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Here’s a youth parent email I sent out today with some youth ministry announcements. If you read this and desperately want to be a part of what the youth ministry is doing, we’re always looking for dedicated volunteers.
1. D-groups are back this Wednesday, April 11th (tomorrow) at the church from 6:30 to 8 PM. Youth Group is back this Sunday, April 15th at the church from 6 to 8 PM.
2. No Youth Sunday School this Sunday, April 15th. A congregational meeting will take place during the Sunday School hour in the Sanctuary. Youth are encouraged to attend along with the adults. During part of the meeting there will be a small presentation about the Calvary Home Trip.
3. High School Event: Dinner and UF Baseball Game. Next Friday, April 20th from 5:45 to 9:30 PM. The plan is to meet at McKethan Stadium at 5:45. We’ll purchase our tickets and then walk across University Avenue to get food and walk back to the baseball stadium by 7 PM. Pickup is in the O-dome parking lot. High Schoolers need to
bring $12 with ($4 for ticket, $8 for dinner).
4. Middle School Girls’ Event. Pam Hess is hosting a special night at her home for the middle school ladies next Friday, April 20th from 6 to 10 PM. Dinner, games, devotion, and ice cream. Every middle school girl will want to be there.
5. Worship Night at the Swamp. Sunday, April 29th from 5:30 to 8 PM. This is for all youth. It’ll be an evening of singing, sharing, and prayer in the football stadium.
O God, who for our redemption gave your only begotten Son to death on the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection has delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant that we who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit. Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection, empowered and transformed by your grace in and among us.
O Lord, so stir up in your church, indeed in each of us, that Spirit of adoption and reconciliation that is made possible by your grace revealed in Jesus the Christ, that we being renewed in both body and mind, may worship and serve you in sincerity and truth. We pray this in the name of the same Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Begins April 10 @ 9:00AM
Ladies, join us on Tuesday, April 10 as we begin a new eight-week study by Tim Keller titled Gospel in Life. This in-depth study on the Gospel and how it is lived out in all of life includes a DVD segment, discussion time, and workbook. Please register by contacting Paige French 258.6542 or Sharon Stankunas 258.0382 for childcare or to reserve your $10 book. Detailed information about this study can be found on our website under “Connect.”
Ye that know the Lord is gracious,
ye for whom a cornerstone
stands, of God elect and precious,
laid that ye may build thereon,
see that on that sure foundation
ye a living temple raise,
towers that may tell forth salvation,
walls that may re-echo praise.
Living stones, by God appointed
each to his allotted place,
kings and priests, by God anointed,
shall ye not declare his grace?
Ye, a royal generation,
tell the tidings of your birth,
tidings of a new creation
to an old and weary earth.
Tell the praise of him who called you
out of darkness into light,
broke the fetters that enthralled you,
gave you freedom, peace and sight:
tell the tale of sins forgiven,
strength renewed and hope restored,
till the earth, in tune with heaven,
praise and magnify the Lord.
Words: Cyril A. Alington (1872-1955)
