Senior Year 2026 - DRAFT

 Charis's senior year was amazing, full of wonderful experiences and good friends. Looking back on her year, it is easy to see how her faith impacted her life throughout high school and especially this year.

When Charis was a freshman, she took a leap of faith and auditioned for the youth worship band. She had borrowed a bass guitar from her uncle and taken a few lessons. Later in life, we would joke about Charis being a "confident beginner" in relation to her sewing, but it fits well here too.

She was selected to serve on the youth worship team at church. I remember a conversation we had shortly after her selection when she told me that the leaders had told the students that, as worship team members, they were leaders and representatives of Christ. I could tell this resonated with Charis, and over the next three years we watched as she intentionally grew in her faith.

This year, all of her special events, from her 18th birthday to Chi Alpha, SLT, Senior Sunday, and her graduation party, as well as her upcoming mission trips and camps, have been touched by the people God has put in her life through her faithful commitment to serving at her church and living out her faith.