Youth Happenings....

The Mexico Service Trip

The Mexico Trip
by the Numbers

47
number of students

5
number of service teams involved. Each student was on at least one team and did a great job leading the program. The teams included skits, games, crafts, music, and construction.

14
number of adults, many of whom took unpaid time off of work to lead our kids, build relationships with each other, with our kids and with our friends in Mexico. The volunteer adults are the rock stars of the trip!

10
number of vehicles driven

20,440
approximate total number of mile those vehicles drove combined.

2
911 calls, one in Mexico and one in El Centro. It was an exciting trip to say the least. We saw God’s hand at work in lots of ways!

Middle School

Are You Game Enough?!?!
We have completed two weeks of Spring Fever 2012… Week One we had our Amazing Race where our boys team (The Golden Boys) and our girls team, (Angels) battled clue to clue to try and finish the race and to solve the final mystery. It was a tight race to the end but the Angels won by thirty seconds!! Matt talked about the endurance it takes to run the race as a Christian here on earth. Matthew 22: 37-39 “Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.”
The teams battled out numerous fear factor challenges during week two… It was a close call but the Golden Boys showed their awesome fearlessness during the final round by transporting sardines in their mouth from one bowl to another! MVP’s of this game go to Emily Twisselman and Tommy Henderson. Way to go guys! Fear was not a factor for you! Later we talked about getting over different fears in our lives in order for our faith to be strengthened. James 1:2-8 “My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.”
The score now stands:
The Golden Boys: 294,300
Angels: 344,600
Let’s see if the Angels can keep it up! Check out the Family Room Facebook page for pictures and videos of these awesome kids!

Movie Night
These kids are seriously AWESOME! Look it up in the dictionary and you will find their picture. This past month has gone by so fast! There is so much going on in the life of a middle schooler… Believe it or not it is true! We have had transitioning of sports, Spring Breaks, school projects, plays, you name it, these kids are probably involved! So I decided for the week we had a break from Half Time to have a nice fun movie night here at Sanctuary. I set up the room like a theater, brought my popcorn maker, Mrs. Crowley brought some snacks and the kids got to kick it and watch Nacho Libre. It was nice just to get in some good fellowship with the kids.

How Can You Pray for Us:
• Please continue to lift us up in your prayers! School is coming to a close and a busy summer is just around the corner!!! Thank You!

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Middle School Camp
July 8-14
Worship band: Kokua
Cost: $345

High School

I love ministering to high school students. I love mentoring and listening, teaching and planning events for them. I love visiting them at school and praying with them on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings.
There is something, however that I enjoy much more than ministering to students and that is ministering along side them or launching them into ministry opportunities of their own! Lately my little youth pastor heart has swollen with pride as I have seen several of our students move past the ministered to and to become ministers themselves.
There was Ryan Swanson and his participation in the Trinity HS mission trip to Prague in the Czech Republic. There is Brent Smith and Emily Long who have stepped up and been key parts of the leadership team for the Christian club on their campus. There is Emma Hewett willing to share her gift of singing and leading worship on Wednesday nights. There is Ryan Swedberg (along with others) who has stepped up to key leadership positions for the upcoming VBS here at SBCCV.
There is the way that the entire group took seriously the call to support a foster child in the Ukraine. During our Christmas and 30 Hour Famine fund raising events the students raised over $1,200 dollars to support 2 orphans in the Ukraine with about $400 left over. We as a group are deciding where God might lead us to give that $400 in a way that glorifies Him.
Then, of course, there is the great response to the service trip we are taking to Mexico in just a few days. Most of our group is signed up to give up a week of their time to bless Pastor Francisco and the people he loves.
I like playing dodge ball and I like Bible studies and I like singing fun worship songs that give us the chance to jump around. But by far the thing I love most about this group is their willingness to not just be served but to serve.

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High School Camp
July 15 – 21
Worship band: Emissary
Cost: $345

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