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BSLC Youth: For Parents! May 18 News

Sr. High - 8th Grade Welcome!
May 196:30pm - 8:00pmLOCATION: Youth Room & Family Life Center
All students grades 8-12:

Join us in the Youth Room this Wednesday night! We'll get to know one another as we welcome 8th graders. Music, prayer, games, and gym time (no crocs or flip flops, please!)!
While our Sunday morning and Faith Basics meeting times have wrapped up for this school year, we have much to be thankful for!

Have a Diet Coke with Bill! Please join us for worship this weekend Saturday at 5pm, Sunday at 8:30am, or Sunday at 10:30am and let Bill Johnson know how he has blessed you during his more than 2 decades serving at Beautiful Savior!

Amazing Adult Volunteers!

Let's give thanks to God for the ways He has used these willing servants to help grow our kids and His kingdom!

Faith Basics - 7-8th grade Wednesdays: Katheryn Benson, Mike Bruder, Krista Gilles, Adel Hansen, Aaron Herzberg, Tim Hiller, Jenina Rothstein, Summer Hommerding, Nancy Schroeder, Mary Smith, Natalie Sonnek, Jenn Tracy, John Tracy

Middle School Sundays - Jon Barrows, Mike Bruder, Lynn Coffey, Bernie Green, Aaron Herzberg, Sally Isaak, Dawn Rausch, Mike Stern, Deb Ward

Senior High Wednesdays - Brett Esterberg, Paige Fellows, Mike Jarjoura

Senior High Sundays - Heidi Bruder, Brett Esterberg, Linda Grey, Dave Hallman, Dawn Lund, Ron Sonnek

Post-High School - Kevin Ausk

WorkCamp Mission Trip Chaperones - Please pray for us as we serve with more than 50 of our youth in Erie, PA, this summer! Josh Betterman, Heidi Bruder, Lynn Coffey, Linda Grey, Dave Hallman, Brett Esterberg, Hailea Kuball, Jill Mettler, Amy Niemann, Sandy Patras, and Ron Sonnek. Terry Niemann is also serving as Worship Leader for the week!
Summer Plans!

Our summer activity schedule is evolving as COVID protocols change (never a dull moment, right?). Here's what to watch for:

Serve & Surf Days

A morning of service (like Feed My Starving Children) and an afternoon of "surfing" (like Bunker Beach or time at a lake)! We'll schedule at least 1 for middle school and 1 for high school; watch for date info soon!

Senior High Girls Group

If your daughter would like to get connected with other girls for some creative prayer activities, please let Amy know.

Vacation Bible School

Check out the article below for details and a link to sign up to volunteer!

Senior High Wednesdays (usually!)

Everyone finishing grades 8-12 is invited! We will meet most Wednesdays at homes, starting at 6:30pm. Ending time will vary by location. Here's our 90%-confirmed schedule (we will not meet May 26):

June 2 - Bruder home, 11114 N Eagle Lake Blvd, Maple Grove

June 9 - BSLC Field! (If the sod is ready; Niemann home is back-up option, 3851 Xenia Ave N, Robbinsdale)

June 16 - Patras home, 5668 94th Ave N, Loretto

June 23 - Mission Trip participant meeting, 6-8:30pm, at BSLC

June 30 - Knutson park, 14013 53rd Ave N, Plymouth

July 7 - TBD

July 14 - Grey home, 5430 Comstock Ln N, Plymouth

July 21 - no meeting; mission trip week

July 28 - Mettler home, 8256 Hampshire Ave N, Brooklyn Park

August 6 - Friday night (this is VBS week) Hallman home, 14040 96th Ave N, Maple Grove (bring a swim suit if you'd like to swim!)

August 11 - Herzberg home, 1245 Peony Ln N, Plymouth

August 18 - TBD

August 25 - TBD
Vacation Bible School!

It's one of the best weeks of the summer: VBS is back at Beautiful Savior!

Youth entering grades 7+ can volunteer to help with crafts, games, snacks, or to serve as crew leaders! Parents can serve, too!

Use this link to sign up as a volunteer. You'll also find a link to sign up younger children to attend as participants. Spread the word--invite your neighbors!
2022 might seem like a long way off, but it's time to mark your calendars!

WorkCamp Mission Trip

Dates & locations will be released in early June, and we'll be looking at serving the week of June 20-26, 2022 at a midwestern location. That puts our departure date on June 18 or 19 and our return on June 26. Youth who are currently in grade 7 through college (entering grade 8 this fall) are invited! Adults, please pray about joining us as a volunteer leader!

National Youth Gathering

We will be gathering with thousands of youth from around the country in Houston July 9-13, 2022! I expect our travel dates to be July 6 or 7-14. Youth who are currently in grades 8-11 (entering 9-12 this fall) are invited! Adults, please pray about joining us as a volunteer leader!
Culture Snapshot: Today's Marijuana 3X More Potent Than When You Were a Teen
HomeWord.com -HomeWord.com
Today's marijuana is not the same weed that was available when your generation was growing up as teenagers. These days, marijuana carries a much bigger punch.

A new study released in March 2015 found that marijuana today is up to three times more powerful than back in the 1980s.

The research was conducted in Colorado using more than 600 legal marijuana samples provided by recreational retail merchants. Results of the study found that the test samples contained quantities of the chemical that makes people "high" - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) --of between 20% and 30%. By contrast, the THC levels from marijuana samples tested during the 1980s were all under 10%.

Why the big uptick in the levels of THC in marijuana? The researchers pointed to pot growers crossbreeding different marijuana strains - as users have demanded stronger marijuana -- for the cause of the increase.

Why it matters:

- Cultural acceptance of recreational marijuana use (and specifically within youth culture) is on the rise. Parents should assume that their teenagers will be exposed to marijuana use.

- Teens might be aware of the increase of marijuana potency, but likely do not have any realistic perspective of what more powerful pot means, especially for those teens who have never experimented with marijuana before.

- Parents should take the initiative to discuss marijuana use with their teenagers, to gain insight into the prevailing attitudes and behaviors concerning marijuana among their teen's peers and friends, and to set clear expectations and consequences regarding experimentation and use by their kids.
Note from Amy: Though the data above is 6+ years old, this is a good reminder to have conversations with your child about how God's best for us is most often different from what society or government condones or promotes. Many times, we look for ways to deal with our hurts and worries that aren't ultimately helpful and that rely on something other than Jesus. Whether our escape is chocolate, screen time, control of diet and exercise, lust, alcohol, marijuana or other drugs, join me in repenting and turning to Jesus--the only One who truly can heal our hurts, calm our fears, and assure our future.

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BSLC Youth: For Parents! May 18 News

Sr. High - 8th Grade Welcome!

Culture Snapshot: Today's Marijuana 3X More Potent Than When You Were a Teen