Vibe worship kickoff

Vibe worship kickoff

Vibe worship kickoff

Meta trifecta begins in less than 24 hours

Over the next three weekends we welcome hundreds of students on the fall Metamorphosis retreats

Oct 24-26....7th/8th grade
Nov 1-2....6th grade
Nov 7-9....high school

Below is an outline of the teaching sessions over the weekend. We will also have hayrides, bonfires, huge outdoor games, and the infamous event-NIGHT STRIKE!! Pray for each and every student that they be have a "makeover" in Jesus Christ

Metamorphosis “Makeover” Fall Retreat teaching outline 2008

(6th grade Meta teaching will be a condensed version by Taylor Ogden Thomas)

Friday night
7th/8th-Taylor teaching
High School-Dave teaching
Scripture: Acts 5:22-42
Media: model makeover video, Mr.& Mrs. Potato Head story part four (The runway).
Regardless of the world’s expectations and influences over us, we are called to obey a larger calling in Jesus Christ. This story of the apostles not giving into the world, but living boldly for Jesus Christ teaches us to release the world’s fear and grasp over our insecurities. We hope for students to recognize God’s power in Gamaliel’s words found in verses 35-39 when he says “Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

Saturday morning
7th/8th & High School-Jason teaching
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:18-19; Acts 9
Media: Potato story part three (The Makeover)
Through the story of Paul’s “makeover” on the road to Damascus we will teach the students to recognize God’s transforming grace. I peter reminds us that we are not shaped by the riches of this world, but the sacrificial act from Jesus Christ on the cross.

Saturday afternoon
7th/8th & High School-Jason teaching
Scripture: Hebrews 5:11-6:3
Media: Potato story part two (The Decision)
This passage in Hebrews reminds us of the need to grow in maturity through Christ. We may often slip into an immature faith and we need to get “back to the basics” of how faithful God is. We will remind the students who they are in God when desperation creeps in, when joy escapes, or when life gets really hard, and “self-help” just doesn’t have the power.

Saturday night
7th/8th & High School-Jason teaching
Scripture: 1 Cor 3:18-23
Media: Potato story part one (The Roots)
This scripture teaches us about the “upside down” kingdom that is God’s. A kingdom that says be a fool for God and you will be wise. We will focus on the Resurrection of Jesus and being created for specific purpose and relationship with God. We will challenge students to recognize they are the Church and God is calling a generation forward to build His Kingdom!

Sunday morning
7th/8th-Taylor teaching
High School-Dave teaching
Scripture: Luke 2:39-52
Visual: individual potato
This is the story of Jesus becoming “lost” in the temple. Was He lost though, or was He truly where He needed to be? When his parents found him they realized his call and place when He said “Where else would I be except in my Father’s house?” We hope to challenge students to not lose sight of Jesus in the world, but to seek him daily through devotion, and weekly through worship, service, and study.

Skit Guys at rez last night

We had an awesome night of comedy and gospel with the Skit Guys at 7th/8th and high school youth group. We had over 520 students over both sessions, and many new faces for this outreach night. We made sweet full-color business cards about the event from overnightprinting.com (1000 cards for only $50). The students took all 1000 cards last Wednesday night to the point we had none to give out Sunday morning. They seemed to be a great way for students to invite their friends to the event!

Vibe kick-off recap

This past Sunday, October 12th we started the Vibe venue worship service in the student center. It was an awesome morning. People of all ages were present, kids brought parents, friends brought friends (including one person who brought 5 friends that had never been to our church). There were 264 in attendance, but the most exciting number for me was the over 30 students and adult volunteers serving as ushers, greeters, cafe,prayer station, musicians and vocalists. What a great start to reach non-religious and nominally religious people and help them to become deeply committed Christians! Praise God!

Vibe prayers already answered

Last night we asked the student and adult leaders what there hopes were for the new Vibe worship service......months and months ago my prayer for the start of this service was the following; that families would worship together, that all ages would come together in this new setting, that students would desire to lead this service, that Wednesday night students would bridge into the weekend services, that God would provide the resources and people if this was indeed His will......The students shared the following words

"I hope to bring my whole family to worship on Sundays with me"

"I hope to see people of all generations worshiping here together in the student center"

"I hope to invite my friends to worship with me Sunday morning here"

"I hope my friends that come Wednesday night will come on Sundays"

It is truly amazing how the Holy Spirit works! After hearing these words come through the voices of student leaders training on tech, ushering, and praying over the space, I am not the least bit worried about what God will do in this sacred time of Worship. My only concern now is that we will quickly run out of space!

Vibe worship kicks off this Sunday morning

We begin a weekly worship venue service this Sunday morning, October 12th (the 18th anniversary of our church). The service will be from 10:45am-12:00pm weekly, and we are having a gathering tonight (6:30-8:00pm) with FREE pizza and ice cream for anyone who would like to pray over the space, train to be an usher, barista, or sacred spaces design team (helps create the prayer spaces in the service). Here is the news bite that went out to our congregation in the hopes they might share this info with their non-religious or nominally religious friends who would be looking for this style of a service.

Vibe Service Launching This Sunday, October 12,
10:45 am, East Building Student Center
Vibe is a new weekly worship experience for people of all ages. This worship service will be edgy, casual, and contemporary, designed to reach non-religious and nominally religious people and help them to become deeply committed Christians. Doors will open at 10:30 am with coffee and goodies available in the cafe area, while the band offers a softer musical background for conversation and connection. The music, lights, and production level brighten up as we begin praise and worship around 10:45 am. One of the elements unique to the Vibe worship experience will happen following the message (delivered on the video screens), where people will be invited to respond through different options: an offering to share our gifts and tithes in response to God's grace and love, singing in praise along with the Vibe band, and moving through creative stations around the room designed for people to respond to God in creative ways. In this first series, Illuminate, the stations in the room will give people an opportunity to write prayers on paper that will be illuminated, reminding each of us of God's power through the Holy Spirit. We hope this service will give you another opportunity to invite a friend to know, love, and serve God through worship at Resurrection. If you would like to get involved in the "behind the Vibe team," contact Tami Casey at tami.casey@cor.org.

CWI and photo experiment

Contemporary Worship Institute has begun (pre-cursor conference to Leadership Institute beginning tomorrow). My main man Andrew has created a sweet idea with a photo experiment. Join in and find out more here at Andrew's blog.

To just go check out some pics people are loading, click on the LI2008 flickr account here
http://flickr.com/photos/tags/li2008