Uprising Photo Stream

I've talked about our youth group, The Uprising, but I haven't posted any pictures of the teens I love. So here's a photo stream of my favorite teenages. These are the things we do on a given week:

We Play Games 

(Bailey, the fearless, Quidditch team captain)

(Gettin' into the game)

(they're such good sports)

We Eat Snacks

(they demolished these and more)

We make funny faces

(don't mess with Keegan!)

(love that Kelsey is making a face too)

We "love on each other"

We Celebrate Birthdays

(Happy Birthday Katelyn!)

We listen to a lesson and discuss

We design t-shirts and vote on them

(great t-shirts Kelsey! Can't wait to get them made!)

So that's what Uprising is like on any given weekend. We are so blessed. We couldn't ask for a better group of teens and we love each and every one of them so much. Thank you for being so wondeful, Uprising. You bless us more than you know.

Uprising

This week we started the Uprising with our teens at CenterPointe. The Uprising is the theme of the year for our teens. We are going to be learning about and battling against "The Lies the Church Believes" this semester and I'm really excited about what God will do in this youth group.

Last night we read the story of Shadrach Meshach and Abenago in Daniel 3 and we challenged them to stand up and be different; to face the lies and defeat them. We taught them that believing in God means we have to give up our pride, and sometimes our body, for a cause that is greater than us. When God gives us a chance to stand up for Him we don't want to be the one that gives in to peer pressure, because if we stand up for Him it gives Him a chance to show His power and glory to bring more hearts to Him.

Our middle school small group discussion was great. Here are some questions and answers that I thought were fantastic:

Question:Who are we fighting against?
Answer:
Satan, People who take only the parts of the Bible they want, Ourselves.  - I never thought of the last one. It so simple and honest. Jeremiah 17:9 says "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it?"

Mi:1

This Saturday, September 10th, CenterPointe Christian Church Youth Ministry we will be hosting an outreach even for teens called Mi:1. Anyone in grades 6 - 12 is invited to attend.

This event will be on Saturday evening from 6:30 until 11 at CenterPointe Christian Church (865 Greendale Road, Lexington)

It is an epic survivor played in the dark on 10 acres of land. The Gospel will be shared at the end of the evening. Food will be provided and there will be a raffle for awesome prizes as well as prizes for everyone on the winning team.

We are still looking for churches in the Lexington area to join in and bring their youth groups to Mi:1. We want as many teens as possible and we are praying that God will touch lives through this event.

We are also still looking for prizes. If you own or work for a company and can donate a prize we would be so thankful! We want to give away anything from burgers to ipods to gaming systems. We have a support letter on church letterhead that we can give for your records.

For more information search Mi:1 to find the page on Facebook or click here for the event page on Facebook.

If you have questions or want to bring your youth group or can donate prizes please email Samantha@theclutteredtable.com.

We are so excited about this event! Please be praying that God will work in these teens lives and that many will be saved.