For middle school and high school, Wednesday night means Fuse Groups. As you probably know, on Wednesday nights during the school year, middle school and high school students gather in homes around the valley to participate in Fuse groups. Fuse Groups are always scheduled to take place from 6:30-8:00pm. Rarely, however, do students leave right at 8:00pm. Groups don’t always wrap up their discussions on time. Once they do, students need to play video games. Throw the football. Talk to their other friends in the house. Get more cookies. I’m always curious to see who will be that first student to actually leave. Will it be because they get tired? Or have homework? Or (gasp!) mom comes to the door and says “Let’s get going!”

I talked to that mom last night. As her son pleaded for 5 minutes of playing Ninja (if you don’t know, don’t ask), she apologized for interrupting and asked if she was early. I almost screamed “No!” And even if she was early, I wouldn’t care. You see, this particular parent always says hello when she drops off and picks up her son from our events. She asks me what we’re teaching next at Fuse. In September she asked to meet her son’s group leader.

As student leaders, we love it when parents want to be involved. We love it when parents want more information. Come check out the Fuse Group house. Come check out Fuse over the weekend. Ask us what we’re teaching. Meet our leaders. We love it! You parents give us permission to love and lead your students and the more we know you and your family, the better we can serve you. Mom ringing the doorbell is not a bother. It’s a blessing.

in Him,

Matt Vairetta

Southwest Student Pastor