of Praise. There's Daniel and his love for music and how Pastor Lia raised so many musicians and singers by giving the worship team an encouraging platform and believing in them. Today, Daniel is... hot! hahahaha... at least on his guitar. :) (peace, Dan!) There's Jian Ming who used to be a naughty school boy sawing tables during D&T but Pastors really just taught him, discipled him, trained him and now he's the head of all the Customer Operations in HoGC! And these are just the famous stories... there are so many more lives in HoGC that have been brought to a higher level because someone chose to believe in them.
There are the famous stories of people like Charleston who started leading at 13 or 14 and how now, at just 20, he is a Senior Zone Leader overseeing so many cell groups, preaching in services and representing young people in the Festival of Praise. There's Daniel and his love for music and how Pastor Lia raised so many musicians and singers by giving the worship team an encouraging platform and believing in them. Today, Daniel is... hot! hahahaha... at least on his guitar. :) (peace, Dan!) There's Jian Ming who used to be a naughty school boy sawing tables during D&T but Pastors really just taught him, discipled him, trained him and now he's the head of all the Customer Operations in HoGC! And these are just the famous stories... there are so many more lives in HoGC that have been brought to a higher level because someone chose to believe in them.
I love Heart of God Church...
1 comment:
I am totally blown away by this guy's courage to dream to play on the team one day. He praticed and practiced until the day of opportunity presented itself, and he was so ready to grab it.
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