We're moving on up!

The time has come.  This Wednesday, August 31st, we will be bringing up the new 6th graders.  Its always exciting to see new youth join our ministry.  Its even more exciting to see more middle schoolers now that we are starting our new middle school and high school ministries.  We want them to feel welcomed and encouraged to attend.  They may be young, but as we have seen, young people can do some pretty amazing things.
This Wednesday will also be our first afterschool program.  Make sure you print off a permission slip and have your parents sign it before I pick you up.  If not, then meet me at the Lighthouse a little after 3pm.

Ch-ch-ch-changes are coming to ORBS!

Oak Ridge Baptist Students ministries are going to be experiencing some changes this September. 
The time has come to branch outside of our comfort zones.  We will be dividing our middle school and high school students on Wednesday and Sunday nights. 

We will still have our Wednesday and Sunday night meetings (The Point and SHARP groups).  We are just changing the schedule a little bit.

Our Sundays will now look like this...
5pm - DirtyFridge Band practice
6pm - The Point - Middle School Students
        - SHARP Groups - High School Students

Our Wednesdays will not look like this...
2:30 pm - Afterschool Program
6:00 pm - OMEGA Choir practice
7:00 pm - The Point - High School Students
              -  SHARP Groups - Middle School Students

This may sound a little scary but its actually going to create a lot of awesome opportunities.
We will soon be starting separate web pages that deal just with middle school and high school events.  The Point services will be focused on where you are right now in school.  We will also be developing a middle school and high school band so we need middle schoolers to start coming to band practice on Sundays at 5pm.

You'll still be able to see your older and younger friends.  The afterschool program, OMEGA, and DirtyFridge will still be both middle and high school students.  SHARP groups were already divided by age so you won't see much difference there.

Our goal is to grow both the middle school and high school ministries.

The change will happen AFTER our NKY youth conference on September 11-13th.

Start inviting your friends!

It's only a few weeks away.  We have our promo material sent.  Right now over 200 churches in Northern Kentucky will be receiving info on Reveal 2011, but it's not going to stop there!

Each school's Christian club will also be receiving information on the event.  You may have also seen this graphic in the local newspaper.

We need your help to spread the word.  Use the facebook and blog to help your friends get the info.  "Like" the facebook page.  Right now we have 50 fans on facebook, but lets see if we can double that this week!

We'll have more promo material for you guys this Sunday to pass out to your schools.

It's time to get out of the boat!

I have updated the website.  Above you will see that the calendar has been updated.  There are a few changes that should be noted:

1.  The back to school year bash has been rescheduled for August 17th, from 6-8pm.  More details will be coming tomorrow (8/10) at The Point.
2.  Youth Council will be on Monday August 15th
3.  Youth Leadership Team, will meet on August 24th
4.  We have moved one of our Revival Prep's to September 7th
5.  The Revival time is from 7:00-8:15pm

Quick reminder...  The afterschool program is starting at the end of the month.  For you to participate you MUST have a signed permission slip.  Even if you participated last year, you must have signed permission slip by you and your parent.  The permission slip is located at the top of the website next to the calendar.  I'll have hard copies for you tomorrow.

REVEAL

Its been a crazy summer!

Now that we are finished with youth camps, VBS, and kid's camps, its time to start thinking ahead to something HUGE!

We've talked about this since January, and what I said back then is still true today.  This youth revival is the biggest thing we have on our calendar.

Here is the basic info on the event:

Youth Revival - We're calling it "REVEAL"

Location - Simon Kenton High School Auditorium

Dates - September 11-13th

Time - 7pm - 8:15pm (Doors open at 6:45pm)

Speaker - Rob Turner

Worship Leader - Rachael Hurt

Even though this is labeled "youth revival" it is not just for students.  We encourage family and friends of any age to attend these nights.  Each night the gospel will be explained clearly and passionately by Rob Turner.

Start praying now about friends, families, and classmates that need to go to "REVEAL".

On August 17 and 24th, you will see on the calendar "Youth Revival Prep".  We will be having a special The Point services each of those nights.  We will be spending a majority of the service praying and spreading the word to our friends and neighbors.

There will soon be a facebook page dedicated to REVEAL.  We are almost done working on a graphic and soon we will have t-shirts and other promotional items for you to use to let others know about this.

If any of you are on twitter, Rob Turner has started a hashtag called Reveal2011.  Facebook and twitter would be an easy and powerful way to spread the word about this event.

All of this planning will be for nothing if we don't start praying now though.  Take time every day for the next month to pray for this revival.

God is doing some amazing and awesome things!