{"id":521,"date":"2012-05-08T02:17:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T02:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preview.cleangetawaycomedy.com\/?p=521"},"modified":"2012-05-08T02:18:14","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T02:18:14","slug":"my-first-youth-group-show-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/?p=521","title":{"rendered":"My First Youth Group Show Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I had my first Youth Group Show ever for Wrightsville Beach United Methodist Church in Wrightsville Beach North Carolina. It was an absolute adventure. \u00a0I had recently told my wife, &#8220;I&#8217;ll just be sure to not tell jokes about everything, because that&#8217;s what teenagers hate, everything&#8221;. \u00a0In volunteering with the youth at my own Church, I&#8217;ve learned that once you are out of that club, you are out. \u00a0It is hard to be welcomed back in. \u00a0Although I was very nervous, I had friends and family pray. \u00a0Praise God, it went very well! \u00a0The kids ranged from 11 to 17. \u00a0What a wonderful range! \u00a0From middle schoolers to soon-to-be-college-kids, they made me feel very welcome. \u00a0I was given many nick names in just talking to them such as: Beardy, Beard Boy, Cat, and Leprechaun. \u00a0In the end, we all had some awkward moments and a lot of laughs. \u00a0A big thanks to Jackson and Christina Norvell.<\/p>\n<p>-John<\/p>\n<p>See if you can pick me out of the photo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/preview.cleangetawaycomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/photo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-523\" title=\"photo\" src=\"https:\/\/preview.cleangetawaycomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/photo1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/photo1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/photo1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:350px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/?p=521\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I had my first Youth Group Show ever for Wrightsville Beach United Methodist Church in Wrightsville Beach North Carolina. It was an absolute adventure. \u00a0I had recently told my wife, &#8220;I&#8217;ll just be sure to not tell jokes&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/?p=521\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/photo1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2j74Q-8p","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cleangetawaycomedy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}