Overflow Senior Sunday: A Spiritual Rite of Passage
Our culture is missing out! Many other cultures have distinct rites of passage to help mark the transition from childhood to adulthood. Without these rites of passage, our young adults are often confused as to which phase of life they are in. Overflow Senior Sunday serves as the transition from our children’s and youth ministries to the adult ministries of our church. Our goal is not to repeat the recognition of the academic accomplishments of our students. Instead, Overflow Senior Sunday marks the completion of one phase of our students’ spiritual development and invites them to join the adults of our church in community and serving. Overflow Senior Sunday begins with a breakfast meeting with the graduating seniors and their families. Pastor Keith leads the group in a look back at the students’ time in youth ministry and an gives invitation for them to get connected in the youth adults group. Pastor Eric then reviews the vision of our church and invites the graduates to help as we seek to reach our community for Jesus. Pastor Rick concludes our time with a Biblical challenge for our graduates, and a prayer of blessing over them. During both morning services on Overflow Senior Sunday, we conclude our time with a slideshow featuring our Overflow graduates. We then present the graduates with Bibles that have been signed by our youth leaders and pastors. A few of the adult small groups also present our graduates with personalized gift bags. We then invite our church family to come and pray over the graduates. Many graduates and their families have communicated that they treasure the Bibles and this opportunity to receive a personalized blessing from our church family. May we continue to be a church that equips and deploys young adults for Kingdom work! See you on Overflow Senior Sunday! – Pastor Keith
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