3.30.16 Rock Update

Good morning and happy Spring Break season!  I'm not really sure where Spring Break came from or who is responsible for inventing it but I really would like to hug their neck.  It always seems to come at the best possible time.  So I hope everyone enjoys their week and rests up for the end of this school year.
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Last Night

I've so enjoyed traveling through the entire Bible this year with our students.  It's not really been the flashiest thing we've done as a student ministry but I feel it's the most solid thing we've ever done.  In a day where flash often wins....{insert presidential candidate here}.....it's really easy to give in to the pressure and follow the flow.  I feel this year has the potential to provide a foundation from which students build their theology.  Theology is a big word....maybe even scary...but it is something we all possess. We all have an opinion or belief about God.  We are hoping that the Bible is our guide in developing this Theology. At the end of the day we feel Scripture is our only guide, so why not spend a year walking through it and discovering what It is saying?  The cool thing is we've developed devotions that compliment what we do on Wednesday night.  So really a student, or parent, could go back and spend some time in our devotions and develop a basic understanding of what the Bible is saying.

As we've gone through the Bible we've attempted to see the big picture.  We are to the point now in the story where the church has been birthed and last night we saw how the church began to spread.  I've attached my notes from last night but want to briefly mention two points.  These two points are not the big idea of the passage but are definitely something we walk away with as we read the story of the church being scattered.

1. God is always working - in the good, bad, beautiful and ugly God is always working.
2. God is always working and is faithful to His own cause - His own cause is His glory.

These two points help me understand that at the end of it all I serve, follow and love a God who is faithful and full of grace.  This God is not swayed, taken by surprise, caught off guard or changed by any situation.  I can look back to any part of Scripture and see His faithfulness and how He was working.  I can look back at my own life and see this.  When situations come up in my life I can trust that God is working and that He is faithful to His own cause, His glory.  I do not have to fear though I may not totally agree with or understand how He is working.  I can trust God is working.

The Spread of the Church
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ABIDE CAMP 2016

The work has started for Abide Camp 2016!  I sent out an email this week regarding registration and pray you'll help us get an early start on preparing for the students this year.

​The dates for the trip and much more information can be found on the ABIDE CAMP page.  But the trip is planned for June 27 - July 1.

​We do have a sign up sheet up in the Rock but this sheet is only a guide.  What truly matters are students who have returned a registration form with a deposit. Anything other than that is really an estimation.  So please help us as we prepare for Abide Camp by downloading the form, filling it out and then returning it with a deposit.