November Newsletter

What an exciting day High Attendance Sunday was for the youth group! We had the highest number of students that day in the two years that I have been here, eighteen in all. The next evening was the Youth Emphasis night at the revival, and around a dozen students came to enjoy the pizza prior to the service and the worship and preaching by Doug Stroup. God is really using each of the students to share about the church and invite their friends to Bible study. We have had several new faces that have begun to attend fairly regularly on either Sunday mornings or Wednesday evenings.

I wanted to share with all the youth parents about the Winter Retreat at the end of the year. We will be heading to Macon, GA, to take part in the 2009 Youth Evangelism Conference. Ed Newton, the speaker from our camp in 2008, will be teaching during the conference, along with Anson McMahon. The teaching points will be illustrated by the Skit Guys, two men whose presentations are as spiritually challenging as they are funny. Christian music artist Todd Agnew will lead the worship segments of each meeting, and the David Crowder Band will be in concert during the evening session.

Our group will be leaving the church during the early afternoon on Monday, December 28, and we will return the following afternoon. I realize this falls right into the middle of the holiday season; however, I feel it is a tremendous opportunity for growth in our group, one that we cannot pass up. I will be sending out a letter to parents in the next week or so giving information on cost and more specific details about the trip. Should you have any questions about the conference, please don’t hesitate to ask. Please be sure to see if there’s any possible way that your student can join us for the Youth Evangelism Conference, even in the busiest time of the year.