90 days of Christian Discipleship

If you haven't already started, its not too late to start practicing the 5 "basics" of Christianity.  All these practices are designed to help us as Christians (which litterally means "little Christ") become a little more like Christ.  

1.  Scripture (scripture reading guide)

2.  Stewardship

3.  Prayer

4.  Sabbath

5.  Sharing

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Upcoming Events

January

Jan 16-18– Youth Choir Winter Retreat

Jan 25–

12:00 Lunch for youth & parents

March Mission Madness registration deadline,

 

February

Feb 13-16– Ski Trip

Feb 28– Dinner Theater

 

March

Mar 27-29– March Mission Madness

April

April 19– Youth Sunday

 

May

May 17– Senior Banquet

 

Ice Skating

No choir this Sunday, but we will have ice skating.  If you really want to sing though, Glenn will be there so you can probably sing a little on the ice.  Who knows it might be so good we could work that into our performances...

Sunday, January 4

6:00-10:00 pm

$8  (eat dinner before you come, & feel free to bring $ for concessions)

Whats happening?

Our regular Sunday night snack supper and Bible study will be canceled during September to make time for special Christmas activities each Sunday night.  

 

Sunday, December 21– Youth & Adult Christmas Concert 6:00-7:00

Join us for a great concert with fellowship following

Monday, December 22– Christmas Shopping Trip

9:00am-9:00 pm

Lennox Square in Atlanta

Sunday, Dec 28– Ski Trip Registration Deadline  

Mon & Tue, Dec 29 & 30- Youth Evangelism Conference (YEC)

 

Thanksgiving Events

Middle School Roller Skating

Monday Nov 24

4:30-8:30 p.m. (time we will leave and return to church)

Skate Galaxy

$2 (bring extra money for food)

High School Capture the Flag

Tuesday, Nov 25

6:30-8:30 p.m.

Gribbles House (314 Joe Chambers Rd) 

Light snacks will be provided.  Dress for being outside. Parents are welcome and can join in the fun or play cards indoors.  

YEC

Now is the time to register for YEC (Youth Evangelism Conference).  Its a super huge, super awsome event with thousands of youth rocking out to powerful worship led by Fee and a cool Hawk Nelson concert and a speaker who will be fun and meaningful.  Sign up by the end of November.  

Date: Dec 29-30

Cost: $30

Register: Turn in $30 to Josh or the church office to register

YEC Website

Hawk Nelson Website

Hawk Nelson Music Video

Fee Worship Video

Upcoming Events

October 22- Youth Help lead children's Pumpkin Hunt

October 29- Ultimate Frisbee 

October 31- Halloween Fifth Quarter Haunted House

November- Registration for YEC

November 8- Youth Help at children's Fall Festival

November 9- The church will vote on a Long Range Plan which includes a new youth facility

November 16- Parent's Meeting

November 24- Middle School Roller Skating

November 25- High School Capture the Flag

November 30- YEC registration deadline

December 7- Parking lot Christmas party (Middle School and High School will each decorate a vehicle for the contest)

December 14- Christmas Parties (there will be separate parties for H.S. & M.S.)

December 28-30 YEC

Lock-In (Bad News)

Sorry y'all, looks like we won't have enough chaperones for lock-in that was schedled for October.If you get about 4 more adults to volunteer this week we could still do it, but we are currently canceling (rescheduling?) the lock-in.   The good news is we will have three 5th quarters in October and still do a special event (like bowling or something fun).

Also, middle schoolers will still be able to get a lock-in, but they will have to earn it.  Our "hero" party at the end of the year (December) will be a lock-in party featuing an all night guitar hero world tour (which will feature drums and singing).  Make sure you memorize your stuff  so you can be a special VIP at the party.  This lock-in is BY INVITATION ONLY!  

YEC

YEC is a huge youth rally in December. The two big parts of YEC are great music and a great speaker. Last year the music included Matt Papa who led worship and Thrid Day, who rocked out for a concert. The speaker, David Platt communicated in a way that was funny and made sense. One big highlight was the "Chalk guy" who told his story about growing up as a "special needs" student and how Christ transormed his life. His chalk paintings were amazing and showed this in a super powerful way.

This year, you get to choose between two sessions. The biggest difference is in the band that will perform the concert. The choices are Hawk Nelson and Leeland. Both bands should be awsome.

YEC

Hawk Nelson

Leeland

The Leeland Video wasn't embedded so here is a link to the youtube video.

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Fail Devotion

Bad Dog

the LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them? 12I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they."

-Numbers 14:11-12

Last night I ended up sleeping on the couch.  Not because I had a fight with Sunny, or because I accidentally fell asleep watching tv.  I was trying to catch my dog in the act of destroying the screens on the screened in porch.  He ruined four of them in the past few days and its started to get pretty annoying.  

So this got me thinking about the old Testament. The Exodus was a huge thing for Israel.  They were slaves to Egypt and even had to kill their baby boys as a form of population control.  Moses frees them from Egypt thanks to God's miracles.  They get going and the Egyptian army follows them.  God miraculously parts the Red Sea and helps them escape.  They run out of food and God gives them food.  

BUT, in the midst of all of this the people aren't satisfied and turn on God.  They rebel against him and complain.  God was furious with the people.  In a really strange twist to the story, Moses talks God out of killing all the people.  In the long run we see that the people continue to fall into a cycle of forgetting about God, getting in trouble and calling on God, and then forgetting all about God.  

What does this have to do with destructive dogs?  What does "old story" have to do with my life today?  It is the reality of what we are like.  My dog is to stupid to know not to destroy my house.  But still I love him.  I work with him to help him get better, even at a sacrifice to myself (ie. sleeping on the couch).  And even if he keeps ruining stuff, I'll still love him.

That's how we are with God too.  Except we are the bad dog.  God continues to love us even though we quickly forget how he has taken care of us.  God did a lot more than stay up on the couch.  He actually sent his son to the earth to die for our sins.  

Next time your dog does something stupid (like destroying your porch), think about how you so easily forget and rebel against God.  And know that God still loves you.