WILD - youth ministry

STORIES FROM OUR MISSIONS TRIP

2011-08-11T12:04:00.000-07:00

“ This week I was expecting for God to show me something that would help me realize that I should be more thankful. I have become more thankful. I was touched by these kids, even though a lot of them attacked me. God wanted me to pray for those kids. The trip also helped be more prepared for the future.” – Aaron Napier

“ This week helped me realize that I need to be grateful for my parents, because I met one kid whose parents died. I am going to pray for him.” – Austin Napier

“ There was a girl who said that she didn’t have many clothes and you could tell she didn’t because she wore the same clothes both days she was there. It tore my heart apart seeing that” - Katie Palmer

“ I had the most adorable group of kids that have ever existed on the face of the Earth. There was Layla, Zamarie, Neveah, Deja, Nashyyamiah, and Kashia. Layla was my baby, she always wanted to sit on my lap and go everywhere with me and she was as cute as humanly possible, but you better believe this four year old can cuss you out in a heartbeat if something happens that she doesn’t like. Zamarie never stops moving. One moment he’s in his seat likes he’s supposed to be and the next he’s jumping off the stage or he’s on the balcony. He only has one outfit. Neveah is a total sweetheart. She loves playing with my hair because I have “white girl hair” and “that’s cool”. Deja, Nashyamiah, and Kashia are sisters. Neveah and Layla are their cousins. None of them share the same pair of parents though they’re less than a year apart. I know Neveah and Layla’s mom abuses alcolhol and drugs which they don’t understand why its wrong. These are just a few of my babies and I’m going to miss them like crazy. I cried when they all hugged me and said they would miss me” – Amber Smith

“ I saw a kid who was 4 and won a prize, but it was taken away. After they handed out backpacks, he saw a ball that fell out of my pocket and when I gave it to him, his smile was so BIG!” – Conner Lehman

WILD YOUTH - MISSIONS TRIP

2011-08-10T14:29:00.000-07:00

“ I saw kids without clothes and children smelled so bad I could hardly stand it. At first I was agitated by the smell, but God melted my heart. I realized that no one chooses to smell that way. They rarely get to shower. That’s something I won’t soon forget.” – Ryan Lechien

“ This week was definitely a great and humbling experience for me. I am definitely more thankful for the stuff God has blessed me with. Seeing some of the kids and their lifestyles they lived made me feel really bad for them and like I should take everything I owned and give it all to them. I was glad the Lord had used me and gave me the strength to love these kids no matter how bad they got on my nerves. It was definitely hard, but I know that we had all touched kids hearts in some way and I pray that they will endure and remember and preach what they heard these past few days. I will never forget some of these kids faces and I will continue to pray for them.” –Noah Monsour

“ I had more fun on this trip than any other trip I’d ever been on. I feel so more connected to God an that this is something I would love to do for as long as possible. I realized that I really don’t have a tough life at all. I will have more respect for God, myself, and others.” – Montana Cherry

“I really realized that my life that I live day to day is wrong. I was not being thankful and not taking time to devote to God. On this trip, I saw a kid walking around the church with baseball cleats as his only shoes. I also realized I love working with kids and would like to use that gift for God.” – Grant Cason

“ This week there was this one girl who had scars and scratches up and down her arm and had holes all over her clothes. I decided just to sit down by her and talk a little to her and she said that she was born with this one big scar on her foot so she couldn’t walk. When everyone went up to dance I decided just to hold and just try to make her feel important and let her know that God is always with her and that makes me want to be so thankful for what I have and that I will start praying for each and every one of those kids. I hope she will remember me” – Carrie Napier

“ I had a great time! I hated to see the little kids cry… I gave them hugs because it made my heart melt to see their sad faces. I remember the first day on the bus to pick up the kids, I was nervous yet excited. Then a little girl took my job of pitting bracelets on the kids wrists. When we were handing out flyers I saw a baby girl far away from her house. She was wearing only a diaper. There was glass and sticks and there was a road nearby and she could have got severally hurt. It made me want to cry. Then her mom came by and she was nice. WOW!” – Mody Monsour

“ I was nervous about going on my first missions trip, not knowing what to expect. But being with the kids made me feel at home. I loved being with them and seeing them smile at the simplest things. It made me appreciate my life so much more.” – Michelle McClure

“ I was taking way to much for granted before this trip and now I have a lot of respect for the things I have. What touched me was the condition of a lot of these people and in how they didn’t take as much for granted as we do.” – Trace McKnight

“ I was changed by one boy. He opened my eyes to how I should help people and give stuff to them. The boy helped me see that. The boy was a person, not a little kid with nothing. He taught me that we should help everyone because everyone deserves a chance.” – Jade Sneed

FINE ARTS IMAGES

2011-04-11T11:24:00.001-07:00

Check out the 2011 Fine Arts images here. http://www.wildym.com/?page_id=673

THIS WEDNESDAY

2011-04-10T10:08:00.000-07:00

This wednesday night you are in for a treat at WILD YOUTH. We will have "Full Circle" ministering to us. They are a discipleship team from Andover KS. They will be doing the whole service. Please invite all your friends. You can learn more about them on face book at

FINE ARTS

2011-04-10T08:37:00.000-07:00

WOW What a weekend it was at FINE ARTS. We had 8 teens make the trip to Wichita. We had teens that were involved in song writing, solo, short sermon, poetry, graphic design, drawing and t-shirt design. It was a blessing to watch teens use their God given talents and step outside the box. I am so proud of our teens. Here are the results from Fine Arts.

Song Writing -

Baylee Hisey - Invited to Nationals - took first place
Ashlee Hisey - Invited to Nationals

Solo -

Ashley Johnson - Invited to Nationals
Caitlin McKnight - Invited to Nationals
Alyx McGhee - Excellent

T-Shirt Design-

Ashlee Hisey - Invited to Nationals - took first place

Poem -

Megan Wettstein - Excellent - took first place

Art -

Seth Snider - Excellent
Megan Wettstein - Good

Graphics Design -

Baylee Hisey - Excellent

For more Images please click here.

MARCH EVENTS at WILD YOUTH INFO SHEET

2011-03-15T12:35:00.000-07:00

The rest of March is going to be very busy. Please check out the upcoming events and the info on these events.

Please CLICK HERE to download a pdf of the INFO SHEET at the bottom of the parents page.

ALLmost

2011-03-15T12:31:00.000-07:00

WILD Youth will be starting a new series this wednesday call ALLmost.

It seems that we all get so comfortable almost making the team or almost doing our best or almost serving Jesus. This series is going to go straight to your heart, soul, mind and strength. We will be asking the same question throughout the series – Does Jesus have ALL of you or ALL most all of you? We will be using the greatest commandment to call students into a relationship with Jesus that is ALL in!

THOUGHTS FROM A YOUTH SPONSOUR

2011-01-28T09:06:00.000-08:00

Here is are some thoughts from Briana Baker.

So, I'm reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan right now. Last night after
youth, I read this, It connected to what we were talking about, which I
thought was definitely a God thing :-)

"The Rooted.

The average Christian in the United States spends ten minutes per day
with God; meanwhile, the average American spends over four hours a day
watching television.
Perhaps TV is not your thing--maybe you don't even own one. But how
about your time and your resources? How much of your money is spent on
yourself, and how much is directed toward God's kingdom? How much of
your time is dedicated to pursuing your life and your goals, and how
much is focused on God's work and purposes?

God doesn't want religious duty. He doesn't want a distracted,
half-hearted, 'Fine, I'll read a chapter...now, are You happy?'
attitude. God wants His Word to be a delight to us, so much so that we
meditate on it day and night.

In Psalm 1, He promises that those who do so are 'like a tree planted by
streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does
not wither. Whatever he does prospers' (v. 3).

People who are OBSESSED with God have an intimate relationship with Him.
They are nourished by God’s Word throughout the day because they know
that forty minutes on Sunday is not enough to sustain them for a whole
week, especially when they will encounter so many distractions and
alternative messages.”

WILD 2011 Calendar

2011-01-09T08:37:00.000-08:00

January –
22nd – Lazer Force

February –
6th – Super Bowl Outreach
12th – Valentine’s Banquet

March –
11th -12th – Lock-in
14th -16th – Phone book dropoff
26th – Sanctus Real Concert

April –
8th - 9th – Fine Arts
30th – Camping & Air soft

June –
20th - 24th – High School Camp
27th - 1st – Middle School Camp

July –
20th – Worlds of Fun

August –
3rd - 6th – Missions Trip
27th – Fear Factor Outreach

September –
10th & 24th – PSU football game
21st – See you at the Pole

October –
1st – Bowling
15th – PSU football game

November –
4th - 5th – Youth Convention
5th & 12th – PSU football game
19th – House of Bounce

December –
14th – Christmas Caroling

Lazer Tag

2011-01-09T08:30:00.000-08:00

WILD Youth will be taking a trip to Joplin MO for an afternoon of Lazer Tag and a trip to the Joplin Mall. This will be on the 22nd of January. We will leave the church at 1pm on Saturday and be back at the church at 6:30pm. The cost for 2 games will be $12. We will have dinner at the food court. The average cost of a meal would be $5. Sign up sheet is at the welcome center

MAKE A DIFFERENCE WEDNESDAY

2010-12-16T13:48:00.001-08:00

Wow What a Wednesday night. The WILD Youth Teens came together at the ROTC gym to bag up 2000 items of food to feed the needy. This was a Wesley House project that we partnered with. The food items will be distributed to the needy in Crawford County on Thursday and Friday. This project was one of our “Make a Difference” Projects. I am so proud of our teens as they worked hard to make a difference. To see more images please click here.

HOUSE OF BOUNCE

2010-11-21T10:22:00.000-08:00

WILD youth made the trip to Joplin MO to the House of Bounce and then to Woody's Smoke house for dinner. It was a great evening of Bouncing. To view Images of this event please Click Here.

YOUTH CONVENTION

2010-11-09T06:36:00.000-08:00

It was a great weekend at Youth Convention. We had 31 make the tip to Wichita KS. We had a great time Friday afternoon hanging out at the Best Western. We had teens swimming, playing games, and hanging out with friends. Dinner was at the Cinnamon deli.

The evening service at convention was amazing. God moved in a very powerful way. Lives were being transformed. We had breakthroughs in the lives of our own teens. It was amazing to see teens hungry for God at the altars. The rest of the night was a blur. That’s right the teens had a blast I was ready for bed.

Saturday was different at youth convention. We put serving into action. We had a mini missions project with 1400 teens serving and loving strangers. We had 700 people from the surrounding community that showed up to the church. We loved on them by giving them free food, organized games for the kids, did face painting, gave away 10 bikes, and Convoy of Hope was on site and gave away 2000 bags of Groceries. It was a great event. 150 people got prayed for a 9 of them gave their lives to Christ. How awesome is that.

Saturday afternoon was a blast. There were tons of giveaways for the teens and a great celebration worship service. The afternoon ended with a God size challenge.

Every year we give towards a Speed the Light project. This year the project was to raise funds to help purchase a Convoy of Hope Trailer. Kansas had promised to raise $10,000 as one of their projects for 2011. We were going to kick start this project at convention by taking a speed the light offering. God worked a miracle and the teens experienced it. We raised $10,100 in one offering on Saturday evening. How amazing is that. Over all we had a great time at convention. We went expecting and experienced GOD.

For more Image CLICK HERE

MAKE A DIFFERENCE WEDNESDAY IMAGES

2010-11-09T06:14:00.000-08:00

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE WEDNESDAY

2010-11-02T14:47:00.000-07:00

50 gift cards – Purchased

30 Gallons of hot Chocolate – Ordered

Live music – Booked

Cups and Tables – Loaded

Making a Difference in People lives – Priceless

Are you READY? Have you been in PRAYER? Let’s come EXPECTING.

6:45pm – Wal Mart south entrance.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE WEDNESDAY

2010-11-01T12:27:00.000-07:00

Hi WILD Teens. Hope you are all having a great Monday. Hope you are getting your “Hands Dirty” by serving and loving people. Do not forget your challenge this week to show kindness to a person you would normally not hang out with.

This is also a reminder that this Wednesday is our Make a Difference Wednesday. With what you guys gave and the youth fund matching we are able to hand out 50 $5 gift cards. This is great news.

Please be in prayer for this Wednesday. Let’s ask God to use us to make an impact in someone’s life for his glory. Lets ask his to over flow in us so that people we touch see HIM through us. Let us make this more than JUST a Gift card giving outreach. Lets make it an outreach were seed are planted. YOU ARE NOT TOO YOUNG TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Come expecting to “Make A Difference”

YOUTH CONVENTION INFO SHEET

2010-10-31T09:51:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys. Here is important info about Youth Convention.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE WEDNESDAY- INFO

2010-10-29T14:54:00.000-07:00

Here is the information for Make a Difference Wednesday.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE WEDNESDAY

2010-10-19T07:36:00.000-07:00

Make a difference Wednesday is a WILD youth community outreach project. With this project teens and sponsors will be walking thru wal mart randomly handing out five-dollar wal mart gift cards to individuals and blessing them. We will also have a team of teens outside wal mart handing out hot chocolate to customers walking in and out of wal mart. We will be challenging every teen to give something in a form of a sacrifice to make a difference in someone else’s live in the next two weeks during our Wednesday night youth services. The church will match what come in from this special offering and use these funds to purchase the gift cards. We will be at wal mart on Wednesday the 3rd of November from 7pm to 8pm. LET’S MAKE A DIFFERENCE by shining Christ love thru our actions.

GET DIRTY

2010-10-19T07:35:00.000-07:00

WILD Youth will be kicking off a new series this Wednesday - GET DIRTY

From the beginning, serving has involved getting dirty. God Himself got His hands dirty when He created man. Jesus got His hands dirty cleansing lepers and healing the sick. If we want to get involved in the life of Jesus, it means we expect to Get Dirty. It may be dangerous and will for sure be fun. It is impossible to serve from a safe distance. Let’s roll up our sleeves, dive into the lives of those who need Jesus and wash some dirty feet!

Fields of Faith

2010-10-10T10:20:00.000-07:00

WILD youth will be meeting at the PSU football field this Wednesday night for the FCA Fields of Faith youth rally. The rally is from 7pm to 8:45pm. Fortress will be leading worship at this Rally.

Parents will need to drop off their Teens in front of the PSU Library at 6:40pm

They can pick up their Teens at 8:45pm at the same location.

This is a FREE Event.

For more info please contact Anthony N @ 704-3903

SEE YOU AT THE FLAG POLE

2010-09-22T09:35:00.001-07:00

It was an exciting morning as Teens gathered around their flag pole to pray for their school. We had about 20+ teens that showed up at Pittsburg High School for this years "See You At The Pole".

SECTION 8 Rally - INFO

2010-09-08T08:08:00.000-07:00

THE BIG T - Message Series

2010-08-27T08:02:00.002-07:00

WILD Youth will be starting a new 3 week series called the BIG T. In this series we will be looking at Temptation and how to navigate and walk away from Temptation. Today’s generation is constantly being hammered with all forms of temptation and this would be a great series for all teens. I encourage all parents that have teens to get their teens to Youth Service on Wednesday at 7pm.

WILD COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

2010-08-27T08:02:00.001-07:00

The WILD youth Ministry was involved in two Community Service project this last Wednesday. The purpose of this was to put into action what we have been discussing the last 4 weeks on POURING out Christ love on others in the form of serving, sharing and giving.

We cleaned windows, floors, and water fountains at the Pittsburg High School. We also helped the Vie Medical Clinic clean up some construction debris on an expansion project they are working on. We ended our evening by spending time in pray in the hall ways of the High School praying for our schools. It was a great evening. To view images please click here.

THE POUR - GOD'S LOVE ON OUR COMMUNITY

2010-08-22T08:40:00.000-07:00

This Wednesday WILD youth ministry will be involved in 2 Community Service projects to put into action what we have been discussing at Wednesday night services. For the last 4 weeks we have been discussing the topic of POURING our self out on others through Sharing, Serving and Giving. This is what Jesus did when He walked the earth.

Project 1 – Pittsburg High School (Painting Class Rooms)

Project 2 – Vie Medical Clinic (Cleaning up construction debris)

Date – Wednesday the 25th
Time – 6:30pm to 8:15pm
Location – Pittsburg High School (drop off & pick up point)

PLEASE BE WILLLING TO SERVE.

MY APOLOGIES

2010-08-20T08:23:00.001-07:00

Dear Family Life Assembly of God,

I would like to take a moment and explain what happened this past Wednesday. During my message, at youth service, I used an inappropriate word to make a point. This caught me off guard and should not have been used.

Let me be vey clear using this word was not a planned statement this was a spur of the moment spontaneous slip of the tongue. This is not who I am and it is not the kind of language I use on a daily basis.

I have diligently worked hard for the last 8 years to earn your trust and I am sorry if I may have let you down in the area of trust or respect. It is so important as a leader for me to keep my guard up at all times and I let it slide in this one case.

I am truly sorry for this and I promise that I will work hard at not letting this happen in the future. I am sorry if this caused any of you teens to be distracted or be miss lead in any way. This was not my intent. My only intent was to catch attention. I would like to convey my apologies to any that might have been offended and I would kindly ask you for your forgiveness.

I would like to keep our forces on all the good that God has been doing in this ministry and do not let this one incident cause any Glory be taken away from HIS workings.

Thanking You

Your Youth Leader
Anthony Navaratnam

An Opportunity to SERVE & POUR Christ love on the COMMUNITY

2010-08-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

WILD RETREAT 2010 - PHOTOS

2010-08-15T09:47:00.000-07:00

YEA! We have all the photos uploaded from the 2010 Youth Retreat. Some awesome images. Check it out by Clicking Here. The video for the retreat to follow.

Avi Sharma's Thoughts - Youth Retreat

2010-08-12T11:20:00.000-07:00

The Friday before we went I prayed to God to change something in my life and He did. He told me I was wrong, he told me I needed help. He told me don't be alone. So I'm not alone and I've started over. This retreat changed my life. The best was meeting some awesome people.

Michelle McClure's Thoughts - WILD RETREAT

2010-08-12T09:10:00.000-07:00

I had a blast at the retreat. All the games we played and the swimming was so much fun. Also there was an awesome concert by FORTRESS! The evening services were really good. They really showed me what God did to Sacrifice for us, which made me realize that I need to give up more of my time for HIM.

Veronica Schooley's Thoughts - WILD RETREAT

2010-08-12T09:04:00.000-07:00

During this past weekend at the Wild Retreat, I experienced the Holy Spirit moving through everyone especially when we all had the opportunity to write down our sins on a piece of paper and then nail them up on the cross and ask for forgiveness. During this weekend what stood out to me was that once we go to God and ask for forgiveness and throw away our baggage we all need to forget about our sins and leave them at the cross and not turn back to them because we are forgiven by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Austin Napier's Thoughts - WILD RETREAT

2010-08-12T08:53:00.000-07:00

At the 2010 Youth Retreat, I experienced new closeness with my friends in WILD. We played games, we worshiped and we prayed together. My favorite thing was the worship! My brother and my sister also went and it was nice to hang out together with other teens and be friends without parents. Made us feel more like each others friends instead of just brothers and sister. The retreat helped me with my relationship with God, because I was away from TV and stuff and was able to focus more on Him.

WILD YOUTH RETREAT

2010-08-10T13:11:00.000-07:00

WOW! What a weekend it was at the James River Retreat center where the WILD Youth Ministries had their back to school youth retreat. It was a weekend filled with fun and excitement. We had some amazing games, great food, awesome fellowship, rocking worship and life chaging times at the alter. More on the retreat to come.

2010-08-06T09:40:00.000-07:00

The WILD retreat has officially kicked off. We are on the road after a late start. We have already had a few challenges with our bus. Thank God for giving us people who know how to work on buses we are back on the road. We have 64 making the trip. It is going to be a great weekend. I am excited to see what God has in store for us this weekend.

WILD RETREAT

2010-08-04T06:29:00.000-07:00

This Friday 60+ teens and sponsors will be making the trip to the James River Retreat center at Huggins MO. This will be our second Back To School Retreat. This year’s theme is “BREAKTHROUGH”. I am excited to see what God has in store for us this weekend. We have a great weekend planned. Hope all you teens are excited as I am about this weekend. Lets come with HIGH Expectations of GOD to move and speak into our lives. I would like to ask all parents to keep us in your prayers this weekend. Stay tuned for updates and photographs.

THE POUR - WILD YOUTH

2010-07-20T08:53:00.000-07:00

The Loop is going to pour! That’s right! Over the next four weeks we are going to learn what it means to pour out our lives onto others as God pours His life into us. Plan on being there this wednesday when the series kicks off.

YOUR BIBLE vs YOUR CELL PHONE

2010-07-19T08:46:00.000-07:00

This will definitely make one think!

Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

What if we flipped through it several times a day?

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

What if we used it to receive messages from the text?

What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?

What if we gave it to Kids as gifts?

What if we used it when we traveled?

What if we used it in case of emergency?

This is something to make you go.....hmm...where is my Bible?

Oh, and one more thing.

Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our Bible being
disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill.

Makes you stop and think 'where are my priorities?

And no dropped calls!

When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you!

WOW!! How Cool.

WILD - LAZER TAG

2010-07-18T08:19:00.000-07:00

It was a great afternoon of fun when the WILD Teens took the road to Joplin MO for an afternoon of Lazer Tag.

• 35 made the trip
• Played 3 exciting games of Laze Tag
• Spent money of items we did not need at the North Park Mall
• Ate unhealthy food at the food court.
• Most importantly built some great relationships between each other.

This was a great event. Our next WILD event is the YOUTH RETREAT. I am excited to see what God has planned for our retreat.

WILD - LAZER CITY ROAD TRIP

2010-07-13T13:58:00.000-07:00

This Saturday WILD youth ministries will be traveling to Joplin for a fun afternoon of Lazer Tag. We would love for all you Teens to come join us for a great afternoon of fun. We will be heading to the Joplin Mall after Lazer City and have dinner at the food court.

WILD MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMP

2010-06-27T15:34:00.000-07:00

Middle school camp kicks off Monday morning. Hope all you middle schoolers are ready for camp. I am confident that God is going to do great thinks in each of your lives. I ask that you go expecting. I ask that all Teens that are not going to camp and all parents to keep our Teens that are going to camp in your prayers. Here are some ways that you could be praying for them.

Pray for …………

- The Teens that are struggling with real life challenges that are tearing them up from the inside out that they may be honest and give them to God

- The Teens to go with the expectation to hear from God and for Him to touch their lives

- The Teens to leave their past at the alter and to move forward in God’s grace and mercy

- The Teens to be filled with a renewed spirit.

- The Teens that are seeking the baptism of the Holy Sprite with the evidence of speaking in tongues

- The Teens to be OVERFLOWING with Gods spirit and seeking His presence

- The Teens passion for God to be contagious when they get back from camp and permeate all aspects of their lives

- The Teens to keep the MOMENTUM they received at camp and to build more Momentum when they get back

The Teens to ignite a spark in their youth group and their surroundings

MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMP

2010-06-22T10:37:00.000-07:00

Middle school camp is 5 days away. please be praying for our middle school teens that will be attending camp. Here is a link for all parents who's teens will be attending middle school camp.

YOUTH CAMP 2010

2010-06-20T08:25:00.000-07:00

Just got back for High School Camp "OVERFLOW". WOW what a week it was. God did some amazing thinks in the lives of our Teens. Lives were changed and hearts were softened. We had a great time with all the games and activities that were planned. The Guys team ended up winning the super team cup. The Girls team took second place. The most important think was that we had 6 teens that were refilled with the holy spirit and 3 teens heard Gods calling on their lives. This is what camp is all about.

to view videos from camp please click here.

YOUTH CAMP

2010-06-13T08:38:00.000-07:00

The High School Teens will be heading to Youth Camp Monday morning. Plese keep the Teens in your prayers.

YOUTH CAMP

2010-06-09T03:39:00.000-07:00

The camp season is around the corner. The high school Teen will be heading to camp this upcoming week and middle school in two weeks. I ask that you keep our Teens in your prayers.

NEW - WWW.WILDYM.COM

2010-06-03T07:31:00.000-07:00

WILD youth is excited to announce the launch of their new website. Please visit www.wildym.com and check out all the great information, photos and videos. This has been developed as a tool for you to learn more about what happens at WILD youth and also use it to promote WILD youth to your friends and family. I would like to thank Josh T for all his hard work in making this site a great success.

HOW YOU CAN PRAY FOR OUR TEENS AS THEY GET READY FOR CAMP -

2010-06-02T11:12:00.000-07:00

Pray for …………

- The Teens that are struggling with real life challenges that are tearing them up from the inside out that they may be honest and give them to God
- The Teens to go with the expectation to hear from God and for Him to touch their lives
- The Teens to leave their past at the alter and to move forward in God’s grace and mercy
- The Teens to be filled with a renewed spirit
- The Teens that are seeking the baptism of the Holy Sprite with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The Teens to be OVERFLOWING with Gods spirit and seeking His presence
- The Teens passion for God to be contagious when they get back from camp and permeate all aspects of their lives
- The Teens to keep the MOMENTUM they received at camp and to build more Momentum when they get back
- The Teens to ignite a spark in their youth group and their surroundings

Food For Thought

2010-05-28T12:52:00.000-07:00

Is prayer your steering wheel or is it your spare wheel?

WILD AIRSOFT

2010-05-23T10:07:00.000-07:00

It was an crazy evening of Airsoft. We had about 30+ teens show up. The weather was hot and sticky. The teens were crazy and WILD. We ran out of Hot dog buns but had plenty of dogs. I was at the ER till 11pm with Matt Hess who had a war wound. That tree stump had no mercy on his leg. We had to wait about four hours for a doctor to show up and stitch his leg. Over all it was a great evening with Teens connecting with other Teens. For more Images Click Here.

WILD AIRSOFT - INFO

2010-05-19T09:32:00.000-07:00

MEET THE GRADUATES

2010-05-18T19:21:00.000-07:00

WILD Youth high school graduates.

Teens HUNGRY for GOD!

2010-05-13T06:04:00.000-07:00

What a night at WILD youth. The Teens were hungry to draw closer to GOD.

WILD YOUTH AIRSOFT FEST

2010-05-06T08:45:00.000-07:00

WILD AIRSOFT FEST

Date: May 22nd
Time: 5 to 8:45pm
Venue: Meet at the church (4:45pm)
Activities include: Airsoft • Bonfire • Hot Dogs
Cost: Free
Items to Bring: Your Airsoft gun and a FRIEND

WhO IS JESUS ?

2010-05-05T13:41:00.000-07:00

Tonight we will be learning about being Intimate With Jesus. Its going to be an exciting night. PLease come expecting.

TAKING A BOLD STAND FOR GOD

2010-04-29T06:06:00.000-07:00

It was a great Wednesday night at WILD YOUTH. We started our six week series on "Who JESUS Is". It was exciting to see one person give his live to Christ and about 15 Teens make a decision to take a bold stand for Christ in their school and community. God is moving in a great way in the hearts and lives of our Teens.

WHO IS JESUS ?

2010-04-27T09:47:00.000-07:00

WILD Youth will be kicking off a six week series "Who is JESUS?". Come find out for yourself. Also bring a friend that does not know who Jesus is. Its going to be a great 6 weeks. Lets spread the light.

CAMP REGISTRATION DEADLINES

2010-04-27T09:35:00.000-07:00

Camp season is around the corner and it is time to stat turning in the application forms for High School and Middle School Camp. Here are the deadlines for turning in CAMP APPLICATIONS for both camps.

HIGH SCHOOL - MAY 9th ($30 Deposit)
MIDDLE SCHOOL - MAY 16th ($30 Deposit)

If you have any questions please contact Anthony Navaratnam - 704-3903

WILD LOCK IN 2010

2010-04-26T09:35:00.000-07:00

What a night it was at the WILD LockIn. It was WILD and crazy. We had 50 plus teens that attended this event. We had a great night at the YMCA and then back at the church. I needed two days to catch up on my sleep. For images of the LockIn click Here.

DOUGHNUTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS

2010-04-21T06:14:00.000-07:00

Had a great time this morning hanging out with Pittsburg Middle School teens. Unite One youth ministries handed out 300 free doughnuts to the middle school teens. The teens enjoyed the doughnuts. Gave us a chance to love on them.

WILD LOCK IN - INFO SHEET

2010-04-20T09:33:00.000-07:00

FIVE NEW SALVATIONS!!

2010-04-15T10:16:00.001-07:00

-Josh Troester

Last night at WILD Youth (4/14/2010) it was for sure a “WILD” night. Our Youth Pastor, Anthony was MIA because of a two-day hospital visit regarding some chest pains. After some not-so-fun test, Anthony was released with no life threatening issues. Praise God!

As 7 o’clock dawned a group of teenagers that numbered about 20 walked through the door. It appeared as if it was going to be a smaller group than normal, until about 20 MORE walked through at 7:05. Forty students plus ten adults packed into FLAG’s main auditorium in expectations of fun, great music, and God’s Word.

After Pastor Tyler did announcements and introduced visitors, we headed outside to play flag football. In a not-so-smart move, I decided to play after just having mouth surgery the day before, thinking that, “flag football is not a contact sport.” After taking two elbows to the face, I had to retreat to the bathroom as one of my stitches had come loose and caused a lot of bleeding. After I got back into the auditorium it was time to worship where The Hicey’s and Matt Compton tore it up on stage for worship.

With a painful mouth, but much excitement and anticipation I shared a message entitled, “A Faith to Die For.” I talked about the unreasonable request that God made to Abraham to sacrifice is only son Issac, how Abraham followed without questioning, and how God came through in the end. I paralleled this act to the very similar situation involving God and Jesus… a father giving up His Son willingly, and a Son giving up His life willingly… only this time no one stopped it, and there was no alternate sacrifice given. At the close of the service an invitation to those that had never accepted Christ was given. Five young people raised their hands and prayed a prayer along with the rest of the room to accept Christ for the very first time.

We celebrated briefly afterwards by applause and yelling, but trust me, Heaven was so much more excited. To those five teens: congratulations on your new decision to follow Christ. It’s only the first step… though a big one, to a great fulfilled life of serving our Creator. To everyone else: continue to bring your friends, continue to minister to them by being Christ to them, and help them find more and more of Christ each and everyday.

FINE ARTS - SATURDAY

2010-04-10T09:25:00.000-07:00

The Greatness continues. Ashley and Aaron Rocked today. They both received "EXCELLENT" Scores. This afternoon the Hisey twins will take the stage and Dolphin is still waiting on her score for Graphics Design. Stay tuned for more updates.

FINE ARTS - FRIDAY

2010-04-10T06:30:00.001-07:00

Friday night was great at fine arts. 2 for 2. Ashlee & Baylee take "superiour with invite to nationals". Way to go WILD youth. Stay tuned for more from Saturday. For Images Click

WILD LOCK IN

2010-04-08T08:14:00.001-07:00

WILD Lock in - April 23rd & 24th.
Location - YMCA & FLAG Church
Cost - $10
Activities - Basketball, Flag football, Swimming, Racquetball, Ping pong, Video games, Movies and lots more fun.
Food - Pizza, Snacks, Doughnut's

For more info check out poster.

BRING YOUR FRIENDS!

FINE ARTS 2010

2010-04-08T08:08:00.000-07:00

A team of 10 will be heading to Wichita KS for Fine Arts on Friday. We have 5 teens that will be competing. The categories that they will be competing in are Song writing, Solo, Shortsermon & Graphics design. This is going to be a great weekend.

GREAT WORSHIP EXPERIENCE AT WILD YOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

2010-03-17T08:19:00.000-07:00

We had a blast last Wednesday night. God is good. 8 Teens gave their life to God.

LOADING PHONE BOOKS

2010-03-13T08:07:00.000-08:00

WOW what a team. We had a total of35 teens and parents show up to help distribute phone books to raise funds for "Speed the Light". We distributed 7000 books in less that 8 hours. We had a blast raising money to save life. The photo you see is us enoying lunch at Wendy's

PHONE BOOK DISTRIBUTION

2010-03-12T13:41:00.000-08:00

WILD youth will be kicking off the phone book distribution project tomorrow. This is our biggest fundraiser for missions giving and funds for teens to go to youth camp.

WILD YOUTH DINER - TSAL

2010-03-11T08:47:00.000-08:00

Had a great night at youth last night. We had 57 teens and a total of 69 attend. The dinner was great. The awsome part of the night was when 8 teens gave their life to Christ. God is good. Fortress did a great Job leading worship.

To Save a Life

2010-01-01T13:46:00.000-08:00

The Movie "To Save A Life" Opens in Pittsburg KS one of the 400 theaters in the nation January 22nd. The first 1000 students get to watch the movie for FREE. Get more info at click here

UP COMING EVENTS

2009-10-18T10:16:00.000-07:00

Here are some upcoming events to look forward to.

• Girls and Guys Night out - November 6th

• Youth Convention - November 13th & 14th

HOUSE OF BOUNCE

2009-10-18T10:11:00.000-07:00

The WILD youth event House of Bounce was a GREAT SUCCESS. We had about 30 that made the trip to Joplin. We had a lot of fun bouncing. After 2 hours of bouncing we ended up at Chick-fil-a for dinner. Check out the Images.

BACK TO SCHOOL WILD RETREAT - VIDEO

2009-08-14T19:04:00.000-07:00

Here is a video from the "Back to school youth retreat".

Back to School Retreat

2009-08-14T11:47:00.000-07:00

WILD youth ministries just got back from their Back to School Retreat. The Retreat was held at James River Retreat Center. The Retreat was well attended. God did some amazing things in the lives of our Teens. For Images click here.

WILD YOUTH RETREAT

2009-05-05T09:45:00.000-07:00

This past Friday & Saturday the WILD Youth had their Spring Retreat. The Retreat that was scheduled to be held at Farlington State Park was moved to the church due to the weather not cooperating. We had a great time hanging out. We had some amazing worship sessions, and devotions. The discussion topic for the youth retreat was “Why do I hurt if God loves me” & “God are you there”. God did some awesome stuff in the hearts of our teens.

The weather did great after the retreat kicked off and we were able to have all our fun outdoor activities that we had planned. We played basketball (the WILD version); we went on a bike ride at the wilderness park in Frontenac, wow what an experience, Fishing at the PSU Lake and a lot more crazy games that you would need to attend one of our Youth events to experience. We also had some great food. BBQ Chicken, sausage and egg burritos, Sub Sandwiches, Yummy makes my mouth water. Overall it was a great time hanging out with all our crazy Teens and experiencing God’s presence. For Images Clik Here.

WOW WHAT A WEEKEND - FINE ARTS

2009-04-05T19:31:00.000-07:00

Wow what a weekend. God is good. He is doing something amazing in the lives of our Teens. We had 4 of our Teens qualify for national Fine Arts. Ashlee Hisey for songwriting, Baylee Hisey for Songwriting with the highest score in the state, Alvin Jackson for poetry with the highest score in the state & Jacob Peterson for Songwriting. We also received a Superior rating for Worship Team, Short sermon by Dustin Rakestraw, Graphic Design by Dolphin Sharma & Male Solo by Thaun Tran. I am proud of our Teens. Most importantly God is so proud of them. ROCK ON GUYS! for images click here.

FIRST NIGHT AT FINE ARTS

2009-04-04T06:35:00.000-07:00

It was Friday night

and the Holy Spirit was moving

The Hisey twins blew the stage away

After Jacob Perterson set the stage

with his blazing music

It was followed by a fiery sermon by Dustin Rakestraw

we ended the night with the Worship Team

Making a joyful sound unto the Heavens.

Composed by Alvin Jackson whose Poetry submission to Fine Arts

is about to shutter the walls of Jericho.

HEADING TO FINE ARTS

2009-04-02T19:48:00.000-07:00

10 of our Teens and 3 sponsors are heading to Wichita KS tomorrow for the Fine Arts festival. This is the first time that the WILD youth ministries will be sending a team to fine arts. God is doing some amazing stuff in the lives of our Teens. He has blessed our Teens with some amazing talents. We have 3 Teens Ashlee H, Baylee H and Jacob P that are entering for Song Writing. Alvin J is entering for Poetry, Dustin R for Sort Sermon, Thun T for Solo & Dolphin S for Graphic Design. We also are entering for the category of Worship Team. I am excited for our Teens.

PHONE BOOK DISTRIBUTION - FUND RAISER

2009-03-17T06:39:00.000-07:00

The WILD youth kicked off their Phone book distribution project by bagging 4800 books in 2 hours. What a team. We will be distributing about 9000 phone books in Pittsburg to raise funds for "Speed the Light" and youth camp. LETS GO TEENS!

SPRING BREAK LOCK-IN

2009-03-17T03:28:00.000-07:00

The WILD Youth Ministries had their Spring break Bowling night followed by a Lock-in this past

weekend. It was a well attended event. We had about 40 teens present. We were excited to see a lot of new faces. The Teens had a blast bowling. We then hug out at Freddy's frozen custard. We had our lock-in at the church. Bryan McClure our newest youth sponsor and his band led worship. We had an amazing night of worship and testimonies by our teens. We had 3 guest give their lives to God. Praise God. The rest of the night was crazy. Matt Hess organized a football game under lights at 1 in the morning. We had movies playing on the big screen, video games in class room 1&2. We had teens playing their instruments and singing. We had a lot of JUNK FOOD. We finally called it good at 8:30 in the morning with Sausage biscuts and OJ from McDonald's. WOW! What a night. If you were not there YOU MISSED OUT. For more images Click Here.

Valentine's Banquet

2009-02-15T09:53:00.001-08:00

The WILD youth ministries organized the Valentine's Banquet at the parrot bey. This was a "Speed the Light" missions fundraiser. We had a night filled with romantic atmosphere which included music, food, dancing and door prizes. This event was well attended and was a great success. Thank you to all who helped and participated to make it a great missions fundraiser.

HOUSE OF BOUNCE

2009-02-15T08:34:00.001-08:00

The WILD youth went WILD at the House of Bounce during our January road trip. We had about 25 teens that made the trip. We had some of our sponsors that had as much fun or even more fun that the teens. After we were done burning up tons of calories we headed over to Woody's Smoke House to fill up on some scrumptious BBQ. For more photos please click here

PSU football game FUNDRAISER

2008-10-12T08:45:00.000-07:00

The WILD youth is helping to run a concession stand at the PSU football games. Half of the funds raised from this are given to "Speed the Light" an Assemblies of God youth missions giving project. The rest of the funds will go into student accounts that are used to pay for youth sponsored events such as Youth Convention, Youth Camp etc. The teen do a great job running this stand and have a lot of fun in the process. Many thanks to all those that have been involved to make this year so successful.

WILD T-SHIRTS

2008-10-12T08:43:00.000-07:00

The WILD youth T-shirts have arrived. If you are interested in getting one of our WILD shirts please let Anthony know.

WILD CAMP-OUT

2008-10-08T19:11:00.000-07:00

The WILD youth ministries had their annual fall camp-out at the Hisey's residence just out side Pittsburg city limits. We had about 25 teens that had a great time camping out. Some of the fun events planned for the evening were flag football, air soft, an outdoor movie & cooking s'mores around the camp fire. We had a great time of worship lead by pastor Nathan followed by a time of sharing where teens opened up and shared how God was working great things in their lives. We ended our camp-out on a chilly Saturday morning sitting around the camp fire eating doughnuts, drinking orange juice and watching the lighting at a distance.

For more images on the WILD camp-out please visit here.

SEE YOU AT THE POLE

2008-09-24T12:14:00.000-07:00

It was an exciting morning to see high school and middle school teens rally around their flagpole to pray. It was the "See You at the Pole" organized by our very own Christine Bennett. We also had Baylee Hisey that helped out with worship. We also had some of our other teens present at the pole.

CAMPUS MISSIONARY CONFERENCE

2008-09-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

A group of 8 teens traveled to Paola Kansa to attend a Campus Missionary Conference entitled “Released”. These 8 teens willingly signed up to be trained to be missionaries to their middle and high schools. The conference was very powerful and the teens were significantly challenged to “step up to the plate” of friendship evangelism. They were informed of the urgency for teenagers’ lives to be changed in schools across the nation. Statistics show that currently only 4% of American students KNOW who Jesus is. We currently have the biggest missions field sitting at our teens’ fingertips. Five areas of focus were explained and applied to help students in their new endeavor: PRAY, LIVE, SERVE, GIVE & TELL.

Many of the teens attending Wild Youth are excited about sharing the message of Christ in their schools and are willing to take extreme measures to make Christ known. Each student that attended “Released” has agreed to meet bi-weekly to discuss a “field manual” of evangelism recommended at the conference called “G5.” Each student will continue to be trained and encouraged in this great mission. Currently FLAG has Campus Missionaries to PHS, PMS, Girard, Frontenac, and Columbus.

I challenge you to keep our Campus Missionaries in prayer. These students are the future of American Christianity and need your support.

WELCOME TO WILD

2008-09-02T16:39:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the newly launched WILD youth ministry Blog. We are a FLAG ministry that meets every Wednesday night from 7:00 to 8:30pm. We have a group of 30 to 35 energized on-fire teens that hangout with us on a weekly basis. We have teens from Pittsburg high school and middle school, colombus, Girard, Frontenac, and Northeast high schools. Our teens vary from 12 to 18 years of age. We currently have foreign exchange students from Germany, Korean, Vietnam and Italy.

We have had an exciting summer where God has been doing some exciting things in the lives of our teens. Starting with Summer Camp where teens gave their lives to God for the first time to teens getting baptized in the Holy Spirit. During our Wednesday night services, God has been doing some awesome stuff in the lives of our teens. He has been challenging some teens to step out of their comfort zone and take bold steps for Him. We have a group of 9 teens that have signed up for a Campus Missionaries training conference (Release) in Paola KS. These 9 teens want to be equipped to be missionaries to their schools. This is an exciting time in the life of our youth ministry. I feel that God has great plans for our schools and he is preparing teens across our nation to step up to the plate.

We kicked off summer with a road trip to Joplin were we hung out at Fuddruckers and Lazer City. We then had a swimming and Air soft event. We also had a Back to School lockin and Scavenger Hunt, which was a great success. We are getting ready to begin our PSU concession stand fundraiser to raise funds for Speed The Light missions giving. This will also give teens an opportunity to raise funds for their own teen accounts. We also have a camping night coming up in October and Youth Convention in November.

If you are a parent that has a teenager that is not involved in a youth ministry I strongly encourage you to get them plugged in so that they can build Vertical and Horizontal relationships.