Dear Student Ministries Parents- This email is the first of 3 emails I will be sending today: Last Sunday’s Message Recap – Just Tell the Truth (this email) Planning for this Sunday’s Fellowship Night Camp planning details Sunday Night Recap On...
Dear Student Ministries Parents, This Sunday, February 9, we are hosting a Student Ministries Fellowship Night, and we want to be clear—this is not just a Super Bowl watch party, and it’s not meant to be a night off. This is about something much bigger. With Winter...
Dear Student Ministry Parents On Sunday evening, we jumped back into the exposition of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, looking at His words on marriage and divorce in Matthew 5:31-32. This was a weighty topic but an important one for the students to align their view of...
It was so good to be back at Student Ministries on Sunday evening! Most weeks, we kick off the night with a small game. This past Sunday, the winners of those games competed to name a Student Ministries 2024 champion. After a first round of Jeopardy-style trivia,...
I hope you all had a great Christmas. I look forward to getting back together on our normal 6-730 pm Sunday evening gatherings starting January 12th. But as we are entering the New Year, please encourage your students (and take encouragement yourself) to continue...
Yesterday, I sent you all an email announcing the upcoming Christmas party on 12/13 at 6pm. Look for that email yesterday for details. I failed to mention perhaps the most important part: It’s going to be an ugly sweater party. So when I say “dress appropriately,” I...
Last night, our Student Ministries gathering was a Q&A led by Eric Martin and me. In the back of the classroom, we have a Q&A box where the students can drop questions. We have developed quite a database of good questions, and these questions have led to many...
Last night at our Student Ministries gathering, we had a fun game, a sweet time of worship through singing, and then I taught on James 1:19-25. The students are hopefully in a very regular pattern of hearing God’s Word, both in sermon form and as they read on their...
Last night at Student Ministries, we continued our study of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, looking at Matthew 5:21-26: Brother’s Reconcile From the Heart. God’s Children Aren’t Angry (5:21-22) God’s Children Seek Reconciliation (5:23-24)...
Dear Parents of Student Ministries, Last night, Student Ministries met and picked up where we left off a few months ago from the Sermon on the Mount, focusing on Matthew 5:21-22: 21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever...
Dear Student Ministries Parents, I have recently heard statements like the following from kids and parents: “I never knew what to read in the Bible, so I just didn’t. Now I have been reading God’s Word almost every day.” “Our family now consistently reads together...
Dear Student Ministries Parents, I have recently heard statements like the following from kids and parents: “I never knew what to read in the Bible, so I just didn’t. Now I have been reading God’s Word almost every day.” “Our family now consistently reads together...
Dear Parents of Student Ministries, We had a wonderful meeting yesterday. I will continue to send weekly summaries of what your students are learning. This is because I truly desire for Student Ministries to support you in disciplining and evangelizing your children...
Parents of Student Ministries- I appologize for prematurely sending an email a few minutes ago. I have been so incredibly encouraged as I have heard how many of you have adopted the suggested reading tools into your family’s Bible time together. This Sunday,...
I am so excited that you are about to gather as a church body tomorrow after all these weeks apart. We have truly been blessed and grown through this time, but there is no replacement for being together. The church is meant to gather, to assemble whenever possible. I...
What have your prayers looked like this last week? Your life has likely been drastically affected by the new SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 that it causes. There is rarely a minute in my day where I am not thinking about it. My son’s life (and my own) are...
We were pulling into Washington as the news of the first COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) deaths in the US hit the news. They occurred just a few miles north of the hotel, where we plan to live for the next few months as our son undergoes a bone marrow transplant at...
My family’s daily devotionals during the month of December have perhaps become our spiritual highlight of the year. Christmastime with the ubiquitous music, decorations, and busyness can either serve as a distraction from the Lord or as a break from the norms of...
Last week’s blog post highlighted what Omri Miles & Josh Kellso are going through with our young adults in 414, Preparing to Receive Correction. This post is the followup to that one. Receiving correction in the moment is oftentimes very difficult. We don’t...
Josh Kellso and Omri Miles are leading the singles and young adults in our new ministry, 414. I wanted to give the whole church a glimpse at what they are up to and also allow us all to be shepherded with the excellent content they are writing and teaching. This the...
