Surge in Review 8/29/12

There was a ton of energy last night at CYM.  It was fun seeing everyone get untangled and it was really awesome seeing kids and students worship their Creator!  Last night we talked about ways we could continue being a Christ Follower at school.  We talked about the pressures to act and talk like those who are not.  We looked at 4 specific ways to "Connect" so that we could persevere by being who we say we are.

1. We need to connect with God through prayer-prayer is vital for helping us resist temptation
2. We need to connect with God's word- knowing what the right things are is vital for us to follow through
3. We need to connect with Christ Following friends-find someone in your school who has the same standards as you and stick with them
4. We need to connect with Adults-find adults who will pray for you constantly  

Students at CYM were: Makensey, Alley, Alexis, Chrissy, Hailey, Katie, Corrie, Kim, Jonathan, Ryan, Elijah, Alex, Luke, Zach, Colten, Jayson, and Brian

SURGE in Review 8/22/12

Last night we talked about one of the craziest stories in all of Scripture...David and Bathsheba found in 2 Samuel 11.  Our main focus last night is to be students and people of integrity.  Are we the same people by ourselves as we are when we are at church or at school?  If we are by ourselves do we watch the same shows on TV as we would if our parents were watching TV with us?  Do we listen to the same songs by ourselves that we'd feel comfortable enough to share those with a friend or through the sound system in the CYM room?  Which of your electronic devices tempts you the most?  TV, Phone, Computer?  What steps are you taking to create accountability for the times you are alone?

Students in attendance were: Makensey, Alexis, Chrissy, Donya, Hailey, Katie, Corrie, MJ, Kim, Frankie, Jonathan, Ryan, Zach, Colten, Luke, Christian, Jeremiah, Jeigh, Mason, and Brian.

SURGE in Review: 8/15/12

After an exciting game of "knock-out" and an awesome time of worship, it was time to start building some boats!  Check out these pics of students making the biggest boat that would float the longest and would eventually hold the most pens using just paper and masking tape.

After some really ingenious boat creations by all, we dug into the Scriptures and talked about the day that Peter stepped out of the boat in the middle of the sea to walk to Jesus.  This year in School we may find ourselves feeling like the disciples...sent out by Jesus only to be found in the middle of a storm and one chance to step out of the safety of our boat and on to the crashing waves with Jesus.  What will you choose?

Students at SURGE were: Makensey, Alley, Katie, Jonathan, Ryan, Jeremiah, Corrie, Donya, Christian, Luke, Zach, Colten, Kim, Kim, MJ, Alex, and Mason

SURGE in Review 8/1/2012

Ice, Pizza, Nice Singing, and Jesus...these are the 6 words I would use if I had to summarize last night's CYM in 6 words or less.

It was AWESOME having Keith Mason back leading us in our crazy games as we played a nice refreshing round of some ice relay games.

After the ice relay we ate some Pizza in celebration of our 31 registered students.  Last night we added 3 students to that list but we missed giving registration forms to 4 students not yet registered.  

Then we sang: "Here I am to Worship", "Take Me In", "Like an Avalanche", "Give us Clean Hands".

It was here that we dug into the Scriptures and talked a ton about "The Woman at the Well" story.  Over the past couple of weeks we've been looking into some Jesus stories that were connected to the temple.  It is amazing how Jesus was setting up and casting vision for the transfer of God's dwelling from the physical temple in Jerusalem to the Spiritual temple of our hearts.  I loved the openness to details that the students showed last night.  

Students at CYM were: Alley, Luke, Jayson, Jonathan, Katie, Corrie, Zach, Shyloh, Brittany, Kim, Kim, Chrissy, Hailey, Brian, Austin, Drayton, Marci, Savannah, Ryan,  Jora, Jeigh, Mason, MJ, Ryan, and Alexis