Posts filed under ‘Youth Ministry’
Time to Launch
Every year around the middle of August we plan a retreat for our new 7th graders called Launch. The Launch retreat is this weekend, and I’m so excited to welcome in a new class to our youth ministry!
This time of year is also the time we are gearing up to literally Launch into a new school year. We will be introducing our “new” Old Skool Sunday School on August 21 with a breakfast for all our students and adult leaders. Our brand new Wednesday night ministry will Launch on August 24. And this blog site will re-Launch with new posts at least twice a week after the summer break.
I hope you and your teenagers are buckled up and ready to Launch with us!
2001 E3 Release Form
So here it is, the middle of March. That can only mean one thing: it’s time to publish the 2011 E3 release form (insert sarcastic comment here). Actually I probably should have done this a couple of months ago, but there’s no time like the present right?
This release form will be good for all E3 activities for through the rest of 2011. Fine print: from time to time there may be additional releases required of other organizations.
D Now (on the road) April 15-17
I can’t even explain how pumped I am about D-Now coming up! We are taking it on the road this year to Plains Baptist Assembly just outside Floydada. Packets with all the information and registration forms you need will be mailed out tomorrow morning. They are also available here.
We really think every single one of our students needs to be a part of D-Now. I hope you’ll help me encourage your kids to sign up and to get their friends to sign up too! Let me know if you have any questions,need more information, or need financial assistance.
Youth Cancelled Tomorrow
Since the weather is kind of bad and the roads are icy, we won’t be meeting tomorrow, February 2 for youth. Actually, there will be no activities at the church tomorrow night. Stay home, stay warm, and stay safe. Can’t wait to see you Sunday!
Common Ground Youth Event
Hey Parents, I’m excited to tell you about Common Ground coming up tomorrow night! This will be our 2nd semesterly (is that a word?) community wide youth event here in Levelland. Area youth ministers are working together to plan 1 event each semester for all teenagers in our area. Common Ground will be at the Levelland Middle School auditorium beginning at 7:30 tomorrow night. The band Catalyst will be leading in worship and Joey Cummings will be speaking. We will not be meeting for our normal youth time at the church tomorrow. I hope you will join me in encouraging all our teens and their friends, classmates, teammates, and peers to be at Common Ground.
E3 Christmas
The E3 Christmas party is this Sunday, December 19 from 6:30-8:30 pm. We will meet upstairs in the youth room for a meal (lasagna, salad, etc.). Then we will have a Christmas scavenger hunt. At the end of the hunt we will meet at walmart where we will purchase some Christmas gifts for some children here in Levelland that wouldn’t get anything without some help. We will have all the youth back at the church by 8:30.
Make sure your teens can be here and if possible bring $5 to help with the gifts we will be purchasing.
E3 This Week
There are 2 awesome opportunities for your teens to serve this week!
1. Thursday night our senior adults are having their annual Harvest Banquet at the church. Our students will be serving them. What an incredible chance to serve those who have served us so generously for so long! Students need to be at the church by 5:30 Thursday and need to dress nice.
2. Saturday morning we will be taking students to Mardel in Lubbock to load the Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes from the entire area into an 18-wheeler. We will leave the church at 8:00. After we finish at Mardel we will take all the students out to lunch…we’ll even pay! Should be home by 2:00.
Saw You At The Pole Rally F.A.Q.s
Yes, it is raining.
No, we’re not canceling the Saw You At The Pole Rally tonight.
Yes, we need you to help us spread the word…
Saw You At The Pole Rally
Levelland Intermediate School Auditorium
7:30 Tonight
See You At The Pole
Every year on a Wednesday morning in September thousands of students all across the world gather at their school flag pole to pray together for their schools, their communities, and their nations. This year See You At The Pole will take place Wednesday, September 22 at 7:30 in the morning at our local schools.
This year our local youth ministers have gotten together and decided to have a community Saw You At The Pole rally that Wednesday night instead of taking all our individual groups to various rallies in Lubbock. The Saw You At The Pole rally will be at the Levelland football stadium at 7:30 Wednesday night, September 22. There will be a band and a speaker sharing with all our students and we will use this as a time to promote unity among our students for the sake of growing the Kingdom of God in our local schools.
I hope you will encourage your kids to be a part of See You At The Pole next Wednesday at 7:30 am as well as Saw You At The Pole next Wednesday at 7:30 pm.
Rhythm
XP3 got off to an awesome start last Sunday. If you haven’t heard, XP3 is our brand new youth worship and small group time that takes place every Sunday from 5:30 – 7:00.
This week we will continue our Rhythm series by talking about what has captured our sense of wonder. The truth is that we were all created with a sense of wonder and if the thing that has captivated that wonder in our lives isn’t God, our entire life will be out of rhythm. Take a look at the Parent Cue for some ideas on how you can continue the conversation at home.
Next week I will be posting a short article each day written by Carey Nieuwhof on a specific family value based on Deuteronomy 5:1 and 6:4-7. Have a great weekend and I hope to see your kids at XP3 Sunday!
