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MSM -March 2023
Letter from MSM
Dear MSM Parents,
Welcome to our March 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!
Our Middle School students meet together during our second service. They will start over in the main service for the first set of worship, but will head on out at the end to the youth room for their own message. Our teaching lines up with the same passages that are being taught in the main service, which is the book of Matthew. On Communion Sunday (4th Sunday of the month) we do not have youth group & we encourage families to sit and enjoy Communion together.
Wednesday night youth group starts at 6pm with games followed by a message, small group time, and wrap up at 7:30pm! Make sure to look at our calendar for this month for what each Wednesday night will look like.
Over this next month let us remember these words from Romans, "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer" (Romans 12:12).
With Much Love,
YOCF Staff
SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Trivia Night: Hume Fundraiser
YOCF is inviting everyone (families, students, young adults, all adults) to an All-Church Trivia Night on Wednesday, March 15th at 6:00pm at OCF. The night will include dinner, and of course, lots of fun trivia. Proceeds from the night will go towards our Hume Lake Scholarship Fund. Register for the fun below!
- FCA is hosting an event for all Southbay students to come and have fun and hear Beneil Dariush speak! We would love to see our students there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch/BAVaE7IfS-YHume Lake
When: July 30th- Aug 5th 2023
Where: Hume Lake Christian Camps
Registration for camp has closed! Second Payments for camp are due this month!
Camp Registration Links
Sunday Morning Youth Group
Every Sunday morning during the 10:45am service we will have a youth service during the teaching portion of the service. Middle school students will start in the main service through the first set of worship. Once worship ends and during announcements they will come over to the youth room for their own teaching of the same series. Through the Fall we will be going through Matthew.
On the 4th Sunday of the month is Communion Sunday meaning no YOCF
Wednesday Night Youth Group
Every Wednesday night we have our mid-week youth group program at 6pm at OCF. We will start off with games followed by a message, break off into small groups, and pick up is at 7:30pm.
The High Call of Parenting
Jim Burns -President of HomeWord and Executive Director of the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific UniversityIf you have children, then regardless of your own career or ministry aspirations and activities, one of God's primary callings on your life is that of godly parenting! This is a tremendously important and high calling! Parents are called not only to nurture their children to become independent and functioning adults, but to impart to them a spiritual legacy.
One of my greatest fears is that parents aren't investing the time and energy it takes to leave a spiritual legacy for their children. The average parent simply does not take a proactive role in building up the spiritual lives of their children. We may invest countless hours into our children's education and extracurricular activities, but when it comes to spiritual development, we too often allow circumstances and chance to affect how we manage our family life and especially that of our calling as parents.
When it comes to growing faith, much more is "caught" than "taught." The spiritual development of your kids is directly influenced by the example they see you setting at home. Kids have a highly tuned hypocrisy detector, so if you are tempted to project the illusion that you are a "perfect" Christian, please understand that your kids already know better, and this won't produce a vital Christian lifestyle in their lives. Rather, it's much better to intentionally live out a genuine faith in front of your children everyday; one that models what it means to follow Christ despite your struggles and failures. This teaches them what faith looks like as it's lived out in the real world, both when you are at your best and when you are at your worst.
Today, there is a fresh wind inspiring parents to take an active, intentional role in nurturing the faith of their children. Be a part of what God's Spirit is doing in this area! Fulfill your calling! Don't miss out on perhaps the greatest legacy you can pass on to your kids: a life that demonstrates a passionate pursuit of God and love for Him. Be reminded, encouraged and challenged: The process begins with you!