Forgotten Virtues

Hey there everyone, we are in a new series called forgotten virtues. We are going to be talking about Loyalty this coming Wednesday, as I am sitting here praying and preparing for the message it brings me back to how we can need to be loyal to each other, but more importantly God.

We are going to be talking about how disloyalty begins with a divided heart. We can't love our stuff, and God at the same time. It doesn't work! We are going to discuss a very difficult verse in James 4:8-9. Tough verse I am dealing with today.

We hope to see you here this Wednesday night for some awesome games, great worship time, a special prayer time, and some great discussion on loyalty.

Here are a couple things you guys need to be aware of for the month of November.

1. 3dyc Registrations are all due this Wednesday night with Money!
2. There is no youth group on November 23rd! Enjoy time with your family preparing for Turkey day.
3. We are having small group outings on November 30th, because that is the first night of Pass it forward. That night the small group leader might want to take his/her group to work at pass it forward or they might go do something else, but the youth room/sanctuary will be in use for pass it forward.

Those are the main things coming up in November! I hope you guys have a great day!

P.A.

Awesome sauce = giant maze

Hey there everyone I hope things are going well for you on this Tuesday. I know things are going well for me, yesterday put in a good long day getting things set up here at the church for the harvest party that is going down TOMORROW!

WHOAA!

So here are the details you will need to know!

What: Harvest Party
Where: Crystal Valley Missionary Church
When: This Wednesday night, October26th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
What to bring: Bring a dessert to share, FRIENDS!
What to expect: We are creating a giant blacked out Maze through out most of the church. We will have lots of other games you can play while you are here, our Famous Octaball will be out, we are going to create some 6 square boxes, and we will have Angry birds set out so you can practice your angry bird shots. During this time we will be having groups of 5 students at a time go through the maze! We will have food, music, and tons of games you can play while you are! Its going to be a great time.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at Cvmcadam@gmail.com

Also we are going to be parking in the gravel part of the parking lot, because the main doors will be blackout, we will be going in the old boys and girls club entrance for this week!

There is a chance for rain tomorrow so we are going to bring it inside for that reason, so bring a friend and a dessert to share!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

P.A.

Harvest Party is in 3 days!

Hey there everyone, I am so pumped for this coming Wednesday night, we have our 5th annual harvest Party! This is one of our biggest Wednesday's of the year, and I am super pumped. This year we are turning our church into a massive maze! and I so stinking pumped for that.

Here are the Details!

What: Harvest Party
Where: Crystal Valley Missionary Church
When: This Wednesday night, October26th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
What to bring: Bring a dessert to share, FRIENDS!
What to expect: We are creating a giant blacked out Maze through out most of the church. We will have lots of other games you can play while you are here, our Famous Octaball will be out, we are going to create some 6 square boxes, and we will have Angry birds set out so you can practice your angry bird shots. During this time we will be having groups of 5 students at a time go through the maze! We will have food, music, and tons of games you can play while you are! Its going to be a great time.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at Cvmcadam@gmail.com

We are hoping to be outside for this event so please make sure you dress for the occasion! That is going to be super important! We will notify everyone on this Blogspot on Wednesday morning if we are going to be outside or not! So check here early and often for that information.

I hope you have a wonderful week, I know we will be setting up most of the week for Wednesday night so please keep the REFUGE staff in your prayers!

P.A.

Friday Round up!

Hey there everyone! I hope things are going well for you, this coming week we have one of our biggest nights of the year. And I am super pumped about it. So I wanted to give you guys a little bit more information.

What: Harvest Party
Where: Crystal Valley Missionary Church
When: This Wednesday night, October26th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
What to bring: Bring a dessert to share, FRIENDS!
What to expect: We are creating a giant blacked out Maze through out most of the church. As of right now we are planning on being inside because it looks like rain. We will have lots of other games you can play while you are here, our Famous Octaball will be out, we are going to create some 6 square boxes, and we will have Angry birds set out so you can practice your angry bird shots. During this time we will be having groups of 5 students at a time go through the maze! We will have food, music, and tons of games you can play while you are! Its going to be a great time.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at Cvmcadam@gmail.com

Another reminder that 3dyc registrations and money are due November 2nd! Don't miss out on this amazing event. Parents meeting will be November 16th for this event.

Here is a little funny video for you to enjoy! Have a great weekend.



P.A.

REFUGE recap

Hey there everyone, I hope your Thursday is going well. I know mine is going ok, lots of awesome things going down for our REFUGE students. Here is a couple things that we did last night.

1. Had some great funny video's we watched! Love watching people fall, and funny pranks we can do for Thanksgiving.

2. We had a game that flopped horribly! Which is fine we had a good laugh and then we went on our way, but then we busted out the goods with ANGRY BIRDS LIVE! We had a bunch of boxes, and a water balloon launcher and we launched angry birds at the green pigs! It was awesome, we had each small group send 3 students up each to try to knock them over! It was a blast.

3. Then we got to dance around in worship, and then ended our worship time with some let it rain, one of my favorite worship songs!

4. Then we talked about how we can tell people about Jesus without looking weird. A lot of good things we talked about but here are the 3 main points I want you to all walk away with.
1. We don't accidentally tell people about Jesus, we have to be purposeful with our evangelism.
2. We have to know scripture! It helps so much when we can point people to Jesus through the Bible!
3. You can make a difference! Don't ever forget that you can make a difference in someone's life! Be bold, Be Unstoppable!

I hope you all have a fantastic day, there are some amazing things coming up for REFUGE students. The big one is next week with our HARVEST PARTY! The party is at crystal valley at 6:30pm! Bring a ton of friends. We hope to see you all here!

P.A.

Couple things to know for tonight!

Hey there everyone this post is going to be a little shorter than normal because today is a super busy day.

1. Tonight we are going to be doing a little bit longer teaching time with small groups sprinkled in there, so be aware of that tonight, I promise you it won't be boring, but you will learn a ton of information tonight about how to talk with your friends about Jesus and not look weird!

2. The cafe will be open tonight and we have NACHOS! So be prepared!

3. 3dyc registrations are available, also Esther will be here tonight with all the totals from the Auction, so if you need to know how much you owe for 3dyc find Esther so she can let you know!

4. Next week is the Harvest Party! We are turning our entire church into a Blacked out, Black lit maze through out the entire church so don't miss out!

Alright everyone thats what we have for you today.

Refuge starts at 6:30pm tonight At Crystal Valley Missionary Church. Hope we see you there.

P.A.

How to talk with your friends without looking weird!

Hey there everyone, I hope your Tuesday is fantastic! I know mine started out with a workout, and then got some good time in the Bible reading through Romans! So stinking powerful, LOVE IT!

Tomorrow night is going to be a little different. We are going to be doing an extended teaching night on how to talk with your friends about Jesus. Because in 8 days we are going to be turning our church in a massive blacked out maze, and using it as analogy to talk to students about Jesus and how He has saved us from the darkness because of our sin, and He rescued us and wants an intimate relationship with us. It's going to be so awesome, but the issue is if we don't how to talk with our friends about Christ then we are missing some amazing opportunities to point people to Jesus!

So tomorrow night at REFUGE, we are still going to play some awesome games, we are still going to rock worship out, but we are going to take some extended teaching time to inform and train you guys how to talk with your friends about Jesus without looking weird! We will be in our small groups, and you will be able to talk with them during the time so it won't be a lecture but it will be interactive.

We hope to see everyone there, because I believe that October 26th can be a night where we see students walk from darkness into the light!

Hope to see you tomorrow night!

P.A.