No Power in Late Novemeber!

Hey there everyone, We got a ton of snow last night. Whoof! I don't know about everyone else but we lost power around 9pm, and we still don't have power. It was a cold night sleep, luckily our dogs have lots of fur so they were all good last night, but man I was stinking cold.

Anyways, The snow isn't going to keep us down!

Tonight is SMALL GROUP OUTINGS!

If you have been reading the posts the last couple days you know that tonight at the church we are starting the Pass it Forward sale. Tonight is the largest night out of the 4. We will have hundreds of people here tonight, our parking lot will be packed, and there will be lots of people standing in lines. Most of the small groups are not going to be meeting here but if you are please be aware that it is going to be a mad house! A controlled mad house, but none the less, a mad house.

I hope you all have a great night tonight with your small groups! I think God has some amazing things he wants to do with your groups tonight. I have been praying for the students and the leaders all week!

If you have any questions about tonight please email me at cvmcadam@gmail.com.

Have a great day!

P.A.

Small group awesomeness

Hey there everyone, Welcome to the first real snow of the season. I don't think I am ready for the first snow, I think I am ready for snow on Christmas and New Years, and then it can get right back to 70's so I can golf and play soccer :)

Ohh well, I should just get ready for a long winter.

Here are couple things you need to be aware of for tomorrow nights small group outings:

1. If you are being dropped off at the church please be aware that the church is having a pass it forward free garage sale. There will be HUNDREDS of people here tomorrow night! So please be aware of that if you are being dropped off at the church.

2. Please contact your small group leader if you don't know where you are going. Most of the small group leaders have been talking about where they are going for the past couple weeks, but I can understand if someone forgot where they are going. If you don't have your small group leaders cell phone number please email at cvmcadam@gmail.com and I can get you contact with them.

3. Please remember to bring money if you are needing money for where you are going! Most of our small group leaders have some extra money but some do not and we don't want you to miss out on a great night because you might of forgot some money, so please make sure you remember to bring everything you need for the night to be a great evening!

Small Group outings are a great night for students to get a different look at our ministry. These nights are used for serving, having fun, deepening relationships, and giving out youth leaders a chance to plan a night specific to their groups needs, and wants.

Don't miss out on these nights where your small group leader has taken time to plan out something great for your group.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

P.A.

Small Group outings

Hey there everyone I hope things are going well for you this morning. It's always hard to get back into a routine after a long weekend especially when you have a ton of time off and you then have to step right back into reality. Be encouraged that God is a big God, and that He can do some amazing things even we feel like we aren't at our best.

A couple things you will need to know for Refuge this week.

1. Small Group outings this coming Wednesday night!
- If your small group is meeting at the church please be prepared that Pass it Forward is going on that night and its the busiest night of the whole week. So please be prepared for mass amounts of people if you are meeting here to be dropped off or picked up!

2. December 21st - Dirty Bingo
- This is one of the most fun nights of the year! I would rank this right behind our Harvest Party. This is what this night entails. Everyone person brings a wrapped gift, we ask that the gift be under $5, but its up to you. The gift can be funny, but please keep it clean. Then we play a massive game of bingo, where people can steal other people's gifts. At the very end of the night we will all open up our presents and have a big laugh at what everyone got.
- This year our theme for the night is 70's disco Christmas Party. The winner for this year will win an amazing prize!

I hope you guys have a great day today.

Please be in prayer for our church this week as it is pass it forward week. This is a huge week, and I know that the enemy will want to ruin it at any chance he can get so please keep our church in prayer this week.

Thanks!

P.A.

Another funny Thanksgiving video.

Hey there everyone, I hope you have a great thanksgiving! Lets remember to be thankful for what we have!





P.A.

Thanksgiving video.

A great little video for all of you for thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving week!

Hey there everyone, I hope you have a great week. I am out of town this week so the blog spot won't be updated every day. Here is the big thing that you will need to know about this Wednesday.

There is no Refuge this Wednesday night. Spend some time with your family and spend some time with God.

I will be posting a Thanksgiving devotional sometime before Thursday.

Have a great week this week.

P.A.

Great Night at REFUGE

Hey there everyone, I hope things are going well for you. I know Thursdays are always difficult for me because I put so much energy into Wednesday nights, that Thursday is like a big recovery day. The issue is I am amping up for our preteen program on Thursday so I get like 2 hours in the morning of details done, and then I am starting to create for Sunday. I wouldn't trade my job for anything though I love it!

Last nights parents meeting was awesome, some great questions, and I am so thankful that lots of parents showed up to hear about 3dyc. I can't wait to see what 3dyc is going to do for our students and our leaders! God is going to do some amazing things. So be prepared.

If you missed the meeting we are hoping to post the notes here on the blogspot for everyone to see them. We will be posting the packing list for 3dyc on here in December so just in case you lose the one we handed out last night just check back here for the list.

A couple things to be reminded about that are still coming up in November.

1. No REFUGE next Wednesday night. Enjoy getting food ready and enjoying family!
2. November 30th is small group outings. The church is going to be completely full of clothes for our Pass it Forward sale. Please make sure your student knows where their small group is going for that night. We will make sure we are texting students where they are going to heading. Most students should already know where they are going.

I hope you guys have a wonderful rest of the day.

P.A.

Wednesday = Awesome Sauce

Hey there everyone, today's post is going to be pretty brief because I am swamped with things to do before tonight kicks off. So here is the run down:

1. 3dyc Parents Meeting tonight check out yesterday's post for all the details.
2. No Refuge next week because of Thanksgiving! Enjoy Food and a Dallas Cowboys Victory!
3. Small Group outings on November 30th, we will not be at the Church because of Pass it Forward going on that Wednesday night.

I hope today is a great day for you guys! God has some awesome things in store.

Be a blessing to someone today.

P.A.

Parents Meeting tomorrow night

Hey there everyone! I hope your Tuesday is going well.

Here is the main thing I want to get across to you today.

Tomorrow night at 6pm we are having a 3dyc meeting. There are a couple things I want to get to parents. Here is some of what we are going to be talking about.
1. How to debrief with your students when they get back from 3dyc.
2. Where to go to have to check video's and pictures of the students.
3. Some of the changes that they are making to 3dyc.
4. Pick up times and drop off times.
5. A small surprise we want to give to our students that you as the parents can help us with.

We want to make this 3dyc a great time for students and we want to make it memorable for everyone. This meeting won't be more than 30 minutes long. We will have the cafe open, and we will have things for the students to do.

I hope to see you tomorrow night, also if you know some parents that might now know about this meeting please text, call or email them. We sent cards home last week, and sending an email to those we have emails for. Help us out.

Have a great day today!

P.A.

Monday can be fun!

Hey there everyone, I hope thing are going well. Here are a couple things that you need to be aware of:

1. 3dyc Parents meeting this Wednesday night at 6pm! There are a couple things that have changed since the last time we have gone, and I want to bring those to your attention. Also to let you know of how you can stay up to date with what is going on while your students are at 3dyc. So parents if you student is signed up we would love for you to be at this informational meeting.

2. No Youth Group November 23rd! Enjoy the night with your Family as you get all prepared for Thanksgiving! Please don't come to the church that evening because no one will be there and I would feel sad that you drove out to the church!

3. Small group outings on November 30th. The Church is being over taken by an amazing ministry that night called Pass it Forward! It is our annual free garage sale and they need the entire church that night. So students please talk with your small group leader this Wednesday night about when and where you will be meeting to go to your small group outing. Some groups might be helping out with pass it forward because Wednesday night is their largest night. Parents please if you have any questions about where your student should go please email me at cvmcadam@gmail.com and I will make sure you get the proper information about your sons or daughters small group outing!

4. In December we do a Dirty Bingo Christmas Party, and this year its going to be amazing! It is scheduled for December 21st and we are so stinking excited for this night. Everyone needs to bring a present under 5$ preferably, and it needs to be wrapped! It doesn't need to be a good gift, it can be grandma's old sweater, or a small roll of toliet paper, or something even funnier then that. But everyone needs to bring one because, everyone gets to walk away with a present at the end of the night!

So there will be more information coming in December about that but we are dropping the idea's now so you can start preparing for that evening!

I hope you all have a fantastic day today!

P.A.

Sorry for no update yesterday!

Hey there everyone, Sorry I didn't update yesterday I was in meetings all day and I couldn't get update, but here is the down low on whats going down this week in the REFUGE!

1. We are going to be talking about integrity this coming Wednesday night! I am super pumped to talk about this, because I think this is a huge issue for students and people that are my age. Integrity has gone out the window, because if I can get a head of the game, I am going to do it by any means necessary.

Come Tomorrow night and hang out with us and have a good conversation about integrity with us!

2. If you want to help serve at the Faith Mission on the 27th, please talk with Doug Edlund tomorrow night, we are looking for like 6 students to go! So if you want to go talk with Dougie Fresh!

3. Just a reminder that we have a Parents Meeting for those students who signed up 3dyc. This will be taking place November 16th, at 6pm. We will have things for your students to do if you want to just bring them over a little bit early. But the meeting will only be a 30 minute meeting, and I just want to explain to people the new rules that are going in for 3dyc, and the transportation on how we are getting down to Ft. Wayne. I will also have a schedule to pass out to people. We will also be telling you where you can go to get updates on our 3dyc trip, and take home questions we will be preparing so you don't get the typical answer of "It was fine". We are going to supply all parents with specific questions you can ask your students when they get home, plus a "how to guide" to get the most out of your debriefing time with your students!

I hope you are all having wonderful days!

IF you have any questions please email me at cvmcadam@gmail.com

P.A.

Prayer wall

Hey there everyone, I hope things are going well for you today.

Last night was awesome! The games were off awesome, the worship time was great, and the prayer wall was awesome.

For those who weren't there last night we had a time of prayer where we place 2 large sheets of paper on the back wall and during worship students can write any prayer requests they have. Then once everyone has had a chance to go up and write down their prayer requests, we allow students to head up to the sheets and lay hands on the prayer request and pray for it, then they trace their hand over the request so whoever wrote the request knew it was prayed over.

Every single request had at least 2 hands over it, and some requests had almost 10 hands traced around it.

It's amazing to me to see when students get excited about prayer, now we understand this is a little bit different way of praying for people, but I believe that it can still be extremely powerful.

We also talked last night about loyalty, and when was the last time we grieved over our sin. It was a powerful night, and I am so pumped for next week!

Just a reminder November 16th we are going to be having a parents meeting for all of those who signed up to go to 3dyc! It's at 6pm and we will be talking over the schedule.

Have a great Thursday!

P.A.

Round house kick to the face awesome tonight!

Hey there everyone, I hope things are going well. Here is whats going down for tonight!

1. 3dyc forms are due, I think everyone should know that now!
2. The cafe has all new candy, and drinks! We will also have Hot dogs for tonight on sale! WAHOOO!
3. Bring a friend tonight because we are talking about loyalty and we are going to have an extended time of worship tonight because we want to give some time for people to spend with God!


So those are 3 things you need to know about tonight.

We start at 6:30pm and we will be done at 8:30pm. It's going to be great.

Hope to see you tonight.

P.A.

A couple items of importance!

Hey there everyone, I hope your nights went well. I know mine was busy, but it was great. I have been struggling in the mornings to get up and get my workouts in, but I have been getting them in at night, but still need to buckle down and get disciplined, anyways....Sorry my mind wanders sometimes while I am typing.

Here are some things that you need to be aware of:

1. 3dyc forms and money are all due this Wednesday night!
- There will be a Parents meeting November 16th to talk about the details to 3dyc, because there are a couple of changes that parents need to be aware of.
2. We don't have Refuge on November 23rd, because we know that some students, and families will be traveling that night to go see families for thanksgiving, and we also want our leaders to have night where they can be with their families.
3. On November 30th, we are having a small group outing night. Now this is a little bit different because that is the first night of Pass It Forward. The free garage sale our church puts on the first week of December ever year. We can't have REFUGE that night because our youth room/sanctuary is packed wall to wall with so many items to give away. So that night we have given the small group leaders a couple options. They can either get their small group to help out that night with carrying boxes, and helping people. They can take their small group out somewhere else and have a fun night, or they can talk with their small group to help on another night of the week for Pass It Forward.

So those are the 3 big things coming up this month for REFUGE.

I hope your day goes swimmingly!

Hope to see a ton of students tomorrow night!