Enter By the Narrow Gate

As this infant-blog opens it’s eyes for the first time, the world wonders: what will be it’s first words? what will it be like when it grows old? who will be impacted?

Let me introduce myself and in doing so, give you the 4-1-1 on “Narrow Gate”. My name is Spencer a.k.a The Uber-tern. I’m working with the youth ministry of Gateway Community Church for the summer under the guidance of the full staff, but most immediately some n00b guy who happens to be the youth pastor named John. I mean its not like he wrote a gospel or the like, some people just let it go to their heads I guess.

“Narrow Gate” is the newly created identity of the youth group at the church. This thing is straight out of the bag and still under warranty, unless of course you took that little sticker off the one screw and then your warranty is as useless as an icepick in a Jell-o world. It is in fact so spankin new, the youth group doesn’t even know about it yet.

Well I want to give you well informed people (I mean you found this blog didn’t you?), the down low on Narrow Gate even before its unveiled next Sunday (the 1st of June). SPOILER ALERT: Narrow Gate comes from the Bible of all places. Imagine that?! Its in reference to Matthew 7:13-14, don’t worry here it is just in case you don’t know it by heart: “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” (ESV)

Please tune in next week at our weekly meeting during Sunday morning for an exegesis of this passage and a full fledged kick start to Narrow Gate. OH and its also Compassion Sunday! Can you say big times?

Gateway Community Church and Narrow Gate meet every Sunday morning at 10:00 AM EST (sharp of course). The address is 13618 McLearen Road, Herndon, VA 20171 which is home to the great facilities of Rachel Carson Middle School. A great time of worship and teaching are sure to be had, please please come out and join us. If you don’t know anyone, you’re more than welcome to sit next to me, Spencer. I’ll save you a seat.

Our church offices are located at 24796 Gum Spring Road, South Riding, VA 20152. You can reach us at 703.327.2700.

Thanks for reading over the first post! Leave a comment or two about the new blog and name of the youth ministry.

-Narrow Gate: Transforming students’ lives and fueling True community.

P.S. This is a work in progress and suggestions are welcomed along side grace/patience. (insert thumbs up)