Important Announcements & God the Holy Spirit

Jacob Hantla March 10, 2026

Parents of Student Ministries-

I want to start this email with a few important announcements and dates you need to know:

Summer Camp Plans

Summer camp will be June 5-7 in Prescott. Please ensure that these dates are on your calendar. We plan on leaving early Friday, June 5, and returning in the afternoon on Sunday, June 7.

Upcoming Student Ministries

This Sunday (3/15), we will not have our regular Student Ministries gathering. Instead, plan on attending GBC in the park at Tumbleweed Park at 6pm.

The next two Sundays, 3/22 and 3/29, Student Ministries will gather as normal and have the privilege of Kris Drent teaching the sessions. From there the Student Ministries schedule is weird so I want to lay it out for your reference:

  • 4/5: No meeting due to Easter
  • 4/12 Meet as usual
  • 4/19 No meeting due to GBC 25th anniversary
  • 4/26 Meet as usual
  • 5/3 No meeting due to parenting roundtable evening service
  • 5/10 No meeting due to mother’s day
  • 5/17 Meet as usual
  • 5/24 Meet as usual
  • 5/31 Last meeting before camp.

It’s amazing how quickly this year is rushing by. I feel like each gathering with these students is precious. We try to make the most of the sessions, the content taught, and the time together in discussion groups.

God the Holy Spirit

On Sunday, we continued our Fundamentals of the Faith series. We have learned about God’s Word, about the attributes of God, about Jesus and salvation through His death. It was important to not neglect the third Person of the Trinity, God the Holy Spirit.

We focused on who the Holy Spirit actually is according to Scripture. He is not a force, not an experience, but God Himself, the third Person of the Trinity. We worked through the Bible’s teaching that God is three distinct Persons, yet one God, and that all true believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit from the moment of salvation. We also considered what it means to be filled with the Spirit. Not that a Christian gets more or less of the Holy Spirit, but that the Holy Spirit increasingly controls and governs the believer’s life. A major emphasis of the lesson was that the normal work of the Holy Spirit is not spectacle or confusion, but the production of godliness, obedience, thankfulness, truth-filled speech, and Christlike character. And for of us who are Christians, who have God Himself in the Holy Spirit in us, we must glorify God in our bodies. I challenged the students to think carefully about whether they are walking by the Spirit, putting off what feeds the flesh, and pursuing a life increasingly shaped by God’s Word.

You can go to our website and watch the YouTube video of the message or review the transcript.

So many students shared that they learned much about who God is and had their thinking corrected about the Holy Spirit and the critical role He plays in the believer’s life. Please take the time over the next few weeks to speak with your students about what they’ve been learning in Student Ministries this year. You may find it helpful to use the Fundamentals of the Faith workbook to study as a family to dig deeper and study these important truths in your home.

Leading Student Ministries—coming alongside the amazing staff and you parents in the care, evangelism, and discipleship of these students—is one of the greatest privileges and joys in my life. Thank you for entrusting me and the rest of the staff with this. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your student’s discussion group leader or me about any way we can be a great support.

Your servant for His glory,
-Jacob Hantla