Youth Takeover Sunday (FFC Youth Group) 08.02.2026

Uh, rented out a youth student to do work around your house and help them get there.

Thank you, thank you.

Uh, but then first off, Josh Kern, f- affectionately known at camp as Papa Kern.

Um, he went, [clears throat] he went as staff, uh, and he did graphics for all the worship.

And for those of you who haven't watched the Rodriguez brothers do worship, they have, like, 50 million songs memorized in their head.

And what they do, the, the set they plan, 50% happens.

So Josh is just phenomenal at, at getting the, the, the slides up, open courses.

He did a great job.

He was also Angela's gopher as well.

Um, but just huge thank you to Josh for the help on the staff side.

Obviously, my wonderful wife doing everything that she does to help organize the camp along with all the other NRP conferences.

Carmen Akers, she's back in kids church doing what Carmen does best, serving our next generation.

She's been doing it for I don't know how long, but she has watched all your kids grow up.

And if anybody, like, nobody could have a bigger heart after you guys for your own children than Carmen Akers.

And it's just, it, it just oozes out of her.

[clears throat] Zenia, is your mama here today? No, Zenia's out of town.

Oh.

So Zenia came along as well.

Um, and then we had Scott and Jen Smothers.

[audience cheering] [clears throat] So Scott did a great job of just, like I said last week, being rock steady, steady pulling the trailer, uh, steady just helping out with whatever we needed.

And then Jen really stepped up 'cause with all of Angela's, uh, like, work capacity that she had to do, Jen just did an amazing job of really stepping up and, and working with and discipling the girls while, while we were there.

So thank you all for showing up and being tired and getting a lack of sleep and sleeping on very uncomfortable, uh, bunk room mattresses.

So...

Uh, rented out a youth student to do work around your house and help them get there.

Thank you, thank you.

Uh, but then first off, Josh Kern, f- affectionately known at camp as Papa Kern.

Um, he went, [clears throat] he went as staff, uh, and he did graphics for all the worship.

And for those of you who haven't watched the Rodriguez brothers do worship, they have, like, 50 million songs memorized in their head.

And what they do, the, the set they plan, 50% happens.

So Josh is just phenomenal at, at getting the, the, the slides up, open courses.

He did a great job.

He was also Angela's gopher as well.

Um, but just huge thank you to Josh for the help on the staff side.

Obviously, my wonderful wife doing everything that she does to help organize the camp along with all the other NRP conferences.

Carmen Akers, she's back in kids church doing what Carmen does best, serving our next generation.

She's been doing it for I don't know how long, but she has watched all your kids grow up.

And if anybody, like, nobody could have a bigger heart after you guys for your own children than Carmen Akers.

And it's just, it, it just oozes out of her.

[clears throat] Zenia, is your mama here today? No, Zenia's out of town.

Oh.

So Zenia came along as well.

Um, and then we had Scott and Jen Smothers.

[audience cheering] [clears throat] So Scott did a great job of just, like I said last week, being rock steady, steady pulling the trailer, uh, steady just helping out with whatever we needed.

And then Jen really stepped up 'cause with all of Angela's, uh, like, work capacity that she had to do, Jen just did an amazing job of really stepping up and, and working with and discipling the girls while, while we were there.

So thank you all for showing up and being tired and getting a lack of sleep and sleeping on very uncomfortable, uh, bunk room mattresses.

So...