Welcome to the SPBC Student Ministry Home-Page
Hey! What's up! Welcome to SPBC Student Ministry Online. On these pages you'll find our vision and mission statements, upcoming events and announcements, links to our Mid-High and Senior High Ministries. Yes, there may even be a fun video or two as well. You can also catch my (Pastor Adam's) weekly blog here too, and respond with questions or comments. Thanks for checking us out!
"Make it Matter" 2010-2011 Theme
This year’s theme for our student ministry program will be “Make it Matter”. The theme comes from John 15:16 “You did not choose me but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. This is my command: Love each other”. This scripture challenges us in three very specific way. The first is the fact that God has chosen us. Many of us feel inadequate, unqualified, and unaccepted to life out our faith but God clearly tells us that he has chosen us. The second challenge is the fact that he has called us to go. God wants our lives to mean something. We are not called to sit on the sidelines and watch life go by but we are called to actively live out our faith and walk with God. The final challenge is the fact that God has called us to bear fruit. There is an expectation that God has on our lives. In essence he wants us to take our lives and make them matter. Not only has he chosen us to live but he has called us to bear fruit, to make a difference, to make life matter. Over the course of the year we will focus on seven main things that we will strive to make matter in our lives. The seven checkpoints come from the book “Seven checkpoints by Andy Stanley and Stuart Hall”. These checkpoints are great because not only do they give our students a balance in their faith but they match perfectly with our vision and mission as a church to connect to God, Others, and the World. Here are the seven things we want our students to make matter and how they fit with our vision.
Connect 2 God
Authentic Faith – Putting your trust in God
Spiritual Disciplines – Seeing with God’s eyes
Ultimate Authority – Finding freedom under God
Connect 2 Others
Healthy Friendships – Choosing Friends for life
Moral Boundaries – Paving the way for intimacy
Wise Choices – Walking wisely in a fool’s world
Connect 2 the World
Others First – Considering others before yourself
The theme song for our year is titled “Make it Matter by Natalie Grant” and as you read the words of the song I believe that you see the heart of what we are trying to accomplish this year as a student ministry.
Make it Matter – chorus
Take my life and lift me up to the sky
Take my dreams and help me to fly
On the wings of possibility
Come rewrite my history
(till it's) only you I'm chasing after
Take this life and make it matter
FNL
FNL for August will be held at Erickson Field as our mid-high students go to watch the first south football home game of the season.
C2O/ C2W and Family Camp
We are only one week away from family camp weekend. This will be a great time to come together as a family and enjoy fellowship with the church body at parchment valley. Due to the fact that most of our families will be going to family camp their will be no c2g Sunday the 5th, our students at south will be going upstairs to hear pastor adam preach. That night we will be having service out at parchment valley and therefore we will not have c2o on that Sunday night. So again to recap there will be no c2g or c2o on Sunday September 5th.
parent's meeting
We will be having a parent’s meeting on Sunday September 19th to discuss the upcoming school year, get updated medical forms for students, and answer any questions you may have about c2g, c2o, c2w or any upcoming student events.
August Back to School Countdown
During the month of we will be counting down the weeks back to school with our back to school countdown. Every we will take every Sunday night during the month of august and do an event together as a group. Here is the schedule for the upcoming back to school Sunday night events:
8/8 – Slip n Slide at the church
8/15 – Cook out @ pastor ed’s house / mid -high - pizza party @ spbc gym
8/22 – Food fight night @ the church
8/29 – Water War @ the church
All Events will on be on Sunday night and at the church except for the cook out at pastor ed’s.
Free to be me conference
On Saturday September 18th we will be having a one day girl’s conference here at spbc for any girl in grades 6th through 12th. The conference is entitled “Free to be me”. The event will begin at 9 and end at 4.
Fall Rally
On Saturday September 25th we will be taking our mid-high and sr. high students to the wvbc fall rally at parchment valley. Fall Rally is a one day event designed for outreach and fellowship among the youth in grades 6-12. The day is filled with great fellowship among believers, great entertainment and a challenging message for youth. This years fall rally will feature illusionist Brett Myers. The fall rally costs $12 which covers lunch there. The deadline to sign up is Sunday September 12th.
Dodgeball
On Wednesday night September 29th we will be having a big dodgeball tournament in the gym. There will be a mid-high division and a sr. high division. Students are encouraged to form teams with their friends who do not go to church. There will be food provided, a half-time message, and prizes given to the champions of the tournament. This is a c2w outreach event in hopes to bring un-churched students inside our doors in order to share the gospel and help them connect to God and Others.
Old man caves
On Sunday October 17th the Elev8 students will be going to Old man caves after church. Times and cost has not yet been determined but will be announced.
Sr. High Fall Retreat
On October 22nd through the 24th we will be taking our sr.high students to the fall retreat at parchment valley. This will be a great weekend of fellowship, worship, games, and spiritual reflection. We are going to be spending the weekend with several area churches and look to have a great time of connecting to God and connecting to Others. The weekend is entitled dead or alive and will focus on the parallel of being dead without Jesus and our desperate need for Him to make us alive. The cost for the retreat is $45 dollars which covers room, transportation, and food.
FORMS AND FLYERS
Looking for a medical form or an important flyer that was lost. Just click here and you will be taken to our forms and flyers page where you can print and download all of our important flyers and forms. (just click here)
Parent's Newsletter
Click here to check out our weekly parent's newsletter where you will learn about all the ways you can get your teenager connected into our student ministry. (don't forget to just click here.
Wanna be friends?
We have recently created a group on facebook and we officially invite your family to join. We are using this popular site as an avenue of communication and witnessing. By becoming a friend you will be updated on what’s going on with our student ministries and what’s going on in the live of our students (sounds scary doesn’t it). To become a friend of the Student Ministries here at South login to facebook and search for our group.
Try out the new Youth forum and see what your friends are up to! Click here!