Every three years our youth ministry runs a special series of lessons called True Love Waits. The emphasis of this series is to teach students about God’s call to live a life of sexual purity. We believe God’s design for sexual purity is about more than just remaining a virgin until marriage. We know God calls all his people to lives of purity.
In 2010 we will be offering True Love Waits as part of our Youth Bible Fellowship curriculum on Sunday mornings. The series will start on Sunday morning, September 12 and will culminate with a special ring ceremony for students and their parents on Sunday, October 17. Each session will take place during YBF at 9:15 am in the Cove youth center.
In preparation for this series, we will be having a special parents’ meeting on Sunday morning, August 29 at 9:15 am, also in the Cove youth center. Learn more about what this series covers as well as how you can reinforce God’s call to purity in your own homes.
Every four years the church of the Nazarene hosts an event for students from around the world called Nazarene Youth Conference (or NYC). Dynamic speakers, corporate worship with thousands of other teens, practical and informative workshops, hands-on service projects and concerts with big name artists combine to make this an unforgettable experience. Ask around. You’d be surprised how many people in our congregation (including a number our pastoral staff) have attended NYC, and all of them will tell you how big an impact it had on them.
Here are the details you need to know:
When is it: Tuesday, July 5 through Monday, July 11, 2011. (This includes not only the conference itself but also our District Excursion to King’s Island.)
Last fall we did a series with our Senior Highers called You Decide! Well, here’s the good news. It was such a hit, we decided to bring it back to Water’s Edge for a limited engagement. During the month of May, we’ll be fielding your questions each Wednesday night in our Senior High service.
Is there a question about the Bible you’ve always wondered? Is there something you or a friend are dealing with, and you want to know what the Bible has to say about it? Do you have a question that you think will make Pastor Brad laugh? Any of these are great reasons to submit your questions to our You Decide series.
Read the rest to find out how you can submit your questions for this series.
Our 2010 Summer trip will be July 25-29. We’ll be heading to Ohio to have fun serving others. We will spend two days serving at Portage Holiness Camp in Portage, OH, helping prepare the campgrounds for campmeeting in August. On Wednesday we will travel into Toledo, OH to be introduced to the ministry of the Cherry Street Mission and to help serve lunch in two of their women’s shelters. And because all work and no play makes for a dull trip, we will spend some time swimming as well as spending Thursday at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky.
Every Summer we kick off our activities with our annual Wilderness Retreat to the deep woods of northwest Michigan, and this year is no different. We will be returning to the Rose-Alvia Retreat with their 600 acres of woods, spring fed lake and beautiful lodge. And as if that wasn’t enough, we’re also planning on visiting Lake Michigan at the beach in Frankfort as well. And for $35 per person, it really is an affordable retreat!
Click on “Read the Rest” to watch a video slide show from last year’s retreat as well as to learn all the details and download the information letter and permission form for the trip.
On Wednesday, February 24, we launched a new series called “The Real Jesus.” Through the season of Lent we will be learning more about who the real Jesus was. We’ll examine questions like:
Who was Jesus? (Wednesday, March 10)
What did Jesus say? (Wednesday, March 17)
What did Jesus do? (Wednesday, March 24)
Why did Jesus die? (Wednesday, April 7)
Join us on Wednesday nights to learn more. Our Junior High service starts at 6:30 pm. Senior High starts at 8:00 pm.
If you can’t make it one week, check back here. We’ll be adding audio of the sermons to this page after the jump. Or subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or via RSS.
On Saturday, March 20th we’ll be headed to Crestview Middle School in Huntington for District Celebrate Life 2010.
Celebrate Life is a talent and athletic competition sponsored by the Church of the Nazarene. Students can compete in a wide range of activities from sports (basketball, volleyball, tennis, ping pong, bowling, baseball, golf, 5k run, soccer, etc) to music (both vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios and ensembles) to the arts (drawing, painting, sculpture, crafts, photography, etc), to other talents (speech, puppetry, mime, creative writing, science trivia, chess and lots more.)
Do well enough you can even qualify to compete at the Regional level at Olivet Nazarene University in May!
A pdf booklet with all the different categories for competition, as well as registration forms can be downloaded here.
Registration forms and fees are due to Pastor Brad by Wednesday, March 10th.
Sunday, we gave away all 210 ticket vouchers for To Save a Life we had purchased, and then some.
Monday we bought 100 more tickets for the 4:15 showing at Mounds Mall.
As of noon on Tuesday, we had given away 76 of those 100 extra tickets.
Needless to say, tickets are going fast. Here’s what you need to know:
If you don’t have a ticket voucher or have not made reservations with Pastor Brad, please do so as soon as possible. You can reach him at pastor buhro [at] gmail dot com. (Of course, take out the spaces and replace the punctuation with the appropriate symbols.)
If you do have a ticket voucher for someone who can’t come, please return it so we can make it available to someone else. Don’t hold back from going, and don’t decide not to invite someone because we’re short on tickets. We want you to go. But if you’ve invited someone and they can’t go, please help us give that seat to someone else.
If you have a 1:40 pm ticket and can go to the 4:15 showing instead, contact Pastor Brad to trade. We’ve got some families we’re trying to keep together, and if you could make a trade it might be helpful.
This morning we gave away 230 ticket vouchers for our private screening of To Save a Life next Sunday. The bad news, there are only 210 seats. That means several are already on a Standby Waiting list in case some who got tickets end up unable to attend. If you are on standby, or if you didn’t get your voucher yet, don’t worry just yet. We’re working on trying to get more seats. We’ll keep you informed.
Every three years our youth ministry runs a special series of lessons called True Love Waits. The emphasis of this series is to teach students about God’s call to live a life of sexual purity. We believe God’s design for sexual purity is about more than just remaining a virgin until marriage. We know God calls all his people to lives of purity.
On Wednesday, February 24, we launched a new series called “The Real Jesus.” Through the season of Lent we will be learning more about who the real Jesus was. We’ll examine questions like:
