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. 

2024 LADS TO LEADERS NEWS:

We had a great time at Lads to Leaders 2024.  There were around 950 in attendance at the convention.  We were pleased that our numbers were up again this year to 11  participants.  We want to congratulate all of them on their accomplishments.

Hannah Collins - 2^nd place (9^th grade) Puppet Team

June Didato - 2^nd place (5^th grade) Puppet Team,  K-2^nd Participation in Songs of Praise

Blakely Graham - Year Round Songs of Praise (Bronze)

Brooks Kirby - 1^st Place Song Leading (7^th Grade), Year Round Song Leading (Gold), Good Samaritan (Silver), 2^nd place (9^th grade) Puppet Team, 2^nd place Group Banner Team, Debate and Winner’s Circle Song Leading  participation

Freya Lester - 2^nd place (9^th grade) Puppet Team, 2^nd place Group Banner Team, Teach to Teach: Level 1 Award, Debate, Songs of Praise, and Speech participation

River Lester - 2^nd place (5^th grade) Puppet Team, 2^nd place Group Banner Team, Oral Bible Reading & Songs of Praise participation

John Robert McCarley - 2^nd place (5^th grade) Puppet Team, 3^rd place Speech (4^th Grade), Art Says It (2^nd place - drawing, 2^nd place - photography), Oral Bible Reading and Song Leading participation

Will McCarley - 2^nd place (9^th grade) Puppet Team, Debate and Art Says It participation

Preslee Phillips - 2^nd place (5^th grade) Puppet Team, Year Round Songs of Praise (Bronze), Oral Bible Reading and Songs of Praise participation

Andrew Shepherd - Bartimaeus Award for Art Says It projects & Song Leading participation

Dominique Shepherd - 2^nd place (9^th grade) Puppet Team, 2^nd place Group Banner Team, and 3^rd place Speech (9^th Grade)

Thanks again for the support from the church and from the elders.  We will start preparing for L2L 2025 that will be held next year -  April 17-20, 2025 in Louisville - in the very near future!!