Youth Lock In Feb 3 2012

Youth Lock In Feb 3 2012
Wuz up!

Service Times

Sunday Mornings:
9am youth meet in Mattox Hall then go together to main sanctuary

10:30-11am Pre-Service Connection time

11am Main Youth Service


Wednesday Nights 6:30pm in Tama Hall Youth Room
(open at 5pm for hang out)

About Us

In our small groups we are experiencing intimate times of fellowship, while discussing relevant topics for today’s contemporary teens. Our time together is not only impacting our small group but our teens and pre-teens are reaching the community, especially their peers within their sphere of influence. (We break into small groups by gender and grades.) We recently started teaching on the same message that's in our adult services, it has been awesome! If you are in this age group SPREAD THE WORD! This group of teen-agers and pre-teens is in full pursuit of the plans and purposes of God and we want everyone to experience life more abundantly while living in the grace and mercy our Great Creator, our heavenly Father, Almighty God, designed us to live and function in. See you there! SEARCH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS BLOG TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WEEKS TO COME FOR WEDNESDAYS AND SUNDAYS IN OUR STUDENT MINISTRY!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

What did we do in January?

In January we Talked about "Lost In Translation"
Series Description
We’ve all used words while being a little uncertain of the actual meaning. But when it comes to words like “belief,” “righteousness” and “salvation,” our understanding makes a huge difference in how we live our Christian faith and how we view God. So, we’re going to take a look at these commonly used words and figure out not only what they mean today but what they meant to the writers of the Bible thousands of years ago. And, in doing so, our aim is to let these new definitions teach us more about all God has for us and wants for us. In other words, over three weeks we are going to take what may have been lost in translation and recapture and rethink it in a way that could transform us in ways we never imagined.
Session One: Refining the Relationship
Bottom Line: Belief is less about confidence in a set of facts and more about a personal experience with the person of Jesus.
Belief is a word that we use often in the Christian faith. We talk about believing in Jesus. We talk about believing in the Bible. We talk about believing in God’s church. But what if we are just scratching the surface when it comes to our understanding of belief? What if instead of simply believing in Jesus, we started to believe Jesus? Believe who He says He is and believe what we read about Him in the Bible. What if we saw the word “belief” as having more to do with a person and less to do with a set of statements or ideas? In this session, we look at the word “belief” in light of who Jesus says He is. We turn the tables on a belief that resonates with facts and instead resonates with the person of Jesus Christ.
Session Two: What Matters Most
Bottom Line: True righteousness begins when we line our hearts up with God’s heart.
We all believe in righteousness. For some, righteousness is a lot like fairness. For others, it is the definition of how to live without messing up. Whatever our definition of righteousness, if we haven’t made it about the state of our own hearts, we’ve missed it altogether. While God has provided us with His Word to help us understand how He wants us to live, His purpose isn’t for us to work at being better Christians on the outside alone. He wants our lives in line with Him on the inside. When we get our hearts right with God, our actions follow and we have the power to impact the world around us. We get to be a part of God’s bigger story of restoration, in our own lives and in other’s.
Session Three: Save Me
Bottom Line: Salvation isn’t just about being saved for the future but being saved for the present.
What do most of us think of when we hear the word “salvation”? Maybe for some it’s heaven. For others, it may be fear of hell. And for still others it may be Jesus’ face on a get-out-of-jail-free card. But what if there was more to it than just guaranteeing a future destination we don’t know that much about? It could be salvation is more about healing and help, not just once our lives are over, but in the here and now. Salvation is God’s plan to bring us to a place of restoration so that He can lavish His love on us as we walk through the difficulty, joy and pain of everyday life. Salvation is available to us in the middle of our parent’s divorce, as we are struggling through our relationships, when our hearts are broken and even when life seems to be going great. Salvation is about letting God take us where He has planned for us to go, not just when life is over, but right now, in this very moment.



hvarvell@wordalive.org

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Youth Lock In Fun (Feb 3, 2012 7pm-7am)

Oh What A Night! We had so much fun Friday night! Great turn out and great kids! When's the next one? Well, when I catch up on some sleep, I'll let you know :)