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Our Sunday night Youth Gathering HAS A NAME! "The Burn"

Our name comes from the New Testament...
in Hebrews, chapter 12, verse 29:
"Our God is a consuming fire."
Sunday night is all about coming near the FIRE of God's love,
and BURNING with love for Him, and for others.

Random Pic o' the Week: Middle School Chillaxin

This is definitely a not-so-normal picture...our Middle School friends chillin and relaxin (...chillaxin) during Sunday night. We're trying to figure out how to bottle up all of their amazing energy and sell it as a (non-caffeine) energy drink!

Psalm 130...in our words

Sunday night we challenged the high school crowd to rewrite Psalm 130 in their own words. It's only 8 verses. But it's a song that talks a lot about our souls. Jenelle took the challenge, too. Here it is in her own words. If you take the 130 challenge (and rewrite even just one verse), post it in the comments to share.

130. (Jenelle's)
There have been so many times I’ve been down, Jesus.
I don’t always cry out to you.
Sometimes I just cry.
But, I want to tell you everything.
Hear my voice as I admit this, Lord.
Lean your ear close to me.

If you kept a list of the ways I forget you, oh Jesus, I’d be hopeless.
But your forgiveness and patience is real.
I’m in awe of the complete way you love me, even though I don’t love you this way.

I am waiting for you to come back, Jesus.
I am waiting for you to turn the tears into dancing songs,
because that’s what you do.
You make all things new.
I put my hopes in your Words.
(I’m trying to, at least.)

The real me, my soul, waits for you, Lord--
more than people who work the night shift wait
for the sun to come up.

Oh Israel, and the whole Family of God across the earth,
put your hope in the Lord.
Because with the Lord is love that won’t disappoint,
and with Him everything will be made new again.

Jesus Himself will pay for all the ways we turn from Him,
and He will forgive us as we turn back around.

Random Pic o' the Week: Sunday Night Madness!

This week's pic of the week comes from last Sunday's wild Youth Gathering. Early in the night we had all the High school and Middle School folk running like mad in some ferocious games. I'm not sure what game this was...was it Human Tic-Tac-Toe?

Raise Your Hand if You Had an Etch-a-Sketch

Then you gotta check out this website: Sketch Swap
Take a minute to sketch something on their interactive drawing-pad, click "Swap," and then you'll see someone else's sketch right before your eyes!

Free (and Legal) Mp3 For You

Since a few people asked me Sunday night about getting a copy of "Love Lessons" (that song I played during the talk, the first week...) I thought I'd direct you to this mp3 of the song. Here it is: Love Lessons, by Front Door

Random Pic o' the Week: Hearts Ablaze

Every week we'll post a new picture from your digi-files. So, send in your photos and you, too can be famous! freshgreenbeans@yahoo.com

We'll start with one from the files o' Jenelle. This was from the beach in Portugal. My friend Jesse has mad fire-blowing skills. Don't try this at home.

Rock the Vote

"Welcome" from Jenelle

Hey! I'm Jenelle, your new Youth Director for SPC. I like to play guitar and the air-drums (especially while running with my iPod.) I'm a graduate of La Plata High School and UMBC. I'm almost 27 years old and just getting back from living in Southern Europe for 3 years. I was working with teenagers in Portugal through Young Life International. But enough about me.

If you're a High School or Middle School student in or around Chuck County, this is your place. Take off your coat and stay awhile. There will be polls, pictures, and weird things for you to interact with. Feel free to leave comments and let us know what you're thinking.