PRAY FOR THIS WEDNESDAY

Hello group leaders i pray that your day is going well, i wanted to ask you if you would join in prayer with me this week. This is our kickoff to reaching our generation. I pray that it will be a great time of outreach for the Lord.
I also wanted to let you guys know that the family group packs will be in the foyer on the gate side. Please pick those up when you arrive at the refuge. In the packs will be a page that tells each person what to say when they make calls and the prayer request cards will be in the room you are assigned.
Schedule
6:25 worship6:30 announcements / short training6:40 break out into groups7:15 come back to refuge for closing celebration7:25 dismiss

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GOOD LEADERSHIP TEAMS NEED TO MEET REGULARLY

I read this article and thought it was really good. I wanted to share with you guys. We are in the process of restructuring the Adult Leadership Team aka ALTitude to a team called THERefuge Creation team . This new team will be a group of five. They will help plan and develop monthly teaching methods and events that we do as a student group. We hope to develop and implement some things discussed in this article in the new team. 

ideas, thoughts, and occasional insights for leadership & relationships www.youthministry.com good leadership teams need to meet regularly (part 3) Doug Fields & Matt McGill It’s been our experience that healthy youth ministries have teams of adult leaders who meet regularly. If you missedpart one or part two, we encourage you to catch up, but here are our final three reasons for why we feel youth ministry leadership teams ought to meet together: …| Leadership teams meet to RECONNECT as a community "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (Jn 13:35, NIV) Check out The ParentLink, our low cost- and time-effective tool that will keep you in touch with the families in your ministry.   Jesus was clear: our love for one another reflects God's love to the world. A ministry team's effectiveness is directly related to how well everyone genuinely loves one another. There are no solo artists in ministry. That is to say, when a leader isn’t connected to others, he/she won’t last long because ministry isn’t happening the way Jesus modeled. We have heard many ministry leaders express their anxiety over the pressure to grow their ministry. We understand this pressure! Numerical growth is often an indicator of health. But there are other indicators too—like developing a team of leaders who love and care for one another. This is more difficult than drawing a crowd of teenagers, but in the long run, it’s a HUGE indicator of health. And, teenagers are drawn to that type of love and community. They want to be around love, and when they see it happen within caring adults, they’re attracted to those relationships. There are a lot of factors that go into creating a healthy ministry, but at the core is a leadership team that deeply loves each other. …| Leadership teams meet to REFRESH and encourage one another "When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours." (Rom 1:12, NLT) Ministry to students is difficult. It's not easy to create meaningful relationships with anyone, let alone teenagers. When a leadership team meets the leaders enhance their interpersonal relationships and can help one another through prayer, encouragement, sharing, and insight. A problem one leader may be facing could be something another leader has already experienced. The more one likes their teammates, the more effective they’re likely to play/minister to others. …| Leadership teams meet to RECEIVE practical ministry training "If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success." (Ecc 10:10, NIV) Leaders are learners, and as soon as we stop learning we stop being effective leaders. It’s important to take time to meet and expand a leader’s youth ministry “tool box” and discuss it within the community in which they serve. Hopefully leaders will be learning on their own, but learning together often has more “sticking power.” When you gather, keep the training light/doable/realistic/empowering… knowing that the best real learning will come from “on the job” training anyway. Make sure your meetings have some time of ax sharpening.

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Flamingo Fundraiser

Starting March 20 through April 17... To help your student fund student ministry events

If your church youth group, sports team, school, or charity organization is looking for a fun and profitable way to raise funds, Flamingo Flocking can help you reach your fundraising goals without any selling! HOW A FLAMINGO FLOCKING FUNDRAISER WORKS: Using a church youth group for our example, an announcement is made to the church that the youth group is trying to raise funds for (fill in the blank cause) and that they will do so by holding a Flamingo Flocking Fund Raiser. Under the cover of darkness, the youth group will visit a member of the church's front yard and proceed to fill it with 20+ Pink Flamingos! In order to have the obnoxious pink birds removed, the "victim" must make a donation to the youth group's cause. Once a donation is made, the "victim" gets to choose who in the congregation will be the next recipient of the Flamingo Flock. The youth group then removes the Flamingos and delivers them to the next selected recipient after dark. This cycle continues until the fund raiser is over. One twist to the fund raiser is to offer "Flamingo insurance" to the church members at the time the fundraiser is originally announced. For a amount to be determined, a member can insure that the Flamingos will never visit his/her yard by paying the "insurance premium" up front. ****************************************************************************** SUCCESS STORY Dear Plastic-Flamingos.com, I just wanted to say thank you! I ordered a box 20 flamingos from your company back in November 2003. I am the mother of a dancer. My daughter and her friends were trying to raise money so that they could attend 2 dance competitions later this year. When we started we thought if we could earn 1/3 of what they needed we would be pleased. We ended up making enough to cover the entire cost! We had so much fun each night going out and moving our flock around. The people who donated and participated loved it! We even made wreaths for their necks for the Christmas season. The girls had a blast, and I must admit the moms did as well. Thank you again for making the flamingo's available.  Robin Beane The Pink Ladies

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Reaching Our Generation

Good morning everyone, I pray that your day is well. I wanted to take some time to inform youguys of the month of March. As you are all aware of we are focusing on reaching our generations. During the month of March in the Refuge we will be calling, praying. and writing letters to people all over Decatur. The first night which will be on March 2 I will ask students to contact 5 of their friends that they know are not involved in church.

Please pray for this amazing opportunity that we have in reaching our city for Christ.

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SECRET CHURCH APRIL 22 6PM TO 12AM

http://www2.lifeway.com/secretchurch/index.php/site/ Link to site 

SPEAKER/TEACHER

DAVID PLATT

WORSHIP LEADER(S)

THE WORSHIP TEAM AT BROOK HILLS

SIMULCAST FROM

THE CHURCH AT BROOK HILLS
BIRMINGHAM, AL 

DATE

GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011

TIME 

6PM – MIDNIGHT (CENTRAL) 

WHERE

THE REFUGE

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_ SECRET CHURCH // CRUCIFIXION, SALVATION AND THE GLORY OF GOD

In the 10th session of Secret Church Dr. David Platt will lead us in a time of Bible Study on Good Friday, the day of Christ's crucifixion. From cover to cover in Scripture, God’s grand design is to display His glory in the salvation of sinners. The climax of this redemptive plan is the cross of Christ, where God pours out His wrath due sin upon His Son so that we might receive His mercy. But how is Christ’s work on the cross applied to our lives? In the words of the Philippian jailer, “What must we do to be saved?” During this Secret Church, we will explore how the Bible answers this question as we consider God’s love, Christ’s atonement, and the Christian’s conversion, regeneration, justification, sanctification, and eventual glorification. In the end, we will find ourselves boasting only in the cross of Christ, through which we have received the grace of God and by which we now live for the glory of God.

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wow wow wow wow wow wow

I can only say wow. I am so encouraged at all the help we had this past weekend. Dnow would not have been what it was without your help. Just like I said Sunday imagine what we could do if the church stepped up like that dnow weekend to all the events we have. I pray that those who helped for the first time would just be a doorway to getting them plugged in. Please pray for me and them as I get them plugged in.

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Sunday night Feb.13

Sunday night we are going to be in the worship center to support Margaret. This will be her last Sunday with us and we will have a reception afterwards. 

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Jordan Tshirt preview

The shirts are being ordered today. They will be ready Friday. We are asking everyone to wear theres Sunday morning. 

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Jordan Tshirt preview

The shirts are being ordered today. They will be ready Friday. We are asking everyone to wear theres Sunday morning. 

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Dnow

Parents I wanted to take some time to ask if you would join us in prayer for the weekend.
1. weather would stay nice for the mission race
2. student lives would be touched and students would come to know Christ.3. pray for your child individually

Schedule
Feb. 9 Wed. Buses will be leaving at 5:30 will return at 8:20

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If you still want to register your student you can do this by Feb. 10. You will need to come into the office before 4:30 pm to fill out paperwork and pay balance.

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Innovation

I saw this video and it made me think. Innovation makes others investigate something that may be challenging to them. What are your thoughts. How can we implement this idea in our student ministry?

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Summer Camp Fuge 2011

Summer camp, in my opinion, is the best thing that we do as a student ministry.  Over the years of being a student pastor, I have always see much growth and unity that develops in our group at camp. We will work with you as much as we can. We had a Ham/Turkey fundraiser to assist you with the financial costs of camp or other student activities. Several of our students have D-Now, Camp & extra events paid for just by selling hams and turkeys. We plan on having a couple of fundraisers in the Spring.  A possible Boston Butt Sale & a Flocking in March. 

Parents, I understand that if you may have overlooked the camp deposit due to D-Now being due. If you are wanting your student to go to camp please arrange to get the deposit in a soon as possible. $50 is due at time of sign up.

Fuge Camps require us to pay a deposit of $50 per student by February 1.  We are then required to pay an additional $50 per student by May 1.  The rest of the camp costs are due 4 weeks before camp starts.  This is money we do not get back.  We try to spread out your camp costs out with monthly payments to help you with your budget.

HOW A FLAMINGO FLOCKING FUNDRAISER WORKS:
Using a church youth group for our example, an announcement is made to the church that the youth group is trying to raise funds for
(fill in the blank cause) and that they will do so by holding a Flamingo Flocking Fund Raiser.

Under the cover of darkness, the youth group will visit a member of the church's front yard and proceed to fill it with 20+ Pink Flamingos! In order to have the obnoxious pink birds removed, the "victim" must make a donation to the youth group's cause. Once a donation is made, the "victim" gets to choose who in the congregation will be the next recipient of the Flamingo Flock. The youth group then removes the Flamingos and delivers them to the next selected recipient after dark. This cycle continues until the fund raiser is over.

One twist to the fund raiser is to offer "Flamingo insurance" to the church members at the time the fundraiser is originally announced. For an amount to be determined, a member can insure that the Flamingos will never visit his/her yard by paying the "insurance premium" up front.

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Dnow Feb.9 transportation

Kickoff Rally: Wed.,Feb. 9 from 6:30-8:00pm @ Decatur Baptist Church. Kristian Stanfill is coming to lead us in worship. Be sure to be there early to get a good seat.

In order to get a good seat we are asking if your student wants to ride the church bus please be at the church at 5:30 we will be back at the church around 8:20. ( there will be sign up forms in Sunday school to ride bus)

If you are wanting to take your student and drop them off at DBC I would drop them off at 6pm to find our group to seat with us. 

If you have any questions please don't hestitate on calling me 256-353-8239 ext.207 

Brandon 

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Youth Ministry Lab conference

Watch the Promo Video for YML 2011

This is something I RECEIVED in the mail. I looked into to it and am really INTERESTED in trying to take a trip. I would love to take some of the student bands and some of you. This year I have felt led to invest in you leaders more than we ever have. I feel this would be a great tool. I am going to present to the staff that we pay your conf fee. if you could cover your meals and room.

Breakout Sessions

• STUDENT MINISTERS CONFERENCE

  cutting-edge training, challenge, and encouragement from national youth ministry leaders[Details]

• STUDENT PRAISE BAND CONFERENCE

  for all teenagers and adults connected to student praise bands, featuring Ross King and his band [Details]

• STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

  for teenagers desiring to being leaders in their youth ministry and those called to do ministry as their vocation. Those who attended in 2010 can move to a second or third level of training[Details]

• VOLUNTEER LEADERS CONFERENCE

  sessions for all adults who volunteer with youth, focused on heart issues and new ministry skills [Details]

• GIRLS MINISTRY CONFERENCE

  sessions for leaders who want to launch or expand a comprehensive girls ministry [Details]

• WIVES CONFERENCE

  a weekend of encouragement, equipping, and warm relationships for wives of student ministers [Details]

• PARENT MINISTRY CHAMPIONS CONFERENCE

  sessions for parents who will partner with the student minister to expand ministry for parents of teenagers [Details]

• KOREAN STUDENT MINISTRY CONFERENCE

  five breakout sessions focused on student ministry in a Korean context [Details]

• HISPANIC STUDENT MINISTRY CONFERENCE

  five breakout sessions focused on student ministry in a Hispanic context [Details]

  Schedule

  Friday

  9:00 am - Registration for Pre-Conferences Opens

  10:00 am - Student Ministry Pre-Conferences (separate registration required)

  2:00 pm - General Registration Opens

  6:00 pm - Worship with Tony Merida and the Ross King Band in Truett Auditorium

  7:45 pm - Breakout Conferences

  8:45 pm - Break

  9:00 pm - Breakout Conferences

  10:00 pm - Adult Fellowship in the Riley Center Exhibit Hall

  Student Fellowship in the Recreation-Aerobics Center

  Saturday

  9:00 am - Worship with Tony Merida and the Ross King Band in Truett Auditorium

  Student Leadership Conferences Continue

  10:15 am - Adult Fellowship in the Riley Center Exhibit Hall

  10:45 am - Breakout Conferences

  11:45 am - Lunch

  1:15 pm - Breakout Conferences

  2:15 pm - Break

  2:30 pm - Breakout Conferences

  Exhibit Hall Closes

  3:45 pm - Worship with Tony Merida and the Ross King Band in Truett Auditorium

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