Small Group Outings

Hey there everyone tonight is the night where we all go out and hang out!

Tonight is SMALL GROUP OUTINGS! For some of you, you will not be meeting at the church you will be meeting at houses, restraunts, coffee shops, or even Powder puff football games :)

So please make sure you know where you are going to be meeting tonight!

Its normal times from 6:30 - 8:30pm, and for the parents please make sure your student talks with their small group leader. I will be at the church tonight to help any new students who show up or any students who show up and forgot that they have small group outings today. So I will be at the church the entire time tonight so if anyone wants to come sit with a lonely Youth Pastor tonight and help him do some work they are more then welcome too :)

Hope you all have an amazing night!

P.A.

Small Group Outings

Hey there everyone just a little friendly reminder that tomorrow we are NOT having normal Youth Group we are having small outings tomorrow! So please please please make sure you know where your small group is meeting and going and if you need money or if you need to bring something please please please make sure you know what you guys are doing.

I will be here at the church for any new students who show up I will direct them where to go but please make sure if you are inviting friends that they know that this week is a different week then normal.

I hope that things are going well for you all today, I am excited tonight to see the mens soccer team do some work tonight, and I am excited for Homecoming this Friday! Its gonna be awesome.

Here is a devotion for you guys today.

"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things" (Philippians 4:8, NIV).

A Native American boy was talking with his grandfather.

"What do you think about the world situation?" he asked.

The grandfather replied,

"I feel like two wolves are fighting in my heart. One is full of anger and hatred. The other is full of love, forgiveness and peace."

"Which one will win?" asked the boy.

To which the grandfather replied, "The one I feed."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt said,

"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds," and James Allen rightly stated that, "You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

Another has said,

"What the mind dwells on the body acts on."

If you don't believe this, think how temptation works--first a thought that seems to come from nowhere . . .we feed it and the thought begins to expand . . . then one's feelings get involved . . . and the more we think about it .. . the more we hunger for it . . . then we begin to rationalize and justify what we want to do . . . and the battle is lost. It's all in the mind.

As they say about computers: GIGO = garbage in garbage out. So it is with the mind. If we keep looking at and thinking about garbage, we will act out accordingly. But, if as the Bible says, we concentrate on thoughts that are noble,right, pure, lovely, and admirable, we too, will act accordingly. It's all in the mind, for what the mind dwells on the body acts on.

P.A.

God is amazing

So last night God showed up in a big way! We raised over 2500 dollars for our 3dyc trip, and winter retreat and we still have 2 more fundraisers to go! whoop whoop :)

Man I am so proud of the students, and the parents who stepped up and wants their students to grow closer to Christ. I am so pumped for this amazing conference. Please be in prayer for us as we prepare even more for this conference now.

Wow, I can't get over it what happened last night, I give all the glory to God. I recognize that all good things come from God!

Ok I have to move on....

This Wednesday is our Small Group outing so make sure your students get a hold of their small group leader and know where they are going. Most groups will be meeting at the church at 6:30 and be done and back at 8:3o but some groups will be gone before and after that so please make sure your student knows where they are going.

Also at the end of the month we are doing our 3rd Annual Harvest Party! It is going to be off the chain that night, so be looking for more information and flyers to come.

I hope you all have a great week, may you come to know God's heart more this week.

P.A.

Student Auction tonight!

Hey there everyone tonight is the night! Student Auction at 6:00pm at CVMC. Come out to and bid on some sweet silent Auction items from a happy wife chocolate basket to 5 hours of free maintenance on your car. We have tons of things to bid on, also we are auctioning off 25 awesome students.

So come prepared to help the Crystal Valley youth group get to EPIC conference and our winter retreat.

Hope to see you at 6pm!

P.A.

Here is a little funny

Man what a night

Last night was seriously awesome!

God has done some amazing things through this Anger series, keep seeking after God in all that you do students. I know last night I wasn't just talking with you guys I was talking right back at me too, so please be praying for your youth pastor too, because Satan tries to get his footholds in my life too. So lets keep praying for each other and lets keep seeking out Christ together.

Alrightie! This Sunday is gonna be so BANANA's! With the student Auction, the dessert Bar afterward, the massive silent auction we are going to be doing its going to be just straight amazingness! So invite tons of your friends and your parents friends and tell them if they are coming to bring a dessert! Its going to be just awesome. The silent Auction will just fun, and also hopefully bring in alot of funds for the youth ministry.

God is doing some great things inside this youth ministry and is spilling out into the community which is just awesome, we want to be part of this community and be able to share what God is doing! So we will see you all here on Sunday night! 6pm - 8pm with our special guest Auctioneers! Also remember parents we have a little kid auction also! Its is going to be just awesome, hope to see you out here for this amazing night!

P.A.

Anger series Finale tonight

Hey there everyone! Sorry I am getting this blog out so late, I have a really busy day with seeing people at the hospital, and See you at the Pole this morning!

Hey guys tonight we are going to be finishing up our Anger series and really putting the final touches on how to TAME anger. Come tonight and here some really awesome passages on taming your anger. Tonight we are going to have some fun, we are going to worship God, and we are going to hopefully take some steps in getting closer to Christ.

So come tonight at 6:30 and hang out with us for a little while. God has some amazing things He wants to do tonight.

Also just a little reminder that this Sunday night we need all the students so be ready to help out with the Auction. Come and bring a dessert to share with people as they come to help out the youth group! 6- 8pm this coming Sunday night!

Hope to see you all tonight!

P.A.