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School starts next week! Can you believe it? Creekside in-person worship will pause until September 14, but we’ll keep updating this website weekly with spiritual messages. 

 

The week before school is buzzing with runs to the store, supply lists, and emotions everywhere. There’s excitement but also nerves and a thousand “what ifs.” For you students, it’s like waiting backstage before a big performance. Will this year be better? Will I fit in?  I’m changing schools—oh noooo! Will friends still be friends? How do  I look? College?

 

Parents you feel it too, managing it all, watching your kids grow up fast, and wondering if they or you have done enough. The start of school can be an anxious time.

 

Scripture reminds us not to be anxious about the start of school (or anything). The Bible’s Philippians 4:6 says,  “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank God for God’s answers.”

 

God doesn’t dismiss our nerves. God invites us to name them, pray through them, and trust that God is already ahead of us. It’s okay to feel the tension. But we don’t have to carry it alone! Take a little time this week and talk to God.