Connections for high school students: Winter Retreat, Life Groups, Missions
High School Ministry Updates 1.3.12
White House Ornaments. Many thanks to everyone who helped support our high school mission teams through their purchases of ornaments!! We have a few more ornaments left (as well as the CPC Christmas ornament that is beautifully etched in glass) if you still need to fill in your collection.
Winter Retreat 2012. We return to Rhodes Grove Conference Center in Pennsylvania for our February 17-19 weekend! Discussions of faith, connecting with others, great food and lots of games will fill our hours. On Saturday we’ll go to Whitetail Ski Resort to tube, ski, snowboard, or just hang out in the lodge. Download the flier for costs and the permission slip from our “Events” sidebar. Fliers also available outside the Student Min office.
Genghis Grill Fundraiser! Please join the high school mission teams for their fundraiser at Genghis Grill (near Chantilly Costco) on Tuesday, January 17 (5-10:00 p.m.). Please tell your server that you are there to support our mission team and we will receive a percentage of the sales.
High School Mission Team Training Begins. Our first training meeting for international teams and for student leaders on MS North Carolina team is Sunday, January 8 (7-8:30 p.m.). All students and adults need to attend. Parents are welcome, but do not need to attend. We will review details about the Project Experience as well as begin our mission preparations!
International Summer Mission Teams. If you are interested in serving on one of next summer’s international teams and have not registered yet, please contact me as soon as possible. The Guatemala team is full, but the Yucatan (June 30-July 7) and Zambia (July 17-31) teams have space available. Info sheets and applications are on our website.
Sunday Morning Ministries. Join us for Life Groups (9th – 12th grades) every week at 10:00 a.m. in room 206. We begin the new season as we discuss having a missional lifestyle…including the joys and the struggles!
High School Musical, Jr. opens next month! Get your tickets online or in the church office for a wonderful show of hope and encouragement. Showtimes are February 2 and 3 (7:30 p.m.) and Feb 4 (4:00 p.m.). All proceeds help to support our middle school mission team serving in Charlotte, NC this summer.
For Parents: Weekly Sunday morning Adult Education opportunities resume on January 8 (10-10:45 a.m.). The Study of Daniel will continue (new participants are always welcome). The 8-week Hurried Family class will offer valuable discussions to ponder ways to balance the busyness of life and the health of our family.
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Blessings,
Sharon Hoover
Director of Student Ministry
www.centrevillepres.com
703-830-0098 ext. 17
1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Live Different: Be Done with Sin
“Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.” (1 Peter 4:1-2)
Several years ago, before Apple was the most powerful company in the universe (exaggeration?), they ran an ad campaign called “Think Different.” Especially back then, they wanted people to consider the possibility that their “Windows” on the world wasn’t the only way to see things.
God’s Word tells Christians to “think different,” as well. And having our minds renewed is a big part of what it means to become like Jesus. But we’re not meant to stop at thinking different(ly?). God calls us to live different from the world in very specific ways. In fact, it’s one key to becoming as powerful in Christ as God means for us to be.
Peter will help us to understand what that means this week, but it does start with taking on a Christ-like attitude toward sin. In short, as people who are willing to die for Christ, why would we want to waste our lives living for sin? Living different starts with not letting our physical appetites make the decisions for us.
Living different means living to say yes to God.
Think: Is your goal in your natural self to stand out from the crowd or to fit in? Is your goal as a Christ-follower to do either of those things? According to today’s passage, what should be your goal as a Christ-follower?
Pray: Ask God to help you not to waste your life living for sin but to live for the will of God, instead.
Do: Today’s verse starts with a “therefore.” Read 1 Peter 3:8-22 to see what it’s “there for.
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