Grad Sunday - NOW & NEXT

8:30am — Families Arrive

Music playing in the gym

Welcome families as they come into the gym

Instruct graduates to hang their regalia on rack

9:00am — Pray for the Breakfast

Thank the Hancock Family for preparing breakfast

Guests start on the outside and work towards the middle

9:15am — Message & Gifts

NOW & NEXT

Philippians 1:6 ESV

6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Parents, family, and friends have been there for every NOW moment of your life: praying, encouraging correcting.

Amongst the time of celebrating NOW, there are parts where you prepare for what is NEXT! The same way family and friends have been with you in the NOW moments, let’s take a special moment to prepare for the NEXT.

Parents, family, and friends — we want to invite you to gather around your graduate to pray with them and for them. In your prayer: celebrate what God has done in their lives and pray that they faithfully seek God’s guidance.

Give time for families to pray and then close in prayer

Invite all the graduates to the front and share a gift with them — “This is a small gift for this great accomplishment! The greatest gift Northside wants to offer is a church that you can call home. A church that offers a place for you to worship, grow, and serve. You will encounter many experiences into the college/career/adult life. Nothing compares to your daily experience with Jesus.

Share Psalms 71:17-18 as graduates make their way to the front

Psalm 71:17–18 ESV

17 O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. 18 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.

9:30am — Pictures in the Young Adult Room

Graduates put on regalia and enter the Young Adult Room

Graduates stand in 3 rows: 7, 6, 6

Family photos will follow after

10:10am — Line up for Sanctuary

Line students by last name - alphabetical order

Grab you Bible & belongings and we will set it in the front rows of sanctuary

Head to the front foyer. Ready to enter on door on elevator side.

10:30am — Graduate Recognition

Graduates enter the sanctuary down the aisle

7 graduates on the second pew

7 graduates on the third pew

5 graduates on the third pew (also Student Pastor)