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Last Night in Pictures

The following are some pictures from reverb last night.

 A special thanks to Adriana Torres for doing such a great job taking pics!

For the full photo album click here.

Pic from SYATP today...

Let's Do This...

Reverb in Review 6/29/11

Series: "3D"

Key Thought: Deep faith is developed through the daily decision to pray. 

Understandable Message: This week we focused on the importance and power of daily prayer.  We focused on the example of Jesus and the reality that it is impossible to have a healthy Christian life without the discipline of prayer.  Each week in the series we are looking at a passage from Luke.  It has been great because many students are following the "3D" Luke/Acts Challenge and reading their Bibles each day.  The passage we focused on was Luke 11:1-4 when Jesus taught his disciples to pray.  Our teachers shared the elements of this prayer in our different Middle School, High School, and College-Age environments: 1.Praise 2.Purpose 3.Provision 4.Purity 5.Power 6.Priorities.  

Creative Elements: We kicked off the night in a fun way by playing a quick game of "Who Wants to be a Fraction of a Millionaire?" Donny did a great job hosting!  Our grand prize was $10.  Two lucky students walked out last night 1/100,000 of a Millionaire!  It was fun!  After this, the student band did a great job leading us in worship! 

Songs: What the World will Never Take, Hosanna, There is Nothing Like.  

Next Week: No Service due to FL District Family Camp.

The 3D Challenge

Last Wednesday night, with our kickoff of 3D, we issued a challenge to students and staff to read their Bibles everyday.  We simply called it the "3D Challenge."  This summer we are focusing on developing deep faith through daily decisions.  One of the daily decisions we are making is the decision to read the Bible.  

Everything changed when king Josiah found "The Book" in 2 Kings 22.  The Word of God was there all along, however, Josiah was not aware of it.  Our prayer is that this summer many students will discover "The Book" and be forever changed.  

As a way to remember the challenge, we gave each student a bookmark to remember what we are reading each day.  We also are posting the scriptures on a blog each day here and on facebook. 

 

Reverb in Review 6/15/11

Series: "3D"

Key Thought: God desires for us to have deep faith.  Deep faith is developed through making Daily Decisions to be Devoted to God.  

Understandable Message: This week we introduced the "3D" through our different environments (Middle School, High School, College) after being together for worship in the Student Chapel. The key text for our teachers was taken from Exodus 16.  God chose to feed Israel in the wilderness through daily manna.  God chooses to feed us spiritually through our daily disciplines of prayer and reading the Bible. We also focused on the reality that today matters.  If we are going to develop deep faith then we must begin with today.  We too often over-exaggerate yesterday, over-estimate tomorrow, and under-estimate today.  We challenged students to commit to read their Bible everyday during the summer through committing to our "3D Luke/Acts Challenge."  We had bookmarks for everyone that listed the scriptures we are reading together this summer.  My life changed completely when I started reading the Bible daily.  I am excited to see what is going to happen through this challenge!

Creative Elements: Since this was the kickoff of  "3D" we went all out with the theme.  We had 3D glasses for all the students when they came in.  All of our handouts were in 3D.  All of our pre-service announcements were in 3D.  Also, we opened up service with a highlight video from last week's youth service that was in 3D.  We also built a large replica of our "3D" logo that was on the platform.  

Songs: Take it All, From the Inside Out, Tear Down the Walls

Next Week: Week 2 of "3D"

 

 

The last launch of Shuttle Endeavour

It was unbelievable to have the opportunity to see the last launch of shuttle Endeavour this morning!  What an amazing experience.  

Reverb 5/11/11

Great times at reverb this past Wednesday night!  We are continuing our "TOGETHER" series.  

THE EVENT in Photos

Youth Rally in New Port Richey!

Awesome Youth rally last night in New Port Richey! @POAapopka students loved it! @pjpamer did an awesome job preaching. Life-changing word! Great trip!

Also,  the backdrop was so cool that the church had made for #FOCUS 2011! Great job to the Sierras and the Rodriguez for hosting a great rally!