Happy Easter! We’ll be here on Instagram Easter Sunday at 10am to celebrate together. While we hang out and watch the service together, get a bingo card ready and fill in each square with an Easter word from the word list posted on the story. Make two cards, one for the first half of the service with the music and stuff, and one for the second half, with Pastor Dave. You don’t have to use this specific bingo card, you can make your own, or screen shot this one and just mark it on your phone. And as always in bingo the center square is a free space. (Also, your sins are forgiven on Easter for free by Jesus too) 
Tonight we’re live at 7 here on Instagram to participate in a traditional-ish Maundy Thursday service. What does that even mean? Join the live stream to find out! 
Mafia is tonight!! We’ll meet here on Instagram at 7, I’ll explain the rules and then we’ll go to Zoom (933 2451 6534) and play. You’ll probably be accused of treachery, and most likely die—but it’s all just a game, and nobody actually thinks you are a terrible mafia person. Yes, you can absolutely bring your friends, no it doesn’t cost anything, and no Joel, I’m not buying you Chick-fil-A. 
Hope you’re enjoying the nice day and are able to go out and breathe some fresh air. See you tonight (online) at 7! 
It’s Ash Wednesday this week (tomorrow) so we’re not having regular youth group. Instead we’ll be “attending” the online Ash Wednesday service that Pastor Dave is doing here on Instagram Live at 7pm, just like normal. Then, after that, we’ll jump onto Zoom and actually put the ashes on our heads. You may be asking: “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩? 𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.” I have some ideas! Probably the best place is your fireplace. Maybe your parents had a romantic night by the fire on Valentine’s Day (𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦) and there’s still some ashes in there. Bam! Done. “𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦!” I hear you yell. I have other suggestions! The wick of an already burned candle will work. Though make sure it isn’t still smoldering, that’ll hurt. Maybe your family has a charcoal grill? Rub a finger on the inside of the lid, and there’s your ashes. If your family only believes in propane and propane accessories though, this won’t work. Is your grandfather is a coal miner? If so, just give him a hug when he comes home and you’ll be covered in soot in no time. If all else fails, just make some dark toast and rub it on your face. Mission Accomplished. BUT THERE ARE THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT USE TO GET ASHES!!!!!! Don’t try to get it from the tailpipe of your mom’s van. There’s all sorts of terrible chemicals in the exhaust, and if she recently drove it, you’ll burn your hand to death. You also don’t need to drive all the way up to Angeles Crest to get the ashes of the burned out trees from last year. I mean, it’s a cool idea, but a little dramatic, don’t you think? And one simple rule: 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. Also, I shouldn’t need to say this? Seriously? But I have to? Because I know you guys? LEAVE GRANDMA ALONE. You don’t need to reach into any family urns for ashes, that’s just not necessary. Make the toast instead. See you tomorrow. 
All of you guys looking at the computer clock when the lesson goes long on the livestream and I haven’t opened the zoom room yet. See you at 7 tonight. 
Jr. High today is made possible by a generous gift of caffeine from Red Bull. No, you shouldn’t have it. Yes it’s still bad for you. See you at 10. 
I am once again asking you to meet on Instagram Live at 10am on Sunday mornings, and 7pm on Wednesday nights. 
Tonight at 7pm! Meet on here or go straight to the zoomz. YOU DON’T NEED ANYTHING SPECIAL TO JOIN! (tinyurl.com/mcjhyg or 933-2451-6534) Questions: Q: “What are we going to do?” Pretty much the same thing we always do at the Jr. High Christmas parties, divide up into teams, work together to win games, watch movie clips and answer trivia questions about the movie, and spread Christmas cheer by singing loud for all to hear. That sort of thing. Q: “Do I need to have anything to play the games?” Nope. I would recommend that you have a place that you can be loud, and move around a bit. A warm soda could be useful for a certain contest we may do. Snacks are always good. You might want some paper and a marker, but it isn’t necessary. Q: “What if I don’t want to sing?” You don’t have to, nothing is mandatory. Q: “But I thought you were going to buy us dinner and have supplies and stuff???!!???” We 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 going to, but now Los Angeles County is under a pretty strict stay-at-home order. Q: “But can’t we still do it, since we’re a church?” I don’t think a Christmas party counts as a religious service.