12/10/20 Weekly Update

12/10/2020

Hope you're all having a great Thursday. Praying for many of you who are sick and dealing with different things. Please know you have a ministry and family here at The Rock that are praying for you and fighting with you.

Next week we'll have our annual Tacky Christmas Party. This will be a bit different as we'll be in the far back left of the church property. We'll have some folks showing you where to go but you can head to the back left of the cemetery to park. Comforting I know. Regardless, we'll be in the field just away from this spot. You'll see the lights, smoke and fire. Our night will be simple. We'll read the Christmas story from Luke 2, enjoy some hot chocolate, maybe sing some carols and then just hang out, safely. We'll need you help with this. You can help by reminding your student to bring and wear a mask while also following all the directions from our leaders as we're together. We don't want to get to lax in our safety stuff as we get comfy with the new normal.

REFUEL Changes...

By now you've probably heard about our changes for our Middle School Refuel trip. We hated to do this of course but felt it was necessary. The good news is we can still accomplish the heart of the trip. We can be together, study together, have fun together and then do so closer to home. I've sent out a few details but quickly want to again list some broad details. We'll have more specifics next week, after another round of leaders meetings this Sunday.

Students arrive at 8pm on Sunday night, December 20th.
Students are to be picked up TBD on Monday afternoon. (est. 4:30-5:30pm)
Students have the option to stay overnight or be picked up Sunday night and then magically re-appear Monday morning (a time will be given later for this option.)
We will have breakfast and lunch on Monday.
Any student with any symptom of sickness will need to stay home.
Each students needs a mask.
We will cover the entire book of Galatians in a creative, interactive and hopefully fun way. We pray the students will leave knowing the heart behind this amazing letter which will bring them comfort and hope in light of faith in Christ Jesus. We pray students will leave with a confidence that they can read the Bible, understand it, and apply it on their own. We desire they slowly become independently dependent in their faith in Christ. We desire they own their faith. We realize they are young, we also realize they are the most able to develop these principles now. But we will strive to make this time together fun as we learn together how to read and apply God's Word.
Cost will be $20 and will cover shirt, food and some material cost.
Any parent already paying the original price can contact Chris to figure out how to handle any reimbursement or applying that to another trip. If you haven't already.
We will send out a "what to bring" list next week along with any opportunities for you as parents to assist, if you desire to do that.

Again, while this isn't plan A we realize God can still be glorified and sought after. We plan to create a jam packed overnight event for our middle schoolers. We ask and hope you'll be praying as the planning and carrying out of that plan go forth.

At this time our High School Refuel trip will be as planned. We will communicate any changes or plans closer to that event.

Last Night

Our last official Rock of 2020 was last night. Yes, we will be meeting next week but it's our Tacky Christmas Party. If the weather helps that will actually be outside, in the field to the far left of the campus and we'll have a bonfire. So not exactly a normal night.

Last night was all about what Jesus said about himself. Our short Christmas series was spent looking at this King that was promised way back when. We've seen what the Old Testament folks said and what God himself had promised. Now we see what Jesus himself says. It was a great night together. It's below if you missed it or want to see it again.

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