First Baptist Church Bethany Students: February 2010

Youth Center

3700 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

Open Hours

Sundays 9am-11am, 4pm-7pm

Wednesdays 5pm-8pm

Friday, February 19, 2010

Vintage Weekend Starts Tonight

REGISTRATION AT CHURCH BE THERE NO LATER THAN 6PM

Webcam chat at Ustream

Schedule

Friday Night February 19th

6pm Registration at Churches

6:30pm Doors Open @ EEC

7pm General Session 1 #BoldKnowledge

815pm Transfer Time- HS to Cube MS to Rooms

830pm School Time- HS=Cube MS=SchoolRooms

9:30pm Friday Night #BoldFun

11:00 Pack It Up

Midnight Homes/Bed

Saturday Morning February 20th

8:00am Breakfast @ Homes

9:30am General Session 2 #BoldFaith

10:15am Middle School Seminar/High School Time

11:15am High School Seminar/Middle School Time

NOON Lunch #BoldChikFilA

Saturday Afternoon

1:00pm Afternoon #Exercise Explainer

1:30pm Exercise w/ @yourchurch

3:30pm Return to Homes

5:00pm Dinner @Homes

Saturday Evening

6:00pm Doors Open @EEC

6:30pm- All School Time (HS AND MS together)

7:30pm- General Session 3 #BoldAction

9:00pm- Pack it up #BoldFinish

Sunday Morning

9:30 am Morning Worship @NewChurch

or check with @yourchurch

First Baptist Church of Bethany Student Ministries (FBCBSM)

3800 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

(405) 789-3312

Youth Center

3700 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

Open Hours

Sundays 9am-11am, 4pm-7pm

Wednesdays 5pm-8pm

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Pre-Vintage Bold Week 2 Bold Faith

do you have enough? how could i get more? what does it even matter? how was i supposed to know? what am I going to do tomorrow? what am I going to do with the rest of my life?.... these are questions.... and not just questions... but questions of faith....

so there is this matter of belief and this matter of follow through and both are a matter of faith...

Faith is a word that seems to get thrown around a lot today in our culture. In a lot of cases we aren’t real sure what to make of it because a lot of people that say they have faith in God, but don’t live like it. In fact, it seems as though, this is what faith has become, saying you possess it but not allowing it to take hold of us. We are worried that if we did allow it to take hold of us, we would be made to look like a fool, or have to give up some worldly possession or be asked to do something we really don’t want to do such as move to Africa. Maybe we are just scared that others at our school will see us as a Jesus freak and become the kid who sits alone at the lunch table by ourselves.

conviction-

we all cling to, and believe something... but is what we cling and believe to big enough, great enough, worthy enough of our all whole life?

motivation-

what are we doing with what we believe? are we acting on it? are sharing it? are we waiting with it?... again we return to questions... if faith is anything it is for sure a bunch of questions that drive us to answers (i hope)....fear is the opposite of faith... the worry, the anxiety the hopelessness this is the enemy of faith...

faith is the drive to the answer- the pursuit of truth... the walk to understanding...

“Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test. But we pray to God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed. For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for. For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another,agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.”

(2 Corinthians 13:5–11 ESV)

..... so what say you....are you in faith... or fear...

First Baptist Church of Bethany Student Ministries (FBCBSM)

3800 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

(405) 789-3312

Youth Center

3700 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

Open Hours

Sundays 9am-11am, 4pm-7pm

Wednesdays 5pm-8pm

Monday, February 15, 2010

A Thin Line : www.athinline.org

via athinline.org

sometimes the best thoughts come from the weirdest or most ununusual places... and with litigation popping up all over our city this is not an issue to be avoided

Posted via web from FBCBSM Central

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

NEW SERIES VINTAGE GOES BOLD IN A WEEK AND A HALF WEEK 1 BOLD KNOWLEDGE

VINTAGE IS ONLY A WEEK AND A HALF AWAY!!!! ARE YOU SIGNED UP AND READY!!!!!

Bold- Knowledge-

Wednesday Night: A conversation between Randy and Zac

Music with: Karen, Gharrett, and Mike

So for the next few weeks surrounding Vintage we are going to work on the different session topics that we will talk about at vintage...

This first week is Knowledge and weighs what we know... What are the things that we know, can know, do know, want to know... what do we do with the things know... how do we learn new things..

There is a lot of concern about knowing enough... but maybe just now consider the things you know, and the things you want to know... compile a list and bring some great questions tomorrow night... we have a little change in format that you may like... so let's get to talking...

KNOWLEDGE- KNOW THIS

“Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.”

(2 Corinthians 4:1–12 ESV)

This is a great excerpt from Paul's letter to the Corinthians... that who we are is how we deal with others and how we treat what we know... that there is a journey to knowledge and that knowing may leave us "crushed and perplexed, but not pushed to failure or despair" we must understand that knowledge comes with heavy hand and life worn on....

GO FORTH AND BE BOLD...

First Baptist Church of Bethany Student Ministries (FBCBSM)

3800 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

(405) 789-3312

Youth Center

3700 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

Open Hours

Sundays 9am-11am, 4pm-7pm

Wednesdays 5pm-8pm

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Brightside Tomorrow HIT SQUAD

hey everyone

i hope you enjoyed learning about our favorite things... turning our daily items into spiritual reminders... have you forgotten already? i hope not! Backpacks, Cars, Toys, and Phones!!! these are the things that shape our lives and let us be reminded of the spiritual value they may also have in our daily lives!!!!

Tomorrow we take a break from series and do a one night evaluation of this passage and a little acronym known as H.I.T. (so are you ready to get hit with this!!!!)

logo borrowed from this guy (http://www.thehitsquad.com/index.html)

ideas borrowed from this guy (http://theresurgence.com/10-Temptation-Truths)

“And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wildernessfor forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’”And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”

And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’

and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”

And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.””

(Luke 4:1–19 ESV)

The Temptation of Jesus- a most classic episode and a true moment of understanding Christ's purpose- His divinity and His humanity collide as He is filled with the spirit but tested in powerful ways... His temptation is derived from his humanity but rejected in His divinity...

"...be particularly aware when you’re hungry, isolated, and/or tired. How many of you find that your physical condition weakens your resistance to temptation? Jesus had physical hunger. When you’re physically hungry, you’ll get more grouchy, grumpy, tempted, and isolated."

Is this not the most true thing you have heard today... that all the source of our discomfort, frustration, sinfulness come from our moments of weakness... that when we are weak we hurt worse, and do dumb things... and yes we regret but man if we dont wish we could take things back... but it is the stuggle of positioning ourselves to hurt (being alone, staying up too late, making ourselves hungry) or leaving ourselves open for attack... not listening to our friends, ignoring the kind words, not praying... when are you being HIT?

"Now, solitude is good. The Bible says, and we’ll see it a little bit further in Luke, Jesus often withdrew to lonely places to be alone with the Father (Luke 5:16). Solitude’s good. It’s “I need a break from all of my activities to get alone with God and have him refresh me.”

Isolation is dangerous." http://theresurgence.com/10-Temptation-Truths

The Truth is we are not as strong as Christ... we are full of weakness and prone to shame... so to combat the wickedness of our hearts and the Evil One we move closer to the light... huddle around the warm centers of light/love/mercy.... we call this community... family in His name

what are you living in... Community or Isolation?>

First Baptist Church of Bethany Student Ministries (FBCBSM)

3800 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

(405) 789-3312

Youth Center

3700 N Mueller Ave

Bethany, OK 73008

Open Hours

Sundays 9am-11am, 4pm-7pm

Wednesdays 5pm-8pm