Middle School Blast!

Wed., July 21, 6:30-9 A fun time to come hang out with your friends. Come play games, get ready to dance on DDR, and bring some snacks to share!

Lake Day

High School lake Day… July 21, 10:30-5

The weather is finally warming up and it’s time to hit the lake for some fun in the water! Meet up at the FLC at 10:30 to carpool out to Lake Sutherlin. We will return at 5. Bring your own lunch. Cost $3.

Please RSVP on Facebook or email phil@indbible.org so we know what transportation we will need

Senior Retreat

Class of 2011… Don’t miss out on our yearly Sr. Retreat!  This is an awesome time for you to think about your final year of H.S. and to hang out with your classmates and build deeper relationships.   Cost is $20 and we leave Fri. August 27th @ 5:00 and get back on Sat evening around dinner.  Please RSVP as soon as possible so we know how many to prepare for

RSVP on Facebook

Mexico Mission Trip Video

IBC Mexico Misison Trip 2010 from Crossroads Ministry on Vimeo.

You can also watch our presentation to the IBC body from Sunday

Mexico Presentation 2010 H264 1280×720 from Crossroads Ministry on Vimeo.

Dealing With Life’s Problems

At times, life can be like a microscope.  When you look through the eyepiece, the tiny (yet magnified) specks of material become all you see.  And, if you linger long enough, the entire world can seemingly shrink down to the specimens on the slide.  The world is larger than the specimens, of course, but it doesn’t seem that way in the moment.

In life, problems tend to magnify themselves so they become all you see.  And, if they linger in your life long enough or become numerous enough, the world seems to be reduced to nothing but problems.  Problems are not all of life, of course, but they seem that way in the moment.  And, when problems consume our view, they inevitably cause us to drift into hopelessness and despair.

So, today I would like to offer a few biblical directives for dealing with life’s problems.  They have helped me in recent times of trouble, and so I hope they can be of some help to you as well.

1. God will never allow a problem into your life that you cannot endure – 1 Corinthians 10:13.  This verse basically says that God “sizes us up” and knows what we can handle.  Psalm 103:14 reminds us that God “knows our frame” and is acquainted with our fragility.  Because He is faithful and loving, God will never allow something into our lives that we cannot handle.  So, if there is a problem in your life right now, take courage from this passage – you can handle it!
2. We are instructed to cast our problems on God – 1 Peter 5:7.  And, this is not like a cast when you go fishing.  You do not cast your problems to God and then reel them back to yourself.  You are to cast them and leave them.  Only God can allow a problem into your life, and only God can remove the problem from your life.  So, he invites you to give the problem to Him…to let Him “worry” about it, and to let Him solve it.  In the mean time, you can be free of the worry and the stress and the fretting.
3. Problems reveal your spiritual condition – Deut 8:2-5.  When pressed with a problem, the real you comes out.  So, problems give us a chance to examine our hearts.  The nation of Israel failed their test, but Job was a success (see Job 1:21-22; 2:9-10).  What have your problems revealed about you?  Anger?  Impatience?  Lack of trust?  Bitterness?  Your problems should not be an occasion for you to fail, but an opportunity to shine for the glory of Christ and the good of others.
4. Problems have a purpose – James 1:2-4.  Most things in the world become weaker by testing.  When continual pressure is put to them they eventually bend or break.  Case in point, I had a snow shovel break on me last week.  The shovel had not become stronger from all the years of practice, rather it became weaker.  Not so with humans.  James tells us that our testing is designed to make us stronger…to produce new ability within us.  We may not like our tests, but without them we would remain weak.  God tests us, not so that we would fail; but so that we, through the strength of Christ, would emerge the victor.

It is true, problems are a part of life.  But, they are not all of life.  What problems are you encountering right now?  May these words challenge you to guard yourself so that you do not let the temporary destroy the eternal, nor the immediate destroy the ultimate.  Rather, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths,” Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV).

Alive2Christ,

Kendall C.

Sourced from: Devotions to Help you Marvel at our God!

Mexico Mission Trip 2010 Pictures

Oscar Videos and Pics

Pictures from Oscars are now available online at http://picasaweb.google.com/ibccrossroads/2010OscarPhotos

You can also check out all the videos from this years Oscars online at http://vimeo.com/album/168086

If you would like a DVD of the Oscars please contact Russel Elledge.

Living in a Redemptive Community Part II (1 Thes. 5.16-22)

Living in a Redemptive Community (Phil Kooistra: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22)

Living in a Redemptive Community

Living in a Redemptive Community (Joe Gladfelter: 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15)

Parent Meeting Notes

IBC Student Ministry Parent Meeting
January 10, 2010

Thank you so much for coming. I would love the opportunity to get to know each of you better and serve you and your families in whatever ways possible.

IBC Student Ministry is built upon . . .
Purpose: Our ministry exists to glorify God by assisting parents in evangelizing and equipping students through the Word of God to present each one complete in Christ.

As a Ministry we are committed to…
• Teaching and applying the Word of God to students in both public (preaching) and private (small groups) ministry.
• To a Christ centered Gospel that emphasizes repentance and shows the character of God’s love as both mercy and Justice.
• To continually emphasizing the Glory, Sovereignty, and Holiness of God to all in our ministry.
• To providing adult leaders who can model mature Christian Character and show the love of Christ to students through an incarnational ministry.
• To providing age appropriate ministries and activities to Middle School, High School, and College age students.
• To a Biblical model of parenting and to do all we can to foster the critical relationship between parents and students.
• To helping students discover their spiritual gifts, training them to utilize them, and giving them opportunities to minister with them.
• To allow every student to be “known” through a small group ministry.
• To providing training that helps equip students in theology, apologetics, Bible knowledge, and personal ministry.
• To exposing students to local, global, and personal missions ministry.
• To Communicate the heart of Jesus for the lost, by equipping and challenging students to become missionaries to their own culture as Salt and Light.
• To teach our young men and women what the Bible teaches concerning the Biblical roles of Men and Women
• To help students apply the knowledge they have received through works of service.

Web Page: Our Website can be found at http://ibcstudentministries.org This website includes upcoming calendar information for both H.S. and M.S., A description of our programs, Forms to download (including recent flyers and Medical Release forms), SMS subscription, and a host of web links for parents to check out. You can also access all of our sermons on this site. Be sure to check out the “Parents” page for a parent friendly run down of the site.

Parent Blog: The Parent blog has now been integrated with the new website and you can find the articles at http://ibcstudentministries.org/parents/

(Please check and update your info before you leave)
NETMA: Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything! NETMA will make sure that you are up to date on all of the latest information in the student ministry as well as help you to get to know Pastor Phil a little better. Sign up today, email Pastor Phil at phil@indbible.org, or subscribe to the News and Alerts on the website.

Text Message List: There are two ways to receive txt message alerts from Student Ministry. Give your cell# and name to Pastor Phil @ phil@indbible.org or You can set SMS alerts for our Facebook fan pages or twitter pages. (Must activate Facebook Mobile http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=821 and then subscribe to SMS updates on the facebook fanpage)

Resources:
Internet Filtering
1. www.familyconnect.com
2. www.covenanteyes.com
Ipod Touch protection
1. Go into parent controls and set up a code
2. Turn off Safari browser and youtube
3. Download http://www.mobicip.com/ or Covenant Eyes (http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2009/12/28/covenant-eyes-iphone-app-is-here/) as the browser
4. Full Detials can be found at http://content.mobicip.com/content/how-setup-parental-controls-iphone-ipod-touch-os-3x-edition
Movie and Music Content
1. http://www.screenit.com
2. http://www.pluggedinonline.com/
3. http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/

Book that I highly recommend on a Biblical model of parenting.
Age of Opportunity, Paul Tripp
Teach Them Diligently, Lou Priolo
Shepherding a Child’s Heart, Tedd Tripp
Successful Christian Parenting, John MacArthur
Growing Up Christian , Karl Graustein
“Disciplines of a Godly Family” by Kent and Barbra Hughes
“Big truths for Young Hearts” by Bruce A. Ware

Current Teaching:
Sunday Encounter M.S./H.S.: 1 Thessalonians and then 2 Thessalonians
Wednesday Night FUEL (MS): Gospel of Luke
Wednesday Night RENU (H.S.) Proverbs

Teaching Team:
High School
• Pastor Phil, Brad Teel, Kevin Denton, Rob Mason

Middle School
• Thad Smith, Joe Gladfelter, Brad Teel, Phil Kooistra

Facebook: if you are unaware of our facebook groups you can find them at…
Student ministries Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/IBCSM
High School Ministry: http://www.facebook.com/ibccrossroads
Middle School Ministry: http://www.facebook.com/IBCMiddleSchool
Independent Bible Church Group: http://www.facebook.com/indbible

Videos: You can find our videos (including sermons from Crossroads) at the following places.
All videos can be found at: http://vimeo.com/ibccrossroads
Crossroads Group page is at : http://vimeo.com/groups/ibccrossroads
Sunday sermons at: http://vimeo.com/ibcsmsermons

Feeds: For those of you who use RSS Feeds below are the following feeds for Student Ministry.
Podcast for latest sermons is podcast link (Recently updated and can be found on the website)
Rss Feed for sermons is http://feeds.feedburner.com/SermonsFromCrossroadsMinistryInPortAnglesWa
Events and Updates High School: http://ibcstudentministries.org/?cat=65,68&feed=rss2
Middle School: http://ibcstudentministries.org/?cat=66,67&feed=rss2
Devotional Blog: http://marvelatgod.wordpress.com/feed/
Parent Blog: http://ibcstudentministries.org/?cat=8&feed=rss2

Opportunities
1. High School Oscars: We need some parents to help with Food for our “Oscars” after party. Oscars is Jan. 16th and we have an after party where food is served. The food we are looking for is “Appetizer” items like “chips, veggies, fruit, and a few hot dishes like meatballs, little smokies, etc. If you are able to help with this please sign up today and talk Becky Gladfelter or email her at bglad90@yahoo.com or call her at 797-4358
2. Camera Capers: We will need Digital Cameras and transportation for our middle school event on Feb. 20th If you are able to help please let Thad Smith know.

3. Video Scavenger Hunt: We will need help with vehicles and Video cameras for this event.

Calendar
Pick up the next 3 month calendars

Upcoming Events…

Jan. 16th H.S. Oscars
Jan. 17th Mexico Meeting
Jan. 24th Mexico Lunch Fundraiser
Jan. 28-30 M.S. Winter Camp
Feb. 14th Mexico Meeting
Feb. 21 Mexico Lunch Fundraiser
Feb. 20 M.S. Camera Capers
Feb. 26-28 H.S. Winter Camp
March 7 Mexico Meeting
March 13 H.S. Video Scavenger hunt
March 14 Mexico Meeting
March 20 M.S. Bowling
March 21 Mexico Lunch Fundraiser
April 3-10 Spring Break Mexico Mission Trip
April 17 Amazing Race
May 2 Parent Meeting
May 8 STRIVE

Big Summer Dates:
H.S. Summer Camp July 25-30 @ the Firs Conference Center in Bellingham
M.S. Summer Camp August 15-19 @ Camp David Jr.

How we should treat our leaders

How we should treat our leader (Brad Teel: 1 Thes. 4:12-13)

Brad Teel: “Response to Sheperds” from Crossroads Ministry on Vimeo.

Carried by Our Heavenly Father (Deut 1:31)

Sourced from: Devotions to Help you Marvel at our God!

My Prayer for You! (1 Thessalonians 3:11-13)

My Prayer for You! (1 Thessalonians 3:11-13)

Phil Kooistra: “God’s Prayer for You” from Crossroads Ministry on Vimeo.

Mexico Meeting this Sunday!

High School Mexico Meeting is Sunday Nov. 22^nd (during second service) for all those planning on attending the Mexico Mission trip over spring break this year.  This is also for parents of students planning on attending.

This is a critical meeting for ANYONE even thinking of attending the mission trip!  See you at 11 in the H.S. Room.

Watch last years video to inspire you!

Mexico 2008 from Crossroads Ministry on Vimeo.

Christmas Parties

Crossroads & 180 Christmas party Wed. Dec. 16th 7-9 in the H.S. Room at FLC. Bring some snacks and a white elephant gift. See You there!

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