Our church has participated in Lads to Leaders/Leaderettes since 2006.  We have a very active group of young people and adults who participate and work with this program.  Lads to Leaders is a program used to help train our young people to serve God.  Individuals can choose from many areas of interest including Speech, Puppets, Debate, Art Says It, Song Leading, Teach to Teach, and much, much more.  We normally kick off every year around the end of September in preparation for the convention which takes place each year on Easter weekend.  Our group attends the convention in Louisville, Kentucky.  For more information about the Lads to Leaders/Leaderettes program, please visit there website at www.lads-to-leaders.org. 

2023 LADS TO LEADERS NEWS:

We had a great time at the 2023 Lads to Leaders Convention in Louisville in April.  There were around 1,100 in attendance at the convention (15,000 nationwide).  We were pleased that our numbers were up this year to 10 participants and several adults that attended.  Last year - we only had 4 kids to make the trip. 

We want to congratulate all of our young people on their   accomplishments and representation of the church.

Hannah Collins - 1^st place (8^th grade) Puppet Team

Blakely Graham - 1^st place (8^th grade) Puppet Team, 3^rd place Group Banner Team,  and Oral Bible Reading participation

Cade Jernigan - Year Round Song Leading (Bronze) & Good Samaritan (Bronze)

Rylan Jernigan - Year Round Song Leading (Bronze) & Good Samaritan (Bronze)

Brooks Kirby - 3^rd  place Winner Circle’s (4^th-6^th grade) Boy’s Speech, Year Round Song Leading (Bronze), Good Samaritan (Silver), 1^st place (8^th grade) Puppet Team, 3^rd place Group Banner Team, Art Says It, Oral  Bible Reading, and Song Leading participation

Freya Lester - 1^st place (8^th grade) Puppet Team, 3^rd place Group Banner Team, Art Says It, Songs of Praise and Speech participation

John Robert McCarley - 1^st place (8^th grade) Puppet Team, 3^rd place Group Banner Team, 3^rd place Speech (3^rd Grade), Art Says It (2^nd place - drawing), Year Round Song Leading (Bronze), Good Samaritan (Silver), Oral Bible Reading and Song Leading participation

Will McCarley - 1^st place (8^th grade) Puppet Team, 3^rd place Group Banner Team, 2^nd place Speech  (7^th  Grade), Art Says It (2^nd place - drawing; 2^nd place - photo), Year Round Song Leading (Bronze), Good  Samaritan (Silver), and Song Leading participation

Andrew Shepherd - Bartimaeus Award for Art Says It project

Dominique Shepherd - 1^st place (8^th grade) Puppet Team, 3^rd place Group Banner Team, and 2^nd place Speech (8^th Grade)

Joe Utley - 1^st place (8^th grade) Puppet Team, 3^rd place Group Banner Team, Year Round Song Leading (Bronze), Good Samaritan (Silver), Art Says It and Oral Bible Reading participation

Thanks again for the support from the church and from the elders. 

We are starting to prepare for L2L 2024 that will be held next year -  March 29-31, 2024!!