SWAT YOUTH: February Updates

What an awesome start to the new year! In January, we kicked off the new year right with our "Launch" mid-week series and normal Sunday programming, but capped off the month with our annual trip to WARMTH IN WINTER! Seventeen youth from Cooks went to the event with us, and many came away saying that it was the best ever.

This month we're going deeper. Our mid-week series focuses on Love.

We kicked this series off with some great discussion this Wednesday night, exploring our ideas about love, and discussing the idea of unconditional love. 

So here's what is coming up over the next few weeks.

Feb. 6th @ 4:30- Cox Home

Feb. 13th- Visiting Cook's Shut-Ins

Feb. 20th- Worship with Joe Combs

Feb. 25th- Girls Night

Come and See!

Be the Change. Jordan

Happy New Year 2011

On with 2011! This year promises to be full of new experiences and opportunities for growth. To start the new year off right, our mid-week studies this month focus on spiritual habits. This series, Launch, encourages the youth to focus on a specific habit for 28 days straight in an effort to form a new habit.

Here is what's coming up over the next couple of months.

Bowling @ Hermitage Lanes  2:00pm  $9 per person

Warmth in Winter

Super Bowl Party @ The Cox's    Feb. 6th

Girls Night     Feb. 25th

Get excited cause this year is gonna be special!

Be the Change! Jordan

Lock-In & Project Serve: December 17-19

After a shortened school week due to snow, we kicked off Christmas break with a lock-in at the church. Included with the lock-in was a Nerf War which positioned the Elves (Including guys from the Perfect Peace Band and P. Lee) vs. the Reindeer (This team didn't need outside assistance... other than Jordan and another youth worker from Murfreesboro).

On Sunday, we traveled to West Nashville for our monthly Project Serve to help with the Last Minute Toy Store. You can learn more about the Toy Store here. While serving, over 600 families were assisted with Christmas gifts, allowing families to provide Christmas for their children when they otherwise could not financially. Here are some pictures of our youth serving...

It was a great experience for the youth who were able to attend this month's Project Serve. Here is what some of them said: 

"Well that was a good day working! Over 600 familys were givin a Christmas. Its an amazing feeling seeing the happiness comeover their faces. Good day :" J.E.

 "I finally got to use my sign language skills today at the Last Minute Toy Store !! ♥ it was Awesome!!" A.S.

Be the Change! Jordan

Mid-Week: Family Life

This week we began our series on family life and how we often disconnect from our family by not having regular meals together and spending more time with media (computers, TV, phones) than we do with members of our family. 

 It's so easy to get so plugged into the rest of the world that we unplug from those who are around us. This month, we're seeking to change that. Each youth has a "Family Time Chart" to chart out the extra time they spend with family when they would normally be online or watching TV. I've asked them to tape them to the bathroom mirror as a daily reminder to spend time with family. Here's one of their pictures:

Be the Change! Jordan

Happy Thanksgiving!

I would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! I pray that you will all be careful over the holiday weekend and that God will continue His good work in you. Our next time together is scheduled to be December 2nd.

Here are some upcoming events.

December 5th: Perfect Peace Band and Devin Poindexter

December 17th: SWAT Youth Lock-in

December 19th: Project Serve

Happy Thanksgiving!

Be the Change! Jordan