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Testing Cell Phone to website for weekend scavenger hunt

Sending pictures from cell phone to website, as a test for the scavenger hunt Saturday at 1:00 pm. Jr and Sr. High Youth event, will send clues to the website at same time as to players, for those of you that can't attend. :)

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SR High Bible Study 9-17-08 @ the Youth House

We had a great discussion, on our Character, and the Refining process.

We learned that the dictionary defines "Refine" as the following:
-to reduce to a pure state as with sugar, metal, or oil
-to free from moral imperfection
-to improve by pruning or polishing
-to free from what is coarse, vulgar, or uncouth, as with a refined person

We also looked at what the bible says about refining:

Proverbs 17:3 (New Living Translation)
3 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but the Lord tests the heart.

Malachi 3:2-4 (New Living Translation)
2 “But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes. 3 He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the Lord. 4 Then once more the Lord will accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as he did in the past.

Zechariah 13:9 (New Living Translation)
9 I will bring that group through the fire
and make them pure.
I will refine them like silver
and purify them like gold.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”

9-13-08 Sr & Jr High POOL PARTY !!!

If you missed the pool party, you missed out on a great time!

Tuesday Jr. High Live 9-9-08

WOW! We had a big crowd today! We had 10 or 11, thought 11 but now looking through the pictures maybe 10? They move around so much, hard to keep up. :) Here are some pictures. We had a good study, continuing on renewal and what the world tells us about renewal.

Jason

Visiting Jabaris in Tallahassee

Monday (Labor Day) Myself, Misti and Merridy, headed off to Tallahassee to have lunch with Jabaris. We stopped by FAMU Campus to pick him up at his dorm, then went for lunch. Mmmmmmmm steak! We had a very nice visit with Jabaris, seems to be adjusting well to college life. He has a nice Dorm, right across from the Stadium!

Anyway, here is a picture from our visit, a little blurry, taken with my camera phone.

Just one more game ...........

Pastor Rich visited the Sr. High Wednesday night 9-3-08 at the Youth House. We had just finished our study and he eyed our Galatica game, (I think that was the one). Here's a picture.

Tuesday Jr. High Live 9-2-08

We had a great study and activities meeting today. We had 6 Youth in attendance, we had two first time Jr. High students participate. We studied the first section in Renewal. We are using the same study that we use for Sr. High, but tayloring it to Jr. High.

After study, we had free time, playing pool (with 2 broken pool sticks now), foosball, Dance Dance Revolution type game and we also brokeout the ol stand by, Pac Man.

(Photo taken with camera phone, thus the low quality.)

Talked about the up coming Pool Party, bring back those Medical Treatment forms!

Jason

JR & SR HIGH POOL PARTY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

We will make another attempt at a back to School Pool Party, this time we will try it minus the hurricane, although, I was just watching the news, and there are 2 or 3 more storms lined up heading our way!!!! They should be gone in plenty of time for our party.

Where: Richard & Cheryl Archambault's House
(Call Jason for Directions 464-1556)
When: Saturday September 13th 1:00pm - 4:00pm
What: Pool Party and cook out
Who: All 6th-12th Grade Youth, that have turned in their medical treatment forms.
How: If you need a ride, call Jason @ 464-1556, we will work it out.

What do I need to bring?:
Bathing Suit
Towel
Signed & Notarized Medical Treatment form, if not already turned in. We will only need this once. It will be good for one year, so once we get it, you are good for all future activities.

See you Tuesday (Jr. High) or Wednesday (Sr. High)!

Jason

SR High Study RENEWAL Part 3

We had another great study, we finished the 3 part series on renewal. 7 Youth were in attendance. Here is some of the scripture we referenced.:

1 Samuel 12:21
21 Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

Proverbs 28:19
19 He who works his land will have abundant food,
but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Proverbs 12:12
12 The wicked desire the plunder of evil men,
but the root of the righteous flourishes.

Kings 17:15
15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their fathers and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the LORD had ordered them, "Do not do as they do," and they did the things the LORD had forbidden them to do.

Exodus 34:6-7
6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."

Ephesians 6:10-18
10 A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 12 For we[a] are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. 14 Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. 15 For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.[b] 16 In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.[c] 17 Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

1st Jr. High Meeting a Success!

We had a great Jr. High meeting. We all meet at the Youth House after school on Tuesday. We had 6 Jr. High youth attend.

We got to know a little more about one another, went over the youth house rules, talked about the upcoming September 13th Jr & Sr High Pool Party. (MEDICAL RELEASES NEED TO BE COMPLETED, NOTARIZED and TURNED IN BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN AN OFF CAMPUS ACTIVITY, so be sure to return your forms to me ASAP!!)

We went over the prayer/praise easel. Closed in prayer and then had free time.

We all had a blast playing, foosball and pool (Down to one pool stick, anybody have a spare? Pool with one pool stick is interesting.)

Sr. High Wednesday Night Bible Study 8-20-08 (Renewal Part 2 - Mind, Body & Spirit)

We had a great bible study last night! So good, that when we reached our stopping point, the youth wanted to continue on with the next section. So continue we did! (Sorry for the bad Yoda impersonation) :)

We are continuing our lesson on Renewing our relationship with God. This week, we looked at Mind, Body and Spirit.

We read from:
Proverbs 3:
13 Joyful is the person who finds wisdom,
the one who gains understanding.
14 For wisdom is more profitable than silver,
and her wages are better than gold.
15 Wisdom is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
16 She offers you long life in her right hand,
and riches and honor in her left.
17 She will guide you down delightful paths;
all her ways are satisfying.

1 Corinthians 6:
19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

1 Corinthians 10:
31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Romans 12:
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters,[a] I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.

Romans 12:
2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Luke 21:
14 So don’t worry in advance about how to answer the charges against you, 15 for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you! 16 Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—will betray you. They will even kill some of you. 17 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.[d] 18 But not a hair of your head will perish! 19 By standing firm, you will win your souls.

Something came up about how to get to heaven, good discussion, then we read:

John 14:
6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

Overall a VERY GOOD STUDY! We then rocked to some Christian Rock, played pool and some foosball.

Sr. & Jr. High Canoe / Camping Trip Highlights

We all arrived back on Saturday safe and sound. We all had a great time! Thank you to Mr. mark for the Friday Night Campfire Devotional, and Mr. Spence for the slip n slide, always a hit!

We met at the church around 2:00pm Friday, and arrived back at approx. 2:30 or so, I was too tired to look at my watch! We were gone about 24 hours, and got about 2 hours sleep :) .But we had fun!

Sr. High Wednesday Night Bible Study 8-14-08

We all meet for dinner in the hall at 6:00pm and made our way over to the youth house at about 6:40, we got an early start last night! We had 7 youth in attendance. Jabaris missed us, so he came back for a visit, good to see him again.

We started Sr. High Bible Study by putting our prayer requests and praises on the Easel pad. We had a hard time deciding where to put Jabaris getting his driver license in a few days, so we decided to add it to both. :)

Candice and Brandi were missing so we sent them a quick text telling them we missed them. Then we put our phones away, since we do not want to be disturbed during study! :) We all love this rule, don't we? ;)

We studied what it means to renew something, including our relationship with God.

Wiktionary defines Renew as:
To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to reestablish; to recreate; to rebuild.

To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.

We went to the word for more:

Romans 12:2 (New International Version)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

We had a good discussion on renewing, all participated and had a good overall study.

We then broke for free time, we visited, Jammed out to some Toby Mac, played pool and foosball. About 8:00 or so, Rezinko, and Arron came to see us and shoot some pool after the class they were attending ended.

Tuesday Night Pool

I was at the Fire Department for a meeting (Lee Volunteer Fire Department), and after the meeting a couple of the Junior Firefighters (Explorers) wanted to shoot some pool, so off to the Youth House went went for some foosball and Pool! Is that how you spell foosball? Looks weird! ;)

Jason

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Sr. High FUN in the Youth House!

The Sr. High Youth met in the Youth House last night. We had 9 YOUTH PRESENT! What a blessing it was! Thanks to Cheryl R. and Carla for tidying up the place! Made a 100% difference!!!!

We got to know each other a little more with our Skittles ice breaker. Boy everyone LOVES skittles, if they only knew ahead of time.... :)

We went over the Rules of the Youth House, they are posted on the wall.

I had a form for all the youth to fill out, so I could get to know them all a little better.

Then we all sent Jabaris a text, telling him we missed him being in the group. (He just left for football camp at FAMU.)

We discussed our new prayer easel. At the start of our meeting all youth are welcome to write their prayer request and praises on this easel pad. It will be kept as a journal. We hope to look back throughout the year and see how a prayer request turns into a praise!

We then discussed a verse out of 1 Corinthians, we all learned something new from this reading, it was educating to all of us present.


Overall a great night was had by all! Looking forward to doing it again next week!

Jason

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SR & JR High Canoe / Camping Trip Planned for Fri.-Sat. August 15th-16th

Who's ready for another Canoe and Camping trip down the Suwannee river? We plan on leaving the church around 2:00-2:15 on Friday afternoon the 15th, and returning back at the church around 12-1pm Saturday the 16th.

All JR and SR High students are invited, BRING A FRIEND!!!!!

What you need to bring:
Sleeping Bag
Pillow
Swimsuit
Change of Dry Clothes

We will supply:
Tents
Food
Canoe
Slip n Slide

Who's going? Click the comments button below and let me know.

See you there!

Jason