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Pray With Us


The junior high and high school students are at their annual winter retreat at Camp Barakel this weekend. We invite you to be in prayer for us this weekend that God would move mightily through the preaching of His Word. Here is a note with a prayer aim from Pastor Kempton Turner of Bethlehem Baptist Church who is speaking to the students in the four chapel sessions:

Theme: Walk Worthy Of The Gospel

Retreat text: Ephesians 4.1-6 (see also Philippians 1.27)

Central verse: "I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called" (Eph. 4.1) ESV

Core-truth: Only spiritually living, "called" people, who have been "made alive" through the gospel of Jesus Christ can "walk worthy" with God in a way that is in line with the truth, beauty and goodness of the gospel! Our present "worthy walk" is based completely upon God's past "gospel work"!!

Prayer aim: Father in heaven, would you be so pleased to take your regenerate children deeper into who you have already made us through the gospel, that we would increasingly live in line with our new identity as followers of the Living Christ! Lord Jesus, please cause your Spirit to awaken faith in the faithless and call spiritually dead sinners to life through Your glorious gospel - that they too might walk worthy of the gospel call (Eph. 2.1-9)! Glorify Your Name among us, in us and through us!


resolved: Winter Retreat 2012


Our Winter Retreat weekend at Camp Barakel is March 2-4, 2012 with our speaker, Kempton Turner of Bethlehem Baptist Church. This is a combined retreat weekend for both junior high & high school students. We have 20 guy spots and 30 girls spots (this has been about the normal number for the past 3 years) and every year we use every spot. The weekend will most likely be completely full, so please reserve your students spot as soon as possible with us by providing a deposit. Once our reserved spots are full, I will contact camp about extra spots and those also will be on a first come-first serve basis from Barakel.

The cost is $105 for the weekend and $40 is needed for a deposit to secure a spot. If your family needs assistance with costs, please do not hesitate to contact Pastor JJ. This is one of the most influential weekends of our student ministry and we would like to give every student the opportunity to participate.


iParent Weekly Update


November Group Service Projects = Tomorrow night, November 30th, the High School Girls in Becky Sherwood, Myranda Fabian and Bethany McMahon care groups will meet at the Sherwood's and then head to Crossroads Pregnancy Center. Crossroads is also in need of baby wipes, so if you daughter can bring a pack with her for the center, that would be greatly appreciated!

Christmas Cookie Baking = The resolved: high school girls will be baking Christmas cookies again this year for the Friends' Group Christmas celebration on Wednesday, December 7th at 7pm at the church. Each girl needs to bring a batch of cookie dough with her and we'll provide the decorations. No high school girls will meet at the Sherwood's that evening.

r: Christmas Celebration = Our annual white elephant Christmas celebration will be at Five Points on Friday, December 9th from 7:30-9:30pm. Each student needs to bring a white elephant gift and a small snack to share. This is be a combined event, both junior high and high school students.

There will be no resolved: Wednesdays on December 21 and 28th.

SOLI DEO GLORIA


Man Up Concert - Tonight!


Here's a quick reminder of the details for tonight's Man Up concert...

Time: 5:30pm at church ... You and your student should grab something to eat before we leave.
Return: TBA ... the concert starts at 7pm. I have no idea how long it will go. I will update Facebook and Twitter when we are on our way home. I will also have your students call you when we leave if a parent is not with them.
Place: Second Ebenezer Church, Detroit

Man Up Detroit (http://www.manup116.com), the only Reach Records full group tour event LECRAE, TRIP LEE, TEDASHII, PRO, KB, DJ OFFICIAL, SHO BARAKA and new Reach Records artist, ANDY MINEO, formerly known as C-lite) in 2011 in the Midwest will occur on October 14 at Second Ebenezer, 14601 Dequindre, Detroit, Michigan 48212 from 7 – 11 PM. We will view the Man Up film, have a panel discussion on manhood with the Reach Records artists, and have a full concert. This will be a great event encouraging men, and encouraging the women who raise and support us to help us, toward Christ-like manhood.


The Next Story


In The Next Story, author and blogger Tim Challies explains how and why our society has become reliant on digital technology, what it means for our lives, and how it affects the Christian faith. You can read the entire review at TGC Reviews, the book review site of The Gospel Coalition. I thought it was an excellent book that would be a helpful resource for parents. Here is my last paragraph:

This book is filled with wisdom that will help people of all ages understand the digitial revolution and how it has changed our world. Challies readies his readers to be discerning Christians in their use of technology by continually going back to our hearts. In the church, it is easy to reject technology or completely embrace it. Challies does a fine job preparing people to walk the middle road of biblical discernment. The Next Story is an excellent resource for pastors, parents, and many others as they seek to use technology and help others use it for the glory of God in this strange, new, digital world.


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