What's Happening?
June
Sunday School (3, 11, 18, 25) - 9am, MS Room in FLC
MS Youth Group (7, 21) - Details to come.
Camp Mocomi (11-15)
July
Sunday School (2, 9, 16, 23) - 9am, MS Room in FLC
MS Youth Group (5, 12)
VBS (23-27)
Youth Sunday (30)
Churchwide Cookout & Pool Part (30) - At the Airpark at 6pm.
August
Sunday School (6, 13, 20, 27) - 9am, MS Room in FLC
Jesus Prom (5)
MS Youth Group (2, 9) - Details to come.
Adventure Retreat (11-13) - for all ages
Fall Kickoff (27)
Camp is a huge opportunity for your MSer to grow in their walk with Christ!
Join us for food, games, and swimming!
Sign up to Volunteer at Jesus Prom and help out will all sorts of fun games!
Register to volunteer here.
This 3-day retreat is for any MSer and their family! We will be camping, floating, horseback riding, caving, biking, or just handing out.
Join us as we launch into the Fall Semester of MS Youth Group!
Resource Recommendation
With the quick tap of a finger we can access an endless stream of addictive information-sports scores, breaking news, political opinions, streaming TV, the lasting Instagram posts, and much more. Accessing information has never been easier-- but acquiring wisdom is increasingly difficult.
In an effort to help us consume a more balanced, healthy diet of information, Brett McCracken has created the "Wisdom Pyramid." Inspired by the food pyramid model, the Wisdom Pyramid challenges us to increase our intake of enduring, trustworthy sources (like the Bible) while moderating our consumption of less reliable sources (like the Internet and social media). At a time when so much of our daily media diet is toxic and making us spiritually sick, The Wisdom Pyramid suggests that we become healthy and wise when we reorient our lives around God-- the foundation of truth and the eternal source of wisdom.
Wisdom Pyramid is an easy read and an excellent resource for MS & HS students to begin evaluating where they are turning for wisdom.
Important 2023 Dates:
Camp Mocomi MS Week-June 11-15
Jesus Prom-August 5
Family Adventure Retreat-August 11-13
Fall Kickoff-August 27
NightLight Kickball-September 3
For better or worse, media has a powerful influence in our kids' lives! Today's media sends nonstop communication, delivering its voice through television, movies, Internet, music, magazines, books, computers, smartphones, tablets, and more. Frankly, it is impossible for parents to have control over every message that is being sent to our kids.
Because parents can't control all of their kids' media consumption, some feel lost, hopeless, or paralyzed when facing today's technology and media. We may complain, but it is time for us to quit whining, and do something. Don't give up. Don't bail out. There are things we can do and environments we can foster to create a media-safe home.
Watch, Listen, and Read. Creating a media-safe home requires that you become a student of the culture. The easiest way to get a handle on what media your kids are consuming is to watch what they watch, listen to what they listen to, and read what they read. Look for every opportunity to ask and learn from your kids.
Evaluate. Evaluate everything you see and hear with your kids. When you evaluate, don't just play the bad-guy role. At times, this will likely be necessary, but also tell your kids what you like and why, and help them learn to discern what they are putting into their minds.
Examine Your Own Behavior. Too many parents want their kids to make good media choices but aren't willing to discipline themselves. Remember the old adage: Children see, children do. Set the example you want your kids to follow.
Discuss and Listen; Don't Lecture. Anytime we can truly dialog with our kids about media use and influence, it is better than any lecture or sermon we could ever deliver to them. Ultimately, you may choose to disagree with your kids' opinions but they will at least feel you were willing to listen.
Develop Clear Expectations. Work together with your teens to come up with clearly expressed expectations about media consumption and use of the devices that deliver media. As technology changes rapidly, you'll need to revisit the expectations from time to time to keep them relevant and current.
Parent Prayer
Ephesians 3:14-19
For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory, he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-- that being rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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