Beauty From Ashes

Chapter 33: New Era

For this top photo, we have a look for, a new character we're gonna meet in this chapter, as well as Monica, Kelly and Ben.

Cheyennes post:
So yesterday, was so wild that, I had to take a day to process all of it. My friend and his new team have opened up their new megachruch to the city of New York, and their first day was WILD! The Disciple workers were so fiery and all over the place, and their signing was emaculate, especially their main worship pastor, Lucas. Listening to him was.....sure bringing back a lot of memories. And then the pastor of this new church, he's been really impressive so far. A lot of his words were really profound, and you can see how excited he is to be doing all of this now. It was definitely an incredible opening act.

And, today should be just as interesting. Albert has headed out and is about to start working on inviting teenagers into his youth group that's supposed to open in a few days. Meanwhile, one of my friends is helping a girl named Kelly arrange and decorate the kids ministry rooms that she's gonna be working in, and out of nowhere she volunteered me to partake in the whole shebang.

Albert's POV:
The guys have just shown me the building that will serve as my youth center this morning. It appears to be an old coffee house so there's a lot of space and there are plenty of chairs and tables available. They've crafted up a stage and Tommy and Ben have set up a number of consoles and other stuff for pre-service entertainment.

So it looks like we've got all of our set up ready. Now there's one thing left to do: find kids and teens to attend. So I'm gonna go out and get a start on gathering some. James has brought me to a mall near Central Park, and is walking with me to the food court before I start.

"So, are you sure you want me to just drop you? I know that you trust God but this is still a big place," James asked.

"Yeah but, figured this would give me a good way to explore the city upclose. And plus, I'm hoping that I can start doing some proper exercise moving forward."

"Yeah I get that," James said. "So, how do you plan to do this?"

"Monica and Brian are still helping me set up the social media pages do for now I'm just, gonna start the old fashioned way and ask them upfront if they wanna join."

"That's it? That's your whole plan?" James asked.

"It should go well. Everyone knows that the first day of school typically starts on a Wednesday, so that gives me two days to start going around before they get super busy. And it'll give them something new to look forward to that night."

"Fair enough. So, yeah I'll let you just, look around Until you find a good starting point."

I then turn around and see some girls conversing near the restaurants, looking around aimlessly. "Hey, maybe we can start with those kids?"

James notices two of the girls, and sees them holding onto something that makes him wince. "Oh? Uhhh? Well, about that...?" James said. "Listen, I probably should've brought this up earlier but-"

"Snooze you lose." I then go Walking up to the three of them while James slides his hands down his pockets and watches.

"Hey kids. You enjoy your summer vacation?"

"Uh yeah, why do you ask?"

"Well because I know it can be hard to find new ways to have fun while also going back to school. Am I right?"

"I mean, you're not wrong about that, definitely."

"Wait, I recognize you. Aren't you that Albert guy from the new super church here," one of them said.

"Yeah. We're super excited to bring God's work to this city. Speaking of which, do you three have any plans coming up?"
They shrug and I smirk standing tall.
"Well, if you're looking for something to do this upcoming Wednesday, I think I can help you out. I'm a guy-"