Here you will find all the information about the themes at camp for this summer and all necessary medical/paintball waiver forms.
Bump City Overnight Lock In - June 5th
What Goes Around
Have
you ever heard about something bad happening to someone and found you were
excited about it? I mean, you knew this person deserved the very worst. You
felt like the universe owed him or her horrible, nasty things. There’s a word
for that—it’s called karma. Karma is the idea that what goes around comes
around. This philosophy states that when a person does good things, good things
will happen to them, and when a person does bad things, well, you get the idea.
As Christians, we are called to live by another standard—grace. Over the next
three weeks we will be talking with your student about what it means to really
live by grace.
Week
One (March 1st)
The
first week of this series we are going to talk about the concept of karma as
one of our culture's most popular ways
to view life. The idea of karma has been slowly infiltrating our culture
through music and popular TV shows. But karma is not what Christianity is
about. We will introduce the idea of grace as the alternative to karma by
explaining that grace means getting what we don’t deserve, and not getting what
we do deserve. Students will be challenged to decide for themselves what they
think about these two conflicting ideas.
Week
Two (March 8th)
We
all know there is a big difference between saying you believe something and
really experiencing it for yourself. That’s why the second week of this series
will focus on experiencing grace on a daily basis. Students will be challenged
to recognize their many blessings, not as rewards they deserve because of
something that have done, but as reminders that God has been gracious to them.
Students will hear that God is always gracious and quick to forgive, and
they'll be reminded that nothing they have done or ever could do would separate
them from His grace.
Week
Three (March 22nd)
The
result of God’s unending grace toward us is that we are called to extend the
same grace to each other. What a challenge! This week students will begin to
think of some practical ways they can begin living out grace toward others.
Parents, you can download a study about each week of the series here.
Download What Goes Around SG
New Series: Lovesick
There’s something pretty amazing about being in love, isn’t there? The butterflies in your stomach. The dreamy gazes. No wonder so many of us are so in love with being in love. But if you look around—in the media, at school, in life—we’ve taken what God created and twisted it, morphed it and configured it into something it was never meant to be—an obsession. When romantic relationships become an obsession, balance goes out the window. We miss out on opportunities and experiences we might otherwise have had. And sometimes we even forget who we are. There’s got to be healthier way to do this. There’s got to be another way than being so lovesick.
Week One (February 8th)
There is nothing quite like the experience of falling in love. Nothing. In fact, some people are willing to do just about anything for the feeling of being in love, for the knowledge that someone values them, finds them significant and worthwhile. Some people are even willing to give up who they are as an individual, give up their identity, just for the sake of a relationship. This week we are going to talk to students about the both the fun and wonderful parts of dating and also the danger of sacrificing who they are and who they are designed to be for the sake of romance.
Week Two (February 15th)
“Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket!” We’ve all heard the phrase before, some of us have probably even used it a time or two, but when it comes to dating, it can be pretty hard to actually put into practice. We live in a culture where marketing, events and entertainment are driven by romantic relationships, where people are profiled based on relationship status, and where love and romance are a part of our daily conversations. For many students it just seems normal, almost expected to devote all of their time, energy and affection to acquiring or maintaining a dating relationship. This week we’re going to talk to students about finding balance as they learn to fit dating into the many other, equally important, areas of life.
Week Three (February 22nd)
High school reunions can be either something we eagerly look forward to, or anxiously dread. The reasons for our excitement or our hesitation are usually the same—the people. We’re concerned about who we will encounter from our past and the lasting impression they had on us—for better or for worse—and the lasting impression we had on them. And no relationship has the ability to leave an impression, for better or worse, than a dating relationship. Dating relationships just have a lot of potential to do great good, or harm in the mark they leave. So this week we are going to help students explore dating from the perspective of the one they date. We want to challenge students this week to think about their own responsibility, regardless of where they may have been in the past, to always consider what they can do in the future to make someone’s story better, and to treat them in a way that will be beneficial and positive in the long run.
New Series: WE
No, not a Wii, but 'WE' as in "us"
Join us for Middle School Community. We meet at both the 9 and 11 am services in the Youth Room!
Here's a series overview:
WE: Week One (January 11th) - Shibu Mathew
We need other people. We get that when we feel lonely, don’t we? But the reality is that there are times when the last thing we want is someone around—whether it’s our own grumpiness or because we just don’t want to be hurt again. But God made us in such a way that people fill a very specific need in our lives. And while God does supply all our needs, He created us to need other people, too.
WE: Week Two (January 18th) - Mark Komosa
We talked last week about how we need people, and if we’re honest, we all have realized that at some point or another. But there’s a reluctance to take that next step because it’s risky. It’s scary. And most of all, it’s messy. True community costs us something. But if we don’t have it, it will cost us a lot more.
WE: Week Three (January 25th) - TJ Davis
People’s stories are powerful, aren’t they? There’s something about hearing what’s going on in another person’s life that puts things in perspective for us. We may be thinking that God has forgotten us, that He doesn’t care about what’s going in our world, but then we hear someone share how God showed up when they really needed Him. And because of that, we begin to think that maybe, just maybe, He can be there for us, too. That’s the power of community. It’s how we see God at work in our world. It’s how we grow closer to Him. And it’s an important part of growing in our relationship with Him.
go. SERVE - a Photo recap
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