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!

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!

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!

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!