LW2 LOSER WEEK SQUARED

Matthew 16:24-26

The time has come for once again for LOSER WEEK.

Last year the focus was on service, but this year's focus is SQUARED!

We will be focusing on Service and Evangelism!

For more information on LW2 you may click on the "PARENT LETTER"

To register for LOSER WEEK click on "REGISTRATION"

Please Fill Out the "MEDICAL RELEASE FORM" if you have not already done so this year!

I hope that you are excited about the opportunity to reach out and serve at the same time!

See you all at LW2!!!

(Cost for LW2 is $10.00) not including Thursday and Friday's events!

M-FUGE 2008

M-Fuge is coming really quickly! I am excited to announce that this year Fuge is turning 30. This will be an awesome celebration this summer.

If you have not already made plans to go to M-Fuge, you need to talk to Devin as soon as possible.

There are only a select few seats available.

For more information click the M-Fuge Logo!

Survive Highlights

What an awesome weekend at "Survive". We had 20 youth attend the conference, some of which are not presently involved in church anywhere. My hope is that they will find FBC is a great place to plug in and learn more about Christ.

There were over 9,000 youth in attendance and during the outreach experience they collected over 25 tons of food for Sunshine Ministries in St. Louis.

Our group partnered with a local church in Granite City and shared the gospel to the people living near their church.

What an awesome time to experience God.
Amen

Survive 08 Dare2Share Form

Here is the last form that I need for everyone to fill out prior to our departure on Friday!

This form must be filled out by your parents and turned in to me before you are able to board the vans!



Click on Survive to download the release.pdf form!

Survive '08 Information

Hello All,
I just wanted to post a few things to prepare us for the upcoming Survive '08 event.
If you are planning on attending there are a few things that you will need.

First, everyone must have a FBC Medical Release Form filled out. Please click on the link to download this form. You may also pick up this form from Devin.

Second, the schedule is as follows.

February 8, 2008 - Friday

• 12:00 p.m. Leave FBC Parking Lot on route to Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO- Map


• 3:30 p.m. Stop and eat Mt.Vernon - Mc Donald's


• 5:00 p.m. Arrive at Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO (time will be 4:00 in St. Louis)


• 10:00 p.m. Go to Hotel


• 12:00 p.m. Lights OUT!!

February 9, 2008 - Saturday

• 6:30-7:30 a.m. Beakfast at Hotel - (Free Continental Breakfast)


• 8:00 a.m. Leaving Hotel to go to Scottrade Center


• 12:00 p.m. Lunch at Union Station (Panda Express, Subway, Sbarro Pizza, etc.)


• 1:35 p.m. Return to Scottrade Center


• 7:00 p.m. Concert begins - Hawk Nelson


• 9:00 p.m. Program ends return to Hotel


• 11:00 p.m. Lights OUT!!

February 10, 2008 - Sunday

• 7:00 a.m. Breakfast


• 9:00 a.m. Morning Worship


• 11:00 a.m. Leave for Charlestown


• 12:30 p.m. Lunch in Mt. Vernon


• 6:00 p.m. Arrive in Charlestown -We're Home!!

Third, the LETTER TO PARENTS is posted here! If you're parents need to read it and the dog already ate it they can come here and get it!

Finally, I am excited! God is going to work in and through us in a mighty way at the conference. Be prepared to be changed!

IN HIM,
Devin

Josh Harris on "I Kissed Dating Goodbye"

Survive '08

It is time! Survive is here! Dare2Share Ministries has done it again. We are ready and pumped to go to St. Louis, February 8,9,10!

About the Survive Youth Ministry Conference Tour
Dare 2 Share's Survive Training Tour will equip teenagers to live strong and stand firm in a culture of fear due to global and personal uncertainty. This training weekend will use 2 Peter 3:9-14 as a survival guide to provide teens the hope and victory that comes only through Jesus Christ.

Major Themes:

• Teens will get a big picture view of prophecy. Many times Christians miss the major point of prophecy in disagreements over when and how Jesus will return. The big picture view focuses not on "when" or "how" but "that" he is coming back and we must be ready.
• Teenagers will discover the 10 defining characteristics of God and how each of these attributes can change their life forever! You will be amazed at how these teenagers can grasp and apply the basic theology of God when it is presented in a relevant and effective way.
• Your youth group will learn how to deal with money and possessions in light of the return of Christ. They will get an action plan to live simply and use their money and "stuff" to fuel their own local churches, the kingdom of God at large and the poor.
  
• Each of your teenagers will get a practical action plan for sexual purity in light of the return of Christ. They will learn how to fight against the lies and stay pure all the way through their high school and college years.

The Friday Night Drama:
The Survive Tour drama focuses on the imminent return of Christ amidst growing persecution as a motivation. The setting is five years in the future. Terrorism is now a global problem. "Radical extremism" in any religion is viewed as pre-terrorist action. Evangelism is now seen as part of that radical extremism. Proselytizing is outlawed, viewed as an invasion of privacy and a pre-terrorist act. A group of Christian young people are caught in the crossfire between faith and survival. Will they choose to share Jesus in spite of the cost or will they just shut up and stay alive? The outcome of this life-rattling drama will motivate your teens to live strong, stand firm and speak out no matter what the consequences.

Skits, Clips, Audience Interactive Experiences and Outreach:
Appropriate movie clips, original video shorts, audience interaction activities and a four hour outreach experience (collecting canned food for local rescue missions, collecting prayer requests and sharing the good news of Jesus as youth groups in pre-mapped areas of the conference city) will be an integral part of the training experience. Every six to eight minutes something different happens on stage to maximize the training and keep the thousands of teenagers fully engaged the entire weekend.

We will SURVIVE!

If you are still wanting to tag along with us please let Devin know as soon as possible!