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MSM -April 2024
Letter from MSM
Dear MSM Parents,
Welcome to our April Newsletter! In the beginning of each month we send out all the information that is going on within YOCF. Make sure to stay connected to our instagram @yoyoyocf for updates! Check out down below our plans for the coming weeks and the ways we will be connecting with each other, daily, weekly, and upcoming events!
We meet every Sunday morning at the 11:00 am service, except communion Sunday. We have all of our students start off in the main church service for the first set of worship. After worship they head into the youth room for their own message. We teach the same passage as the main service and will be continuing our series through the book of Acts this month!
Our Wednesday night youth group meets at 6-7:30pm every Wednesday. There we gather for games, teaching, and small group discussion.
YOCF has a lot of exciting events coming up this month! More information on each specific event will be down below, but here is a quick overview of what we have going on. June 5th is the start of our summer beach nights! That night we invite families to join students on the beach to kick us off, and from there it will be weekly, specifically for the youth only. Another date to watch out for is June 2nd as it is our first summer Sunday where we are serving breakfast during second service for both middle school and high school!
- " And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men."
Acts 5:27-29
With Much Love,
YOCF Staff
SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday Morning Youth
Every Sunday morning during the 11:00am service we will have a youth service during the teaching portion of the service. We start off in worship during the main service then transition to the youth room for our own message. This month we are continuing our study in the book of Acts as we will be teaching on the same passages as the main service.
The 4th Sunday of the month is Communion Sunday meaning no YOCF
Wednesday Night Youth Group
When: Wednesday nights 6-7:30pm
Where: OCF youth room
Every Wednesday night we meet together to play games, hear a teaching, and break up into small groups! This is a great place for students to hear different age based teaching, and grow in their relationship with God and the rest of the youth group.
Summer Beach Nights
Beginning June 5th we will have beach nights in place of Wednesday nights at the church! This is a time for the middle schoolers and high schoolers to connect through games, worship, and testimonies.
When: Wednesday nights 6-8pm
Where: 22nd Street, Hermosa
Wednesday Nights Teaching
The next series we are covering on Wednesday nights is called Sunday School Classics. In this series we will go over popular Old Testament stories such as Cain and Abel, Jonah and the whale, and Daniel and the lions den, and show the students a different side to them. It can be easy to allow these powerful stories to become watered down after hearing them so often so we want to shed new light onto these stories.
Discipline Demonstrates Love
Doug Fields -Author of Intentional ParentingAt some level, most parents fear the possibility that using discipline with their kids might drive them away. Yet the reality is that discipline is needed, and (for most kids) it works.
Many kids aren't mature enough to realize that if their parents don't ground them; if they don't attach consequences to actions that are outside the established boundaries, their parents are not acting in love toward them.
Healthy discipline is a sign that parents love their children. Let's think about God for a moment. The Scriptures tell us that He disciplines us because He loves us: "My child, don't reject the Lord's discipline, and don't be upset when he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights." ---Proverbs 3:11-12 (NLT) This passage in Proverbs ties God's discipline to the human discipline a parent provides to his or her child, and this is how we know that discipline (provided in a healthy way) is a demonstration of love.
I believe the healthiest and most effective way to discipline teenagers is to set up consequences for violating boundaries ahead of time. When consequences are set ahead of time, you set up the dynamic where it's not you versus your child, but rather you and your child versus the consequences. For example, if my daughter comes home late, missing her curfew, and I meet her at the door, I can tell her, "I'm so bummed that you missed your curfew and now you have to spend the next three weeks with Mom and me."
I don't have to get angry. I don't have to yell. I don't even have to raise my voice. I can actually be empathetic toward my daughter, because the reality is that we agreed to the consequence ahead of time. It's my daughter and me against the consequence.
No teenager is ever going to go up to a parent and say, "Thank you. Thank you. I love it when you ground me!" But, loving guidelines and strong parental boundaries are a sign of love. Beyond applying consequences, your kids need you to help them process bad decisions and help guide them toward learning from the mistakes they've made. They need your coaching and encouragement to build confidence that they are capable of making good decisions.
Your kids are not going to ask you to ground them or bring more discipline into their lives, but they need it! Discipline is a sign of love! Just make sure you discipline in a reasonable and loving ways!