THOUGHTS FROM A YOUTH SPONSOUR

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

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

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

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

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

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.


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MAKE A DIFFERENCE WEDNESDAY IMAGES

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