March 4 & 5

It is a great time to be involved with our students, I am excited about what God is going to do and is currently doing

Middle School: (March 5)
Our series on "Hot Topics" has been a huge hit for the Middle School students, this week they chose the topic of peer pressure. Brian Mumau opened up with a taste test between Pepsi and Coke, trying to get them to be pressured into picking one over the other. A lot of good questions were asked like; how can i help my friends who struggle with peer pressure? How can i overcome it? What can I do to say no when I get pressured? I hope that you will all get a chance to encourage your children, or the students you are connected too, to be willing to either produce positive peer pressure or avoid negative peer pressure. We tied it into two verses in the Bible - 2 Timothy 2:22, and Proverbs 27:17 - which talk about being accountable, and helping your friends when you see them heading down the wrong path.

Next week is the cut off for the Lake Champion early bird cost.

High School: (March 4)
Our second week of picking topics that evening resulted in the topic of "self image/internal peace" Nathan opened up with using a fruit called a Pomelo - which has an citrus outside and a sweet fruit on the inside. God isn't worried about our outside because he knows whats on the inside. If we are happy with how God has created something special on the inside, than it will show through the outside. Going into a great time of questions that were answered by Ted Wesson, Dan Knapp, Kelly Murphy, and Nathan. Questions like: Does what you wear define you?How can I help others who struggle with this? How do you give yourself internal peace if you are stressed beyond belief? I don't like the way I look, how can i deal with that? How can I have so much confidence in God and none in myself? And a bunch more questions. As we walked through some of those, we heard from Dan who talked about his personal experience growing up in High School in which he had a negative self image, and that played out in how he treated his mom, and friends. Again, this series has been incredible, and very powerful. We are currently working on recording each evening, and than putting them on a C.D. in which students/parents/others can take them and listen when they are getting discouraged or struggling with one of the issues.

Summer Missions trip - we had our information meeting this past Sunday, if you missed it please get in contact with Beverly and she can get you all the info needed. We are limited in how many we can take, so the sooner the applications and deposits are in, the better chance they have of attending.