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Coming Attractions!
The year is in full-swing at Area 12:2 youth group! We’ve got Bible study every Sunday at 9:30am. High School Teen Night takes place every Sunday night from 7-9 pm, and Jr. High Teen Night happens every 2nd and 4th Tuesday from 7:00-8:30pm. Mexicali 2012 is open to all 7-12 grade students this year. We anticipate a huge group. Applications are due November 6 and can be downloaded from this site. Springhill Winter retreats take place in January for High School and February for Jr. High. Those forms can also be found here on this site. Take your time to check out the site, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Hope to see you at one of our activites!
Dave Priskorn
Director of Youth Ministry
STUDENT NEWSLETTER #514
Contents
1. Something for Your Heart
2. Surf Report
3. Random Randomness
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1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Romans 8: Call Him Father
“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ ” (Romans 8:15)
What does it mean to you to be God’s child, to be able to legitimately call Him your father? Too often, Christianity is presented as a contract between a person and God: “Just sign here, here, and here, and all your sins will be forgiven and you can go to heaven when you die.”
It’s much more personal to God than that. He’s not selling something we need. He’s not looking for buyers. He’s looking for children. He has given us the “Spirit of sonship,” which could also be read as the “Spirit of adoption.” He’s looking to fill His family with lost kids by making them His kids.
Aside from Jesus, God has no biological children. Some of us may have grown up in the church nursery, but we were not born into God’s family just by being born. We had to be adopted to become a child of God. And once we were in the family, He gave us the right to call Him “daddy.”
Think: What does it mean to you to know that God is your Father, that He has adopted you into His family? What is the value of that? Can Christianity work without the idea of God as Father?
Pray: Thank God for giving you the spirit of adoption and inviting you to call Him “Abba, Father.”
Do: Read this great quote from J.I. Packer’s book Knowing God:
If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all. For everything that Christ taught, everything that makes the New Testament new, and better than the Old, everything that is distinctively Christian as opposed to merely Jewish, is summed up in the knowledge of the Fatherhood of God. “Father” is the Christian name for God. … Our understanding of Christianity cannot be better than our grasp of adoption. (pp. 201—202)
(HT: Between Two Worlds)
Get More Daily Devotionals at PlanetWisdom.com.
2.Surf Report
Real Steel [Christianity Today]
The Ides of March [Plugged In]
3. Random Randomness:
More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
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The Weeks Ahead
Here’s a brief rundown of upcoming events at Area 12-2 Youth Ministry. Of course, you can always check out www.area12-2.org for more information.
High School:
Teen Nights, Sundays 7-9pm. Studying the TRUE U series. Bring $3 for food, and even more to help support our Compassion Kid.
Feb. 14 – Chocolate Fountain
Feb 21 – Teen Night
Feb 28 – NO Teen Night (Jr. High Springhill Weekend)
Jr. High
Teen Nights, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30pm.
Feb. 23 – NO Teen Night (Winter Break)
March 9 – Chocolate Fountain, Take 2
And don’t forget Jr. High Springhill Retreat, Feb 26-28! Some of you still owe me money and/or Medical Forms!
Have a great weekend!
Dave and the Area 12-2 Team
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YS Student Newsletter #431
Contents
1. Something for Your Heart
2. Surf Report
3. Forgettable Fact
4. Potent Quotables
5. Uh, That’s Funny?
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1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
“. . . in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:6)
Want your life to be complicated? Really confused and stressful and messy? It’s easy to accomplish: Just give some of your life to the Lord. Just acknowledge Him in some of your ways. And then save the rest of your ways for yourself.
Trust me. It’s like signing up for a multiple personality disorder. Why? Because God’s way is not your way. If you make a commitment to trust Him in some things and not others, you’ll always be trying to keep the parts of yourself a secret from the other parts of yourself.
I’m not saying it can’t be done. Most of us do it every day. I’m just saying it sucks. James called it being “double minded and unstable,” this trusting in God some and me some. And it leads to foolish living and giant headaches.
Want to live simple? Want to walk a straight-ahead path that’s going somewhere? Trust God with 100 percent of your heart and acknowledge Him in all of your ways.
Think: What would you lose if you trusted God by obeying Him in every part of your life? What would you gain?
Pray: Ask God to help you to acknowledge Him in all of your ways.
Do: Make a quick list of parts of your life that you tend to keep away from God, that you’d rather not let the “God part” of your life know about.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
2. SURF REPORT
Interview with Denzel Washington about The Book of Eli
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/movies/interviews/2010/denzelwashington-jan10.html
Lost Character Study: Will Kate Believe?
http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctmovies/2010/02/lost-character-study-will-kate.html
3. FORGETTABLE FACT
More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
4. POTENT QUOTABLES
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
~ Washington Irving
To love another person is to see the face of God.
~ Les Miserables
5. UH, THAT’S FUNNY?
‘You should be ashamed,’ the father told his son, Andy,
‘When Abraham Lincoln was your age, he used to walk ten miles every day to get to school.’
‘Really?’ Andy responded. ‘Well, when he was your age, he was president.’
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Welcome Back!
Activity at Area 12:2 is in full swing! Every Sunday morning at 9:30 we have Bible Study in the Teen Room. Currently we are working through a study on “The Dark Knight” with Mr. Peitsch. Bagels, juice and hot chocolate are always available. Jr. High Teen Night meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday night from 7:00-8:30pm. High School Teen Night meets every Sunday night from 7-9pm, and is currently working through the TRUE U series, which answers questions like, “Does God exist?” and “How do I defend my faith?” The Mexicali season is underway, with planning sessions every other Sunday afternoon. Winter retreats at Springhill are coming up as well. This summer we will be heading to New Orleans for the LCMS National Youth Gathering, where our own youth praise band, The Living Stones, will be leading worship! Finally, in August, we will head to Ann Arbor for the annual Michigan Jr. High Youth Gathering. As you can see, there are many opportunities for you to “renew your mind” at Area 12:2. Check out our site, and if you have further questions, don’t desitate to email for more information.
God’s Peace,
Dave Priskorn, Director of Youth Ministry
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See You Next Spring
This will be the last post for 2009. Today is the last Highschool Teen Night @ Bowlero for the Christmas Party. Bring $10 if you want to go. Jr. High’s last teen night/Christmas Party is this Tuesday. Have a great Christmas Break and we’ll see you all next year!
-Dave Priskorn & The Area 12:2 Staff
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