This Week @ FBCG: Recharge Edition

Good Morning Parents,

     Well I hope you and your students have either enjoyed Fall Break or are currently still enjoying it for a few more days!  We are in full-on "Recharge" mode after a fantastic UNITE 2012 retreat.  We have over a 110 students and leaders gathered together this past weekend and I believe that it was in impacting and important weekend in the lives of our students!  God allowed us to have a beautiful weekend and the weather was awesome for all the outdoor activities that our students got to participate in (make sure you ask your students about the "helium stick")!

     We missed all those students who were traveling and couldn't join us and look forward to seeing them tomorrow night or Sunday morning!!  Although we are recharging, we still have important info for you guys so here goes..

1. IGNITE is TOMORROW NIGHT!!  We'll jump into our 2nd session in our "Blessed" series and we'll have some fun with some Oreo's.  Doors open to The Attic @ 5:45 PM!

2.  Sunday School is every Sunday morning at 9:30 AM.  We have some of THE BEST Sunday School teachers EVER so send your students to come and fellowship and dive into God's Word!

3.  The Feast will be back on this Sunday night from 6:00 - 7:00 up in The Attic.  This is a seriously focused time of deep Bible Study and Theology...it's a chance for our students to dive deeper into their understanding of the God we serve and what we say we believe.  Due to the deep nature of our study, we understand that some students might not be interested...but last week we had OVER 20 STUDENTS!!!  Praise God!  Hope to see everybody back this Sunday night!

4.  Our November BIGNITE will be Wednesday, November 7th and we'll be heading out to Shuckle's Corn Maze in Hendersonville.  More info will be coming next week but go ahead and mark your calendars!

A few notes for you as your students are diving into a better understanding of the word "Blessed" this month:

 Be a Student of What They are Learning
Maybe we get that our "stuff" isn't what determines God's blessing in our life.  And maybe we even understand that what God is doing in us and through us is more important than any "thing."  But what about the idea that God's most extravagant blessings can be found in the ordinary, everyday - and maybe even the annoying - people that we find ourselves surrounded by?  What if we counted our blessings not by "what we have but by "who" we have; by those ordinary and extraordinary relationships that God weaves into our lives?  We just might find that we are more blessed than we ever imagined!

Have a great week!
Jeff