Hey there everyone! Make sure you get the new calendar that is out for the fall.

What you need to do is scroll down the page, and find in the New Fall Calendar post.

Then click on that post, and then you right click on the calendars and save them, or you can print them off.

Please make sure you get the calendars. We aren't going to print these out because we want to save some money, and really stream line all our information through this website!

Hope this works for you all.

If you have any questions please contact me at cvmcadam@verizon.net

P.A.

Wow

Last night was wicked fun! I am so glad that you guys had a great time playing bigger and better last night that was sweet.

We have some amazing things to donate to goodwill, and some really cool things to sell @ our silent auction to raise money for students who need to help with 3dyc money.

So today I was praying for you guys and some verses came to mind that I want you guys to read and pray. These are statements that are all true about you!

Can't wait till next week to see you guys.

Here ya go.

I have been justified-completely forgiven and made righteous (Romans 5:1).

I died with Christ and died to the power of sin’s rule over my life (Romans 6:1-6).

I am free forever from condemnation (Romans 8:1).

I have been placed into Christ by God’s doing (1 Corinthians 1:30).

I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God (1 Corinthians 2:12).

I have been given the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). I have been bought with a price; I am not my own; I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

I have been established, anointed and sealed by God in Christ, and I have been given the Holy Spirit as a pledge guaranteeing my inheritance to come (2 Corinthians 1:21; Ephesians 1:13-14).

Since I have died, I no longer live for myself, but for Christ (2 Corinthians 5:14-15).

I have been made righteous (2 Corinthians 5:21).

I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. The life I am now living is Christ’s life (Galatians 2:20).

I have been blessed with every spiritual blessings (Ephesians 1:3).

I was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and am without blame before Him (Ephesians 1:4).

I was predestined to be adopted as God’s son (Ephesians 1:5).

I have been redeemed and forgiven, and I am a recipient of His lavish grace.

I have been made alive together with Christ (Ephesians 2:5).

I have been raised up and seated with Christ in heaven (Ephesians 2:6).

I have direct access to God through the Spirit (Ephesians 2:18).

I may approach God with boldness, freedom and confidence (Ephesians 3:12).

I have been rescued from the domain of Satan’s rule and transferred to the kingdom of Christ (Colossians 1:13).

I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. The debt against me has been canceled (Colossians 1:14).

Christ Himself is in me (Colossians 1:27).

I am firmly rooted in Christ and am now being built in Him (Colossians 2:7).

I have been spiritually circumcised. My old unregenerate nature has been removed (Colossians 2:11).

I have been made complete in Christ (Colossians 2:10).

I have been buried, raised and made alive with Christ (Colossians 2:12-13).

I died with Christ and I have been raised up with Christ. My life is now hidden with Christ in God. Christ is now my life (Colossians 3:1-4).

I have been given a spirit of power, love and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7).

I have been saved and set apart according to God’s doing (2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5).

Because I am sanctified and am one with the Sanctifier, He is not ashamed to call me brother (Hebrews 2:11).

I have the right to come boldly before the throne of God to find mercy and grace in the time of need (Hebrews 4:16).

I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I am a partaker of God’s divine nature (2 Peter 1:4).

P.A.

The paper clip strikes tonight

Tonight my fellow Crystal Valley-ites is the night we have all been waiting for!

BIGGER AND BETTER!

Tonight is the night that is all goes down! We have the maps printed out, the neighborhoods marked, the teams are set! Now its all up to you. Be here at 6:30 tonight to get ready to prep with your team and your drivers because when we let you lose you 1 hour and 30 minutes to trade and bring 1 thing back to show us. If done correctly and with a smile on your face you will get some wicked awesome things.

Also tonight we are unveiling an event we will be attending, the trailer is done, and now its time to release it to the public, so make sure you are here and don't miss it.

Again tonight 6:30, Bigger and Better, and the unveiling of a trailer you wont want to miss.

Big night here tonight,

See you here!

Here is your devotion for the day

" I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes..." (Romans 1:16)

Of course the gospel is the 'good news'- the greatest story ever told. But have you ever pictured the gospel as a bomb? Or more specifically, like a grenade? Does it really matter who throws a grenade? I don't think so. Whether a soldier or a sissy heaves it, it's going to explode either way. Whether it's the highest-ranking general or a lowly private, a flabby old man or a scrawny teenager, it will still detonate.

The same is true with the gospel! No matter who is proclaiming the message, the gospel will always blow up.
Why? Because the good news is "the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes..." Whether it's Billy Graham, your pastor or you giving the gospel, the message will explode in the hearts of those who hear it- forcing them to either reject it or receive it!

I have two questions that I want you to answer in all honestly.

1. Are you ashamed of the gospel of Christ? Most Christian teens are too embarrassed to share. They would never admit that, but the truth is that they care more about their friend's opinion than they do about his/her salvation. This should not be! The gospel is the greatest message in the universe- there is no shame in being concerned about the eternal destination of your friends.
2. Do you know how to use a grenade? It's really not very difficult: just pull the pin! Many times well-meaning Christian teens who are motivated and unashamed forget to pull the pin! What do I mean? Simple- these teens care about their friends, but when they attempt to share the gospel, they muddy up the message. Oftentimes they end up turning off more teens than they turn around, simply because they've never learned to give the gospel lovingly, clearly and concisely.

The Gospel is "da bomb!" Don't be ashamed to give it or unprepared to pull the pin. It is waiting to blow your friends out of the kingdom of darkness into the arms of Christ!

P.A.

Hey there Everyone!

I hope that you guys are printing out the calendar that I posted yesterday because we are going to pointing people that way for the calendar! So print it out and post it up on the fridge or somewhere you will be able to check it all the time :)

This Wednesday we are playing bigger and better for youth group! Its gonna be awesome but you guys are going to be the ones that make it really fun. So get pumped up before you come bring a bunch of friends! We are hoping some of you guys get some large stuff, so we will have some trucks on stand by just in case you get some massive stuff! The goal of the night is to find Adam a Motorcycle :) But come ready to have some awesome amounts of fun!

Also we having our High school Bible study this week. We are going to continue the study in 1st timothy. We are going to be diving into the 2nd chapter. So make sure you are at our house (The sharps) at 7pm for the beginning of it. We hope to see you there.

We will see you this Wednesday @ 6:30! Don't be late everyone I promise you will not want to miss this event!

Here is your devotion for the day:

"You have clothed yourselves with a brand-new nature that is continually being renewed as you learn more and more about Christ, who created this new nature within you." (Colossians 3:10)

Of course God doesn't need a job. I'm fairly confident that He has more than enough to do with running the entire universe and all. I'm sure glad that He takes His job seriously, aren't you? For example, did you know that if God allowed the earth to get just a little bit off course, we'd all be either human popsicles or poster children for tanning oil?

But if our Father did end up needing to find employment, He would make an excellent lapidary- don't you agree? Oh, maybe you need a little clarification- no problem:

Lapidary is the term for a cutter, polisher, or engraver of precious stones. In other words, he or she takes rough looking rocks and (through extreme skill and patience) turns them into the gems that folks pay the big bucks for in the jewelry store.

So why would God qualify as a lapidary? Because in a way, He has been practicing this art since the beginning of time. No, God doesn't sit around and polish stones in His spare time; rather He uses these skills on people.

Huh?

Remember what you were like before you trusted Christ? Or perhaps how you would have turned out if you never had been saved? I know... scary picture- and it's the same with me. Yet God is not content to leave us that way. To Him we are rough stones who have incredible potential to become precious jewels...but only after years of being refined and polished.

God delights in using the sand of circumstances, the tool of trials, and the fabric of failures to remove the tarnish of our transgressions and the stain of our shortcomings. People who resist this are just not very bright- in more ways than one! Those who allow God to be a lapidary in their lives can lavish in the luxury of love.

Are you a stone that keeps jumping of God's table? He is very patient, but He is also determined to make you into a dazzling display.

Why does He take the time to be a lapidary? Does our Savior find joy in the pain of our lives? Absolutely not! Dark clouds come into everyone's lives- the difference is that Jesus uses them to make us more like Him. He also knows that life itself was intended to be lived looking like a diamond, not smelling like a dung heap.

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters. (Romans 8:28-29)

So the issue is this- in looking back over the past few years of being a believer, are you looking more like the pit you were dug out of or the Person who gave His life for you?

God knows that you are starting to shine when He looks at you and sees a reflection of Himself.

P.A.

New Fall Calendar

Youth Group is BACK!

Hey there everyone! This week we get back to having YOUTH GROUP! Booyah, it has been way to long since we have had an awesome night of youth group, ok well a week, but still it hasn't been the same

* wipes away tear

So anyways this wednesday night we are having a fun night to kick us back off for the next couple months of youth group and we are going to be playing

BIGGER AND BETTER

Bigger and better is a game where we will supply you with a Small group, and a paper clip. You will then proceed to the neighborhood we assign you. Then you will go door to door asking people for something that is Bigger or better then what you have in your hand. Now this game only is as good as you make it. Yes there will be times where people don't have anything they will give you, but there will be those who have something awesome to give you! So what you will do is you will trade that paper clip for something then you will go to the next house with whatever you just got and say "can you give me something bigger or better then this" and then hopefully trade that for something bigger or better.

This game is gonna rock, because I know that some of you will have some really funny stories to tell when you get back. So be here ready to go at 6:30.

We will sending small groups out at 6:30 so be here a little bit early!

We hope to have a really great time!

Now if it rains we have a back up plan so still come to youth group! Rain or Shine!

See you guys on Wednesday!

P.A.

Friday night

Hey there everyone. It is Friday, one of the best days of the week. I hope you guys have a great friday hanging with friends and maybe going out to the fair tonight. We hope you guys have had a great time at the fair this week I know alot of you guys have been out there all week.

We are getting back into the swing of things here after a crazy July, but next week we start having youth group again every single Wednesday, and I have it planned that we will have youth group every single week all the way until Thanksgiving! Whoop Whoop.

There are some changes coming for this school year with some new things we are adding and somethings that we are moving so be prepared for all of that. Keep checking on here for the new calendar it will be up here sometime next week. My guess is no later then Wednesday. It will be in PDF format so you can print it out at home and keep it with ya so everyone can have it.

Just another reminder about this coming Wednesday we are going to be playing Bigger and Better. So bring a friend and be prepared to go and talk with lots of people of free things you can trade for! This game can be really fun if you go all out. I am pretty excited to see who is going to come back with the biggest and best thing!

See you guys this Sunday, remember the youth band is playing this Sunday so come out and Worship with us during both services!

Here is your devotion for the day.

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 6:12)

Somebody hates you. He wants nothing more than to destroy you. He is seething with unbridled rage every time he thinks of you. He is bigger than you, stronger than you and smarter than you. He knows what makes you tick and what gets you ticked. He's seen your kind for 6000 years. He knows which buttons to push in your life and which temptations to whisper in your ears. He is the devil.

This cosmic bully goes by many names... Satan, The Accuser, The Serpent, and The Evil One just to name a few. But he has one specific goal... to steal God's glory by destroying God's plan through deceiving and destroying God's people.

Although he was defeated at the cross of Christ "...so that through his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death - that is the devil" (Hebrews 2:14) he still has the power to deceive. As Paul reminds us in II Corinthians 11:3, "But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be lead astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ."

He wants to destroy your testimony. He knows that if he can ruin your credibility as a Christian then few will believe your message. He distracts your prayers, whispers temptation in your ear, and tries to keep you away from Scripture.

He desires to replace your faith with fear. He understands that you'll never share your faith if you are bullied by your own nervousness rather than focused on Christ's power.

He longs to twist your message. If he can't destroy the messenger he'll attack the message. He knows that if he can tweak your gospel presentation and make it unclear then your lost friends will misunderstand it.

All hell is breaking loose against you. The more you seek to represent Christ with your friends and family, the harder the devil and his demonic army of evil doers seek to stop you.

There's only one way to stop a bully... get someone bigger and stronger to stop him for you. Well, guess what? Jesus goes with us everywhere we go. Jesus makes Satan nervous. He beat Satan to death at the cross. He can do it again with no problem. So don't try to fight the devil in your own strength. Look to Jesus to do it through you.

"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power." (Eph. 6:10)

P.A.