SYATP Pictures

Contest Post! Week 2!

Hey everyone,
It's that time again...  Last week Mr. Ben Schoborg won the contest and received a gift card to the AMC theaters in Newport.

This week is going to be a little different.  There will be 3 winners.  If you are one of the first 3 people to respond to this post you will receive something from our recent event "Reveal".

You can now respond in two different ways.

First way - Old Way - Simply comment on this post - (your name) wins!

Second Way - New Way - you can e-mail me at oakridge.youth@hotmail.com.

I'll check the times of the comments and the first three people will win!

Hell Questions

CONTEST POST!

It's here!

If you see this post you may have an opportunity to win this weeks prize which is...

- AMC Gift Card -

Now to win this you must comment on this post saying  (Your name) is first! If one of you wise-n-heimers type (Your name) instead of actually typing your actual name, you MAY not receive the prize this week.

To comment you will have to use an AOL or google account.  If you do not have one, ask your parents first.  You are allowed to use your parents name if they have a user account, but make sure you type in your name in the comment.

First comment posted wins!

Award will be given out this Sunday before Sunday School!

SYATP

See You at the Pole is here again!

Each year students from across the country wake up early on a Wednesday morning to go to their schools and pray around their flagpoles.

This years SYATP is this next Wednesday, September 28th.  If you attend a school show up early and meet at the flagpole.  Christian students will meet you there to pray for your school, classmates, and teachers.

We will also be having a breakfast before SYATP at the Lighthouse.  It will start at 6:00 am.  If you attend Simon Kenton and need a ride, we can provide transportation after the breakfast.

If you would like to know more info on what your school is doing this year for SYATP, I encourage you to talk with your Christian club leader (i.e. FCA, FISH, or prayer group leader).

September 19, 1997

14 years ago today the Christian world was rocked by the tragic death of Rich Mullins.

Rich Mullins was a Christian singer and songwriter.  He became famous in the 80's and early 90's with his hit "Awesome God".  This song is still played on the radio 20 years later!

I encourage you all to check out some of his songs and performances.  Obviously a lot of his stuff is dated because it happened 15-20 years ago, but his songs revolutionized the Christian music industry.  Many Christian artists were inspired by him, including Chris Tomlin, David Crowder, and many, many others.

He pushed worship music to a new level.  His songs are still used in worship services all over the world.  There weren't as many Christian artists as there are now back then.  Many churches went from traditional to blended/contemporary song styles using his songs for worship.

On September 19th, 1997 he was involved in a deadly car crash in Ohio.  Some of you reading this were not even born yet. 

Here are some youtube links of some of his songs...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJL_bChiTI0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2KOCgC8DnU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVTop7pzqcM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm2A5IJlOWk

Look up more things on him through google, youtube, and wikipedia. 

New Series - What is Hell?

A couple of weeks ago I was praying on what our next message series should be.  We've been talking about the importance of Church and Christianity in our previous series (Why ________).  I felt God was pulling us towards issues that may be confusing and misunderstood, specifically the idea of hell.  So our first message series after REVEAL was planned to be about hell.
Fast forward to the REVEAL services.  On the last night Rob Turner spoke on heaven and mentioned how more and more churches have stopped talking about hell and heaven.  He encouraged us to not shy away from these topics just because it makes us uncomfortable.

Another example of God's sovereignty.

We will be staying on the issue of hell for the next few weeks.  We'll look at what our culture says about hell (including the Christian culture) and see if it matches Biblically to what the Bible has to say.

What was "revealed" to you?

After 9 months of planning, 50 yards signs, and over 2000 pogs the "Reveal" event has finally come and gone.

Each night we averaged over 300 students in attendance.  We had over 10 different churches represented throughout the Northern Kentucky area.  It was amazing to see so many schools and churches worshipping God as one body of believers. 

Continue checking in with the Reveal facebook page - www.facebook.com/reveal2011.  We encourage everyone to right on the wall something that was "revealed" to them this week.

Thanks to everyone who helped with this event.  It was awesome to see God working through each of you.  Everyone did a wonderful job inviting their friends and family to this event.

I say all of that to say this...  We're not even close to being done for the year.  Many of you were challenged by our speaker, Rob Turner, to "pray up, speak up, and step up".  Its time that we all step up and live as someone who is living in Christ.  This means we need to get rid of the junk and start living a way that people can see and understand who Jesus is by our actions.  The way we talk, act, and live matters!  Now that the truth has been revealed to you, its time to reveal it to others.  It's time!