"Solo" - An Uncommon Devotional

Just a heads up for all who are interested - the devotional we, the Student Ministries staff, are going through is now available in the CRPC bookstore!!!

It is a wonderful devotional for students and we highly recommend it! It is simple yet profound; and it's lay out, with sections entitled "Read", "Think", "Pray", "Live" truly engages the reader are most helpful for taking the text and really applying it to everyday life.

So, swing by the bookstore, check out the devotional and say hi to Brooke - she'll appreciate it :)

For His Kingdom...

Start Dates...

New Season the TV show of "Dr. House, M.D." - Monday, September 21st @ 8:00pm

Middle School Gangway - Wednesday, September 2nd @ 6:00pm

Dallas Cowboys Regular Season - Sunday, September 13th @ 12:00pm (my birthday!!!)

High School Bible Study - Wednesday, September 2nd @ 6:30pm

High School Gangway - Thursday, September 3rd @ 6:30pm

Regular Time (end of DST) - Sunday, November 1st @ 2:00am

X-EE (high school) - Tuesday, September 8th @ 6:00pm [it's going to be awesome!]

Enjoy!

For His Kingdom...

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From One Season To The Next...

Tis the season...

Not the holly jolly, Santa seeing, it's really only 5 degrees colder here in South Florida than July type season; but the season of change and transition. It comes upon us right around this time every year. It affects everyone from students to parents to business men and women.

Students are beginning the transition from Summer break to the period of time when they are just counting the days to the next Summer break. School is starting! They are moving from the lazy days of Summer to the daily grind of early mornings, quizzes, gym clothes and home work. The days of sleeping in late, staying up late, hanging out with friends on what seems like a constant 12 hour clock, frequenting the beach, the mall and the ever popular local Tiajuana Flats are over. This is a real change for them.

For others, who are not operating within the realms of the local school calendar, this is also a time of transition. Family vacations have come and gone. Summer travels have become a distant hazy memory. People are gearing up for the upcoming business quarter. Major holidays are right around the corner and for some people in other parts of the country cooler weather. So for them, it's out with the shorts and jeans and in with the snow boots and jackets. This too is real change.

No matter how you look at it, unless you look at things funny, this is a time of change and transition.

With this, we here in the Student Ministries are gathering steam for this upcoming ministry season. We have some wonderful events and activities planned as well as some amazing opportunities for discipleship and service. We are preparing the ministry to receive new students with love and joy, sharing the gospel and showing forth Christ in all we do. We are also, preparing the ministry to take our settled community of students to a deeper level in their spiritual lives. All this is by its nature a type of change and transition.

So, change and transition is not all bad. In fact, we see it as good and necessary. Thus, we are inviting all our students, parents and volunteers to join with us; to change and transition with us. From this it is our hope, desire and prayer that we all will encounter Christ and His gospel in a more vibrant, enlightening and profound way this year!

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It's all about the info. baby!

Last night we had our end of Summer, here we come Fall parent / student meeting. It was a great time of fellowship and information sharing. We were able to talk about the overall movement of the ministry within a given calendar year; as well as looking more closely at this up coming semester of ministry.

We feel that the evening went really well. We gave parents and students a lot of information as well as where to find more info and just some general life and ministry resources.

There was also a brief time for questions and we hope that all those that were posed were adequately answered. I also made known that if there are still any lingering questions, concerns or confusion that I would be happy to meet with any of our parents on an individual basis to be of as much help as possible.

Also, thanks to Dylan's quick thinking and technological savviness, we were able to record last night's meeting. As soon he edits the recording and makes me sound much better than I actually do, we will have it posted. It will most likely be posted on the CRPC website on the Student Ministries page. Yet, if it ends up being posted elsewhere, we'll be sure to let you know.

So, thank you to all the parents and students who came last night, it was a great time. For those of you who could not make it, fret not, we will be having another meeting at the end of this semester.

Until, then... May the Lord bless you and keep you!

For His Kingdom...

Resources...

I'm one of those people who is always looking for opportunities to learn and grow. I have come to realize over the years that I actually know very little and, in fact, have a lot of growing to do. So, with that in mind I am constantly fishing for resources to help me along on my journey.

Therefore, I thought that I would, in turn, post just a few resources that I have found especially helpful. These are by no means exhaustive in scope or depth, but have proven to be profitable in my life and ministry.

1) "The Ministry of Nurture" - by Duffy Robbins

2) "Solo - An Uncommon Devotional" - by Eugene H. Peterson

3) "Learning To Pray Through The Psalms" - James W. Sire

I hope that these can serve you well as resources both for life and ministry. We will be continuing to update this list of resources as we come across them.

May the Lord bless you all!

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