Gettin' My Jesus On: Story Of A Church Geek.

Yes people, if you haven't figured it out, I'm a church geek. I grew up in my church all throughout grade school. When high school came though, I was confronted with questions about my faith. so, I explored a bit. I joined two new youth groups in addition to the one in my parish. But by teenage standards, I'm sure the geekiest thing I did was...join the church band.

I can remember the church band in gradeschool, all those weird adults singing and playing guitar. Quite honestly, they were creepy. But when I joined the LifeTeen band at St. Albert's, I was shown a whole new spin on church music. We made it, if you can imagine, fun. Not only did we have a great time at practice every week, but mass on Sunday...well, it was a hit! Attendance was much higher at Lifeteen masses, and after mass, many of the teenage congregation joined us for fun, games, and of course, pizza.

Is what we did sneaky? Making religion...fun. I suppose, but it gave the parish something to talk about, something to enjoy about going to mass on Sunday. Not only were we having a great time, but we were glorifying the Lord in the process. Killing two birds with one stone, if you will. My days spent in the band were filled with great friends, hard work, crazy hours of practice, and insane amounts of fun.

I wouldn't trade my "church geek" status for anything, and i can't wait to go back home and play in the band on Christmas!