For me, my entire week reflected around Genesis, my church’s middle school ministry, which for me was my safe haven away from everything that was happening at school. I knew that this was the one place on earth that I was completely safe from any physical harm because I knew that not many people from my school went to Genesis and I knew that the pastor had his watchful and protective eye over me, because although I didn’t tell him about the bullying until I was in high school, he knew from other parents and from other students what I was going through and he became my guardian angel of sorts and made sure that I felt welcomed in the church as he helped me work through my depression and suicidal thoughts that I had during my 8th grade year. He personally plugged me into the youth band when I was in sixth grade and I played lead guitar for all three years and through this, I was able to experience for the first time what community felt like as the youth band became my second
For me, my entire week reflected around Genesis, my church’s middle school ministry, which for me was my safe haven away from everything that was happening at school. I knew that this was the one place on earth that I was completely safe from any physical harm because I knew that not many people from my school went to Genesis and I knew that the pastor had his watchful and protective eye over me, because although I didn’t tell him about the bullying until I was in high school, he knew from other parents and from other students what I was going through and he became my guardian angel of sorts and made sure that I felt welcomed in the church as he helped me work through my depression and suicidal thoughts that I had during my 8th grade year. He personally plugged me into the youth band when I was in sixth grade and I played lead guitar for all three years and through this, I was able to experience for the first time what community felt like as the youth band became my second