Are you ready for an Excellent Adventure?

Register online HERE!

Will S. Preseton and Fred Theodore Logan think that following Jesus is about as exciting as watching paint dry. They are in for the surprise of a lifetime as they’re taken on a most excellent adventure where they are introduced to the reality of what it means to be a Christ Follower. Get ready to join them on this journey of discovery at H.S. Summer Camp this year!

On July 25th, over 100 High School students from four different churches will descend on the Firs Conference Center for some crazy camp games, extreme free time activities (including wakeboarding, wake surfing, tubing, paintball, high ropes… and more), uplifting worship, chill time with friends, and a place to get away from all the pressures at home and meet with God. We are looking for some kids that are ready for an “Excellent Adventure.” Are you up for it? Don’t forget to register early and bring a friend for a discount!

Activities

—>Wake Boarding

—>Tubing

—>Volleyball

—>Paintball($25)

—>Basketball

—>Frisbee Golf

—>Foosball

—>Ping-Pong

—>Pool Tables

—>High Ropes($15)

—>Swimming

—>Ultimate Frisbee

—>Crazy Camp Games

—>And much, much more……

Cost:

Cost is $265 for IBCstudentsbyJuly 7thand $290 for registrations afterJuly 7th.

Cost is $230 forfirst timevisitorsand theIBC student who brings them! A non-refundable deposit of $50 is due with registration. Camp DVD, paintball, and high ropes are additional costs.

*Partial scholarshipmay be available. Call Student Ministry office at 452-3351 for an application, or to inquire about fundraising opportunities.

Dates:

We will leave IBC July 25at11a.m.(Reg. starts at 10 a.m.) and return July 30atapprox. 3p.m.

Where:

The Firs Conference Center, 4605 Cable Street, Bellingham WA 98229 Phone: 800-765-3477

www.thefirs.org

Double Spirit Day:

FLOWER POWERis our double spirit day theme this year! So get crazy with your “70’s” get up and be ready to get funky during Rec. and at dinner on Wednesday. Double Spirit day can change everything!!!

Talent Show:

The tradition lives on with the Annual Summer Camp Talent Show. This is alwaysa funeveningso come prepared and let us see how talented you really are!

Bring:

Bible, pen or pencil, warm clothes for evenings, sleeping bag and pillow, flashlight, towel, toiletries, a modest swimsuit (this means one piece), spending money for luncheson the way to and returning from camp(orsack lunch) and for snacksandpaintball ($20-30 recommended).Note: each student is allowed ONE bag, ONE carry on bag, and their sleeping bag and pillow.

Do not bring:

Drugs, alcohol, fireworks, tobacco, ANY ELECTRONICS (they WILL be confiscated), any inappropriate reading material, inappropriate dress (including 2 piece swimsuits, “tankinis,” sagging pants/shorts, or anything with inappropriate holes or cut outs) or a poor attitude.

All High School Camp Participants must agree to the following code of conduct:

1. Participation in all regularly scheduled activities is required.

2. Respect will be shown toward the community and other campers.

3. Everyone is to be in their room at the stated times.

4. Consumption of alcohol, smoking, and use of illegal drugs is prohibited.

5. In cases of participants not abiding by this code of conduct parents may be called. Discipline matters will be handled by adult staff. Students will be sent home if necessary at participant’s expense.

6. Allcampers will respect the camp dress code.

Ready to register? Click HERE!

Join us for an awesome night at Olympic Skate Center, July 7, 7-9PM!

Cost is $5 per person.

Wednesday June 30, 6:30 – 9:00PM

Calling all High School Seniors! Please join us at RENU on Wednesday June 8th for a special night to recognize you and celebrate!

STRIVE is IBC Student Ministries’ Annual Fundraiser.

Meet at the IBC Worship Center at 8:15 a.m.  Bring a sack lunch, work gloves, water bottle and any yard tools such as rakes.

The date of the May 2nd Parent Meeting has been moved to MAY 16!

Grab your parents and join us at the Family Life Center on June 13th after Second Service for some great food and fellowship!

Join us this Saturday, March 13th @ the IBC Family Life Center for a Video Scavenger hunt! Come have fun with friends and watch yourself and others get crazy for prizes.

Event is free! And open to all H.S. students

Starts at 2:00 this Sat. Bring a friend!

Get ready to hit the slopes of Baker! Register Online Here!

We are inviting you and your friends to come with us on an amazing two days of snowboarding, skiing, tubing, and much, much more! If you can’t ski or snowboard, don’t let that stop you! We have lessons available and many others who will be learning with you, as well as tubing for non-ski/snowboarders. Along with the snow, worship, and teaching we will have some sweet games and of course lots of new people to meet. So grab your snowboard, skis, or just yourself and a friend and get your registrations in early so you can hang with us that weekend.

If you plan on renting equipment for skiing/snowboarding there are forms your parents MUST FILL OUT!!! Links to most forms are below, or you can pick up a copy at the Church office.

This camp fills up fast, so get your registration and deposit in today reserving your spot!

Registration:
Check-in begins at 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 26. Bus departs at 4:30 p.m. from the IBC Family Life Center parking lot, 118 Ahlvers.
IBC Bus Returns at approximately 10:00 p.m. Sunday, Feb 28th. to the IBC Family Life Center parking lot.

Final Registration
Is Wednesday, February 17, 2010.

Forms:

2010 Winter Camp Flyer

Medical Release Form

Lesson Liability Form

Rental Pricing

Scholarship Application Form

Partial scholarship application available for registration fees only, MUST be submitted before final registration date in order to qualify. Contact Adrien at the church office to apply.

All forms & money are due before departure. Unused or additional lifts requested not marked on these forms are not guaranteed for refunds or group rates.

Costs:

$50 – Deposit Due with Registration (nonrefundable).

$135 – Early Registration Fee (Includes deposit).

$125 – Guest/visitor Registration Fee (For first time visitors and/or students who bring them. Includes deposit).

$150 – Late Registration (after 2/3/10. Includes deposit).

Skiing/Snowboarding Lift Tickets, rentals (All due upon departure. You must choose one activity per day, only!)

$36 – Saturday Youth Lift

$48 – Saturday Adult Lift (16+)

$36 – Saturday Beginner Lessons

$36 – Sunday Youth Lift

$48 – Sunday Adult Lift (16+)

Rental Pricing

Bring:

- Bible

- your 3 Ring (IBC Ministry Notebooks)

- Snow Gear (as waterproof as possible)

- Warm winter clothes/hat/gloves

- Munchies for the bus ride

- Sack dinner for bus ride

- Water bottle

- Towel & personal care items

- Sleeping bag and pillow

- Please mark all items that you pack with your name. Duct tape and a black marker work great.

Each student is allowed ONE BAG and ONE ADDITIONAL CARRY-ON BAG/BACKPACK as well as sleeping bag, pillow, snowboard/skis, and boots. Bring a sack dinner for the bus ride over, and your own snacks!

Ready to register? Click here!

All Camp Participants must agree to the following code of conduct:

1. Participation in all regularly scheduled activities is required.

2. Respect will be shown toward the community and other campers.

3. Everyone is to be in their room at the stated times.

4. Consumption of alcohol, smoking, and use of illegal drugs is prohibited.

5. Personal electronics are not permitted (i.e. ipods, games, DVD players, etc.)

6. Modest clothing is expected.

In cases of participants not abiding by this code of conduct parents may be called. Discipline matters will be handled by adult staff. Students will be sent home if necessary at participant’s expense.

Check out: www.mtbaker.us for the latest snow report.

We’ll be staying at:
Mt. Baker Bible Camp
8444 Mt. Baker Hwy.
Deming, WA 98244
360-599-2921

If you have any questions, please contact Phil Kooistra or Adrien Craven (aecraven@mac.com) at the IBC Office: 454-3351
IBC Student Ministries
112 N. Lincoln St. Port Angeles, WA
360-452-3351

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.

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

Note: The date has been changed from Jan. 3rd to Jan. 10th!

Videos are now available at http://vimeo.com/album/168086

Mexico Mission applications are due! Turn applications in to Brad Teel by December 6th for all those planning on attending the Spring Break Mission Trip to Mexico.  Brad will be in the H.S. Room before and after Encounter on Sunday.

Click the forms below to Download

Mexico Application Packets

Mexico Mission Trip F.A.Q.

Sample Support letter

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.

Come hang out after the football game at 5th Quarter…9:30ish – 11:00 P.M. at the IBC Family Life Center high school room and Cove. What is it? Friends…snacks and hangin out! 5th Quarter dates are: Sept. 18, Oct. 9 and 23

Hey! Join this group I created using tXtBlaster: Crossroads High School Ministry
By subscribing to this group I can send updates and alerts directly to your phone. It works using regular tXt …messages, so only standard carrier rates apply.

You can sign up now by sending “ibccrossroads” to BLAST (25278). Or you can subscribe online here:
http://txtblaster.com/ibccrossroads

Or for Middle School…

You can sign up now by sending “ibc180″ to BLAST (25278). Or you can subscribe online here:
http://txtblaster.com/ibc180

Another way you can receive txt updates on your phone is to subscribe to SMS updates for our facebook fan pages.  Jusk set up your facebook Mobile settings (http://www.facebook.com/mobile/?settings=1) and click on “subscribe to sms” on the left hand side of the Fan page.

A third way to get txt updates is to receive sms updates for our twitter updates.  Make sure you are a member of twitter (http://twitter.com) go to any of our twitter pages (http://twitter.com/ibcstudentmin http://twitter.com/ibccrossroads http://twitter.com/ibc180) become a follower of our updates and subscribe to sms updates.

If you have any questions on any of this you can email phil at phil@indbible.org

Scripture paints a very gloomy picture of our lives prior to God.  Leviticus 26:13 says, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves.  And I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.”

In this verse, God is heralded as our great rescuer.  He comes upon us in our desperate and trapped condition unable to hear or obey the commands of anyone but our current evil master.  And then He intervenes.  With a strong arm, He breaks the yoke of severe bondage and servitude that is draped across our shoulders.

This yoke – placed upon all humanity at the garden of Eden when sin entered this world – is a bitter and heavy master.  Consider a few descriptions that our passage implies about this yoke:

1) It is a yoke of slavery.  This is slavery to Satan, and it manifests itself in our acts of sin.  Before God breaks us free of this yoke, we are forced to do the works of the evil one (see Romans 6:17-18).

2) It is a bitter yoke. This is why the Jewish people eat bitter herbs while partaking of the Passover (Ex 12:8).  It is to remind them of the bitter taste that was left in their mouths from their slavery to the kings of Egypt.  How bitter is the aftertaste of our former life of sin as well.

3) It is a heavy yoke.  This yoke of sin causes us to live a hunched-over life.  It is heavy on our souls.  Our faces, countenances, and lives bear the weight of sin and guilt.  We have no freedom to serve God – just oppression and heaviness as we do the bidding of our evil slave master.

4) It is a yoke controlled by God’s adversary.  At the helm – the slave driver – is none other than Satan himself.  He wants us to plow his fields, do his work, and plant his kingdom.  We are yoked under his command with no hope of escape.

5) But, it is a yoke that is smashed apart by God’s mercy!  How wonderful of a phrase that God uses in Leviticus 26 – “I have broken the bars of your yoke.”  The heavy and taxing service to Satan is ended.  The yoke is broken from our shoulders and left to lie upon the ground where it belongs.  We are free!!  Free at last to stand upright.  Free to turn and gaze upon our Deliverer.  Free to praise and thank Him.  Free to learn of Him.  Free to worship.  Free to follow this Good and Great Deliverer!

Christian, take joy and delight in the God who approached your sad and helpless condition, stretched out His arm, and broke to pieces your life of slavery and doom.  May the thought of Jesus Christ and His work on the cross (Col 2:13-15) bring you much strength and encouragement for your soul.  May you walk with upright shoulders and a light and happy heart today!

Alive2Christ,

Kendall C.

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

Last Wednesday night I had the privilege to teach Proverbs 3:1-2 on the Blessing of loving God’s Word.

1.My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments ;
2.For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.

One of the blessings that is promised to us if we order our lives according to God’s Word is “Peace.”  The Word for Peace in Hebrew is Shalom.  It is quite an incredible word.  Shalom means “Completion and fulfillment – of entering into a state of wholeness and unity, a restored relationship” Isn’t that what we all long for in this life?  To be restored in our relationships with God and others and to find completion and fulfillment?  The ultimate way that God brought about “Shalom” was through the Cross of Jesus Christ.  It was on the Cross that Jesus made the way for us to be restored into a relationship with our heavenly father and to find the purpose we were made for… to Glorify God with our lives.  It was on the Cross that our sin was paid for and God’s wrath was satisfied!

There is a story in “The Pilgrims Progress” that is a beautiful word picture of this “Shalom”  In the story Pilgrim has left the city of Destruction and is going to the celestial city to find the king, but he is laden with a huge burden on his back that causes him great trouble.  Then He comes to the cross…

Now I saw in my dream, that the highway up which Christian was to go, was fenced on either side with a wall, and that wall was called Salvation. Isaiah 26:1. Up this way, therefore, did burdened Christian run, but not without great difficulty, because of the load on his back.

He ran thus till he came at a place somewhat ascending; and upon that place stood a cross, and a little below, in the bottom, a Tomb. So I saw in my dream, that just as Christian came up with the cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders, and fell from off his back, and began to tumble, and so continued to do till it came to the mouth of the Tomb, where it fell in, and I saw it no more.

Then was Christian glad and lightsome, and said with a merry heart, “He hath given me rest by his sorrow, and life by his death.”

Shalom is only found at the Cross.  If you are burdened by your sin and the weight of your guilt… you can find Shalom at the Cross.

1.Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
3. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
4. so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. flesh

Romans 8:1-4

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

“Crazy Love… Can’t Have a Divided Heart” (Pastor Phil Koositra) from Crossroads Ministry on Vimeo.