This was an interesting week. I hope you have all been able to stay warm, unless you are like me and love the cold weather. With all the madness of Texas shutting down for these cold days, our youth ministry still went on. This week we read out of Luke 6:45 as we discussed what is acceptable worship. We discovered that we will worship whatever our hearts desire. So, if our hearts are not focused on God then our worship is not necessarily focused on Him either. We discussed how easy it is for us to come to church on a Sunday morning and be so focused on how well the worship team performed or how smooth the pastor was with his words that we are not really thinking about God at all. If we are focused on everything but God, our worship is not acceptable to God. This is because acceptable worship comes from an acceptable heart. I would encourage you to sit down with your students and talk about this further and learn together how to turn our hearts toward God and nothing else.
Connect Parent Teen Conference
March 38:30am - 4pmLOCATION: Corpus Christi Christian Fellowship 6602 S. Staples, Corpus Christi, TXWe've been talking a lot about parents discipling their children. The first step of a healthy discipleship relationship is to improve the parent student relationship. That is exactly what this conference is all about. It is my hearts desire that all parents would take their students to this conference and work toward a better family relationship. There will be several workshops where parent and student would go together and also some where you would go to separate workshops.
The goal is to bring greater knowledge, understanding, and biblical coping skills/principles to help our parents and teens in their relationship with one another and as a result, reflect Christ to the world around them. At the end of the day we want your relationships to be improved, restored, and healed (if necessary).
The cost for this event is $35 per family.
To register, simply click on this link Connect Parent Teen Conference.
Camp 2018
June 11 - June 1510am - 11amLOCATION: Camp ZephyrIt is that time of year again!!! Camp will be here before you know it. So let's start planning now. If you would like your student to go to camp this year, fill out a permission form and turn in your non-refundable deposit of $50. There are only 14 spots available for students, so don't wait until the last minute. The last day to turn in deposits is March 4th.
The total cost for camp is - COST: $250 PER CAMPER
I would recommend that you start making payments for your student to go to camp as soon as possible so that you don't find yourself with a large payment right before June.
Youth Mission
July 15 - July 2110am - 4pmLOCATION: 1101 S. Polar St. Kermit, TX 79745Our students have an opportunity to serve in the kingdom of God by reaching out to others. We are teaming up with the Belvue Baptist church in Kermit Texas, to put together a Vacation Bible School and help with some service projects. We are still determining what the service projects are going to be. I will keep you informed as all the details are ironed out.
I will be hosting an interest meeting for students and adults on February 7th at 5pm. This is a Wednesday night, right before the youth service starts. I'm looking for three adults/parents to join us on this mission trip. This is an amazing opportunity for all of us to be the hands and feet of Jesus.
If this time is not possible for you to attend and you want to be a part of this mission opportunity, please let me know and I will make arrangements to get with you.