VERB's Newsletter

This week at VERB:

Wednesday Night:

This week we our in week 5 of our Character Study of Joesph. Last week we discussed and had some really good discussion about Joseph finally coming out of prison and being put into power. This week we will discuss what he does with that power and how he interacts with his family that sold him into slavery that started his roller coaster of a life.

Friday night:

Friday night frenzy this Friday night 6pm - 9pm board and card games, movie, basketball, capture the flag, dodgeball, pizza. Hope to see you there

Sunday night:
"I DO" will end this week. "I Do" is our sex, dating, and marriage series and this week we will be talking about the marriage piece and why marriage is important and why God made marriage and asked for us to wait until then for us to have sex. Should be a good close out to a good series. Please contact me if you have any questions.

- then following that will be our final "Afterparty" of the year. We will be opening everything back up after service until 10pm.

Here is our Summer Calendar along with payment plan for our Busch Gardens trip:http://verb.heritage-cc.org/info/june-sept-2011-calendar-payment-schedule

VERB's Newsletter

This week at VERB:

Wednesday Night:

This week we are in week 4 of our Character Study of Joesph.

Sunday Night:

We started our "I Do" series. It's our study of Sex, Dating, and Marriage. This past week we jumped into the discussion of sex - I taught the guys and Brittany taught the girls. This week we were suppose to get into dating portion and we will. But this week were going to shorten up table time, game time, and worship so that we can have more time. Were going to revisit the sex discussion because we just ran out of time and then we will flip and I will be talking to the girls about dating and Brittany will be talking the guys about dating this coming up Sunday night. Please email me if you have any questions.

Events:

May 27 - Friday night Frenzy
May 29 - VERB Afterparty

8 days of living it and Summer Calendar are be posted the website and blog this week. Be sure to either pick up or print off your copy so that you are aware of dates and payments. thank you

Also - please check out our website to stay update as well
www.verb.heritage-cc.net

VERB's Newsletter

This week at VERB:

Wednesday night small group:

We are in week 3 of our Character study into "The Life of Joesph"

Friday Night:

This Friday night is "Man up". It's an event for all Middle and High School guys. Cost is $5 and that covers food. Come ready for some manly discussions and dressed to play some games outdoors.

Sunday Night Service:

This Sunday night we start our Sex, Dating and Marriage series that will last through May 29. Will be breaking the group up into guys and girls the first week and Brittany will discuss sex with the girls and I will discuss sex with the guys. The second week Brittany will discuss dating with the guys and I will discuss dating with the girls. The last week we will all be together and discuss marriage. If you have any questions - please email me.

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Here's this week Newsletter:

Wedensday night:
Once a year during this season I like for us to push time out on our regualr programming to particpate with some of the Easter traditions. So last night we took the time to do a foot washing ans commuion service. It was a time of teaching and a time of particapting. Students were really invovled and I'm really glad we were able to do it.

Sunday Night:
This week with it being Easter we will not be having service Sunday night.

Up Coming News and Events:
April 24: Easter - No VERB service Easter Sunday night
April 30: VERB's Murder Mystery
May 8: Battle of Sexes (game night guys vs. girls)
May 13: Man Up
May 15: I DO Sermon Series - VERB's dating, marriage, and sex series
May 27: Friday Night Frenzy

Also - please pick up from VERB the 8 days of living it calendar. Which is the calendar of dates and cost of summer events.

Please check us out on the web at: http://verb.heritage-cc.org/

VERB's Newsletter

Here's this week Newsletter:

Wednesday Night:

In small groups this week we will cover our last lesson on our study of the life of Jesus. Actually 2 lessons - Jesus as Savior and Jesus as victor.

Sunday night: In our services we will be wrapping up our series "Jesus in 3D" and it's been about looking at Jesus' death from 3 different points of view.

Week 1 was from Mary's (Jesus' Mother's) point of view. Week 2 was from the Disciple's point of view. This week we will be looking at Jesus' death from God's point of view.



Up Coming News and Events:
April 15: Movie night for VERB in game room 6pm-9pm
April 17: Afterparty 8pm - 10pm (this starts at the end of service)
April 24: Easter - No VERB service Easter Sunday night
April 30: VERB's Murder Mystery
May 8: Battle of Sexes (game night guys vs. girls)
May 13: Man Up
May 15: I DO Sermon Series - VERB's dating, marriage, and sex series
May 27: Friday Night Frenzy

Also - please pick up from VERB the 8 days of living it calendar. Which is the calendar of dates and cost of summer events. It should be on the web any day now or at the bar in the VERB Lounge.

Please check us out on the web at: http://verb.heritage-cc.org/

Trusting even with Facebook

I was talking with a Youth Pastor friend the other day about Pastoring students in this post Facebook era. He was concerned about a student of his who was putting stuff on their facebook and was worrying about them. I started to think and wonder about how truly things aren’t much different when me and this YP were in youth group together. Meaning we would have great services and really feel connected to God in the service and want to change our lives but then the next day or a couple of days later we would be in some form of trouble. But then the next time we would be in church and we would pursue God like it never happened. I realize that some of that for me at least was fake and putting on a show but not all of it was. There where some genuine times while I was in high school that I was pursuing God but I also had a lot of faults. My YP never new about them unless I told him or my parents told him.

The difference between then and now is FB and students put everything from how they feel to what words they used to cuss out the science teacher to what their mom was doing that morning that made them so mad.

As a YP it’s hard to have a deep conversation with a student about their relationship with God and then only to see the next day they got suspended from school for getting in a fight over a girl. It’s hard to balance when and what to engage each student with. I was called a FB creeper the other day because I engaged a student who in small group was expressing his struggle with sin and so I’m challenged him on some of the things that he was doing and putting on FB.

I don’t mind being called a FB creeper by this kid in my small group but I don’t want to be know as the pastor who knows all the dirt and creeps on pages. You would think students would be ok with this since they put it on FB but they aren’t.

So it’s a thin line that my team and I have to balance to be engaged with students and trusting God from week to week with these students. Using the info we get for prayer and when the Holy Spirit opens the door for us to engage we do so. I know the stuff me and my youth group friends got into and so I know my YP was worried and probably prayed often for us even though he didn’t have all the facts.

Please pray for...

Clint Dobson and family. I met Clint and his wife Laura of 2 yrs this past fall while I went to El Salvador on a scouting mission trip to build a clean water well. He’s 28 yrs old and has been the Pastor of North Point Baptist Church which is a campus church of First Baptist of Arlington Texas for 2 yrs.
On Thursday a man somehow got into the church offices and murdered Clint and put his admin Judy in the hospital fighting for her life. Please pray for Laura and their family and the recovery of Judy and for Clint’s church during this time.

Thank you