This Week @ FBCG: INTERSECT

Hey Parents,

Well it was supposed to be the start of school this week for most of our students, but looks like you get them for a few more days at least!!  Need to get them out of your hair for a few hours???  Then make sure they come to IGNITE tomorrow night!!

We are starting a new series tomorrow night called Intersect.  The wonder of God is all around us.  But sometimes we're too overloaded with answers to see the beautiful mystery behind all our questions.  For the ancient Hebrews, the wonder of God was present in their very history - in the God-stories they passed from generation to generation.  And when the God of those amazing stories chose to dwell within the temple - when He chose to reveal Himself to His people - that wonder was accessible to them 24/7.  But God didn't stop there.  He sent His son so that the temple, the place where He chose to dwell, could move from a place to a person.  Because of Jesus, we have become the temple.  Because of what Jesus did, we are the tangible representation of God to the world.  We are now the place - we are the way - that God chooses to intersect with the world.

We're gonna have a great time of beginning to explore that truth this week...we'll have the worship band, some videos and some small group discussion time...and also a new look to the stage for this series so come check it out....doors open to The Attic at 5:45 PM

Also, just a reminder that all of our new 6th graders are welcome to come and start their time with the youth tomorrow night as well....goodbye .kids and hello IGNITE!

A few other bits of info for you...

1.  This Sunday morning, all 6th graders will be moved up into our youth Sunday School department....we've made a few changes in our staff and I want to let you know about those, so here's our roster of teachers for this year:

Middle School Group Time : Josh and Lydia McMillan
6th-8th Guys - Marty Meadows and Mark Klassen
6th-8th Girls - Michelle Carpenter and Lesia Brown

High School Group Time: Jeff Rush and Jeff Kelly
9th Guys - Andrew York and Mike Allen
10th-12th Guys - David Carpenter and Jeff Rush
9th-10th Girls - Jackie Norman and Melissa Meadows
11th-12th Girls - Crystal Kelly and Janet Bowman

Our Sunday School Coordinator will be Lisa Brooks.

Our classes get going right at 9:30 so try to get their on time!


2.  Sunday night, August 19th we will be starting a new series called Generation Change from Dave Ramsey.  This is a curriculum aimed at helping your students begin to understand that money doesn't grow on trees in the backyard and it approaches the subject of money from a Biblical standpoint.  Kathy Decker and Jeff Kelly will be leading our students through this series and we encourage you to send your students to help them get a jump start on dealing with their personal finances!!  We'll be meeting in The Attic on Sunday nights @ 6 PM

3.  BIGNITE for September 5th is going to be an OMC night...OMC stands for "Organized Mass Chaos" and it is a 22 minute, messy, crazy, all around good time.  We are going allow the students to compete as school groups, so we are encouraging our students and you as parents to get out and invite some friends and families to come and watch the madness that is OMC....more info to follow!

Hope everyone has a great week and as always please text, call, Facebook, or tweet me if you have any questions about anything going on!!

Jeff