the information

issue134//220509

2009-05-22T06:54:00.000-07:00

THEINFORMATION

from the youth & children's ministry of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church

Journeyingtogetherontheeternaladventure

Associate Minister//Revd Simon d'Albertanson

simon(a)prbc.org.uk //07899 086169//01392 218448 // www.prbc.org.uk

157 - 165 Pinhoe Road Polsloe Bridge Exeter EX4 7HZ

issue134//220509

Hi Friends

Well we made it to half term, well done! Things quieten down for a while, with no mid week groups during half term. We're off to (Sunny) Cornwall for a week camping.

Within the next couple of weeks we're going to make a decision about the possibility of a Church Mission trip to Uganda next year...

Date:        31st May
Time:        5.30pm
Venue:      PRBC
Purpose:   A meeting for everyone interested in a possible trip to work alongside Jez and Helen and their Church in Uganda next year. This meeting is for possible Participants, Prayers and ‘Payers.’ At the end of this meeting following prayer and discussion we will decide to whether to pursue this venture further. If you cannot make this meeting please email your thoughts and ideas to Simon by 31st May 12noon. This is a Church wide initiative and not limited to the Young people. Please come and help us decide if this venture is viable.

Bookings for Soul Survivor and New Wine are now closed, but you can still book for DCYC direct with the organisers forms are available on their website (click here).

Cell groups will restart on Tue 2nd June with Y7 - Y9 Exploring Baptism...following a request from several of the group we are planning to explore the BUGB Making a Splash material, looking at Baptism for Young people. There is no expectation or pressure for anyone attending the group to do anything other than engage with the material. If following the course anyone did want to take things further this would of course be done in discussion with their Parents. If you don't usually join us on a Tuesday they are very welcome to come along for the duration of the course – the next meeting is after half term on 2nd Jun, including food, Wii and Football!

We have several older young people who are also considering Baptism so we have set a provisional date for a Baptism service on 19th July.

Due to the Polling station at the Church on 4th June Rock Solid and the Core will take a 2 week break restarting on 11th June.

Our Puddings and Promises Fund Raiser has been postponed until the Autumn when we are certain about the Uganda trip.

Have a restful half term

God Bless

Simon & the team

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

The fun we had at the Great West Run Water Station - ending in a awesome water fight!
Great Football Academy, over 50 people involved good weather, great coaches, safety.
Good Rock Solid and the Core last night
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC
Ken (Child Advocate) following his success of his heart operation and pray of a full recovery.
Betty and Maggs continuing recovery from major operations.

Please pray for:

Kirsty M in India with World Horizons and the Macpherson family returning to the UK from visiting her.
Jo Wright working with Tearfund on a gap year programme
Joe R working on Organic Farms in Australia
Some of the Youth Team feeling under pressure at the moment
Andrew, Ewan, Molly, Josh, Pete and others in the Youth Band.
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona completing their studies at University.
Simon's Chaplaincies at St Luke's, The RD&E Hospital and Exeter Prison.
Summer Residentials
Y&C Forum and Youth Team meetings coming soon
More leaders please!

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Saturday//AdoreAbideAfirmed

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2, Muesli

No mid week groups - Half term

Coming up...

Sunday 31st June - Uganda Mission trip meeting - PRBC 5.30pm

Youth team meeting

4th June

Junior Church Promotion Sunday
7th June

Puddings and Promises: Postponed until the autumn

Devon Christian Youth Camps:
Amazing weeks based near Blackpool Sands, Dartmouth, with friends, sport, social activities, trips out, great food and a chance to explore faith with your mates. Book direct with DCYC, Brochure attached more details at www.dcyc.org.uk.

· Senior Mixed – 14 – 17 Years 25th July – 1st Aug £85
· Junior Mixed – 12 – 15 Years 15th – 22nd Aug £90
· Girls Camp – 10 – 14 Years 1st Aug – 8th Aug £70
· Boys Camp – 10 – 14 Years 8th Aug – 15th Aug £70

Fort Rocky:
23rd – 25th October (y7-y9) £49
limited numbers (send the response form back to Simon)
This will be our 3rd visit to Fort Rocky, led by the team that write the Rock Solid and RS2 Materials it will be a fast paced weekend of activity and mayhem. Open exclusively to those who attend out weekly Rock Solid // RS2 groups. Come and be challenged physically, mentally and spiritually, are you up for it? Programme delivered by YFC team but with PRBC Youth team in attendance. more details from www.yfc.co.uk

Holiday Club
October half term 26th Oct – 30th Oct TBC
1st Nov Holiday Club service

African Adventure
Spring / Summer 2010….
We’re in the very early stages of planning a possible mission trip to Uganda to work along side Jez and Helen Fage next year either at Easter or in the Summer, more details to follow as we have them…

The information is part of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church Youth Ministry.

For more details please contact our associate minister:

Simon d’Albertanson 07899 086169 simon@prbc.org.uk

ALL PRBC EVENTS ARE RUN UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE BUGB SAFE TO GROW CHILD PROTECTION POLICY WITH APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND CRB CHECKED STAFF.

issue133//080509

2009-05-08T02:18:00.000-07:00

THEINFORMATION

from the youth & children's ministry of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church

Journeyingtogetherontheeternaladventure

Associate Minister//Revd Simon d'Albertanson

simon(a)prbc.org.uk //07899 086169//01392 218448 // www.prbc.org.uk

157 - 165 Pinhoe Road Polsloe Bridge Exeter EX4 7HZ

issue133//080509

Hi Friends

A massive thanks to everyone who made our Bank Holiday Community events such a success, the funday on Saturday was amazing, and the Great West run Water station, Jelly Baby station, Band and Cafe were brilliant. Thanks for all who helped.

Bookings for Soul Survivor and New Wine are now closed, but you can still book for DCYC direct with the organisers forms are available on their website (click here).

Over the Weekend we began doing some community surveys as part of the Vision process, the people who went out were amazed at the openness of people on the doors as we asked them about what they thought about living in Polsloe. We're doing it again this coming week:

Tuesday 12th May - 7 - 8pm (meet at 188 Pinhoe Road 7pm)

Wednesday 13th May - 6 - 7pm (meet at PRBC 6pm)

Thursday 14th May - 10.30 - 11.30am (meet at PRBC 10.30am)

You're welcome to come and get involved, either as a prayer or a surveyor, just turn up when you can.

Soul Exeter is on this Saturday, this is a great time to meet with other Christians and go for it with God.

Please continue to Pray for Ken our Children's Advocate as he recovers from a major heart op.

God Bless

Simon & the team

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

The fun we had at the Great West Run Water Station - ending in a awesome water fight!
Great Football Academy, over 50 people involved good weather, great coaches, safety.
Good Rock Solid and the Core last night with 3 new young people and 1 new leader!
Easter Soul Exeter with one girl making a commitment to follow Jesus
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC
Ken (Child Advocate) following his success of his heart operation and pray of a full recovery.

Please pray for:

Kirsty M in India with World Horizons and the Macpherson family returning to the UK from visiting her.
Jo Wright working with Tearfund on a gap year programme
Joe R working on Organic Farms in Australia
Friends and family serving in the Armed forces in Afghanistan and other places.
Andrew, Ewan, Molly, Josh, Pete and others in the Youth Band.
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning to University.
Simon's Chaplaincies at St Luke's, The RD&E Hospital and Exeter Prison.
Summer Residentials

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Saturday//AdoreAbideAfirmed

Soul Exeter - Salvation Army Friars Walk - 7pm

Sunday//AbideAccessAction
10.30am RS2, Muesli

6.30pm Band Practice - contact Andy W to confirm
Monday //Access
6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+
Tuesday//Affirmed
y7-y9 cell group – PRBC 7.45pm - 9pm
y10+ cell group 188 PinhoeRoad. 7.45pm – 9.15pm

Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit. They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday //Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]

8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and z eat Pizza and beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm.

Coming up...

The information is part of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church Youth Ministry.

For more details please contact our associate minister:

Simon d’Albertanson 07899 086169 simon@prbc.org.uk

ALL PRBC EVENTS ARE RUN UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE BUGB SAFE TO GROW CHILD PROTECTION POLICY WITH APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND CRBCHECKED STAFF.

issue132//170409

2009-04-17T02:26:00.000-07:00

THEINFORMATION

from the youth & children's ministry of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church

Journeyingtogetherontheeternaladventure

Associate Minister//Revd Simon d'Albertanson

simon(a)prbc.org.uk //07899 086169//01392 218448 // www.prbc.org.uk

157 - 165 Pinhoe Road Polsloe Bridge Exeter EX4 7HZ

issue132//020409

Hi Friends

Our 5th Annual Football Academy draws to a close tonight with Certificates, Medals and Pizza at PRBC from 6pm, thanks to Mark and Elan from AIS and all the local coaches who made the week such a success.

This is the final weekend for booking Summer Residentials to New Wine, and Soul Survivor please let me know on Sunday or by Monday on email if you plan to go as i will be booking them next week. The Deadline for Fort Rocky is the end of April. Please book for DCYC direct with the organisers forms are available on their website (click here).

Mid week groups restart this week with Cell groups on Tuesday and Rock Solid and the Core on Thursday.

Coming up soon is the Great West Run on 3rd May and once again we'll be hosting a water station by Polsloe Bridge, with RS2 and Muesli helping out. More details next week.

Please continue to Pray for Ken our Children's Advocate as he recovers from a major heart op.

Thank you for your prayers about my involvement in Exeter Prison, I led my first Bible study with the men on Wednesday and it went well. It is such a privilege to be able to go in and share the hope of Jesus, there is great spiritual hunger within the prison.

God Bless

Simon & the team

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

Great Football Academy, over 50 people involved good weather, great coaches, safety.
Marion C and opportunities opening up with Street Pastors and a great launch at the Cathedral.
Easter Soul Exeter with one girl making a commitment to follow Jesus
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC
Ken (Child Advocate) following his success of his heart operation and pray of a full recovery.

Please pray for:

Football Academy tea tonight, follow up and relationships built up.
Amy, Lez and Val Perry
Kirsty M in India with World Horizons and the Macpherson family returning to the UK from visiting her.
Joe R working on Organic Farms in Australia
Friends and family serving in the Armed forces in Afghanistan and other places.
Andrew, Ewan, Molly, Josh, Pete and others in the Youth Band.
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning to University.
Simon's Chaplaincies at St Luke's, The RD&E Hospital and Exeter Prison.
Summer Residentials
Great West Run, Water station and witness on the steps of the Church.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
Muesli

6.30pm Band Practice - contact Andy W for more

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+

Tuesday//Affirmed

y7-y9 cell group – PRBC 7.45pm - 9pm
y10+ cell group 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9.15pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit. They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Coming up...

GWR Water Station

3rd May

Youth team meeting
4th June

Junior Church Promotion Sunday
7th June

Puddings and Promises:
13th June
A evening of Fun and Fundraising where people offer items, services or activities to raise money for Youth and Children’s activities at PRBC. This years focus will probably be on raising money for next years potential Mission trip to Uganda.

Devon Christian Youth Camps:
Amazing weeks based near Blackpool Sands, Dartmouth, with friends, sport, social activities, trips out, great food and a chance to explore faith with your mates. Book direct with DCYC, Brochure attached more details at www.dcyc.org.uk.

· Senior Mixed – 14 – 17 Years 25th July – 1st Aug £85
· Junior Mixed – 12 – 15 Years 15th – 22nd Aug £90
· Girls Camp – 10 – 14 Years 1st Aug – 8th Aug £70
· Boys Camp – 10 – 14 Years 8th Aug – 15th Aug £70

New Wine Volunteer teams:
1st Aug – 8th Aug Free Entry! (13+)
Booking deadline 6th April (send the response form back to Simon)
New Wine is a huge Christian Family Conference that happens every year at the Royal Bath and West Show Ground in Somerset. Around 10,000 people of all ages participate in Worship, Christian teaching, Ministry, and a huge range of Social Activities, Cafes, Sport, Cinema etc.

We plan to take a team of older Christian teenagers to work on some of the teams at the event, working alongside other young people and Adults to provide the Children’s ministry for the event. Simon and Kay, Andy and Shona and a number of our young people have worked at New Wine before. The training and experience are amazing, all meals are provided, all we have to do is register, turn up and put our tents up. All New wine volunteers are CRB checked and our young people will be supervised on site by PRBC Youth leaders as well. The areas you can serve are dependant on your age…

13 year-olds can serve on Gems 0-2s and Pebbles 3-4s.
14 year-olds can add Rock Solid 8-9s (this is not the same as PRBC Rock Solid) to the above list.
15 year-olds can also serve on Stepping Stones 0-4s, Boulder Gang 10-11s & Groundbreakers 5-7s
16 year-olds can add Club One 12-13s and Thirst 14-18s to the above list.

There will be a small cost for transport to and from New Wine, this will depend on the numbers going but won’t be more than £20. All meals are provided by New Wine but some spending money for snacks and evening activities is recommended.

More details from www.new-wine.org/summer/Teams.htm

Soul Survivor B:
12th Aug – 16th Aug (y7+) £99
Booking deadline 6th April (send the response form back to Simon)
Similar to New Wine in many ways, but this is just wall to wall young people. Soul Survivor is like nothing else, standing in the most enormous big top worshiping God with 10,000 young people, challenging seminars, loads of places to chill out, cafes, sports, basket ball courts, a skate park, comedy, live bands, cinema, it doesn’t get any better than this! And we get to camp and eat together in a big field in Somerset, surely the best way to spend your summer holidays! more details from www.soulsurvivor.com/uk/ss09/weekbc/index.html

Fort Rocky:
23rd – 25th October (y7-y9) £49
Booking deadline 30th April – limited numbers (send the response form back to Simon)
This will be our 3rd visit to Fort Rocky, led by the team that write the Rock Solid and RS2 Materials it will be a fast paced weekend of activity and mayhem. Open exclusively to those who attend out weekly Rock Solid // RS2 groups. Come and be challenged physically, mentally and spiritually, are you up for it? Programme delivered by YFC team but with PRBC Youth team in attendance. more details from www.yfc.co.uk

Holiday Club
October half term 26th Oct – 30th Oct TBC
1st Nov Holiday Club service

African Adventure
Spring / Summer 2010….
We’re in the very early stages of planning a possible mission trip to Uganda to work along side Jez and Helen Fage next year either at Easter or in the Summer, more details to follow as we have them…

The information is part of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church Youth Ministry.

For more details please contact our associate minister:

Simon d’Albertanson 07899 086169 simon@prbc.org.uk

ALL PRBC EVENTS ARE RUN UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE BUGB SAFE TO GROW CHILD PROTECTION POLICY WITH APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND CRB CHECKED STAFF.

issue131//020409

2009-03-27T02:59:00.000-07:00

THEINFORMATION

from the youth & children's ministry of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church

Journeyingtogetherontheeternaladventure

Associate Minister//Revd Simon d'Albertanson

simon(a)prbc.org.uk //07899 086169//01392 218448 // www.prbc.org.uk

157 - 165 Pinhoe Road Polsloe Bridge Exeter EX4 7HZ

issue131//020409

Hi Friends

We're heading into the final straight of the Spring term, with our last mid week groups tonight for a couple of weeks. Everything restarts WB 20th April

Huge thanks to everyone who helped again on Tuesday evening with the first phase of the small hall make over.

The Football Academy,is coming soon, places are going fast, registration forms can be downloaded from prbc.org.uk.

We need to think seriously about booking our Summer Residentials to DCYC New Wine, Soul Survivor and Fort Rocky there is a meeting for young people and parents this Sunday eve 5th April at 5.30pm at PRBC.

Well done to Marion C and all involved in the Street Pastors launch at the Cathedral last Friday night.

We will be joining with Young people from around Exeter and beyond on Easter Saturday at Soul Exeter, click here for more details.

God Bless

Simon & the team

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

Amy P's safe return
Marion C and opportunities opening up with Street Pastors and a great launch at the Cathedral.
An inspiring Arrow residential
The amazing Primary Schools Life exhibition at Belmont these last 2 weeks.
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC

Please pray for:

Football Academy coming soon - Bookings, Safety, Witness
Amy, Lez and Val Perry
Kirsty M in India with World Horizons
Joe R working on Organic Farms in Australia
Friends and family serving in the Armed forces in Afghanistan and other places.
Andrew, Ewan, Molly, Josh, Pete and others in the Youth Band.
The Daltons (Andrew Karen and Family) , for practical details, accommodation, employment, transport.
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning home from University.
Simon Speaking at the next Soul Exeter
Simon's Chaplaincies at St Luke's, The RD&E Hospital and Exeter Prison.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Thursday 2nd //Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]

8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and z eat Pizza and beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm.

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
Muesli

5.30pm Residential meeting PRBC 5.30pm

6.30pm Possible Band Practice - check with Andy W

Mid Week groups restart 20th April

Saturday 11th April//AbideAdore

Soul Exeter - Simon speaking.

Coming up...

Easter Football Academy:
14th -17th April £5 flyer available now
St James All weather Pitches in association with ISCA Church and AIS.

FNXmouth - 17th April

Youth team meeting
4th June

Junior Church Promotion Sunday
7th June

Puddings and Promises:
13th June
A evening of Fun and Fundraising where people offer items, services or activities to raise money for Youth and Children’s activities at PRBC. This years focus will probably be on raising money for next years potential Mission trip to Uganda.

Devon Christian Youth Camps:
Amazing weeks based near Blackpool Sands, Dartmouth, with friends, sport, social activities, trips out, great food and a chance to explore faith with your mates. Book direct with DCYC, Brochure attached more details at www.dcyc.org.uk.

· Senior Mixed – 14 – 17 Years 25th July – 1st Aug £85
· Junior Mixed – 12 – 15 Years 15th – 22nd Aug £90
· Girls Camp – 10 – 14 Years 1st Aug – 8th Aug £70
· Boys Camp – 10 – 14 Years 8th Aug – 15th Aug £70

New Wine Volunteer teams:
1st Aug – 8th Aug Free Entry! (13+)
Booking deadline 6th April (send the response form back to Simon)
New Wine is a huge Christian Family Conference that happens every year at the Royal Bath and West Show Ground in Somerset. Around 10,000 people of all ages participate in Worship, Christian teaching, Ministry, and a huge range of Social Activities, Cafes, Sport, Cinema etc.

We plan to take a team of older Christian teenagers to work on some of the teams at the event, working alongside other young people and Adults to provide the Children’s ministry for the event. Simon and Kay, Andy and Shona and a number of our young people have worked at New Wine before. The training and experience are amazing, all meals are provided, all we have to do is register, turn up and put our tents up. All New wine volunteers are CRB checked and our young people will be supervised on site by PRBC Youth leaders as well. The areas you can serve are dependant on your age…

13 year-olds can serve on Gems 0-2s and Pebbles 3-4s.
14 year-olds can add Rock Solid 8-9s (this is not the same as PRBC Rock Solid) to the above list.
15 year-olds can also serve on Stepping Stones 0-4s, Boulder Gang 10-11s & Groundbreakers 5-7s
16 year-olds can add Club One 12-13s and Thirst 14-18s to the above list.

There will be a small cost for transport to and from New Wine, this will depend on the numbers going but won’t be more than £20. All meals are provided by New Wine but some spending money for snacks and evening activities is recommended.

More details from www.new-wine.org/summer/Teams.htm

Soul Survivor B:
12th Aug – 16th Aug (y7+) £99
Booking deadline 6th April (send the response form back to Simon)
Similar to New Wine in many ways, but this is just wall to wall young people. Soul Survivor is like nothing else, standing in the most enormous big top worshiping God with 10,000 young people, challenging seminars, loads of places to chill out, cafes, sports, basket ball courts, a skate park, comedy, live bands, cinema, it doesn’t get any better than this! And we get to camp and eat together in a big field in Somerset, surely the best way to spend your summer holidays! more details from www.soulsurvivor.com/uk/ss09/weekbc/index.html

Fort Rocky:
23rd – 25th October (y7-y9) £49
Booking deadline 30th April – limited numbers (send the response form back to Simon)
This will be our 3rd visit to Fort Rocky, led by the team that write the Rock Solid and RS2 Materials it will be a fast paced weekend of activity and mayhem. Open exclusively to those who attend out weekly Rock Solid // RS2 groups. Come and be challenged physically, mentally and spiritually, are you up for it? Programme delivered by YFC team but with PRBC Youth team in attendance. more details from www.yfc.co.uk

Holiday Club
October half term 26th Oct – 30th Oct TBC
1st Nov Holiday Club service

African Adventure
Spring / Summer 2010….
We’re in the very early stages of planning a possible mission trip to Uganda to work along side Jez and Helen Fage next year either at Easter or in the Summer, more details to follow as we have them…

The information is part of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church Youth Ministry.

For more details please contact our associate minister:

Simon d’Albertanson 07899 086169 simon@prbc.org.uk

ALL PRBC EVENTS ARE RUN UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE BUGB SAFE TO GROW CHILD PROTECTION POLICY WITH APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND CRB CHECKED STAFF.

issue129//060309

2009-03-06T03:59:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends

A good week with FNX last Friday, the 4th the Annual Chip Shop Survey, with Tommy’s reclaiming their crown and the first outing for the Wii at the Core.

This Sunday Progression returns to PRBC, for what promises to be a great night, Hosted by the lovely people from Frontiers food, worship and wise works from international speaker and Author Adrian Holloway. One not to be missed, come down for food from 6pm, bring £1.

Then next Saturday is Soul Exeter... Over to James

We've got all the usual things - a great cafe with chocolate mountains and the Wii, fantastic worship, awesome ministry -
It's 7pm for cafe, 7.30pm for the main event. It will end at 9.30pm and the cafe will reopen.
It's at the Salvation Army, Friars Walk. EX2 4AZ
It only costs £2 to get in.
if you'd like to know more or have any questions, you can always email or ring me (07825 610288)
Thanks
James’

I’m away next week on my Arrow programme, but the usual stuff continues with y10 Cell Rock Solid and the Core, but no y7-y9 cell.

The Football Academy,is coming soon and we need to think seriously about booking our Summer Residentials to New Wine, Soul Survivor and Fort Rocky, it's going to be a great year.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:
A good time at FNX with one of our Young people making a commitment to follow Jesus!
Bev’s and Kehren’s new jobs with the YMCA
Marion C and opportunities opening up with Street Pastors
A good time at the Core and Rock Solid last night
The grant from the Council to pay for our Wii and other items for the Youth ministry
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC

Please pray for:

Kirsty M in India with World Horizons
Joe R working on Organic Farms in Australia
Simon away at Arrow and Kay and the boys at home.
Young people following their Baptisms .
Friends and family serving in the Armed forces in Afghanistan and other places.
The Daltons (Andrew Karen and Family) , for practical details, accommodation, employment, transport.
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning to University.
Dan B and the Reading CU mission week.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
Muesli

6pm Progression with Adrian Holloway

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+

Tuesday//Affirmed

y7-y9 cell group – No Meeting this week.
y10+ cell group 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9.15pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]

8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and z eat Pizza and beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm.

Saturday//AbideAccessAdore

7pm Soul Exeter – details above (no PRBC subervision)

Coming up...

Progression:
8th Mar from 6PM at PRBC

Easter Football Academy:
14th -17th April £8 flyer coming soon
St James All weather Pitches in association with ISCA Church and AIS.

Youth team meeting
4th June

Junior Church Promotion Sunday
7th June

Puddings and Promises:
13th June
A evening of Fun and Fundraising where people offer items, services or activities to raise money for Youth and Children’s activities at PRBC. This years focus will probably be on raising money for next years potential Mission trip to Uganda.

Devon Christian Youth Camps:
Amazing weeks based near Blackpool Sands, Dartmouth, with friends, sport, social activities, trips out, great food and a chance to explore faith with your mates. Book direct with DCYC, Brochure attached more details at www.dcyc.org.uk.

· Senior Mixed – 14 – 17 Years 25th July – 1st Aug £85
· Junior Mixed – 12 – 15 Years 15th – 22nd Aug £90
· Girls Camp – 10 – 14 Years 1st Aug – 8th Aug £70
· Boys Camp – 10 – 14 Years 8th Aug – 15th Aug £70

New Wine Volunteer teams:
1st Aug – 8th Aug Free Entry! (13+)
Booking deadline 28th Feb (send the response form back to Simon)
New Wine is a huge Christian Family Conference that happens every year at the Royal Bath and West Show Ground in Somerset. Around 10,000 people of all ages participate in Worship, Christian teaching, Ministry, and a huge range of Social Activities, Cafes, Sport, Cinema etc.

We plan to take a team of older Christian teenagers to work on some of the teams at the event, working alongside other young people and Adults to provide the Children’s ministry for the event. Simon and Kay, Andy and Shona and a number of our young people have worked at New Wine before. The training and experience are amazing, all meals are provided, all we have to do is register, turn up and put our tents up. All New wine volunteers are CRB checked and our young people will be supervised on site by PRBC Youth leaders as well. The areas you can serve are dependant on your age…

13 year-olds can serve on Gems 0-2s and Pebbles 3-4s.
14 year-olds can add Rock Solid 8-9s (this is not the same as PRBC Rock Solid) to the above list.
15 year-olds can also serve on Stepping Stones 0-4s, Boulder Gang 10-11s & Groundbreakers 5-7s
16 year-olds can add Club One 12-13s and Thirst 14-18s to the above list.

There will be a small cost for transport to and from New Wine, this will depend on the numbers going but won’t be more than £20. All meals are provided by New Wine but some spending money for snacks and evening activities is recommended.

More details from www.new-wine.org/summer/Teams.htm

Soul Survivor B:
12th Aug – 16th Aug (y7+) £99
Booking deadline 31st March (send the response form back to Simon)
Similar to New Wine in many ways, but this is just wall to wall young people. Soul Survivor is like nothing else, standing in the most enormous big top worshiping God with 10,000 young people, challenging seminars, loads of places to chill out, cafes, sports, basket ball courts, a skate park, comedy, live bands, cinema, it doesn’t get any better than this! And we get to camp and eat together in a big field in Somerset, surely the best way to spend your summer holidays! more details from www.soulsurvivor.com/uk/ss09/weekbc/index.html

Fort Rocky:
23rd – 25th October (y7-y9) £49
Booking deadline 30th April – limited numbers (send the response form back to Simon)
This will be our 3rd visit to Fort Rocky, led by the team that write the Rock Solid and RS2 Materials it will be a fast paced weekend of activity and mayhem. Open exclusively to those who attend out weekly Rock Solid // RS2 groups. Come and be challenged physically, mentally and spiritually, are you up for it? Programme delivered by YFC team but with PRBC Youth team in attendance. more details from www.yfc.co.uk

Holiday Club
October half term 26th Oct – 30th Oct TBC
1st Nov Holiday Club service

African Adventure
Spring / Summer 2010….
We’re in the very early stages of planning a possible mission trip to Uganda to work along side Jez and Helen Fage next year either at Easter or in the Summer, more details to follow as we have them…

issue122//191208

2008-12-19T03:18:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends

Well we’re almost there, we had our last CY, Cell Rock Solid and Core meetings this week, a massive thank you to everyone who’s made these such a success this term, either leading, helping, getting stuck and also providing transport week in week out. It’s been a great term, with looks of new faces, young people continuing their journey of faith, and some discovering God’s love for them for the first time.

Tonight at 6.15pm we’re meeting at the Church for some Community Carol Singing, bring your lanterns and then back to Church for Hot Chocolate and festive fayre...

Please come tomorrow for the Christingle Construction Party if you possible can meeting at PRBC Saturday 4.30pm including Pizza and other goodies.

Coming up on Sunday is our Christingle – The Xchelsis factor, invite your friends, it’ll be ace.
In the evening is our Spectacular Carols by Candle light, it’ll be lovely!

A huge thank you to everyone who’s been involved in our ministry with our Children and Young people this year from the littlest baby to the... Largest er I mean most mature young adult. We’re looking forward to getting together at the
Nutwell Lodge on 4th Feb for our Y&C leaders Christmas Dinner.

Outline of 2009 residentials coming in the next issue out 2nd Jan.

Read on for an outline of the week, prayer points and more.

Have great Christmas

God Bless

Simon & the team

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Thanks for:
The gift of Hope through Jesus this Christmas
Good Carol services at St Lukes and Whipton Barton schools
Bev’s new job with the YMCA
A good finish to Cell, CY Rock Solid & the Core
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC
God’s faithfulness this term, with great leaders, new faces and young people going deeper in their faith.

Please pray for:
Christingle and Carols by Candle light this weekend.
Young people making decisions about Baptism in the next few weeks.
Friends and family serving in the Armed forces in Afghanistan and other places.
Heath, Rest and time with families over Christmas.
The Daltons (Andrew Karen and Family) reunited, for practical details, accommodation, employment, transport.
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning home from University.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Friday//AdoreAccess

6.15pm Community Carol Singing – meet at PRBC, bring a lantern, sing some Carols around the streets of Polsloe then back to Church
for Hot Chocolate and festive fayre...

Saturday//AdoreAccess

4.30pm Christingle Construction Party and Tech Rehersal – meet at PRBC to build the Christingles for Sundays Celebration, with Festive Pizza and
other goodies...

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am Christingle (the Xchelsis Factor)
6.30pm Carols by Candlelight 6.30pm

Mid week groups will begin again in early January.

Coming soon

Next Y&C Forum 21st January
Y&C Leaders Christmas Dinner 4th February 2009

3SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART
Psalm 139:13-16
Mary was an ordinary teenager, yet God chose her to accomplish great things. Today, God still looks for ordinary people who are willing to trust him with their lives to accomplish great things. Psalm 139:13-16 reminds us that God created, designed, and crafted each of us especially for what he wants us to do. In fact, you were wired to know God and make him known. Nothing else will really satisfy you.
Reread today's passage and meditate on what it's saying to you. The real Christmas question is, "What will you do with this Jesus?"
How does it make you feel to know that God created you to know him and make him known?
Choose a personal way to express praise to God. Take some time to praise him.
**
Taken from "Christ" by Student Life Bible Study, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here:
http://www.youthspecialties.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=414

4. SURF REPORT
~ White House Christmas Trees
Pictures and stories of White House Christmas trees
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/holiday/whtree/
~ Christmas Recipes
Fruitcake, fudge and Christmas cookies
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Holidays-and-Events/Christmas/Main.aspx

5. FORGETTABLE FACT
The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"He has opened heaven's door, and man is blessed evermore."
~ From "Good Christian Men, Rejoice"
"Fear always springs from ignorance."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What do you call people who are afraid of Santa?
A: Claustrophobic.

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issue119//281108

2008-11-28T03:11:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends

A huge thank you to everyone who made Progression’s return to PRBC such a success, courageous young people led us in worship, created an engaging and very tasty prayer experience and served great pizza. Well done everyone, the feedback from the other churches who came has been great.

Tonight I speaking at FNX on the road at West Exe, we’re going to Pizza Hut and then some of us (y7 – y9) will be coming back to be part of the World’s largest Chocolate Fondue [Sleepover]. Meeting at PRBC 5.15pm £4 for Pizza hut or £6 for Pizza and Sleepover, consent form attached.

Normal CY and Cell group Rocksolid and the Core next week.

Coming soon on the 7th December, Y10+ Social, we’re going Bowling meeting at PRBC 6.30pm consent to follow next week

Read on for an outline of the week, prayer points and more.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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Thanks for:
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC
A great night at Progression last Sunday with our young people leading worship, creative prayers and great food.
CY and Cell groups where we are discovering more about God together
Mr & Mrs Kaley and Carl Partridge.

Please pray for:
Friends and family serving in the Armed forces in Afghanistan and other places.
Simon speaking at FNX tonight and the sleepover following on.
Christingle coming soon – initial rehearsals this week.
JCE and Primary Sunday school in rehearsal for their Christmas presentations.
Nicole, Emma, Luke, Asha, Parry and Natalie settling in at Exeter College.
The Daltons (Andrew Karen and Family) reunited, for practical details, accommodation, employment, transport.
Kristy's gap year with World Horizons
The CY course that young people would have a chance to make up their minds about who Jesus is and what that means.
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University that they would feel connected and at home in Churches soon.
Blossoming relationships among our young adults...

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Friday//AccessAbide

5.15pm Meet at PRBC for Pizza and FNX, followed by sleepover for y7-y9 (who have attended 3 RS or RS2 meetings this term) drop offs by 10pm for those not Sleeping
over. Pick up from PRBC 9am Sat for those sleeping over – full details on the attached consent form.

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
muesli

2pm - 4pm JCE Play Rehearsal (TBC)

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – play rehearsal

Tuesday//Affirmed

CY – for those wanting to find out more about Christianity (y7-y9) PRBC 7.45 - 9pm
y10+ cell group 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9.15pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]

8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and
beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon

7th December – Y10+ Social Bowling meet PRBC 6.30pm details to follow
8th December - CE Christmas Presentation 6.45pm
13th December - Soul Exeter
14th December - Primary Sunday School Presentation. 10.30am
21st December – Christingle (the Xchelsis Factor). 10.30am
21st December – Carols by Candlelight 6.30pm

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3. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

HOW TO OBSERVE THANKSGIVING
Count your blessings instead of your crosses; Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears; Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean; Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth; Count on God instead of yourself.
Happy Thanksgiving!

4. SURF REPORT
~ The True Thanksgiving Story: Where did the tradition of Thanksgiving come from? How long has the holiday been celebrated? Those are just two of the questions answered at this informative site.
http://www.new-life.net/thanks01.htm
~ On This Day in History: What else was going on in the world on the day you were born? Here's where you can find out.
http://dmarie.com/timecap/

5. FORGETTABLE FACT
Nike is the Greek goddess of victory.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Thou who hast given so much to me, give one thing more--a grateful heart!"
~ George Herbert
"There's one thing for which you can be thankful--only you and God have all the facts about yourself."
~ Dub Nance

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
On the other hand, you have different fingers.

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issue118//211108

2008-11-21T04:57:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends

The waiting is almost over, on Sunday Progression returns to PRBC the place to eat with friends and meet with God – Sunday 23rd come from 6pm for food and fun then from 7pm we’ll encounter God through words, music and maybe even get our hands dirty. If you are on the team please come at 4.30pm to pray and set up.

Then the following week is FNX on the road at West Exe, we’re going to Pizza (aka Pasta) Hut and then some of us (y7 – y9) will be coming back to be part of the World’s largest Chocolate Fondue [Sleepover]. Meeting at PRBC 5.15pm £4 for Pizza hut or £6 for Pizza and Sleepover, consent form attached.

Normal CY and Cell group next week but no Rocksolid and the Core because of FNX & the Sleepover on Friday.

Coming soon on the 7th December, Y10+ Social, we’re going Bowling meeting at PRBC 6.30pm consent to follow next week

Read on for an outline of the week, prayer points and more.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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Thanks for:
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC
24:7 Prayer room
A very positive since of belonging at the core last night
Fun at the light party
Mr & Mrs Kaley and Carl Partridge.

Please pray for:
Christingle coming soon – initial rehearsals this week.
JCE and Primary Sunday school in rehearsal for their Christmas presentations.
Nicole, Emma, Luke, Asha, Parry and Natalie settling in at Exeter College.
The Daltons (Andrew Karen and Family) reunited this week.
Children and Young people who moved groups recently and good relationships between peers and leaders
Kristy's gap year with World Horizons
The CY course that young people would have a chance to make up their minds about who Jesus is and what that means.
Progression & FNX and the sleepover coming this week
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University that they would feel connected and at home in Churches soon.
Blossoming relationships among our young adults...

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
muesli

2pm - 4pm JCE Play Rehearsal

4.30pm Setting up for Progression
6pm – 8.30pm Progression (y7+) £1 for food [food fun friends from across the city music and a place to encounter God)

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – play rehearsal

Tuesday//Affirmed

CY – for those wanting to find out more about Christianity (y7-y9) PRBC 7.45 - 9pm
y10+ cell group 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9.15pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday//Access

NO ROCK SOLID OR CORE THIS WEEK because....

Friday//AccessAbide

5.15pm Meet at PRBC for Pizza and FNX, followed by sleepover for y7-y9 (who have attended 3 RS or RS2 meetings this term) drop offs by 10pm for those not Sleeping
over. Pick up from PRBC 9am Sat for those sleeping over – full details on the attached consent form.

Coming soon

7th December – Y10+ Social Bowling meet PRBC 6.30pm details to follow

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3. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

"The choice for gratitude rarely comes without some real effort. But each time I make it, the next choice is a little easier, a little freer, a little less self-conscious. Because every gift I acknowledge reveals another and another."
~ Henri Nouwen, "The Return of the Prodigal Son"
On a scale from 1 to 10, how thankful would you say you are for your family? We're not talking about being thankful when they drive you to a friend's house or when they finally give you a present you've been asking for. We're talking about being thankful for being loved and provided for. So how thankful are you? Now here's another very important question: How thankful do they think you are?
My (Sissy's) grandfather starts off every Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter meal by saying, "Please bow your heads so we can return thanks." He's the only person I've ever heard use this phrase "return thanks" when asking people to pray. But it makes so much sense. As a family we are giving God our gratitude for all he has given us. We're returning thanks.
This chapter is about returning thanks to your family. We would guess that, although you feel pretty thankful for your family--at least some of the time--they don't necessarily know it. If you grew up in a Christian family, you learned how to show your gratitude to God through prayer and worship. But most of us do a pretty lousy job of returning thanks to the people in our lives. It might come a little more naturally with some of them. If one of your friends tells you they're thankful for you, you probably tell them back. But the people in your family are often the very last ones to hear your words of gratitude or know how you feel about them.
At our summer camps we often see significant changes in kids' lives. It might be that they decide to live their lives for Jesus or make a commitment to be a better friend, a more patient daughter, a kinder sister. And they do that--at camp. But several weeks later we see the parents of these very same kids at Daystar.
"What happened at camp?" they ask us. "I know you said it was a great week for Catherine, but she came home as grumpy as ever, if not more. She slept the whole car ride back, and I've hardly seen her since she's been home. She's with her friends constantly. When I try to talk to her, she just gets angry. I thought she matured this summer, but she seems to be moving backward."
We tell these parents that home is often the last place they'll see changes in their children. Why? Because most of us take our families for granted. We know they're not going anywhere, no matter how awful we are to them. We know they'll love us--no matter what. So our families get the brunt of all our bad moods and irritability. You know how it goes: You spend all day at school being kind and patient and friendly to everyone.
By the time you get home you're exhausted. Rather than getting your kindness, your family gets your grumpy leftovers--impatience, frustration, a short temper.
There's another problem with taking your family for granted--a loss of gratitude. How many hours of their lives have your parents spent driving you from one place to another? How many hours have they spent at work trying to earn money to pay for your clothes, or your activities, or your toys, or the gas for all that driving? How many cards have you received from your grandparents? How many times have your siblings shared their stuff with you or helped you with a problem or let you hang out with them, even when you were bugging them?
These questions aren't meant to make you feel guilty. They are meant to inspire gratitude--a sense of thankfulness--in you. We know, as Henri Nouwen said in the quotation at the beginning of this chapter, that gratitude doesn't come without some real effort--especially with our families. For all of us, even those of us beyond the age of 19, our families are often at the back of the line when it comes to showing gratitude.
Recently I (Melissa) met with 17-year-old Maggie and her dad. Maggie's parents are divorced and she lives with her mom during the week and with her dad every other weekend. But as Maggie has gotten older and busier, it's been getting harder and harder for her to get to her dad's on those weekends. She's a cheerleader, so Fridays are booked with football games. Saturday nights she is either with friends or her boyfriend. When it's time to go home, she's too tired to pack a bag and head over to her dad's. Sounds understandable, doesn't it?
Not from her dad's perspective. He sees that in two years Maggie will go off to college. His time with her is running out, and he wants to be with her as much as he can. So he feels very strongly about spending every other weekend with her--no matter what she has planned. He doesn't want her to cancel on her friends. He just wants her at his house so he can at least have breakfast with her on Saturdays and go to church with her on Sundays. He doesn't think it's a lot to ask.
Maggie and her dad are at a stalemate. If you don't play chess, that means neither of them is able or willing to move. She wants the convenience of her mom's house. He wants to be with Maggie.
I told Maggie the same thing we're telling you. Make the effort. Your family may not have been the perfect representation of what a family should be. No family is. But you can still be grateful for them. You can show them by what you say and how you act that you appreciate what they have done for you--no matter how much or how little you think that is.
**
Taken from "Growing Up Without Getting Lost" by Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here:
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4. FORGETTABLE FACT
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

5. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough."
~ Helen Keller
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
~ Muhammad Ali

6. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What do ducks get after they eat?
A: A bill.

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issue117//141108

2008-11-14T04:01:00.000-08:00

issue117//141108

Hi Friends

The waiting is almost over, next Sunday Progression returns to PRBC the place to eat with friends and meet with God – Sunday 23rd come from 6pm for food and fun then from 7pm we’ll encounter God through words, music and maybe even get our hands dirty .

Then the following week is FNX on the road at West Exe, we’re go to Pizza (aka Pasta) Hut and then some of us (y7 – y9) will be coming back to be part of the World’s largest Chocolate Fondue [Sleepover]. Meeting at PRBC 5.15pm £4 for Pizza hut or £6 for Pizza and Sleepover, consent form attached.

This week we’re back to normal with CY and Cell group Rocksolid and the Core all meeting as normal.

read on for an outline of the week, prayer points and more.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC
24:7 Prayer room
A good start to the Autumn term, with new faces at Rock Solid last night
Fun at the light party
A wonderful Marriage retreat for Simon & Kay this week.
Mr & Mrs Kaley and Carl Partridge.

Please pray for:
Nicole, Emma, Luke, Asha, Parry and Natalie setting in at Exeter College.
Children and Young people who moved groups recently and good relationships between peers and leaders
Kristy's gap year with World Horizons
The CY course that young people would have a chance to make up their minds about who Jesus is and what that means.
Progression & FNX coming soon
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona Beginning at or returning to University that they would feel connected and at home in Churches soon.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Sunday//AbideAccessAction – Church Anniversary with Faith Lunch

10.30am RS2
muesli

6.30pm Band Practice (TBC)

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE
Tuesday//Affirmed

CY – No meeting this week
y10+ cell group No meeting this week

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and
beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon

1st - 8th November – 24/7 Prayer room PRBC
8th November Soul Exeter Salvation Army 7pm
23rd November – Progression PRBC
28th November – FNX West Exe – and World’s largest Chocolate Fondue Sleepover.
7th December – Y10+ Social TBC

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3. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

YOUR REAL FAMILY
When you were a child you didn't say, "Thank you, Mommy" every time your mom did something nice for you. But you smiled at her. You hugged her. You acted in a way that showed your thankfulness.
Back then, your mom was your hero. Both of your parents were. And even though you got really mad at your siblings now and then, you still loved them and wanted to play with them a minute after the argument ended.
But now the awareness you've developed over the past few years has made it a little more difficult to just forgive and forget. You recognize the ways your parents hurt you. You see how they hurt each other. You notice that your dad doesn't come home as much as you think he should. Maybe he even left your mom and married someone else. You've noticed that the grandmother you used to think was the most loving person ever is actually really critical of your mom. You see your family as they really are.
As this awareness grows, you have a choice to make. One option is to distance yourself from your family. They used to be perfect in your eyes. Now they're not. You can decide that, since they're not perfect, they have nothing to offer you and you don't want them in your life anymore. If you think that sounds extreme, you should know that we talk to teenagers every day who have decided to do just that--get away from their families. Sometimes it's a physical move to another home, like the home of their other parent. Sometimes it's an emotional move--they stop talking, stop relating, stop engaging.
Another option--the better option--is to offer grace and gratitude. Your dad might have left your mom. She might still be angry at him. But he didn't leave because of you. Even if he's not a perfect dad, you can still have a relationship with him. You can enjoy and even appreciate what he does offer.
Maybe you've realized your mom is a perfectionist and can be really critical of you. That doesn't mean you can't still have a meaningful relationship with her. Tell her--kindly--when she hurts your feelings. Tell her you need her encouragement and support. Do your part to stay connected and grateful.
Think about the times you've messed up or hurt your parents or a sibling. What you wanted most in those moments was grace. You want to be accepted and loved in spite of your weaknesses. You can do the same for your family.
We know there are plenty of families where it can be hard to find a reason to be grateful for anything. We have a friend named Lindsey whose father has a severe anger problem. Most of the time things are great between the two of them. They have dinners together, go to plays, and have a lot of fun. But every so often something sets off Lindsey's dad and he explodes. He yells at her and says horrible things to her, things that are hard to forgive, much less forget.
Lindsey has several different options with her dad. She can naively ignore this problem--never talk about how it affects her and pretend it doesn't exist. But as you know, Lindsey's feelings will just come out somewhere else.
Lindsey could also walk away from her dad. She could decide that his anger is too much and cut off her relationship with him entirely. But if Lindsey did that she would miss out on the times when her relationship with her dad is really good.
Fortunately, there is another way. Lindsey can face the reality of her relationship with her father. She can start to respond differently. She may never teach him to handle his anger in an appropriate way, but she can make sure he doesn't handle it inappropriately around her. When he starts to yell at her on the phone, Lindsey can say something like, "Dad, I'm not going to talk to you when you're like this. You'll just say things that will make both of us feel worse later. Why don't you call me back when you're not so angry?" Even if he calls back repeatedly, Lindsey doesn't have to answer the phone.
Maybe the parent you have a hard time with lives with you. In that case, counselling can be a great idea. Talk to your school counsellor, or ask your parents to take you to a counsellor outside of school. If it feels scary to tell your mom or dad that you want counselling because of your relationship with them, the counsellor can help you handle that. Just tell your parents you have some things going on in your life that you'd like some help with. A good counsellor can take it from there.
If counselling isn't an option, then try talking to your parents. We know this can be really hard. But if you find a time when both of you are feeling calm and unemotional, tell your mom and dad what you're struggling with. Let them know that you're hurt by what they're doing, and ask if you might be contributing to the problem in some way. Stay calm, listen, and be honest about how you feel. This kind of conversation can be a great start in healing a damaged relationship.
We want you to offer grace and truth to the people in your life, but there are some people who are too sick to receive it. And those people are unsafe for you to be around. If you are being abused by a family member, the first thing to do is find a way to keep yourself safe. Start by telling an adult what is happening. Keep telling people like teachers, school counsellors, and youth directors until someone helps you. Doing this isn't betraying your family. It isn't ungrateful or disrespectful. It's the best way to stop the abuse. No one needs to stay in a situation where they are being hurt. If it's happening to you, there is help and hope out there. Just keep talking to trusted adults until you discover the one who will help you.
**
Taken from "Growing Up Without Getting Lost" by Melissa Trevathan and Sissy Goff, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here:
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4. SURF REPORT
~ National Runaway Switchboard: If you or somebody you know is thinking about leaving home, you need to check out this site.
http://www.1800runaway.org
~ The Ridiculously Thorough Guide to Making Your Own Pizza
http://billyreisinger.com/pizza.php

5. FORGETTABLE FACT
All polar bears are left-handed.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"A loving heart is the truest wisdom."
~ Charles Dickens
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
"Let thy words be few."
~ Ecclesiastes 5:2

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What do you call a pig that does karate?
A: A pork chop.

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2008-11-07T02:27:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends

Thanks to everyone who made our our 4th Light Party, such a success last Friday.
Over 40 children played and sung and danced and ate and heard about Jesus the light of the World.

Last night we had a wonderful gathering of youth leaders young and not quite so young in the 24:7 prayer room, we looked back and got excited about the future. We’ve got some great things planned for next year including trips to DCYC, New Wine and Soul Survivor.

But before that, in a couple of weeks is Progression at PRBC the place to eat with friends and meet with God – Sunday 23rd from 6.15pm.

Then the following week is FNX on the road at West Exe, we’re go to Pizza (aka Pasta) Hut and then some of us will be coming back to be part of the World’s largest Chocolate Fondue [Sleepover]. More details to follow soon...

This week we’re back to normal with Rocksolid and the Core, but CY and Cell group are not meeting as I’m away with Kay on a time out for leaders marriage retreat.

Don’t forget Soul Exeter this Saturday

The next Soul Exeter is on it's way!

It's the same deal as always - 7pm cafe, 7.30-9.30pm Main Event then more cafe. It's at the Salvation Army Friars Walk and only £2 to get in.

If you'd like to be part of the team that makes it happen please do email me. We're looking for help with set up, set down, prayer ministry, stewarding and lots of other things! Just get in touch!

thanks
James.

read on for an outline of the week, prayer points and more.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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Thanks for:
The 1st 75 years of ministry here at PRBC
24:7 Prayer room – continues til tomorrow
A great meeting of our Youth team last night including some of our young leaders
A great time at CY and Cell group on Tuesday
A good start to the Autumn term, with new faces at the core
Fun at the light party
An inspiring time at Arrow for Simon
Kaley and Carl’s wonderful wedding last weekend

Please pray for:
Nicole, Emma, Luke, Asha, Parry and Natalie setting in at Exeter College.
Children and Young people who moved groups recently and good relationships between peers and leaders
Kristy's gap year with World Horizons
The CY course that young people would have a chance to make up their minds about who Jesus is and what that means.
Progression & FNX coming soon
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona Beginning at or returning to University that they would feel connected and at home in Churches soon.
Simon & Kay away on a time out for leaders Marriage retreat next week

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Saturday//AbideAdore

7pm Soul Exeter – Friars walk – no PRBC supervision.

Sunday//AbideAccessAction – Church Anniversary with Faith Lunch

10.30am RS2
muesli

6.30pm Band Practice (TBC)

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE
Tuesday//Affirmed

CY – No meeting this week
y10+ cell group No meeting this week

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and
beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon

1st - 8th November – 24/7 Prayer room PRBC
8th November Soul Exeter Salvation Army 7pm
23rd November – Progression PRBC
28th November – FNX West Exe – and World’s largest Chocolate Fondue Sleepover.
7th December – Y10+ Social TBC

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3. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

JESUS FEEDS 5,000: A TOUCH OF HEAVEN
JOHN 6:1-21
1 The following period, Jesus crossed to the dry area diagonally from the Sea of Galilee (a.k.a. Tiberius),
2 where the crowds were furiously thick, tagging behind, fascinated by his miraculous signs which he did on those sickly.
3 So quickly, Jesus went up a mountainside to recline, kickin' back with his closest students for a time of brief interlude.
4 The highest feast of the Jews, Passover, would be coming soon.
5 When Jesus looked up & right in his view he saw the masses coming to see him--they found him--it touched his heart so he wanted to go & feed them. So he turned to Philip and beseeched him, "Where can we buy food, so the people can eat some?"
6 He asked the question to really teach him; he already figured out the procedures.
7 Philip was like, "Jesus, I know your heart is right, but I doubt that one might supply a bite for each one of these Israelites, even w/ 10 billion mites."
8 Then another discip'e, Andrew, Peter's brother, spake up to shed some light:
9 "This kid here has two small fish and five loaves of bread, but with this many heads, how far will that spread?"
10 Then Jesus said, "We'll have the people take a seat." There were 5,000 men alone but plenty of space for each.
11 Then Jesus reached for the bread and gave thanks for the dish and gave it to his crew, who gave to the people & he did the same with the fish.
12 And get this: All the people ate as much as they wished! Then Jesus had his crew gather together the leftovers so that none would be ditched.
13 From five little barley loaves & two tiny fishes, they added up the fragments to 12 baskets of deliciousness.
14 This was a sign. The people insisted when they saw what Jesus just did, "I swear to you that he's a prophet!"
15 They were hype about this topic & Jesus, using spiritual optics, saw that they were locked on making him their king--no stopping. So he departed, back to the mountain alone where he started to roam.
16 Later in the night the disciples went down to the sea,
17 undocked their ship, and got on, heading out toward Capernaum. See...they had waited for Jesus to get back, but they went without him because by now the sky was pitch black.
18 And strong winds began to attack and howl, making the waves wild.
19 When they had rowed the boat between three to four miles, they looked out on the water and was like, "Wow!" They saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking, staying afloat--the sight was so awesome that they were scared speechless, lump in the throat.
20 But then Jesus spoke, "It is I. You don't have to be afraid; you're not about to die." And their fears did subside.
21 Needless to say, they wanted him to come and get inside, and in no time they arrived at their destination on the other side, alive.
DEVOTIONAL
Discovering the other side of Jesus
To embark upon any new adventure, a person would normally leave room to be surprised by new experiences--but the disciples were in no way prepared for the 32-month journey when they ran with Jesus. They knew he was a man because they ate, slept, laughed, and lived with him. Yet Jesus was prone to show them another side to his nature that jacked them up. Jesus simply being himself activated a theological and social tailspin that threw the disciples off their game, constantly causing them to question each other: "What kind of man is this?" Although they never approached Jesus with that type of question, he always told them who he was. Not only did he tell them, but he also backed it up by showing and proving. Miracles were the norm for Jesus because to him heaven was not so far away, and he stayed in touch. Yet he was introducing the disciples to a brand-new world that took some time to get used to...if they ever actually did get used to the surprises of Jesus.
Surprise, surprise!
- What's the biggest surprise from God you've ever experienced?
- Name three subtle surprises we experience every day that are miracles just as big as walking on water.
- Out of all the miracles Jesus did, which one would you most like to have seen?
BREATHE OUT: RAP IT
Freestyle a dramatic account of Jesus walking on the water.
**
Taken from "The Script" by Fred D. Lynch III, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here:
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2008-10-10T03:59:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends

We had a great time On Monday night at the CE Missionary stall, Steve gave a brilliant presentation and well over £400 was raised for BMS world mission huge thanks to Robert and Ruth and their team.

There is NO CY (y7+) this Tuesday , however everything else will run as normal.

Soul Exeter this Saturday, check their website for details

Coming soon is the next Youth and Children’s Forum 29th Oct at Phil & Mandy’s house 7.45pm, this is an invited gathering of those involved in leadership of groups within the Youth and Children's ministry, a time to share and pray and discuss issues that effect us all.

I’m away on my 2nd Arrow Leadership residential next week, please pray for Kay and the Boys and me.

read on for an outline of the week, prayer points and more.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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Thanks for:
CE missionary Stall over £400 raised
A great time at CY and Cell group on Tuesday
A good start to the Autumn term, with new faces at the core
Our new young leaders, who did a great job at Rock Solid last night.
Young people involved in the band last Sunday evening

Please pray for:
Simon’s on Arrow Leadership residential this week, please pray for Kay and the boys at home this week
Nicole, Emma, Luke, Asha, Parry and Natalie setting in at Exeter College.
Children and Young people who moved groups recently
Kaley and Carl’s Wedding next weekend
Kirsty beginning her gap year with World Horizons
The CY course that young people would have a chance to make up their minds about who Jesus is and what that means.
Rock Solid in St Lukes next week on Wednesday lunch time
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona Beginning at or returning to University.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Saturday//AdoreAbide

7pm Soul Exeter – check the website for more details

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
muesli

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE
Tuesday//Affirmed

CY – No meeting this week
y10+ cell group 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

CAB meeting soon

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and
beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon
Youth and Children’s Forum 29th Oct Phil & Mandy’s house 7.45pm
Our 4th Light Party – 31st Oct
Delirious at the Lemon grove (SOLD OUT) 21st Oct

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2008-10-03T02:24:00.001-07:00

Hi Friends

Thanks to everyone who got involved with the joint evening service on Sunday, we had an interesting time that included flour and dodgy bread.

This Sunday there is a gathering of our young musicians. If you play and would like to come just turn up on Sunday evening at 6.30pm with your instrument and join in, there is no commitment either way to anything other than jamming together, more details from Andrew Wright.

CY (y7+) 7.45 – 9pm PRBC on Tuesday was amazing as we explored who Jesus is, we were buzzing as we really got into Mark’s account of Jesus life. Don’t miss it this coming Tuesday same time same place.

On Monday night is the CE Missionary stall, come from 6.30pm to hear from Steve Robbins about his time in Albania then grab a bargain at the sale that follows.

Coming soon is the next Youth and Children’s Forum 29th Oct at Phil & Mandy’s house 7.45pm, this is an invited gathering of those involved in leadership of groups within the Youth and Children's ministry, a time to share and pray and discuss issues that effect us all.

read on for an outline of the week, prayer points and more.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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Thanks for:
A great time at CY and Cell group on Tuesday
A good start to the Autumn term, with new faces at the core
Our new young leaders, who did a great job at Rock Solid last night.
Young people involved last Sunday evening

Please pray for:
Nicole, Emma, Luke, Asha, Parry and Natalie setting in at Exeter College.
Children and Young people who moved groups recently
Kaley and Carl’s Wedding soon
Kirsty beginning her gap year with World Horizons
The CY course that young people would have a chance to make up their minds about who Jesus is and what that means.
Rock Solid in St Lukes next week on Wednesday lunch time
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona Beginning at or returning to University.
Simon’s next Arrow Leadership residential coming soon

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
muesli

6.30pm Young Musicians gathering (PRBC top hall)

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – Missionary Stall – with Steve Robbins
Tuesday//Affirmed

CY – A new venture for those wanting to find out more (y7-y9) PRBC 7.45 - 9pm
y10+ cell group 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

CAB meeting soon

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and
beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon
Youth and Children’s Forum 29th Oct Phil & Mandy’s house 7.45pm
Our 4th Light Party – 31st Oct
Delirious at the Lemon grove (tickets going fast book your own soon) 21st Oct

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3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

A CHANGING RELATIONSHIP: PARENTS BECOMING "COACHES"
Did you play T-ball when you were a little kid? If so, you remember the coach first told you how to hit a T-ball--then showed you how to hit a T-ball. And finally the coach gave you a chance to try it yourself. (Did you ever swing the bat, hit only air, and fall down? Yeah, me, too.)
In baseball a coach starts by putting a ball on a tee, then throws some pitches to a player, and eventually shows the player how to pitch to a batter. Ultimately, a coach can't play baseball for you, but a coach can help you learn how to play. Well, in the game known as "your life," your parents are basically trying to use that same teaching process with you. And when it works the way it's supposed to, the role of a parent is a pretty cool thing. Really!
When you're born, you need someone to do everything for you, right? Parents feed you, burp you, and change your smelly diapers. But the goal of a parent is never to keep doing all that stuff for you. (Good thing, cuz it'd be pretty awkward to have your mom or dad grabbing the TP for you, now wouldn't it?)
The role of a parent is supposed to change over time. Somebody smart once said that parenting is the only relationship in which the ultimate goal is separation. That's because parents are supposed to train their children so one day they can move out and live on their own. And it's not unusual for teenagers to start feeling a desire to pull away from their parents during the middle school years.
Even though parents can sometimes be annoying and embarrassing, remember that they were also in middle school once. It can actually be very valuable to lean into the coaching they give you. Even professional athletes who play at the highest possible level have coaches to help them continue to play better. Their coaches almost always used to play the sport and still recognize how to do it well. Some athletes pay attention to their coaches and improve. Others are puffed up and overconfident and often lose out because they think they're too good for coaching.
As your parents move into this new coaching role with you, here are a couple of tips for you:
1. BE COACHABLE.
Allow your parents to give you advice, partially cuz it can help you deal with the stuff you won't expect.
2. ASK YOUR COACHES GOOD QUESTIONS.
"Why should I do it that way?" "What can I learn from this?" "How did you mess up when you were my age?"
Pay attention to your parent-coaches--because surviving middle school is way more important than learning how to play T-ball.
**
Taken from "My Future" by Mark Oestreicher and Scott Rubin, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here:
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4. SURF REPORT
~ Girls for a Change: Take action and help change the world
http://girlsforachangeactionnetwork.ning.com/
~ Teen Ink Magazine: Written by teens
http://www.teenink.com/index.php

5. FORGETTABLE FACT
Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
~ John M. Richardson, Jr.
"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."
~ Charles F. Kettering

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: How do you stop a charging rhinoceros?
A: Take away his credit card.

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2008-09-26T08:07:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends

We had a good time at the first Autumn instalment of Progression, on Sunday ably hosted by the team from Belmont

Coming up this week, on Sunday evening we have a joint evening service with contributions from our y10+ young people, we will be planning this on Sunday morning during the morning service.

The first CY (y7+) at the new time of 7.45 – 9pm went well on Tuesday and we continue this coming Tuesday.
Y10+ Cell Tue 7.45 - 9pm is a group for older students wanting to go deeper with God .

CAB – plans to reconvene possibly this coming Wed Matt will be in touch soon

read on for an outline of the week, prayer points and more.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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Thanks for:
Emma and Ian’s wedding
A good start to the Autumn term, with new faces at the core
Our new young leaders, who did a great job at Rock Solid last night.
A good time at Progression on Sunday

Please pray for:
Children and Young people who moved groups last Sunday
Kaley and Carl’s Wedding soon
Kirsty beginning her gap year with World Horizons
The CY course that young people would have a chance to make up their minds about who Jesus is and what that means.
Rock Solid in St Lukes next week on Wednesday lunch time
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona Beginning at or returning to University this week.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
muesli

5.15pm Setting up for Joint evening service (y10+)

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+

Tuesday//Affirmed

CY – A new venture for those wanting to find out more (y7-y9) PRBC 7.45 - 9pm
y10+ cell group 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

CAB meeting soon

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and
beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon
CE Missionary Stall – 6th Oct 6.30pm
Our 4th Light Party – 31st Oct

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3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

ONE COMMUNITY: SHARING AMONG BELIEVERS
MEMORY VERSE
"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves." (Romans 12:10)
INTRODUCTION
Growing up in my church, the word "fellowship" meant some sort of post-worship-service gathering that involved food and coffee. And that was about it. It seemed pointless then; but looking back, I can see how important those times were. A church is a family made up of different types of people. And the only way such a diverse group can become a real family--and not just a crowd--is by spending time together.
This week we'll see the members of the early Church giving money to one another, sharing their possessions, and taking care of each other. This is what a real church family is supposed to look like. But how do we get there?
In every church God wants to build something called "community," the sense that we're all connected in a real way. Serving each other, helping, loving, and giving are all ways we express real community.
Believe it or not, this can be the most exciting and life-changing aspect of your church experience. But community isn't easy to come by. It takes a deliberate choice to be a part of the people of God. Once you join, the benefits are endless. This week we're going to look at how to build real community in our own churches.
Day 1
Read Acts 4:32-37
Sharing isn't natural. No one has to teach a child to be selfish with his toys. That trait just comes naturally to him. But it applies to teenagers and adults as well. So how do you figure 3,000 people voluntarily selling their possessions to help other people? When the Spirit of God moves, we discover how the Spirit provides all we need--including a family of parents, brothers, and sisters to help us through life. Recognizing God's provision, Barnabas gladly chose to sell his land to aid the church. Would you be willing to do the same with your stuff? Our culture is selfish; it's time we challenged the status quo by loving each other sacrificially.
Do you believe God will provide all you need--even when you help others?
Do you truly love the people in your church?
What are some ways you can serve the people in your church this week?
**
Taken from "Community" Student Life, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here:
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4. SURF REPORT
~ PlanetWisdom Thought Café: Join in on conversations about life and faith issues
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~ Do Something: Find out how you can volunteer in your area (and check out the top 11 reasons to volunteer)
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5. FORGETTABLE FACT
Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."
~ Alexander Graham Bell
"If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."
~ Mary Pickford

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
"Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see."
~ Jack Handey

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the information 109//120908

2008-09-12T07:49:00.000-07:00

issue109//120908

Hi Friends

Welcome to the first information of the Autumn term. This will be the first edition for many so let me explain what it’s all about...The information is a weekly e-newsletter that I send out every Friday during term time, it is also put on a blog so people can access it online if they want to. It goes out to Young people, Parents, Leaders and others who support what goes on here at PRBC in prayer. Its main purpose is to let people know what’s going on and also to encourage people to pray for some of the people and stuff that’s happening. There’s also some a piece from Youth Specialties that might be of interest. If you don’t want to receive it, I won’t be offended, just email me back with ‘no thanks’ in the subject box and I’ll remove you.

The information is always sent using BCC so no one else will see your email address, but it might get attacked by your spam filter unless you put simon@prbc.org.uk in your address book.

We had an amazing summer, first at Devon Christian Youth Camps in the Sun at the end of July – [celebration at Belmont next Sat (20th Sept 6pm)] then 2 day later 19 of us embarked on the adventure that was the Baptist Youth World Conference in Leipzig Germany, at least 10 trains, some weird breakfasts, 7000 people from around the world, a 6 lane conga, countless trips to Mc Donald’s, some awesome times with God, on trip on the London eye and 2 random strangers in our photo later we were back in Exeter and then it was time for a holiday.

Things have started well this term, last Sunday we went to Exmouth for a mellow evening of Dune jumping and battered Chips. On Tuesday 12 of us gathered for the first young leaders training evening, which led to Mel, Amy and Naomi all helping at the first Rock Solid of the year last night.

Tomorrow is a massive opportunity for our young musicians and anyone who loves the bands at FNX, the guy who leads the band at the massive Soul Survivor festivals in the summer is coming to Exeter, James can tell you more…
“Yup it's tomorrow!!! 2pm at the Salvation Army Friars Walk EX2 4AZ. I've now had confirmation from Ben re what's going to happen. It's as advertised. 2-3pm with Ben's learning all about worship - suitable for anyone! 3pm onwards getting a bit more technical and hands on - it is going to involve the band members he's bringing with him, looking at how you play together, insights from different instruments etc. No need to bring your instrument - just come along”
Then in the evening is Soul Exeter at the same venue, Café, Awesome music and words, 7pm – 9.30pm Make your own way there (this is not a PRBC supervised event)

On Tuesday the CY adventure begins at PRBC, this a new gathering open to y7-y9s wanting to find out more about following Jesus or to go a bit deeper, legendary toast from the lovely Bet and lots more, come and check it out (this runs instead of Boys and girls cell group).

Y10+ Cell group reconvenes at 188 Pinhoe Road 7.45pm.

Sorry it been so long but there’s so much to tell you read on for an outline of the week, prayer points and more.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:
Emma and Ian’s wedding
God’s hand over Leipzig, funding, safety, travel, an amazing event.
The summer break, rest and recreation
A great time at Exmouth on Sunday night
Young leaders training and the 9 Young people who stepped up and will begin working in our teams.
Our amazing team who work over 100 toddlers children and young people each week.
Good Rock Solid //Core meetings with new faces.

Please pray for:
Kaley and Carl’s Wedding soon
Soul Exeter on Saturday
The CY course that young people would have a chance to make up their minds about who Jesus is and what that means.
Rock Solid starting in St Lukes next week on Wednesday lunch time
Andy, Chris, Dan, Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona Beginning at or returning to University in the next few weeks.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Saturday//AdoreAction

2pm Worship Training session with Ben Cantelon – Salvation Army EX2 4AZ
7pm (doors) 7.30pm Soul Exeter (This is not a PRBC supervised event) – Salvation Army EX2 4AZ

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
muesli

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+

Tuesday//Affirmed

CY – A new venture for those wanting to find out more (y7-y9) PRBC 6.45pm
y10+ cell group 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

CAB meeting soon

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and
beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon

DCYC Celebration 20th Sept – Belmont Chapel – 6pm
Progression - 21st Sept – Belmont Chapel - 5.45pm – 8pm
Joint Evening service – 28th Sept – 6.30pm PRBC

The following content is supplied to us from the Christian organisation Youth Specialties in America

3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

USING YOUR GIFTS TO HELP OTHERS
We've heard from a pretty reliable source that you're a gifted individual. The Bible makes it clear that God has given all of us special talents and abilities he hopes we'll use to encourage the people around us.
Ask yourself a few questions: "What do I like? What am I good at? What types of things interest me?" Those are probably pretty easy questions for you to answer, but here's a tougher one: "How can I use my gifts, talents, and abilities to help others in my school?" Here's an even tougher question: "Am I willing to do it?"
God didn't gift you so you'd leave those gifts unopened. He didn't gift you so you'd open the gifts and use them just for yourself. The truth is God gave you your gifts with the expectation that you'll use them to make a difference in the world around you. And it just might be that no place needs you to use your gifts more than your school does.
Are you good at math? Maybe you can tutor someone who's struggling.
Are you a good athlete? What if you decided to ask the kid who always gets picked last to be on your team in P.E.?
Are you good at encouraging others? How about finding the new kid or the loner and inviting him to eat lunch with you?
Do other people look up to you? Think what could happen if you rallied a bunch of your classmates and started a new movement. Like a movement to treat substitute teachers with respect or treat others the way you want to be treated or make the janitor's job easier by picking up your own trash.
What if you started a one-person movement? Like a movement to use your God-given gifts, talents, and abilities to make a difference on your campus.
**
Taken from "My School" by Kurt Johnston and Mark Oestreicher, copyright 2007 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here: http://www.youthspecialties.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=349

4. SURF REPORT
How to Host a High School Football Game Tailgate Party http://www.ehow.com/how_4431122_tailgate-high-school-football-game.html
See You at the Pole - Wednesday, September 24 2008 http://www.syatp.com/

5. FORGETTABLE FACT
Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead." ~ Erma Bombeck
"At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet." ~ Plato

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
What do you call a cow that won't give milk? A milk dud!
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For more details please contact our youth pastor:
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the information 108//270608

2008-06-27T01:28:00.001-07:00

issue108//270608

Hi Friends

Thanks to everyone last Fridays FNX such a great night, 26 young people from right across our youth ministry joined us for pizza music band wise words, please pray for the ongoing impact of what we experienced last week. On Sunday night our rapidly maturing young musicians led us in worship and then we engaged in some spiritual pathways developed by the cell group the Tuesday before. Last Sunday also saw the launch of our Leipzig £10 talent challenge. Please support the Leipzig crew if you can. The deadlines for the overnight and the Beacon centre passed last week and due to the numbers booked in we’ve decided to cancel these events. The timing of the Beacon centre weekend was unfortunate, but I had to book it 18 months ago before we knew we were defiantly going to Leipzig, another time...

On Tuesday We’re going to see Prince Caspian at the ODEON, £2.50 meet at the ODEON at 4.40pm pick up from the ODEON 7.30pm – no transport from PRBC, consent form attached.

RS/RS2 overnighter 11th July – POSTPONED til the Autumn
12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others) - CANCELLED

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

Money from the Bacon Butties towards Leipzig
Chris Davey safely back from his gap year in Nigeria
Great Joint Service on Sunday night
Favour with the local council which has led to 2 grants recently
Our amazing team who work over 100 toddlers children and young people each week.
FNX – a great evening, the mix of Young people, Patrick Regan's powerful message.
Good Rock Solid //Core meetings with new faces

Please pray for:

Prince Caspian next Tuesday
Leipzig – funding, plans, travel, safety, an amazing experience for our young people.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona completing their studies at University.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2
muesli

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+

Tuesday//Affirmed

4.40pm Prince Caspian at the ODEON, £2.50 meet at the ODEON at 4.40pm pick up from the ODEON 7.30pm – no transport from PRBC,
consent form attached. Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details. (No Cell groups afterwards)

Wednesday//Affirmed

CAB meets this week – call Dan on 07807 036921 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon

RS/RS2 overnighter 11th July – Postponed
15th July – Core Beach Party @ Exmouth
17th July – Rock Solid//RS2 Beach Party @ Exmouth

Coming up THIS YEAR...

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre - CANCELLED

3. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS THINK ABOUT MEDIA?
Scripture teaches that believers have always had to be discerning when it comes to the things people create. In the Old and New Testaments, artisans were often involved in creating objects of worship. They built ornate temples so people could come together and worship false gods. They also forged statues of those gods--called "idols"--so people could worship them in their homes.

Rather than honour the true living God, the artists used their creative skills to glorify imaginary deities. It's likely that some of the pieces they created were awe-inspiring--perhaps even masterpieces. But they violated the first and second commandments:
"You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them." (Exodus 20:3-5)
One of the best-known examples of idolatrous art can be found in Daniel 3. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon ordered the construction of a golden statue that was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide. Then he summoned all of the leaders in the region to attend the unveiling ceremony. To guarantee a positive reaction to his creation, Nebby decreed that when he gave the signal, everyone had to fall down and worship the statue. Those who didn't, he warned, would be thrown into a furnace and burned to death.
Among the invited guests were three Israelites: Shadrach, Messiah, and Abednego. They worshipped the one true living God, which meant they couldn't bow down to an idol. So when the signal was given, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stood their ground. And true to his word, the king had the men thrown into the furnace. You probably know how the story goes from there: God protected them from the flames, and King Neb was so impressed by their Divine rescue that he declared the God of Israel to be the only God.
But that's not the point I want to make here. You see, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego could have just skipped the whole dedication ceremony. They could have refused to have anything to do with the creative work of idol worshippers. Their fate would have been the same either way.
However, Shadrach and his friends chose to attend the ceremony because they were active members of the government. They probably admired the artistic aspects of the statue and the craftsmanship that went into making it. Yet while the three men chose not to honor the creative work with their lives (by bowing down to it), they didn't ignore it or boycott it, either.
What's more, earlier in the book of Daniel we learn that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had been schooled in the Babylonian language and literature (Daniel 1:3-4). Because the young men excelled in those areas, the king placed them in positions of influence and authority where they were able to help others learn about God and come to know him.
That should also be our goal in learning about our own culture. Movies, television, and music (along with art and literature) reveal the heart and soul of who we are as people. When we understand the culture we live in, we can apply that knowledge as we introduce others to God. The more we know about what people are really connecting with, the better prepared we'll be to introduce God in a context they can relate to.
**
Taken from "Wisdom On...Music, Movies & Television" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here:
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4. SURF REPORT
~ RoadsideAmerica.com: Find out about some of the wackiest vacation destinations in our fine country.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/about/
~ Bored Masterpiece: Create art based on how you're feeling.
http://www.bored.com/createpaintings/index.php

5. FORGETTABLE FACT
The first TV commercial: a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"People with goals succeed because they know where they are going... It's as simple as that."
~ Earl Nightingale
"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."
~ Les Brown

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
A starship ride has been promised to you by the galactic wizard. [from an actual fortune cookie]

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the information 103//020508

2008-05-01T06:58:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends

A busy weekend coming up with some good stuff going on, please feel free to join in!

On Sunday is our opportunity to serve the runners in the Great West Run. Consent form for the water station is attached, Leaders and RS2/Meusli meet at PRBC at 9am, Jnr Church 9.30am, please bring warm clothes, waterproofs and snacks – water provided! We should be finished by 12.30.

On Monday 5th May is our Hope08 community Bank holiday funday

You can support this by...

Bring Home baking and/or plants either on Sunday or Monday
Come at 12.30 on Monday to help set up and get involved
Come later in the afternoon to relieve stall holders and help clear away.
Bring your neighbours, friends and family to the event.

The funday begins at 2pm – 5pm. The aim of the Day is to connect with our Community and to raise some funds for the local GWR charity Vranch house who we have supported previously.

A 7 metre mobile climbing wall to be erected in the car park for the day, this activity will be offered for a nominal fee and will be supervised by Qualified DCAC staff. In addition we would like to offer Polsloe a range of activities for all ages within the Church. People from the Polsloe My Neighbourhood project will also be involved on the day.

The outline plan and coordinators for the different elements are below...

Top Hall
Fair Trade goods – Chris Jadav
Refreshments – Kay d’A
Home Baking stall – Trish G
Plant stall - Peter F
Children’s Games - Dan G/Yvonne

Lower Hall
Sports activities –
Skittles, Beat the Goalie, Basket Ball, Parachute Games etc – Pete & Maria S and Matt H

Small Hall
Activities for small Children –
Biscuit decoration etc, Christine M
Face painting, Parent supervised crèche

Coming up next Friday is...

NIGHTCHURCH go global
May 9th 8pm-11pm
Exeter Cathedral

an evening of live music, discussion, games, prayer, and worship all with a justice twist!

There will be a fairtrade café with live music from Haydon Spenceley, Lara Conley and Tobias Ben Jacob, a panel discussion with Christian Aid representatives, interactive prayer stations where you can reflect on and pray about global issues, opportunities to chat and meet people as well as to get involved with campaigns and make a difference for world justice.

Come along and…
Ask your questions – why should we be bothered about climate change? Does fairtrade really make a difference? Shouldn’t the church do more? What about conflict?
Chill out listening to music and meeting people in the café
Discuss global issues with others
Join in a Christian Aid simulation game and discover the hardships faced by those living in poverty
Take time to quietly reflect and pray
Or do all of these…

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

Chris Davey safely back from his gap year in Nigeria
Great news about Kaley's engagement to the lovely Carl.
Favour with the local council which has led to 2 grants recently
A great Youth leaders meeting last week.
Our amazing team who work over 100 toddlers children and young people each week.

Funding for Simon’s Arrow Leadership development programme another grant came in this week

Please pray for:

This Weekend the GWR and Hope08 Bank Holiday Fun day safety, good contacts, people from the community drawn in our the church family.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning to University.
Simon’s first Arrow leadership programme residential coming up soon.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

9am RS2//muesli meeting for the Water Station at PRBC consent attached
9.30am Jnr Church meeting for the Water Station at PRBC consent attached

Monday //Access

11.30am Climbing wall open for Church family and friends
12.30pm Setting up for Funday
2pm Funday Doors open

6.30pm JCE no meeting

Tuesday//Affirmed

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. 6.45pm – 8pm Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable Meet. 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

CAB – call Dan on 07807 036921 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Friday//Adore

8pm - 11pm NightChurch at the Cathedral - (no PRBC Supervision at this event)

Coming soon

10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
17th May Mosaic EX4 Community action day as part of the Polsloe my neighbourhood project

Coming up THIS YEAR...

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

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3SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART.

Last week we celebrated Earth Day and Arbor Day...but the reality is that you can make choices to help save our planet every day of the year. So we're continuing on with our "Green" theme this week.

DETECTOR GADGET

One of the certainties of our current world is technology. There are always new gizmos and gadgets. There are iPods and laptops and DVDs and CDs and PSPs and mp3s and cell phones and plasma screens and...the list just continues to grow. In this world there are always new technologies. And the way we relate to them has a huge effect on the environment.

I am possibly the least tech-savvy teen in North America. I literally can't turn on my brother's computer. Of course, that may be because my brother built the computer himself using parts from several salvaged computers with three separate operating systems--but still, I should at least be able to turn it on.

I'm also one of those people who believes talking to technological devices will actually make them obey me.

Mom: "Who are you talking to, Emma? It's six in the morning!"

Me: "Er, the toaster."

Yet even with my high level of incompetence, I still manage to have my guilty technological pleasures. My brother and I actually have a deal about certain mindless TV series that we like to borrow from the library. I won't make fun of his shows, and he won't make fun of mine. Moderation in everything, right?

As long as it really is moderation.

My latest technological "guilty pleasure" has been playing Spider solitaire on my computer. Random, I know. But because I spend so much time writing on the computer, I often feel as if I deserve a little break. And I spend most of those breaks playing this game. But I've realized recently that what I meant by "little" isn't actually so little.

Let's do a bit of arithmetic. I usually let myself play two or three games of Spider after I finish a page of writing. Each game takes about ten minutes. During summer vacation, I've been writing about five days a week--with a goal of writing seven pages a day. I have about 10 weeks when I'll be free to write this summer vacation. So that's 50 writing days times seven pages per day--350 pages. But if I play just two or three little games after every page, that's between 700 and 1,050 games of Spider solitaire. Multiply that by 10 minutes per game and divide by 60 minutes in each hour...Okay, if you've been zoning out until now, here's where you should focus back in again. Because the bottom line is that I'll play between 116.67 and 175 hours of a mindless computer game just this summer vacation. It's like I've spent a full week of my vacation--five to seven complete 24-hour days--doing nothing but playing this little game! Imagine what else I could do with that time.

Maybe you don't play Spider, but you might be surprised how much of your life gets taken up by similar random things--and in our day, those things often involve staring at a video screen. Take TV commercials as an example. By the time the average American turns 20, he or she will have seen more than a million commercials. Most Americans spend a full year of their lives watching television ads. Not TV in general: just commercials. For some reason, a year of my life doesn't feel like a little time spent watching what advertisers tell me I need--it seems like a lot more time than I want to spend.

**

Taken from "It's Easy Being Green" by Emma Sleeth, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
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**

THREE SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO CHANGE THE WORLD THIS WEEK:

1. Instead of playing an hour of video games or chatting online, spend that time planting some flowers or plants (it'll help the environment, make things look prettier, and use zero electricity while you do it!).

2. Spend time outside. Pick up some trash on the street and throw it away.

3. Clean out your closet and recycle papers and magazines, and donate the clothes and things you don't use anymore.

**

4. SURF REPORT

~ WireTap: Ideas and Action for a New Generation
http://www.wiretapmag.org/

~ Your Environment. Your Choice
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/teens/index.htm

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

Beavers can swim half a mile underwater on one gulp of air.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money."
~Cree Indian Proverb

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
~Native American Proverb

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

It was raining cats and dogs. There were poodles all over the road.

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the information 100//040408

2008-04-04T04:02:00.000-07:00

issue100/040408

A huge thank you to everyone involved in making Puddings and Promises such a huge success.

Hi Friends

I walked home last Saturday night after Puddings and Promises and and thought ‘wow what an amazing Church PRBC. The love and care that had gone into so many promises, the generosity of the bidders, the commitment of people of all ages to the ongoing ministry we have to Children and young people here at PRBC is awesome. Thank you so much for helping us raise over £1200 towards our 4th football academy, our ongoing ministries week by week and the trip to the BWYC in Germany this summer.

On Monday I booked 19 delegates for the BWYC, we’ve got a great mix of young people and adults going, along with Josh and Sammie our official mascots!

Yesterday afternoon we ran a pilot event for the CY course for young people (y7-y9 PRBC 4pm – 5pm) exploring the Christian faith, and enjoyed tea toast and lively chat about th4e relevance of Jesus to young people today. Please pray that this would go well and young people will met with Jesus through this event when we officially begin next term on 24th April (consent attached)
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Next week FNXtra, the football, and children’s activity events will be happening at St James school. Please get in touch if you’d like to be involved. Please call the ISCA Church office 01392 210210 if you need to book in for the Football Academy, Dance School or Children’s Activity Club.

Then next Friday is the next instalment of the FNX adventure... Slight change of plan than before, we’re meeting at St James school at 5.15pm on Friday 11th for a free BBQ, hooking up with the FNXtra crowd then travelling together to St Peters school, with drop offs home by 10pm (Consent form attached).

Youth team meeting (cell leaders//core//Rock Solid//RS2) at 188 Tue 22nd April 7.30pm

Leipzig team (everyone going) and Parents meeting PRBC Sun 27th April 6pm

No Cell groups RS or the core for a couple of weeks. Have a great ‘Spring Break’

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

A great term for Rock Solid and the core with over 25 young people attending this term.
Puddings and Promises an amazing night.
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!
Funding for Simon’s Arrow Leadership development programme

Please pray for:

Events coming soon – FNXtra, FNX.
Kaley taking some time out from her regular roles.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning from University.
Simon’s Commitments as Infinity [Exeter youth leaders network] Coordinator and FNXtra Mission Coordinator.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2 – AH/KD United
MosaicAM –

6.30pm MosaicPM – no meeting

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE next meeting 21st April

Tuesday//Affirmed

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) next meeting 29th April
Boys Cell group (y7&8) next meeting 29th April
High School Mixed (y9-y11) next meeting 29th April

Wednesday

Wed – Fri FNXtra – Football, Dance, Children's Activities at St James School call 210210 or 07899 086169 for mare details

CAB - No meeting this week – call Dan on 07807 036921 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday//Access

4pm CY – introduction to Christianity for y7-y9 (consent attached) next meeting 24th April
7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9] next meeting 24th April
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm next meeting 24th April

Coming soon

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

Coming up THIS YEAR...

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

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3SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART.

WHAT DID JESUS MEAN WHEN HE COMMANDED US TO EAT HIS BODY AND DRINK HIS BLOOD? (ALL ABOUT COMMUNION)

It must have been an incredible sight to watch Jesus preach. John 6 details a real-life meeting between Jesus, the disciples, and 5,000 witnesses.

Can you imagine? They sat on a hill, Jesus at the bottom, the disciples sitting at his feet listening to every word out of this miracle healer's mouth. He was already gaining quite a reputation for being a man who could perform miracles over nature, and he even claimed to be able to forgive their sins.

The Bible doesn't describe the message. We don't know if Jesus was preaching about following God or about a husband treating a wife with respect. What we do know is that he was setting the stage for something great!

The message was about to end, and Jesus leaned over to Philip and said, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" (John 6:5).

He knew what he was doing (verse 6). The Bible says he already had a plan. He was testing Philip to see what the disciples' response would be. I suppose you can infer that he was ready to really put their faith to the test.

Crowds of people were following, but did they really believe Jesus could perform a miracle this big--feeding 5,000 people? (Actually, in Jesus' time, 5,000 referred to the number of men only; there could have been double the amount if they counted women and children.)

Can you imagine Philip's face when Jesus asked him where to buy bread? To Philip, it probably seemed as if Jesus were commanding him to go and find the money, the restaurant, and the catering company to deliver the food; and surely the crowd was getting hungry.

I don't know if you've ever seen a crowd go into a feeding frenzy, but if they were anything like American crowds, Philip knew they were about to have a problem.

They didn't have the money to feed all those people. They didn't have the resources even if they had the money. There wasn't a place where 10,000 people could sit down and eat all at the same time. What was Philip to do?

You've probably read the story before. If not, check it out in John 6. Jesus took five loaves of bread and two fish and prayed to God to supply their need. The Bible records that the meal was so bountiful the disciples picked up the scraps and filled 12 baskets with the leftovers. It was a miracle over nature.

The next day, Jesus began to teach the disciples about bread that would keep you from going hungry (verses 32-59). He gave them a history lesson of the Old Testament Israelites in the desert and reminded them of God's provision in their hunger by miraculously placing manna in the desert every morning for them to eat.

Then he recalled the miracle just performed in front of their eyes, as if to say, "Hey, guys, if I can provide you with physical food, don't you think I can provide you with spiritual food?" He says in John 6:53, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood; you have no life in you."

He was making a point. You have physical hunger, but you also have spiritual hunger. If I can feed your physical body, don't worry--I'll take care of your spiritual body as well.

The New Testament is full of wonderful analogies of bread and water as sustenance for our bodies, as well as Jesus' provision and their meaning in our spiritual lives. Jesus even ends his three-year earthly relationships with his disciples by conjuring up an analogy of bread and wine as it relates to his body and blood.

WHY DID JESUS BREAK BREAD WITH THE DISCIPLES BEFORE HE WENT TO DIE?

Just like baptism, the other sacrament you can find in almost every church in the world is communion. It's the time when they pull out the silver offering plates full of broken crackers and grape juice--or whatever format your church uses.

Growing up, my pastor always used to tell us about how we are to remember Jesus by eating his body, represented by the bread, and drinking his blood, represented by the grape juice. And although I think remembering Jesus' death on the cross is vitally important, I don't think it's just Jesus' death that's cause for this ceremony.

Jesus took his disciples into an upper room to eat the last supper.

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." --MATTHEW 26:26-28

What if he wasn't trying to tell the disciples to remember the event of the crucifixion merely for the event itself? What if Jesus was actually trying to communicate that the spiritual sustenance was about to be poured out? He commanded the disciples to remember--but remember what?

WHY DO WE "DO COMMUNION" TODAY?

I think communion is one of those things we need to take a look at and ask ourselves if it's necessary to do it like we've always done it.

Imagine for a minute you were about to give someone the gift of eternal life, but you were going to have to face the most excruciating torture known to the world to this point in order to give it. If she accepted your gift, would you want her reflecting on the sacrifice, or the gift?

I think Jesus wanted us to use communion as a rallying cry, not as a memorial. He wanted us to remember his sacrifice, sure; but I think he smiles down on us when we approach his throne with a joyful attitude of thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving. Don't we have a holiday like that?

Isn't Thanksgiving the time when all our families gather around one common table of thanks? We make certain foods to remember the pilgrims and their voyage to America. We give thanks for all the blessings we've had during the year, and often those blessings include loud, funny stories. Sometimes they even help us recall embarrassing moments. We tell jokes. We have serious talks. We sit around and remember--remember for the sake of our family here in America.

I wonder if communion should be the Christian Thanksgiving feast. What if we all gathered around a table and took communion like we eat Thanksgiving dinner? We remember the good times, we recall the sacrifice, and we celebrate the fact that Jesus came to die so we could live. Wouldn't that be cool?

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNION?

- Who are those free from sin?

- Who has received eternal life through Jesus?

- Who is set free from their old sinner selves and reconciled to a righteous God?
- Who has experienced God's grace?

- Who has accepted God's forgiveness?

- Who is living an abundant life because of Christ's death?

- Who is making disciples?

- Who is obeying Jesus' commands?

- Who really loves Jesus?

I suppose there's your answer.

**

Taken from "Duplicate This!" by Andy Braner, copyright 2008, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
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**

4. SURF REPORT

~Famous Hoaxes Throughout History (just in time for April Fool's Day!)
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/history/before_1700

~Find cool places to volunteer
http://www.coolworks.com/volunteer/

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

More redheads are born in Scotland than in any other part of the world.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"In the Kingdom of God, service is not a stepping-stone to nobility: it is nobility." ~T.W. Manson

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance."
~Samuel Johnson

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was a nurse said, "No change yet."

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The information is part of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church Youth Ministry. For more details please contact our youth pastor:
Simon d’Albertanson 07899 086169 simon@prbc.org.uk
ALL PRBC EVENTS ARE RUN UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE BUGB SAFE TO GROW CHILD PROTECTION POLICY WITH APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND CRB CHECKED STAFF.

Simon d'Albertanson
Youth Pastor

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2008-03-20T08:08:00.000-07:00

Puddings & Promises coming to a Church near you soon (29/3/08)
see you there!

Hi Friends

We’ve had a great week in school with some amazing opportunities to share the hope that Jesus offers the world through his death and resurrection. Tonight we have Easter focused Rock Solid and the Core while upstairs there will be a Maundy Thursday Communion service. Tomorrow will be spectacular, come and join 100’s of Christians at Belmont Chapel at 9.45am and then we take to the streets en masse to re-enact the passion through the town culminating with the crucifixion on Cathedral green, the shoppers of Exeter will have never seen the like of it before, come and join this amazing event.

The next big thing after Easter is our Puddings and Promises Fund Raiser, have a think about what you might be able to offer as a promise. Thanks to Promise man and his team for a great plug last Sunday
Details of the y9+ residentials (FNXtra//Leipzig//Beacon) are attached please give your responses to me ASAP as I need to book tickets for Germany soon.

Things are coming together for FNXtra at Easter, there have been some major changes to the event...

FNXtra has changed. We are no longer running FNXtra from St Peters School in Exeter but Pinhoe Road Baptist Church instead.
We are no longer charging £79 but the bargain price of £35. It's still 5 days of teaching, workshops, worship & prayer, practical mission in 3 zones in Exeter and Exmouth plus a cool cafe and lots of fun but for £35.

To book simply fill in the original form but send in a cheque for £35 not £79 to FNXtra, 140 Pinhoe Rd, Exeter, EX4 7HJ.
However you must send in your booking form and cheque by Tuesday the 25th of March. That is 13 days away so what are you waiting for fill in your form and send off your cheque right now.
Suggested donation of £20 for adult leaders.

Have a great Easter

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

Opportunities to share the gospel in St Lukes this week.
Powerful Cell groups looking at the the temple curtain!
Vibrant Rock Solid with 18 young people attending
FNX God moving in power, young people responding to the Gospel.
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!
Funding for Simon’s Arrow Leadership development programme
A brilliant induction day for Simon and Kay on the Arrow Programme last Saturday.

Please pray for:

Events coming soon – Puddings and Promises, FNXtra
Kaley taking some time out from her regular roles.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Simon’s Commitments as Infinity [Exeter youth leaders network] Coordinator and FNXtra Mission Coordinator.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Friday//AdoreAction

9.45pm Walk of Witness beginning at Belmont Chapel

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2 – in main service
MosaicAM – DG/MS

6.30pm MosaicPM – no meeting

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – no meeting

Tuesday//Affirmed

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. 6.45pm – 8pm Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable Meet. 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

CAB - Dan house – call Dan on 07807 036921 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon

29th Mar Puddings and Promises Youth Fund raiser

Coming up THIS YEAR...

8th – 12th Apr FNXtra – Youth residential//mission
11th Apr FNX – St Peters School
12th Apr Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

The following content is supplied to us from the Christian organisation Youth Specialties in America

3SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART.

DID JESUS FAKE HIS DEATH?

A friend was telling me about Jonathan, a little kid she knows. Jonathan lives on a busy street, and he likes to sit in his front yard and watch the cars and trucks drive by.

One day Jonathan said to his dad, "I know how to make concrete."

"Oh?" replied Jonathan's dad. "How's that?"

"You make it from squirrels," Jonathan said. Noting his dad's look of surprise, he explained. "See, first a squirrel runs into the road. Then it gets hit by a car. Then more cars and more cars drive over it, and in a couple of days, when you look where the squirrel was, it's concrete!"

Jonathan may not have had a very accurate understanding of the composition of concrete or the decomposition of squirrels, but he did get one thing absolutely right: When roadkill disappears, it's not because it came back to life.

Yet Christianity claims that Jesus did exactly that. According to the New Testament, Jesus was "run over" by the force of the Roman government, which authorized the most horrifying form of capital punishment known in that day. His body lay dead for most of three days. Then, according to Christian belief, instead of decomposing, he came back to life.

Christ's resurrection--his coming back to life--is considered the ultimate proof that he is God. So it's too important a claim either to accept mindlessly or to dismiss without looking at it seriously.

Before someone can be resurrected from the dead, of course, the person has to be dead. So the first question to ask is, "Did Jesus really die on the cross? Or might he have faked his own death--and the resurrection that appeared to follow?"

RESURRECTED OR REVIVED?

One solution to the problem of a dead person coming back to life is the suggestion that Jesus didn't really die on the cross at all, but that he either fainted from exhaustion or took a drug that made him look dead. Later he revived in the cool, damp air of the tomb. Here are some of the arguments in favour of that theory:

-The Bible itself tells us that Jesus was offered some liquid on a sponge when he was on the cross (see Mark 15:36). If the sponge were drugged, Jesus might appear dead when in fact he was only heavily sedated.

-The Bible also says that Pilate was surprised at how soon Jesus died (Mark 15:44), which could suggest that Jesus was taken off the cross before his crucifixion proved fatal.

-This theory explains how Jesus' tomb could be empty (there was no corpse to bury) and how Jesus could walk and talk and eat with people after his crucifixion.

DEAD OR ALIVE?

Dr. William D. Edwards, writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, drew this conclusion about the crucifixion: "Clearly the weight of the historical and medical evidence indicates that Jesus was dead before the wound to his side was inflicted. The assumption that Jesus did not die on the cross appears to be at odds with modern medical knowledge."

You can draw your own conclusions. What clinched it for me was this question: Suppose Jesus did survive the cross. Suppose he was able to escape from the burial wrappings, roll the rock away from the tomb, and get past the Roman soldiers who were standing guard. After suffering the trauma of the cross and such catastrophic blood loss, would he have inspired the disciples to hail him as a victorious conqueror of death? Would they have been motivated to start a worldwide movement based on the hope that someday they too would have a post-crucifixion body just like his?

My own conclusion, after weighing the evidence, was to rule out the theory that Jesus didn't really die on the cross. That suggestion no longer seemed plausible. But remember, the central claim of Christianity is not just Jesus' death, but his resurrection. Agreeing that Jesus was dead is still a long way from agreeing that he came back to life.

A Question for the Heart

What could possibly have motivated Jesus to willingly allow himself to be degraded and brutalized the way he was?

**

Taken from "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel and Jane Vogel, copyright 2001, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
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4. SURF REPORT

~ Sheepherding: Test your reflexes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

~ Send a SpoonTone to a friend
http://blizzardfanclub.com/spoontones/

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones go to the top.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection."
~Watchman Nee

"If the [resurrection] happened, it was the central event in the history of the earth."
~C.S. Lewis

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

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The information is part of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church Youth Ministry. For more details please contact our youth pastor:
Simon d’Albertanson 07899 086169 simon@prbc.org.uk
ALL PRBC EVENTS ARE RUN UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE BUGB SAFE TO GROW CHILD PROTECTION POLICY WITH APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND CRB CHECKED STAFF.

Simon d'Albertanson
Youth Pastor

simon@prbc.org.uk

07899 086169
01392 218448

Pinhoe Road Baptist Church
157-165 Pinhoe Road
Polsloe Bridge
Exeter
EX4 7HZ

www.prbc.org.uk

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2008-03-13T07:30:00.000-07:00

Puddings & Promises coming to a Church near you soon (29/3/08)
see you there!

Hi Friends

The next big thing after Easter is our Puddings and Promises Fund Raiser, have a think about what you might be able to offer as a promise. Y9+ please meet in the youth room at 1010am this Sunday to plan a short promo drama

Details of the y9+ residentials (FNXtra//Leipzig//Beacon) are attached please give your responses to me ASAP as I need to book tickets for Germany soon.

Things are coming together for FNXtra at Easter, there have been some major changes to the event...

FNXtra has changed. We are no longer running FNXtra from St Peters School in Exeter but Pinhoe Road Baptist Church instead.
We are no longer charging £79 but the bargain price of £35. It's still 5 days of teaching, workshops, worship & prayer, practical mission in 3 zones in Exeter and Exmouth plus a cool cafe and lots of fun but for £35.

To book simply fill in the original form but send in a cheque for £35 not £79 to FNXtra, 140 Pinhoe Rd, Exeter, EX4 7HJ.
However you must send in your booking form and cheque by Tuesday the 25th of March. That is 13 days away so what are you waiting for fill in your form and send off your cheque right now.
Suggested donation of £20 for adult leaders.

If you can't come along for the whole thing but want to help out with some of the mission in a zone please get in touch with the people below
North Exeter - Football Academy, Dance Academy, Children's activities and a big family fun day - Call ISCA Office - 01392 210210
West Exeter - Detached work with young people and a family fun day - dave@riversideexeter.co.uk
Exmouth - Family fun day, community action projects in Little ham - John Prockter - john.prockter@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

A great night at our Youth and Children's Dinner.
A grant for Y&C equipment from Sure Start
FNX God moving in power, young people responding to the Gospel.
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!
Funding for Simon’s Arrow Leadership development programme

Please pray for:

Events coming soon – Puddings and Promises, FNXtra
Kaley taking some time out from her regular roles.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Simon’s Commitments as Infinity [Exeter youth leaders network] Coordinator and FNXtra Mission Coordinator.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Saturday//Adore

TBC Dweeb in Concert – Riverside Christian Centre details from 210210 [no PRBC supervision]

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2 – Eggs etc (13) [y7 – y8] YS/KD
MosaicAM – in main service – meet at 1010am in youth room to plan Drama

6.30pm MosaicPM – no meeting, joint SWBA event at South Street BC

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+

Tuesday//Affirmed

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. 6.45pm – 8pm Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable Meet. 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

CAB - Next Week Call Dan on 07807 036921 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon

29th Mar Puddings and Promises Youth Fund raiser

Coming up THIS YEAR...

8th – 12th Apr FNXtra – Youth residential//mission
11th Apr FNX – St Peters School
12th Apr Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

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SERVE GOD BY SAVING THE PLANET

Our planet is no longer the paradise God created. In "It's Easy Being Green" you'll learn how to honor God in the choices you make and you'll begin to understand the impact those choices have on the environment. Sixteen-year-old Emma Sleeth will help you see how you can make a difference at school, around the house, and all over the world.

Learn more about "It's Easy Being Green" here.
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1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL

This morning, my dad talked to a class full of fourth graders about the environment. He spoke with the class by speakerphone--one of my younger friends from our faith group in the last place we lived had set it all up. Erin was excited about sharing one of her favorite adults with her friends. And that adult was really excited about talking to the kids.

Now you have to understand: My dad speaks about the environment all the time. He has meetings with the head of the Sierra Club, preaches in churches with 10,000 members, and rubs shoulders with some of the most knowledgeable and influential scientists who are researching climate change. He's been followed by camera crews and interviewed on national radio programs. So you might not think he'd be all that excited about speaking by phone to a classroom of elementary school kids.

But when I came into the kitchen a few hours after everyone else had gotten up (I'm a teen, okay?), Dad was practically bouncing off the walls, waiting for the class to call. He didn't even want to toast his English muffin, because it might take too long and he wanted to be done eating when the phone rang.

When dad got off the phone, he said the class was awesome. He always says that if you talk to kids like adults, they'll respond. Nobody likes being talked down to, no matter how old they are. Kids always want to know, "What can I do? What can I do?" instead of wanting to change other people. My dad is convinced that this desire to work on our own personal habits before trying to get other people to change is what's really going to help the ecosystem. And he loved that the kids were all happy to comply with his request to give his young friend Erin a hug for him because he lives too far away now.

Obviously, it's been a while since most of us were in fourth grade. But as I think about Dad talking to Erin's class, I believe there are a few ideas we can learn that apply not only to our younger friends but also to us "big kids" in high school or junior high.

The first is that most adults really love interacting with kids--and vice versa. There is something exciting about youth. We might not be famous, we might not have all the answers, but young people have an energy and passion that is contagious. And when it comes to saving the earth, that energy can help get others excited about joining in.

Dad's talk with the fourth graders also reminds me that there needs to be respect and cooperation across generations in order for us to have a greener planet. Dad didn't talk down to the kids, and when it comes to serious issues like the environment, we teenagers don't need--or want--some oversimplified "environmentalism for dummies" version. When we are enthusiastic and mature about environmental responsibility, we'll learn more and get more respect.

Those fourth graders are also a reminder that so much of caring about the environment is taking personal action. There's a reason why "Be the change you wish to see in the world" is such a popular saying--it's because it works. If we want things to be different, the best place to start is with our very behavior.

Finally, the hugs those kids were glad to offer my friend Erin are a reminder that everybody loves (and sometimes even needs) a little encouragement. The environment is a big issue, but it's not a depressing one. It's so important to encourage each other and to focus on positive changes we can make. And like the fourth graders my dad spoke with, one of the places where we can join together to make a big difference is at our schools.

TEN STEPS TOWARD A GREENER EDUCATION

There are some very simple things you can do to make your school education kinder to God's creation. Some are purely personal changes, whereas others may take more organization, approval, and support from friends and faculty. Here are just a few:

1. Always write on both sides of your paper. If you use composition paper, make sure to use college-ruled. That one change alone can save hundreds of pieces of paper each year.

Because I'm a lefty, I hate to write on the right-hand sides of notebooks--the binding, wire, or rings get in the way. But that doesn't mean I can't use both sides of the paper. A class usually doesn't take up a whole notebook worth of paper. I can take notes for one subject on the left hand side of each page in the notebook, and then flip the notebook over for another subject, where I can again write on the left side. It works out great. Also: If you have teachers who give handouts with writing only on one side, save them when the class is over and use them in your computer printer or for scrap paper. Most teachers don't mind if an essay is turned in on the other side of a crossed-out science article. (All paper from binders should be recycled at the end of the year.) You can also use both sides of posters. When teachers take down student posters at the end of the year, they'll usually let you snag the ones with information on only one side so you can use them next year.

2. Walk or ride the bus to school. If neither of these is an option, carpool.

3. If your school isn't already recycling paper and soda cans, you can help get it started. You just need to get permission to put a cardboard box next to the trash can in each classroom to collect paper. Organize a few friends to help you collect the boxes on a regular basis--preferably friends who have driver's licenses so you can take the paper down to the local recycling center. You should research before starting anything that involves recycling refundable bottles--there are often rules about what kind of collection receptacles can be used for that. At our school, we were only allowed to put barrels inside if they were metal ones specifically made for recycling cans--but even just having plastic barrels outside makes a difference.

4. Encourage your school to buy two-sided printers for the library or any other place where the printer is used a lot. When it was time to replace the printer in our school library, the head librarian decided to take the leap and get a double-sided printer as well as a converter kit for the other printer in the library. Together they cost less than $1,400, but the library saved more than three times that in paper costs in the first year alone! Numbers talk: $1,400 invested; $4,500 saved. That printer paid for itself in less than four months, and it'll continue to save money (and trees) for as long as it lasts. If you do a little research and present the numbers to your principal or someone else who has responsibility for making the decision, you're much more likely to get approval.

5. Have your school get recycled paper for all its copiers and printers. Paper that's 100 percent recycled can cost more; if your school isn't willing to go all the way, 30 percent recycled paper costs no more than "regular" paper. Unlike the recycled paper of a decade ago, today's recycled paper will go through printers and copiers fine, and won't cause any more jams or problems than the paper your school is probably using now. Since 30 percent recycled paper costs no more than the paper your school is already buying, it's usually easy to convince your administration to make the switch. However, you might be able to go one step further and combine this project with the printers--using some of the money saved from double-sided printing to pay for the slightly more expensive 100 percent recycled paper.

6. Along the same lines, paper towels and toilet paper made from recycled paper can usually be bought in bulk at the same price as products made from unrecycled paper. Just a few years ago, this was not the case, but companies are changing their prices so it isn't more expensive to be environmentally friendly. Just get some numbers together, figure out who, you need to talk to, and propose a switch.

7. Schools can purchase other environmentally friendly devices that--like the two-sided printers--will easily pay for themselves over time. It's possible to purchase "energy misers" that can be installed on vending machines to save energy. These cost about $125, and make it so the machine goes into partial hibernation when it's left unused for a long time. (There's a similar device for water fountains that, for instance, can shut off the cooling device overnight.) Just figure out roughly how long it will take for the energy saved to pay for the device. If your school doesn't want to make the investment, but has vending machines where the food doesn't need to be kept cold, see if you can get permission to turn them off (unplug them) at a certain time after school so they won't be on all night. Maybe you or a friend who lives near the school can be in charge of walking over and unplugging the machines before the school gets locked up for the night, or maybe a custodian can do it as part of the evening routine.

Exit lights have to stay on at all times, but they don't have to use as much energy as they're probably using now. Replacing the lights in the signs with LED bulbs will pay for itself in no time and then just keep saving--both energy and money. The same is true of getting compact fluorescents for all the lights in your school.

8. Often, schools don't turn off computers each night. This seems like a simple thing, but computers that are always left on use a TON of energy. If your school doesn't already turn off all its computers, offer to spend 10 minutes each day turning on all the computers in the computer lab in the morning and turning them back off again after school. Contrary to urban legend, turning computers off once a day will not harm them; in fact, it will extend their life as well as greatly reduce the amount of energy they use.

9. Start a collection-and-exchange program at your school. Our school has a room devoted to a clothing exchange--students bring in gently worn clothes they don't wear and can pick up others they will wear. In the same room is a box of used three-ring binders that are still in good shape--students who can't afford binders or don't wish to purchase a new one can pick one up anytime. If this kind of permanent exchange program isn't possible at your school, at least see if you can do a prom-dress swap. There really aren't too many other occasions to which a prom dress can be worn, and, even if people go to more than one prom during high school, they often don't wear the same dress twice. So collect formal dresses near the end of the year and make them available to other girls to wear. Girls, what are you really going to do with a frilly dress in your closet other than let it hang there? Suits can also be collected, though my experience is that people are more likely to donate dresses. (The suits we did collect were snatched up immediately.) This is a great project for the National Honor Society or another service organization at your school to take on. Before collecting the dresses, make sure you've arranged for a place (a willing teacher's classroom will work) where you can store and display the dresses.

You can also collect used cell phones and printer cartridges. These can be recycled, usually with a refund. Money raised from these collections can be used toward other environmental projects, perhaps to provide the initial investment in things like energy misers or two-sided printers, or to buy trees to plant on the school grounds.

10. Cafeterias are another great place to make environmental changes, though it can be difficult because of regulations and costs. It's often possible to convince school cafeterias to serve vegetarian meals and purchase local food. Getting real plates instead of Styrofoam ones, metal utensils instead of plastic ones, and washable cups instead of disposable ones can be another goal. Some schools even compost their food waste. If you can't convince your school to make big changes, don't give up. You can bring your own lunch in a fabric bag or lunchbox filled with environmentally friendly food choices in washable containers. Although it's great to get other people to change, you can make a difference simply by walking the walk.

WRAPPING IT UP

Taking care of God's creation can begin with small steps at your school. Pick your projects, don't lose motivation or get bogged down in bureaucracy, and remember who is guiding your efforts. Everything you do to save the environment is really part of your witness, showing the world how much you love God by respecting the gift of his creation.

Remember, God is on your side. He will help you when you try your hardest to help the world he created. As long as you take advantage of all the resources you have, and work with all the people God provides (Christian and non-Christian), you'll do great.

**

Taken from "It's Easy Being Green" by Emma Sleeth, copyright 2008, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
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2. SURF REPORT

~ The 2008 Hip-Hop Songwriting Contest
http://www.essence.com/essence/takebackthemusic/index.html

~ Snow Drift: Get rid of those winter blues with this chill game
http://www.miniclip.com/games/snow-drift/en/

3. FORGETTABLE FACT

99% of people cannot lick their elbow.

4. POTENT QUOTABLES

"May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future."
~Irish Proverb

"Be kind to those that meet you as you rise, you may pass them again as you fall."
~Irish Proverb

5. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don't want to press your luck.

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2008-03-07T02:59:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends

A massive thank you to everyone who made our 2nd Annual Youth & Children’s leaders meal at the Nutwell on Wednesday such a success it was lovely to see so many of the team there and to be in the presence of our 2008 Oscar winners.

This Saturday is the March edition of Soul Exeter, if you’ve never been check it out, you wont be disappointed, details at www.soulexeter.co.uk

Sunday night we’ll be looking at a worship DVD together, this is open to all but especially relevant to our young musicians.

Coming soon is our Puddings and Promises Fund Raiser, have a think about what you might be able to offer as a promise.

Details of the y9+ residentials (FNXtra//Leipzig//Beacon) are attached.

Things are coming together for FNXtra at Easter, this will be a great week of fun, training and getting out and doing the stuff. There’ll be loads going on at St James school including our 4th Football academy more details at www.exeteryouth.com

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1KEYPRAYERPOINTS

Thanks for:

A great night at our Youth and Children's Dinner.
A grant for Y&C equipment from Sure Start
FNX God moving in power, young people responding to the Gospel.
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!
Funding for Simon’s Arrow Leadership development programme

Please pray for:

Events coming soon – Puddings and Promises, FNXtra
Kaley taking some time out from her regular roles.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Simon’s Commitments as Infinity [Exeter youth leaders network] Coordinator and FNXtra Mission Coordinator.

2YOURWEEKATAGLANCE

Saturday//Adore

7pm Soul Exeter – Salvation Army - more info and ideas about parking at www.soulexeter.co.uk. [no supervision from PRBC Y&C leaders]

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2 – Your serve (11) [y7 – y8] YS/KD
MosaicAM – [y9+] DG/CJ

6.30pm MosaicPM – The heart of Worship [DVD teaching on Worship] DG/SD

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+

Tuesday//Affirmed

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. 6.45pm – 8pm Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable Meet. 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

CAB - (College+) 37 Monks Road- Call Dan on 07807 036921 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon

29th Mar Puddings and Promises Youth Fund raiser

Coming up THIS YEAR...

8th – 12th Apr FNXtra – Youth residential//mission
11th Apr FNX – St Peters School
12th Apr Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

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LEARN HOW TO BE A NEW KIND OF SUPERMODEL

We all have big dreams. In "Confessions of a Not-So-Super Model" you'll begin to reshape the way you see yourself and the way you dream. You'll find that God's plans for you may far exceed your own dreams.

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3SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

PLATFORM

Confession: I am a passionate person and when I'm passionate about something, I want to share it with others. In middle school I wanted to save the whales, and I believed everyone else should want to save them, too. When I find a drink I love, I tell everyone how amazing it is and insist that they try it, too. (7-Eleven Slurpees are amazing!) I think it's important to chew lots of gum and hang out with people you love. I think women should have equal opportunities in the church and in our world. I'm passionate about helping those who are oppressed and use curriculum like "The Justice Mission" and 30 Hour Famine materials in my youth group. I think everyone should wear clothes made by socially-minded companies. (My personal favourite: www.jedidiahusa.com.) I support friends who have the courage to start their own businesses.

When I believe in something, I share it with the world. I guess you could call me a platform junkie.

One of the many joys of being a festival queen is having the opportunity to share your platform. Now when I say "platform," I'm not talking about the stage that contestants stand on during the pageant. I'm referring to the things you stand for, what you represent, the views you want to share with the community when given the chance.

I found out that being a festival queen was far more than dressing up and waving in a parade. It's also about representing your town and festival. My family loves the town of Nelsonville very much, and their love for the town gave inspiration to my long weekends on the road to the next festival. To my new queen friends and to the people who heard my speech at festivals all over Ohio that year, I represented Nelsonville and the Parade of the Hills.

My platform as Miss Parade of the Hills consisted of a quick speech I would share at each festival I attended. Some time during each weekend, all the queens would line up on stage and "sell" their various festivals. My speech changed from week to week, but the basics were pretty much the same each time. It went something like this...

"Hello, my name is Brooklyn Alvis, 1996-1997 Miss Parade of the Hills. The Parade of the Hills is held annually the third week of August every year on Nelsonville's public square. Our festival includes local artists, an old-time fiddlers' contest, a 5K run, and the queen's competition. The week ends with a parade and plenty of food, fun, and friendship for everyone. Whether you're young, old, or somewhere in between, the Parade of the Hills seeks to bring families together, encourage community cooperation, and celebrate music, arts, and our fine Appalachian history. So head down Route 33 and join us this year at the Parade of the Hills! Thank you, and we hope to see you this August."

At first, this speech didn't mean a whole lot to me. But over time, after seeing the ways being a festival queen had brought me new friends and a better understanding of other people, I began to really believe what I was saying. The Parade of the Hills will never make national headlines. But it brings families and friends together to celebrate some of the things that matter most. I was proud to be Miss Parade of the Hills because the people who chose me believed I represented the values and beauty they hoped to see emulated in their festival. It was an honor to be chosen as festival queen in the town where many members of my family grew up and still live today. So over time, I felt more and more enthusiasm for my platform of sharing the hopes of our festival and offering an open invitation for all to come to Nelsonville and experience a week where everyone comes together as one.

Whether we've won a festival competition or not, we all have a platform. We all have to decide what we want to represent, what's important for us to share with the world. Although I am no longer Miss Parade of the Hills, I still have a platform as a follower of Christ that's been pretty consistent throughout my life.

First, I know I am saved by God's grace. I am forever thankful for God's forgiveness and for Christ's love and compassion for me and every soul who seeks it.

Second, I believe the Holy Spirit guides and protects us even during our darkest moments.

The third key point in my personal platform is the belief that God has created every one of us with unique and special gifts. There's no other person in the entire world who has the exact combination of gifts you have. I like to tell my students that if they don't share their unique gifts, passions, and strengths with the world, then no one else can. The same is true for you. No one else has what you have to offer. If you don't share those gifts, you are robbing the world of an opportunity to see part of God's image that no other person can reveal. This makes you unique. This makes you rare and highly valuable.

You reveal a piece of God's likeness that no one else shares. To deny the person you are in Christ is to hide something valuable and wonderful. Trusting that God has made you for a specific purpose can give you confidence when you feel like you have no purpose. You are beloved.

Trouble seems to camp out in our backyards in the form of doubts, low self-esteem, relationship problems, family dysfunction, heartbreak, schoolwork, and peer pressure. But when we learn to dwell in the house of God, we prevent trouble from creeping into the houses of our hearts.

Nothing can separate you from the love that keeps you seeking truth. Nothing can stand in the way of you sharing your life with the world. It is our ministry to one another to reveal God's character, to participate in God's love.

WHAT'S YOUR PLATFORM?

Each of us must decide what we stand for. What we say and do in life reflects who we are deep inside, and maybe more importantly whose we are. If God's fruit and God's nature dwells deep, that's what is going to come forth in our actions and in our speech.

Mother Teresa had a platform of love. She spent her life caring for those who were lost and lonely. Her book, In the Heart of the World (MJF Books, 1997), includes a prayer that reflects the spirit of her work: "Shine through me, and be in me, so that every soul I come in contact with may feel your presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me, but only you, O Lord!"

Rahab had a platform of faith. In the book of Joshua, we learn that Rahab had been living a life of sin as a prostitute. But she realized her need for redemption and hid Israelite spies who were being pursued by the King of Jericho (Joshua 2:1-21). She did not let her past or her pride get in the way of her belief in God.

Learning was central to the platform of Jesus' friend Mary. When Jesus visited the house of sisters Mary and Martha, Mary sat at Jesus' feet, setting her heart on every word that came from his mouth (Luke 10:38-42). Her sister, Martha, scurried around the house cleaning up, jealous that Mary was getting to spend time with Jesus and angry that she wasn't helping out. Mary's platform was to be a learner; Martha's was to be a pleaser. Each of them chose what she would be about that day when Jesus came to their home.

Bethany Hamilton's platform is focused on God's saving love. In 2003, at the age of 13, Bethany was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark while surfing in Hawaii. Bethany lost her arm in the attack but chose to resume her professional surfing career and use this tragic experience as a platform to share what God had done in her life. Her deep and abiding faith became a catalyst for sharing the good news of Christ and the hope that is available even in the worst circumstances. Bethany's life is a speech testifying to the power of God's love.

We could list many other examples, the greatest of these being Christ, who never gave up his platform of love and forgiveness. His dream comes true every time one of his children turns to him for forgiveness and decides to live out the calling given to each of them.

Even if you never give a speech in a microphone, your life speaks to the world each day. What does your life say about what is most important to you? What message do people hear when they listen to the platform of your life?

YOUR CONFESSIONS

*Have you felt afraid to share with a friend about something you believed strongly?

*What is unique about you? Could this uniqueness lead to a platform that could be used by God?

*Would your friends say you have a platform? If other were to look at the things you value in your life, how might they describe your platform? Try to be as honest as possible.

**

Taken from "Confessions of a Not-So-Super Model" by Brooklyn Lindsey, copyright 2008, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
https://shop.youthspecialties.com/store/product.php?productid=574

**

4. SURF REPORT

~ Engineer Your Life: A Site to Encourage Teenage Girls to Pursue Engineering
http://www.engineeryourlife.org/

~ Bite Back: Help End Malaria in Africa for only $10
http://www.biteback.net/

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

It is possible to see a rainbow at night.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning."
~Thomas Aquinas

"All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms."
~Blaise Pascal

7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

Q: What's green and purple and wants revenge?

A: The grapes of wrath

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2008-02-29T04:11:00.001-08:00

Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter meal 5th March 7.30pm Nutwell lodge (Carvery for £7.65),
see you there!

Hi Friends

I’m a bit short of time today, but FNX was amazing with young people coming to faith, Praise God, the awake over went well, this are back to normal next week, with the big news being our Youth & Children’s leaders meal at the Nutwell, see you there.

Things are coming together for FNXtra at Easter, this will be a great week of fun, training and getting out and doing the stuff. There’ll be loads going on at St James school including our 4th Football academy more details at www.exeteryouth.com

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

Good lessons in St Peters School on Our Church.
FNX God moving in power, young people responding to the Gospel.
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!
Simon has been accepted for the Arrow Leadership development programme

Please pray for:

Events coming soon – Puddings and Promises, FNXtra
Kaley taking some time out from her regular roles.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Simon’s Commitments as Infinity [Exeter youth leaders network] Coordinator and FNXtra Mission Coordinator.

2.yourweekataglance

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2 – Take the plunge (12) [y7 – y8] CH/SD
MosaicAM – [y9+] DG/CJ

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+

Tuesday//Affirmed

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. 6.45pm – 8pm Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable Meet. 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter Dinner – The Nutwell lodge 7.30pm

CAB - (College+) Meets next week Call Dan on 07807 036921 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Saturday 8th//Adore

7pm Soul Exeter – Salvation Army - more info and ideas about parking at www.soulexeter.co.uk.’ [no supervision from PRBC Y&C leaders]

Coming soon

29th Mar Puddings and Promises Youth Fund raiser

Coming up THIS YEAR...

8th – 12th Apr FNXtra – Youth residential//mission
11th Apr FNX – St Peters School
12th Apr Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

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3. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

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TALK TO ME

Guided Meditation

It's a normal day like any other. You're busy doing what you do. But as you go about your daily routine, you sense someone wanting to spend time with you. He wants you to come to him. He wants you to be with him. You definitely recognize his voice, but it's been a while since you've spent any real time together. Doesn't he know how busy your life can be? After all, you've been busy doing what you do.

He sits there, hunkered down in the corner of your room waiting for you. He's certainly not pushing himself on you, but you can definitely tell he longs to spend some time with you. You tell him that you don't think you'll have time to meet with him today as you head out the door again.

When you get back from your day, he's there again, waiting for you. He smiles at you as you come in the door and asks you how your day has been. He invites you to sit down and rest for a while. You can tell he wants to hear about your day and everything else you've got going on in your life. He seems very proud of who you are becoming. He asks you about what seems to be pressing in on you and weighing you down. You can tell he genuinely cares about you. He wants what's best for you. So you finally decide to sit down for a few minutes to talk with him.

You start by telling him that you can't talk long because you still have a lot to do before bedtime. But after a few minutes of talking together, your whole world and all the worries of your day seem to simply melt away. You haven't felt this relaxed in a long time. You find yourself pouring your heart out to him. And then he looks you right in the eyes and tells you how proud he is of you. He tells you how much he loves you and enjoys spending time together.

At that moment you realize this friend who has been waiting to talk with you day after day is Jesus. He has never made you feel guilty about blowing him off day after day. He looks at you and smiles. It's at that moment that you can tell for the first time in your life that you have a true friend who cares about you for who you are. The time seems to fly by as you continue talking together late into the night.

Journal Entry [spend some time journaling your thoughts]

Scripture Guides Us

Would it surprise you to hear that Jesus enjoys spending time with you? He loves you like crazy and just enjoys being with you. But he'll never force himself upon you. He'll simply wait until you're ready to be with him. And somehow it always ends up being some of the best time of your entire day.

Take a few minutes to "chew on" the following Scripture verses, allowing God's Spirit to speak to you.

MATTHEW 11:28-30
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

PSALM 16:7-10
"I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay."

PSALM 32:6-7
"Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising mighty waters will not reach them. You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance."

PSALM 62:1-2
"Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken."

1 THESSALONIANS 5:17
"Pray continually."

Questions for Reflection

1. What does it look like for you to spend time with Jesus? What do you enjoy most about your time with him? What are some of the obstacles that prevent you from spending time with him?
2. Think about some of the best times you've had connecting with God. What made them so special? How could you make that happen more often?
3. How does busy-ness and your schedule keep you from spending time with God? What things could you stop doing in order to spend some more time with him?
4. What does Matthew 11:28-30 say about the yoke Jesus offers us? What does it make you feel like to know that Jesus is carrying that yoke along with you?
5. What does it mean for God to be your hiding place? Where are some of your favourite places to spend time with him?
6. What do you think it means to pray continually? Is that even possible? And if it's not possible, why would God tell us to do it?

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4. SURF REPORT

~ Black History Month: Get all the Info
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~ Dodgeball at the Stride Gum Factory
http://www.stridegum.com/#Dodgeball

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
~Morgan Freeman

"Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face."
~Carol Moseley-Braun

7. PARTING SHOT

Seven days without a pun makes one weak.

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Hi Friends

Dan and I have had fun doing some lessons in St Peters School this week introducing PRBC to classes of y8 children and we’re back there again tonight for the next FNX, we’ll go to Pizza hut first and then on to the event, meet PRBC at 6pm bring £4 for pizza drop offs by 9.45pm bring the attached consent form if you want to come (y7+).

This Sunday our young musicians will gather to prepare for their next outing at the joint service coming soon, top hall 6.30pm

Next Friday 22nd Feb is our 24 hr World Vision Famine Sleep over 8pm – 9am consent form attached more details on Sunday (y7+).

Things are coming together for FNXtra at Easter, this will be a great week of fun, training and getting out and doing the stuff. There’ll be loads going on at St James school including our 4th Football academy more details at www.exeteryouth.com

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

Good lessons in St Peters School this week on Our Church.
The amazing group of young people our Church is blessed with.
Good week at CE, Cell groups, and new faces at Rock Solid and the Core.
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!
Simon has been accepted for the Arrow Leadership development programme

Please pray for:

Events coming soon – FNX, the Sleepover, Puddings and Promises
Kaley taking some time out from her regular roles.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
Emma and Ian recently engaged - Congratulations.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Simon’s Commitments as Infinity [Exeter youth leaders network] Coordinator and FNXtra Mission Coordinator.

2.yourweekataglance

Friday//Access

6pm Pizza Hut//FNX – Meet 6pm PRBC drop off by 9.45pm £4 for food bring attached consent form.

Friday – Sunday //AdoreAbide

5pm DCYC Senior mixed reunion

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2 – Session 4 [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – [y9+] MH/SD

6.30pm MosaicPM – 6.30pm – 8.30pm Band Practice DG/SD

HALF TERM no regular Weekday groups
Friday//Access

8pm - 9am Rock Solid//Core//Cells Sleep over – meet at PRBC 8pm, bring sleeping bag etc and attached consent form more details on Sunday,

Coming soon

5th March Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter Dinner – The Nutwell lodge

Coming up THIS YEAR...

8th Mar Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Mar Puddings and Promises Youth Fund raiser

8th – 12th Apr FNXtra – Youth residential//mission
11th Apr FNX – St Peters School
12th Apr Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

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3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

FOR THE GIRLS...

BOOGERS, BELCHES, AND BUGS--Guys and Grossness

booger (n) mucus from or in the nose, either green and gooey or green and crusty

belch (v) to eject gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth, to eructate.
(n) an eructation

bug (n) any terrestrial or aquatic insect with piercing, sucking mouth parts, wingless or with two pairs of wings, as the stinkbug, squash bug, or bedbug
(v) to annoy or bother

"Why do guys act so immature?"
- Samantha, 17 - Christine, 14 - Brianna, 14 - Nicole, 16 -
Stacy, 15 - Hanna, 15 - Steph, 15 - Carrie, 14 - Sammie, 16, etc.

"Guys are rude and gross."
--Amanda, 16

"I hate to say it, but guys can be pretty slobbish."
--Pastor Dave, 42

Fact: The female body and the male body both have the same digestive system.

Fact: The female body and the male body both have the same sinus drainage system.

Fact: The female body and the male body both produce digestive gasses, sometimes known as "burps" and "toots"

Fact: The female body and the male body both produce sinus mucus sometimes known as "snot" or "boogers."

So why, then, does it seem like guys have the market on gross bodily fluids and gross bodily noises?

Almost every single girl who filled out the guy and girl survey for this book had these questions on their minds: "Why are guys so gross? Why are guys so immature? Why do guys think stupid things are so funny? Why do guys laugh at dumb jokes? Why do guys think body noises are such a big deal?"

Those questions may not seem related at first glance, but read them again. Do you see a connection? Did you know that guys mature slower than girls? It's true. Teen guys are about one to two years less mature than teen girls. Since the word immature sounds so critical, let's use the words less mature to try to see how all those questions you just read are related.

--Teen guys are less mature than teen girls.
--Since teen guys are less mature than teen girls, things that seem childish or silly to the girls might seem funny to the boys.
--Since things like body noises, dumb jokes, and gross things are somewhat childish and silly, teen guys, who are less mature than teen girls, might think those things are funnier than teen girls do.

Do you see the connection?

Several years ago some scientists got together with some museum people who then got together with a writer named Sylvia Branzei, and they created something called "Grossology." It was a traveling science exhibit that was presented all over the United States, and here are some of the facts it presented:

Burps and toots are results of gas buildup in the body.

A toot is not a backward burp.

Burping is officially known as "eructation."

Tooting does not have an official name. It is sometimes referred to as "farting," "passing gas," "breaking wind," "ripping one," and "cutting a puffy," among others.

Burps originate in the stomach and result from excess air combined with digestive acids.

Toots originate in the large intestine and result from the gas that is produced by the bacteria that digests food.

People, both male and female, pass gas an average of 14 times a day.

Ants, by the way, do not burp.

Snot is produced when the mucus in your nose combines with bacteria-killing chemicals. Snot coats the tiny hairs in your noise, which then help trap the dirt you breathe, keeping it from getting into your lungs. You proceed to swallow the dirty snot throughout the day, and then it is destroyed in your stomach. The nasal area of a human being is one of the cleanest areas of the body.

On average, people, both male and female, manufacture and swallow about one quart (about one liter) of their own snot a day.

The act of nose picking is officially referred to as "rhinotillexomania."

Don't you feel smarter now?

A few summers ago about 25 ninth graders from my town took a trip down to Chicago. On the second morning of the trip the male and female leaders were both sleepdeprived, exhausted, and haggard-looking. The male leader said to the female leader, "You look awful. What happened last night?" The female leader said, "The girls were up all night talking about boys, picking out their outfits for today, comparing their shoes, trading clothes, modeling their swimsuits for each other, painting their nails, plucking each other's eyebrows, telling stories, and doing their hair. I didn't get any sleep. You look awful, too. What happened to you?"

The male leader said, "I was up until four in the morning while the guys all tried to outfart one another. I didn't get any sleep, either, but I did have a few good laughs."

No one is able to say for sure why guys and girls have such a different viewpoint on body noises and function, but here are a few possibilities:

- Girls, as we said earlier, mature sooner than guys. But eventually the guys catch up. When was the last time your dad burped out loud at a restaurant? You see, they do grow out of it.
- Girls tend to be more inhibited because they have higher levels of the brain chemical serotonin, which works like the brakes in a car. It's easier for girls to say to themselves, "My stomach is really churning right now. This could be a problem. What am I going to do? One thing's for sure. I'm not going to do anything in public that might be embarrassing."
- The part of the brain that keeps a person interested and attentive is less sensitive in guys than girls, so they get bored more easily. When they get bored, they often start acting up, wiggling, being silly, etc. In a girl's brain the "thinking" part more easily overrides the "reacting" part than it does in a guy's brain.

One of the problems with understanding guys during the teenage years is that their bodies often look mature, but their brains aren't quite at the same developmental level. In other words, their bodies are grown, but their brains aren't. Because of that the mantra of many teen girls when they're with teen guys is, "Would you just grow up already?!"

Actually, some girls start saying this as early as kindergarten when boys have been known to pull on a girl's braids as a way to get her attention, to chew up his food and then display it to the entire class on the tip of his tongue, or to pick his nose and then promptly consume whatever it is that's dangling from the tip of his finger.

Television commercials and sitcoms often make it seem like guys never grow out of the less mature stage. The media seems determined to portray guys both young and old as immature, childish, silly, sports-fanatical, car-crazy, toy-loving creatures who, like Peter Pan, never grow up. And it must be good for sales; otherwise the media would stop doing it.

The fact is, however, that there are lots of teenage guys who never burp in public, never tell silly jokes, aren't interested in gross things, and act rather mature for their age. If there are 15 guys and 15 girls in a high school class, and if only two or three of the guys act immature and love to make body noises in public, the 15 girls will usually define the entire teenage male population as "immature, disgusting, and gross" based on those few individuals.

Likewise, if only two or three of the girls in the class talk nonstop about shopping, gossip about other people, and don't know how to change a tire on their cars, the 15 boys will usually define the entire teenage female population as "backbiting, shopaholic ditzes" based on those few individuals.

Not only do girls often broadly categorize all guys as gross and immature, but they also tend to forget that many members of their own gender fit the same description. I had three roommates in college who could beat any guy in a burping contest. I've been in cars and buses and classrooms with girls who could clear out a football stadium with the body sounds and smells they produced. And I've been at sleepovers with senior high girls who giggle and laugh and whisper and tell secrets just like third graders.

The biggest difference between the gross level of guys and girls is that girls tend not to brag about their skills. Guys, you may remember, are very competitive. So of course, if there are gross body noises being discussed, there will naturally be a contest to see who's best . . . or worst, as the case may be. A guy may congratulate his friend on a magnificent burp, but he will then immediately proceed to try and outburp him. A girl, on the other hand, will probably just congratulate her friend and leave it at that.

Another thing to keep in mind is that, for as long as anyone can remember, society has looked to females to be genteel, refined, and polite. That's not to say that people expected males to be the opposite. Rather they expected that the gentle and refined politeness of females would encourage males to follow suit. Does it really work this way?

That's a little hard to say. Certainly, if a guy has a crush on a girl and he finds out that she thinks burping is disgusting, he might change his behaviour, at least when he's in her presence. Then again he might decide he's not quite ready to give up this exciting pastime and that girls can wait for a while. Truly, girls, this issue is a bit of a mystery, even to the guys themselves.

I met with a group of guys (all different ages) and told them that girls didn't understand why guys thought body noises and silly things and gross stuff and childish behaviour were such a big deal. The guys laughed, pushed each other around a little bit, joked, and then one of them burped. Loudly.

Then I asked them if they could tell me why so many guys did those things, and they were at a loss for words. "I don't know." "Just because it's fun, I guess." "We just do, that's all." Those were as precise as the answers got. One senior guy said, "It's just something we do, but as we get older, we stop. Or at least we do it less." And then I noticed that it was mostly the younger guys who were acting silly and trying to burp the alphabet. The older guys were considerably more polite.

This difference in age behaviour showed up in the guy and girl surveys. The younger guys who filled out the survey often wrote down sarcastic, silly, ridiculous answers.
For example, one young guy gave these answers--
Name some things that guys (in general) are better at than girls: Everything
Name some things that girls (in general) are better at than guys: Nothing.

Another young guy gave these answers--
Name some things that guys (in general) are better at than girls: spitting, burping, farting, going to the bathroom standing up.
Name some things that girls (in general) are better at than guys: cooking, cleaning, having babies, being crabby, being annoying.

Many of the older guys, on the other hand, seemed to have more thoughtful and honest answers. One older teen guy wrote:
Name some things that guys (in general) are better at than girls: I don't know . . . some are better at sports. Some aren't. Some are better at mechanical things. Some aren't. It all depends. I do think we're better at letting go of a problem or conflict once it's over with.
Name some things that girls (in general) are better at than guys: I think girls are really good at building close friendships. They understand relationships better than guys, I think. They're also better at understanding and relating to other people's feelings.

Can you see the difference between these answers? Clearly, as guys get older, their maturity starts to become apparent. It just arrives a little bit later than it does for most girls.

So what can you do about a guy whose immaturity is starting to really get you down? I think it's very appropriate for girls to let a guy know if he's doing something that's rather impolite. If a guy walks up to you, makes a crude joke, and then laughs, you have every right to say, "You know, I don't really appreciate that at all. Please don't talk to me that way." That's going to accomplish much more than saying, "You jerk. You're so stupid. Why don't you just grow up and stop being such an animal." If you say something like that, he might just laugh and think, "Wow, that was awesome! Maybe if I do the same thing tomorrow, she'll scream and make a girly scene."

In the end, girls, this is what it comes down to:

- Not all guys are gross, disgusting slobs who think boogers are for bouncing, bugs are for smashing, and burps are for communicating.
- The guys in your school (or family or church) whom you consider to be "immature, gross, disgusting slobs" probably still have some maturing to do. Be patient.
- The fact that you are annoyed by some guys' behaviour doesn't make you better or superior. Nor does it give you a right to trash guys.
- Most guys grow up to be decent and kind men . . . even the ones who, right now, think it's cool to make fake farting sounds by sticking one hand under their armpit and then pumping their elbow up and down really fast.
- No one asked you to be the politepolice. If you are a well-mannered, mature young woman, good for you. The world needs more people like that. But let your behaviour be your example to others instead of resorting to lecturing, eye-rolling, tsk-tsking, and the ever famous, "Just grow up, will you!?"

TO READ--

Proverbs 13:20

TO THINK ABOUT--

1. Do you think the girls or guys in your grade act more mature? Why?
2. In what ways have you noticed guys your age maturing over the past few years?
3. Think of some examples of commercials that portray guys as being dumb, immature slobs. How do you react when you see these? Why do you think advertisers portray guys like this?
4. Why do people think body noises are ruder coming from a girl than from a guy?

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Taken from "What's Up With Boys?" by Crystal Kirgiss, copyright 2004, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
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FOR THE GUYS...

MARKING THE LINES

You and your friends want to play some pickup football (touch, flag, tackle--whatever you prefer). You've got a ball. You've got a wide-open place to play. And you've got even teams.

Before you start the game, though, there's one important thing you have to do. You have to set your boundaries--sidelines, goal lines, and end lines. You have to determine what's inbounds and what's out-of-bounds.

You could try playing without boundary lines, but things would probably get frustrating and confusing pretty quickly. If you're going to play the game right, you need to know how far you can go. You need to know how much room you have to work with.

The same goes for sex.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "SEX"?

God's plan is for guys and girls to save sex until marriage. (That sound you hear is millions of Christian parents and church leaders nodding their heads in agreement.) But that leads to a pretty obvious question: What is sex? And what, exactly, are you supposed to save?

To put it in football terms, where are the boundary lines? How much room do you have to work with? How far can you go? (That sound you hear is millions of Christian parents and church leaders going, "Um, um...")

It's not like there's a shortage of opinions on the subject. Lots of Christian guys have set boundaries for themselves, sexually speaking. The problem is finding agreement on where those boundaries belong.

Tony
When the Bible talks about sex, it's talking about intercourse. Or whatever you want to call it. That's what "two people becoming one flesh" means. That's what I'm saving for marriage. So if somebody asks me if I'm a virgin, I say yes. Even though I've had oral sex and stuff like that. Because those things don't count. They're not really sex.

Luis
I think there's a difference between teasing and sex. Teasing is when you're just messing around. You know, exploring bodies and stuff. How else are you gonna learn? You've gotta find out what feels good to a girl. Otherwise your wife's gonna be bummed on your wedding night. I say as long as you don't have an orgasm, it's not really sex.

Justin
I believe there's a difference between having sex and making love. I don't think God wants people doing it just because they feel like it or because they're drunk or whatever. But if you love someone, it's different. Then it's making love. It's something beautiful instead of something sleazy.

Michael
I think it depends on the person. There are some things I can do and not feel guilty about. But if another guy does the same thing, he might feel guilty. You have to be true to yourself. Don't make decisions based on what other people do or what other people tell you is right. Do what's right for you--and the person you love.

Shon
I don't really have a choice. My girlfriend won't let me do anything more than kiss her. I tried to get a little more a couple times, but she threatened to dump me. So now I'm a good boy. Well...almost. I told her I'd do the kissing thing. But I also told her she had to make it worth my while. And she has. She's a great kisser.

Kip
I made a pledge to save sex for marriage. To me that means not doing anything with a girl that I wouldn't want my future wife doing with another guy. I know it sounds weird. Especially since I have no clue who my future wife will be. But it just seems fair, you know?

How do your views of what's "too far" compare with these? How would you explain your boundaries when it comes to sex?

How do you think God feels about your boundaries? Think carefully before you answer. Raging hormones and wishful thinking have been known to cloud guys' judgments. With enough incentive, you could justify an orgy. And if you're really good, you could even make it sound biblical.

But God isn't swayed by lame excuses or desperate rationalizations. And fooling yourself is never a good idea, especially when the stakes are so high.

MYTH BUSTING

So how does an unmarried guy like you come up with a clear guideline for his love life? How can you enjoy the pleasures of the opposite sex without misusing your body?

You can start by finding out for yourself what God expects of you. You'd be surprised by how many well-meaning Christian guys have set sexual standards for themselves based on myths and mistaken ways of thinking when it comes to God and his Word. To help you avoid that mistake, let's take a look at three of the most common myths that can trip you up.

Myth #1: The Bible's silence is our gain.
You can search every book of the Bible and not find a verse that says oral sex before marriage is a sin. Nor will you find a passage about undressing a girl or tongue kissing. In fact, you won't find many specific guidelines about what's okay and what's not for sexually curious guys.

Some people use this fact to support the argument that (almost) anything goes. Their attitude is: If the Bible doesn't outlaw it, I'm allowed to do it.

The problem with this line of thinking, however, is that it assumes the Bible is nothing more than a rule book. A list of do's and don'ts. A fat book with countless ways God wants to ground us. And that's a really lame way to look at God's Word.

The Bible is actually more like a treasure map. A detailed plan for discovering the awesome things God has planned for you. A guide for making the best possible choices for yourself in every situation.

There's an old story about comedian W.C. Fields, who was quite well-known for his drinking, fooling around, and unwise lifestyle choices. Toward the end of his life--while Fields was living in a sanatorium--a friend entered his room and found Fields thumbing through a Bible. The friend was astonished. "Bill, I've never seen you with a Bible or within a mile of a church. What are you doing?" he asked.

"Looking for loopholes," Fields answered.

That story's kind of amusing as a joke, but it's tragic as a human episode. Now, if you are looking for loopholes in God's Word, you're missing about 99.9 percent of what it has to offer.

Besides, the Bible isn't nearly as silent on sexual matters as some people would like to believe. You can find plenty of clues scattered throughout Scripture that reveal God's attitude toward sexual experimentation.

One of the first clues can be found in 1 Corinthians 6:18: "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body."

Look at that first sentence again. Run away from sexual immorality. Think of it as a ticking bomb at the beginning of an action movie. The people who see it and run away as fast as they can will probably survive. But the arrogant "expert" who thinks he can defuse it by himself will end up getting smeared across the room.

That's the kind of danger sexual temptation presents. If you're conceited enough to believe you can mess around with it safely, you're in for a nasty surprise. It's a matter of direction: If you're running away from sexual temptation, you're heading in one direction. If you're trying to see how close you can get to the boundary line without going over, you're heading in the opposite direction. And you have to admit that doing the opposite of what God commands is always a bad idea.

Clue number two can be found a few books later in the New Testament: "But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people." That's what Ephesians 5:3 says. Not even a hint. Talk about setting the bar high!

Guys can make all the pitches they want about why certain things technically shouldn't be considered sex. But if those things have even a hint of sexual immorality, they're off limits.

Ephesians 5:3 makes that crystal clear.

And then there's clue number three, which comes courtesy of Colossians 3:5: "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."

That doesn't sound like a God who's wishy-washy when it comes to his people playing around with sex. As far as he's concerned, you're in a fight to the finish with sexual sin. If you don't destroy it, it will destroy you. No matter how harmless it may seem right now.

Like it or not, God isn't going to spoon-feed you every bit of information you need to stay sexually pure. He's not going to supernaturally highlight every relevant verse in your Bible. Discovering his truth is your job. And it's not always an easy thing to do. Especially with so many other so-called truths competing for your attention. But if you commit yourself to learning what his Word says about sexual purity, he will help you discover his truth.

Myth #2: Setting sexual boundaries for yourself will take care of your problem.
Don't get me wrong. When it comes to sex, setting physical limits for yourself is a great idea. Especially if you commit yourself to respecting those limits. But it won't solve your problem completely.

You see, your fight isn't just physical; it's mental and spiritual, too. Jesus made that clear when he said, "But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:28). How's that for a standard?

You can keep your pants zipped from now until your wedding day, but it won't keep you safe from sexual sin. The male imagination is a state-of-the-art, industrial-strength machine--especially when it's churning out sexual fantasies. Guys are ingenious when it comes to imagining erotic scenarios. There's no situation we can't turn into a sexual one if we just put our minds to it. So no matter where you draw the line physically, you still have to contend with your eyes and your thoughts.

Myth #3: More than anything else, God wants us to enjoy his gift of sex.
Don't be fooled into thinking that your enjoyment is at the top of God's priority list. It's not. "It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God...For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life." I didn't say that; the apostle Paul did in 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 7.

God wants you to be pure. He wants you to obey him. He wants you to honor him in the things you do and say. He wants you to live your life as an example to others. That's what God wants. You can certainly enjoy yourself doing those things. But enjoyment isn't your ultimate goal--not if you're serious about living a life that pleases God.

You see, this isn't about getting what you want. It's about giving up what you want--for God's sake. "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." Those are Paul's words again, from 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.

God has a purpose for you. And getting as much as you can from girls isn't part of it. Living a holy life is a 24-7 commitment. You can't call time-out, go mess around for a while, and then come back to it. To be holy you have to completely change your perspective on satisfying your urges.

That doesn't mean you have to live like a monk and shut yourself off from the world. God's not boring! As I mentioned in chapter 1, he's the One who created the pleasure centers in your body. But living a holy life does mean you have to learn to say no to your body--even when it's screaming for action.

**

Taken from "When Young Men Are Tempted" by Bill Perkins and Randy Southern, copyright 2007, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
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4. SURF REPORT

~ Make Your Own Avatar
http://www.bkfk.com/Modules/Innovator/MeetAnInnovator.aspx?Section=buildit

~ Frozen People in Grand Central Station: This is just funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DerK9VJKIpY

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

A snail can sleep for three years.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"There is a famine in America. Not a famine of food, but of love, of truth, of life."
~Mother Teresa

"Love means loving the unlovable--or it is no virtue at all."
~G.K. Chesterton

7. THIS WEEK IS...

Monday, 2/11 = Make a Friend Day
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/February/makeafriendday.htm

Tuesday, 2/12 = Plum Pudding Day
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/February/plumpuddingday.htm

Wednesday, 2/13 = Get a Different Name Day
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/February/differentnameday.htm

Thursday, 2/14 = Ferris Wheel Day
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/February/ferriswheelday.htm

Friday, 2/15 = National Gumdrop Day
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/February/gumdropday.htm

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Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter meal 5th March
Nutwell lodge (Carvery for £7.65),
please please please let Marion know by 24th Feb
if you are coming it will be a great evening.

Hi Friends

It’s been a good week for this little corner of God’s Kingdom, last Sunday saw

Progression open it’s doors here once more, an awesome night of music, food, and wise words from the great Dave Poulson from Riverside//Overdrive.

Closely followed on Tuesday by the first PRBC Pancake race along Pinhoe Road , about 20 of us braved the elements with our racing pans, Parry put in a stunning performance to win the 2008 title, congratulations!

This Saturday is Soul Exeter, Make your own way to the venue at the Salvation Army Hall [no supervision from PRBC Y&C leaders] James G writes

‘Last month was fantastic. This month should be even better. We've got an amazing local band and an awesome speaker from up North!
If you want to know more, contact me or go to the website. I hope to see you there.
There's more info and ideas about parking at www.soulexeter.co.uk.’

This Sunday our young musicians will gather to prepare for their next outing at the joint service coming soon, top hall 6.30pm

Coming soon is the next FNX at St Peter's school on Friday 15th Feb, we’ll go to Pizza hut first and then on to the event, meet here at 6pm bring £4 for pizza drop offs by 9.45pm bring the attached consent form if you want to come (y7+).

The following Friday 22nd Feb is our 24 hr World Vision Famine Sleep over more details next week (y7+).

Things are coming together for FNXtra at Easter, this will be a great week of fun, training and getting out and doing the stuff. There’ll be loads going on at St James school including our 4th Football academy more details at www.exeteryouth.com

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

An awesome Progression on Sunday
The amazing group of young people our Church is blessed with.
Good week at CE, Cell groups, and new faces at Rock Solid and the Core.
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!
Simon has been accepted for the Arrow Leadership development programme

Please pray for:

Events coming soon – FNX, the Sleepover, Puddings and Promises
Kaley taking some time out from her regular roles.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
Emma and Ian recently engaged - Congratulations.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Simon’s Commitments as Infinity [Exeter youth leaders network] Coordinator and FNXtra Mission Coordinator.

2.yourweekataglance

Saturday//Adore

7pm Soul Exeter – Salvation Army - more info and ideas about parking at www.soulexeter.co.uk.’ [no supervision from PRBC Y&C leaders]

Sunday//AbideAccessAction

10.30am RS2 – Session 4 [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – [y9+] MH/SD

6.30pm MosaicPM – 6.30pm – 8.30pm Band Practice DG/SD

Monday //Access

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+

Tuesday//Affirmed

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. 6.45pm – 8pm Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable Meet. 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday//Affirmed

6.15pm CAB - (College+) 37 Monks Road – Call Dan on 07807 036921 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday//Access

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you 7pm – 8.15pm [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Friday//Access

6pm Pizza Hut//FNX – Meet 6pm PRBC drop off by 9.45pm £4 for food bring attached consent form.

Coming soon

15th – 17th Feb DCYC Senior mixed reunion
22nd Feb 24hr Famine and Sleepover PRBC (y7-y11)

Coming up THIS YEAR...

5th March Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter Dinner – The Nutwell lodge
8th Mar Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Mar Puddings and Promises Youth Fund raiser

8th – 12th Apr FNXtra – Youth residential//mission
11th Apr FNX – St Peters School
12th Apr Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

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3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

Dating, Courtship, and Arranged Marriages

During my sophomore year of college, I travelled to India and stayed there for about eight weeks. My translator was a young man named Daniel, and he and I became good friends during my brief stay. One night I asked Daniel if he had a special someone in his life. He said no, and then he added that he was going to get married in six months. Puzzled, I asked him how that could be.

"My parents are making the arrangements," he replied.

I stared at him in disbelief. Daniel was going to have an arranged marriage. "You're telling me that in six months you're going to marry a woman you've never met before?"

"Yes, the first time I see her will most likely be at our wedding," he explained. "No way!" I said. "How can you do that?"

His response was amazing. "You in the West talk about 'falling' in love, as though it were a downward experience," Daniel said. "Marriage for you is an end. For me, it will be the beginning. I trust my parents. They know who will make a good wife for me. We will rise in our love together."

His words sounded unbelievable, but they made sense. Would you trust your mom and dad to choose your life partner? Perhaps not. But in a sense, we all need help and direction from our heavenly Father to help us find the right person.

Before I went off to college, I attended a "computer dance." If you're not familiar with the concept, here's how it works. Before the dance, participants fill out surveys. The results are fed into a computer that pairs each person with his or her "best match." When you arrive at the event, you're given a numbered nametag, and you're to find the person with the same number and dance at least once with him or her. After I received my number, I searched the room and eventually found the person the computer had chosen for me--the school librarian. Great.

While I didn't appreciate the results of my computer dance experience, I liked how easy it was to find the one who'd been chosen for me. What if God gave all of us numbers at birth and then all we had to do to find his best match for us was simply find the person with the matching number? Wouldn't that be easy?

While God hasn't revealed "exact matches" for us, he's given us principles to use in our search. The principles for girls are a little different from the ones for guys, so I'll detail them separately.

First let's acknowledge that God is in control of our relationships. That's especially important to understand when relationships begin and when they end. 1 Peter 5:6-7 says, "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." Do you trust God to help you find the right person at the right time? If you do, you can relax in the knowledge that he cares for you and knows your needs.

Some people mistakenly believe that if they trust God to help them find their mates, then he's going to disappoint them by providing someone with a "good personality"...but not much else. But God wants us to be thrilled and fully devoted to the ones we marry. His desires for us are much greater and more complete than our own. That's why he can--and should--be trusted.

Sadly, I didn't have confidence in God when I was dating. I was either so desperate to hang on to relationships or so flippant in pursuing them that I embarrassed myself more times than I care to admit. Whether you date, court, or have an arranged marriage, you can trust God's ways because he cares for you.

Some of you may be thinking, Whoa, Mark! I'm just going on a date, and you're talking about marriage? Slow down, dude.

While I think it's important to do things with friends of the opposite sex, when it really comes down to it, most people are looking for longer-term relationships. I think we should always take dating very seriously. We need to think purposefully about any people we date with intentions of being "more than friends."

**

Taken from "Wisdom On...Friends, Dating, and Relationships" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2008, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
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4. SURF REPORT

~ Create Your Own Comic
http://www.bkfk.com/Modules/Innovator/MeetAnInnovator.aspx?Section=sayit

~ Do Something About Teen Homelessness
http://www.dosomething.org/causes/homelessness

~ Some Good Clean Yeti Fun
http://www.miniclip.com/games/snow-drift/en/

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

In the next seven days, 800 Americans will be injured by their jewellery.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason."
~Thomas Aquinas

"People nowadays take time far more seriously than eternity."
~Thomas Kelly

The information is part of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church Youth Ministry. For more details please contact our youth pastor:
Simon d’Albertanson 07899 086169 simon@prbc.org.uk
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Hi Friends

A massive thanks to everyone who was involved in our 1st Joint Service of 2008, I was so chuffed with how it went, the Band were courageous, the Drama team awesome in full costume (nice one Pete) and wise words from Dan, thanks to everyone who came an supported and encouraged. The Next youth service will be on 24th Feb with Martin Thompson the Diocesan Youth Adviser as our guest speaker.

This Sunday is Progression here at 6.30pm - 9pm with food, worship and wise words from the great Dave Poulson from Riverside//Overdrive.

ON Tuesday we’ll be having a Cell group and friends Pancake race along Pinhoe Road meeting at 188 Pinhoe Road at 7.30pm, all welcome, please tell Simon & Kay if you’re coming, bring you’re own racing pan.

Next Saturday is Soul Exeter, James G writes

‘Last month was fantastic. This month should be even better. We've got an amazing local band and an awesome speaker from up North!
If you want to know more, contact me or go to the website. I hope to see you there.
There's more info and ideas about parking at www.soulexeter.co.uk.’

Also coming soon is the next FNX at St Peter's school on 15th Feb, we’ll go to Pizza hut first and then on to the event, details coming next week.

Things are coming together for FNXtra at Easter, this will be a great week of fun, training and getting out and doing the stuff. There’ll be loads going on at St James school including our 4th Football academy more details at www.exeteryouth.com

And we have a date for our Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter meal. It will be on 5th March at the Nutwell lodge (Carvery for £7.65), please let Marion know by 24th Feb if you are coming it will be a great evening.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

An awesome Youth Service on Sunday where our Young people discovered and developed their gifts
The amazing group of young people our Church is blessed with.
Good week at CE, Cell groups, and new faces at Rock Solid and the Core.
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!

Please pray for:

Kaley taking some time out from her regular roles.
A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
Emma and Ian recently engaged - Congratulations.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning to University.
Simon’s Commitments as Infinity [Exeter youth leaders network] Coordinator and FNXtra Mission Coordinator.
Simon’s application for the Arrow Leadership programme being considered – result this week.

2.yourweekataglance

Sunday

10.30am RS2 – Session 4 [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – [y9+] MH/SD

6.30pm Progression – 6.30pm - 9pm PRBC, Food, Worship, Wise words from Dave P, bring £1 for food.

Monday

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+
ROCK SOLID HAS MOVED TO THURSDAY
Tuesday

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. 6.45pm – 8pm Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable Meet. 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.30pm – 9pm Cell group and friends Pancake race along Pinhoe Road
all welcome, please tell Simon & Kay if you’re coming, bring you’re own racing pan. Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday

6.15pm CAB - (College+) meets NEXT WEEK

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Next Saturday

9th Feb Soul Exeter – Salvation Army - more info and ideas about parking at www.soulexeter.co.uk.’

Coming up THIS YEAR...

15th Feb FNX – St Peters School
15th – 17th Feb DCYC Senior mixed reunion
22nd Feb 24hr Famine and Sleepover PRBC (y7-y11)

5th March Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter Dinner – The Nutwell lodge
8th Mar Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Mar Puddings and Promises Youth Fund raiser

8th – 12th Apr FNXtra – Youth residential//mission
11th Apr FNX – St Peters School
12th Apr Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

The following content is supplied to us from the Christian organisation Youth Specialties in America

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Learn more and purchase "Wisdom On...Friends, Dating, and Relationships" here.
https://shop.youthspecialties.com/store/product.php?productid=565

Also available in your local Christian bookstore next month.

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3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

Dating, Courtship, and Arranged Marriages

During my sophomore year of college, I travelled to India and stayed there for about eight weeks. My translator was a young man named Daniel, and he and I became good friends during my brief stay. One night I asked Daniel if he had a special someone in his life. He said no, and then he added that he was going to get married in six months. Puzzled, I asked him how that could be.

"My parents are making the arrangements," he replied.

I stared at him in disbelief. Daniel was going to have an arranged marriage. "You're telling me that in six months you're going to marry a woman you've never met before?"

"Yes, the first time I see her will most likely be at our wedding," he explained. "No way!" I said. "How can you do that?"

His response was amazing. "You in the West talk about 'falling' in love, as though it were a downward experience," Daniel said. "Marriage for you is an end. For me, it will be the beginning. I trust my parents. They know who will make a good wife for me. We will rise in our love together."

His words sounded unbelievable, but they made sense. Would you trust your mom and dad to choose your life partner? Perhaps not. But in a sense, we all need help and direction from our heavenly Father to help us find the right person.

Before I went off to college, I attended a "computer dance." If you're not familiar with the concept, here's how it works. Before the dance, participants fill out surveys. The results are fed into a computer that pairs each person with his or her "best match." When you arrive at the event, you're given a numbered nametag, and you're to find the person with the same number and dance at least once with him or her. After I received my number, I searched the room and eventually found the person the computer had chosen for me--the school librarian. Great.

While I didn't appreciate the results of my computer dance experience, I liked how easy it was to find the one who'd been chosen for me. What if God gave all of us numbers at birth and then all we had to do to find his best match for us was simply find the person with the matching number? Wouldn't that be easy?

While God hasn't revealed "exact matches" for us, he's given us principles to use in our search. The principles for girls are a little different from the ones for guys, so I'll detail them separately.

First let's acknowledge that God is in control of our relationships. That's especially important to understand when relationships begin and when they end. 1 Peter 5:6-7 says, "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." Do you trust God to help you find the right person at the right time? If you do, you can relax in the knowledge that he cares for you and knows your needs.

Some people mistakenly believe that if they trust God to help them find their mates, then he's going to disappoint them by providing someone with a "good personality"...but not much else. But God wants us to be thrilled and fully devoted to the ones we marry. His desires for us are much greater and more complete than our own. That's why he can--and should--be trusted.

Sadly, I didn't have confidence in God when I was dating. I was either so desperate to hang on to relationships or so flippant in pursuing them that I embarrassed myself more times than I care to admit. Whether you date, court, or have an arranged marriage, you can trust God's ways because he cares for you.

Some of you may be thinking, Whoa, Mark! I'm just going on a date, and you're talking about marriage? Slow down, dude.

While I think it's important to do things with friends of the opposite sex, when it really comes down to it, most people are looking for longer-term relationships. I think we should always take dating very seriously. We need to think purposefully about any people we date with intentions of being "more than friends."

**

Taken from "Wisdom On...Friends, Dating, and Relationships" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2008, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
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4. SURF REPORT

~ Create Your Own Comic
http://www.bkfk.com/Modules/Innovator/MeetAnInnovator.aspx?Section=sayit

~ Do Something About Teen Homelessness
http://www.dosomething.org/causes/homelessness

~ Some Good Clean Yeti Fun
http://www.miniclip.com/games/snow-drift/en/

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

In the next seven days, 800 Americans will be injured by their jewellery.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason."
~Thomas Aquinas

"People nowadays take time far more seriously than eternity."
~Thomas Kelly

7. TODAY IS...

THANK A MAILMAN DAY! Make sure you tell your mail carrier thank you today! Learn all about this great day here.
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/February/thankmailmanday.htm

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Hi Friends

I’m excited about Sunday evening is it’s our 1st Joint Service of 2008 with new band, inspiring drama and wise words from a budding young preacher, Band meeting 4.30, Drama team 5.30.
Things are coming together for FNXtra at Easter, this will be a great week of fun, training and getting out and doing the stuff. There’ll be loads going on at St James school including our 4th Football academy more details at www.exeteryouth.com

CAB is on this Wednesday at Matt’s house also on Wednesday is our Youth team Puddings Prayer and Planning 188 Pinhoe Road from 7.30pm (all leaders working with y7+)

And we have a date for our Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter meal. It will be on 5th March at the Nutwell lodge (Carvery for £7.65), please let Marion know by 24t Feb if you are coming it will be a great evening.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

The amazing group of young people our Church is blessed with.
Good starts to our groups, CE, Cell groups, and new faces at Rock Solid and the Core.
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!
An exciting! and productive Church Meeting on Wednesday.

Please pray for:

A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
Emma and Ian recently engaged - Congratulations.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning to University.
Simon’s Commitments as Infinity [Exeter youth leaders network] Coordinator and FNXtra Mission Coordinator.
Simon’s application for the Arrow Leadership programme being considered.

2.yourweekataglance

Sunday

10.30am RS2 – Session 4 [y7 – y8] AH/CH
MosaicAM – [y9+] in main service

6.30pm MosaicPM – Joint Evening Service – Band meeting 4.30pm // Drama team 5.30pm

Monday

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+
ROCK SOLID HAS MOVED TO THURSDAY
Tuesday

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. 6.45pm – 8pm Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable Meet. 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) 188 Pinhoe Road. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday

7.30pm Youth team Puddings Prayer and Planning 188 Pinhoe Road from 7.30pm (all leaders working with y7+)
6.15pm CAB - (College+) Matt’s house Springfield Road. Call Dan on 07807 036921 for more details.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

Next Sunday

6.30pm Progression – PRBC, 6.30pm – 9pm bring £1 for food.

Coming up THIS YEAR...

9th Feb Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
15th Feb FNX – St Peters School
15th – 17th Feb DCYC Senior mixed reunion
22nd Feb 24hr Famine and Sleepover PRBC (y7-y11)

5th March Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter Dinner – The Nutwell lodge
8th Mar Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Mar Puddings and Promises Youth Fund raiser

8th – 12th Apr FNXtra – Youth residential//mission
11th Apr FNX – St Peters School
12th Apr Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

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3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

CAN'T BUY ME LOVE--BECOMING A FRIEND WORTH HAVING

John 13:14
"Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet."

Start
Money can't buy happiness, but it can borrow a few friends. Outside your house you could toss up a swimming pool with multilevel waterslides--and inside, carve out a not-so-mini arcade and an eye-popping, ear-bursting home theatre with multiple game systems. With playthings like that, you'd be a real friend magnet. Until someone else throws a better party.

What's the best way to get friends?

Read John 13:4-5, 12-14
"[Jesus] got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet."

Think
You probably don't have the option of handing out cash or prizes to make friends, but maybe you wish you did. Jesus unleashes a more dazzling, durable way to win friends. As the clock ticks down the final hours before his crucifixion, he shows his followers "the full extent of his love" (John 13:1 NIV). Then he commands us to act the same way. If you want to be a friend worth having, Jesus demonstrates how.

Jesus does a crazy thing to show love to his closest friends: He washes their feet. Why do that?

Picture those disciples: burly, sandal-wearing men who spend their days clomping down dusty dirt roads. It's a recipe for filthy, stinking feet. By untying his guys' sandals and scrubbing their feet, Jesus performed a practical, necessary deed. But foot washing was the job for a household's lowliest servant. Unlike Jesus, none of the disciples seized this obvious opportunity to serve. In fact, the book of Luke shows them hotly debating which one of them is the greatest (Luke 22:24).

What does Jesus expect his followers to learn from his act of servant hood?

Live
Suppose you were God. King of the universe. Ruler of all. Tell how you'd expect to be treated.

What do you think of what Jesus did?

People today won't get the point if you just snatch their shoes and socks and power wash their toes. But Philippians 2:3-4 tells what genuine servant hood looks like in any time and place: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." Servant hood doesn't mean you let others stomp on you. Instead, you make their needs as important as your own.

True or false: Taking the role of a servant can help you make and maintain friends. Explain your answer.

Wrap
Do you want a collection of friends who care about your needs as much as they care about their own? That's the love God wants to grow among his people, a kind of care that sticks people together forever. If you grow in showing that Jesus-like mindset toward other people, you won't have to buy friends. People will beg to be around you.

More thoughts to mull

- Do something today that honours another person, putting his or her interests before yours.

- Who do you know--someone nearby or someone famous--who knows how to serve like Jesus? How do people respond to that person's attitude and actions?

- What's the difference between being a chump and being a Jesus-like servant?

More scriptures to dig

- The mother of two of Jesus' closest followers once tried to score the best seats in heaven for her boys by kneeling before Jesus and begging that James and John be allowed to sit at the Lord's left and right. The guys weren't embarrassed by their loud-mouthed mom, but the other disciples roared. Jesus called them together and said the real path to greatness is the low path, not the high road. He said, "Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant" (Matthew 20:26). Catch the whole story in Matthew 20:20-28.

- While you're looking at Matthew 20, don't miss a couple more essential truths from that event. In Matthew 20:25 Jesus points out that it's human nature to rub your rank in other people's faces. But Jesus did just the opposite. In Matthew 20:28 he outlines his one-of-a-kind approach to life: "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

- Read Philippians 2:1-11 for a summary of Jesus' intense unselfishness. It's woven together with details on how you can imitate him. You might be surprised to learn this passage makes servant hood sound downright beautiful, and the poetic words of verses 6-11 were probably lyrics sung by early Christians.

- Hundreds of years before Jesus was born, the Old Testament told of a "servant" who would arrive on the scene to take up our pain and bear our sufferings. Check out Isaiah 53:1-12 for an amazing description of Jesus' ultimate sacrifice--his death on the cross for humankind's sins.

**

Taken from "Stick" by Kevin Johnson, copyright 2008, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here:
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4. SURF REPORT

~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Quiz: How much do you know about this important figure in American history?
http://quizzes.familyeducation.com/martin-luther-king-jr/desegregation/55413.html?detoured=1

~ Top Ten Words of 2007
http://www.m-w.com/info/07words.htm

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

Americans eat nearly 100 acres of pizza every day--that's approximately 350 slices per second!

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"At the centre of non-violence stands the principle of love."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. PARTING SHOT

Same meat, different gravy.

The information is part of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church Youth Ministry. For more details please contact our youth pastor:
Simon d’Albertanson 07899 086169 simon@prbc.org.uk
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Simon d'Albertanson
Youth Pastor

simon@prbc.org.uk

07899 086169
01392 218448

Pinhoe Road Baptist Church
157-165 Pinhoe Road
Polsloe Bridge
Exeter
EX4 7HZ

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2008-01-18T07:11:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends

Soul Exeter, last Saturday night, a pronominal God filled evening, If you’ve never been you don’t know what you’re missing, their valentines special is on 9th February.
Things are coming together for FNXtra at Easter, this will be a great week of fun, training and getting out and doing the stuff. There’ll be loads going on at St James school including our 4th Football academy more details at www.exeteryouth.com

This Sunday there’s a choice of 2, the city wide prayer event at Belmont Chapel 6.30pm or the first Xsite event of 2008 at Newton Poppleford with that handsome young SWYM in the band on Bass more details from Steve Hayes 07749 421780

Coming up next Sunday evening is our Joint Service, with new band, inspiring drama and wise words from a budding young preacher, rehearsal at PRBC on Tuesday evening.

And we have a date for our Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter meal. It will be on 5th March at the Nutwell lodge (Carvery for £7.65), please let Marion know by 24t Feb if you are coming it will be a great evening.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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1. Key prayer points
2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

The amazing group of young people our Church is blessed with.
Good starts to our groups, CE, Cell groups, and new faces at Rock Solid and the Core.
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
God’s favour over the plans for FNXtra – St James school for free!
A positive and productive Church Leadership forum last Saturday.

Please pray for:

A year of harvest as many of our young people on the fringe of the Church come face to face with Jesus.
Minnie in Cheddar has asked for our Prayers, both for herself and for the Café project she is involved with.
Emma and Ian recently engaged - Congratulations.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona returning to University.
Simon’s application for the Arrow Leadership programme being considered.

2.yourweekataglance

Sunday

10.30am RS2 – IAM3 [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – [y9+]

6.30pm MosaicPM – X-site at Newton Poppleford details from Steve Hayes or Citywide prayer event at Belmont Chapel 6.30pm

Monday

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+
ROCK SOLID HAS MOVED TO THURSDAY
Tuesday

Girls Cell group TOG - [team of girls] (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. 6.45pm – 8pm Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable Meet. 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) PRBC – Rehearsal for Joint Service – Band bring instruments. 7.45pm – 9pm Call Simon on 07899 086169 for more details.

Wednesday

6.15pm CAB – NEXT WEEK - (College+) Led By Dan Gardner and others.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

THIS YEAR...

Jan 30th Youth team Puddings Prayer and Planning 188 Pinhoe Road from 7.30pm (all leaders working with y7+)

3rd Feb Progression - PRBC
9th Feb Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
15th Feb FNX – St Peters School
15th – 17th Feb DCYC Senior mixed reunion
22nd Feb 24hr Famine and Sleepover PRBC (y7-y11)

5th March Youth and Children’s leaders Christmas/Easter Dinner – The Nutwell lodge
8th Mar Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Mar Puddings and Promises Youth Fund raiser

8th – 12th Apr FNXtra – Youth residential//mission
11th Apr FNX – St Peters School
12th Apr Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

3rd – 5th May Hope 08 Bank Holiday action weekend including fun day and the Great West Run
10th May Soul Exeter – Salvation Army

14h June Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
20th June FNX

12th Jul Soul Exeter – Salvation Army
29th Jul – 4th Aug BWYC Leipzig Germany (y9+)

12th – 14th Sept Youth Residential – The Beacon Centre (y7+ and others)

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3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

GO AND MAKE NEW DISCIPLES

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
--MATTHEW 28:19-20 (ESV)

The world calls it proselytizing, and for all practical purposes, what they're referring to is not the right way to disciple someone. Jesus didn't tell people to go out on the street corner and slander people because of their sin in hopes that they'd come to repentance.

He didn't even ask you to argue with someone until he comes to a realization of salvation.

No, Jesus said, "Go." Go to all nations and make disciples.

Today, making disciples looks a lot different than it did even 15 or 20 years ago. People aren't as compelled to listen to someone ranting and raving about sin in the world and prophecy of doom and destruction.

We've moved into a time period when the general public is longing for someone to live what she says. They want to check you out personally and make sure you're the real deal before they let you into their spiritual worlds. Some people don't think they need God, while others are simply ignorant of the fact that God exists.

Some Christians think you have to be an old, wise sage to speak into the lives of others. Don't be fooled--you don't have to be 60 years old to start discipling someone; you can start today. Paul told Timothy, "Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things; devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers" (1 Timothy 4:12-16, ESV).

When you set out to disciple someone, all you need is simply to be one step ahead of the person you're teaching. As you go through this book, each chapter is dedicated to preparing you to take one step forward. You'll have plenty to talk about if you simply look up the Scriptures and combine your reading with a little study on that particular issue.

Go and find someone who respects you. Find someone who looks up to you. Find someone who would be excited to sit down over a cup of coffee, or a slice of pizza, and talk about how to know God's will in his life. It's the most rewarding part of being a Christian, because it's true to Jesus' commandment.

**

Taken from "Duplicate This!" by Andy Braner, copyright 2008, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here:
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2. SURF REPORT

~ The Go Overboard Challenge: Share your idea on how to change the world, and you could win a grant.
http://www.burton.com/Region.aspx?return=/gobsite/ChallengeGrant.aspx

~ The Traveler IQ Challenge: For you geography buffs (or those of you who need to brush up on your geography!)
http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq

3. FORGETTABLE FACT

Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.

4. POTENT QUOTABLES

"In the Kingdom of God, service is not a stepping-stone to nobility: it is nobility, the only kind of nobility that is recognized."
~T.W. Manson

"Such a blessed people should be a thankful people."
~Cotton Mather

5. PARTING SHOT

If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost.

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2008-01-04T03:17:00.000-08:00

Hi Friends

Happy New Year, I pray you had a great Christmas and are excited about what God’s got planned for 2008. Next week we will be issuing an outline of the key events for the year including some very special residentials...

It seems like an age away, but a huge Thank you to Andy H for sorting a great Bowling evening for over 20 of our small group members before Christmas and everyone who made the Christingle event happen , especially to everyone who turned up on Saturday to form the Christingle production team. Thanks

Tomorrow is our first Youth Leaders vision day 5th January 2008 SWBA Wonford 9.30am – 1pm, all of us who are working with Children and Young people at PRBC are welcome to attend– We’ll eat breakfast, pray together, look forward at the big picture and then break into our teams and plan for the term.

Everything restarts next week, JCE Monday, Toddlers Tuesday pm, Cell groups Tuesday evening and new for 2008 Rock Solid moves to Thursday evening at 7pm followed by the Core at 8.15pm.

Hope to see you tomorrow

God Bless

Simon & the team

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3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

Christmas events JCE play, PSS Presentation and Christingle and a great evening bowling with our cell groups
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
Rest over Christmas

Please pray for:

Emma and Ian recently engaged - Congratulations.
Our Youth leaders vision day tomorrow.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona home from University.
Simon’s application for the Arrow Leadership programme being considered.

2.yourweekataglance

Youth Leaders vision morning – Saturday 5th January 2008 Wonford 9.30am – 1pm – open to all working with Children and Young people at PRBC – We’ll eat breakfast, pray together, look forward at the big picture and then break into our teams and plan for the term.

Sunday

10.30am RS2 – IAM3 [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – [y9+]

6.30pm MosaicJam – Come and join Dan and others with you instrument for a jam or just come and chill out. [TBC]

Monday

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+
ROCK SOLID HAS MOVED TO THURSDAY
Tuesday

Girls Cell group (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable meet 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
7.45pm High School Mixed (y9-y11) This week only - at 18 Thompson Road 7.45pm - 9pm. Call Maria on 436140 for more details
Wednesday

6.15pm CAB - (College+) Led By Dan Gardner and others – 90 Park Road. [TBC]

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.
Thursday

7pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you [y7-y9]
8.15pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8.15pm – 9.30pm

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO GUESS WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO!

Many Christians stress out about making a decision because they wrongly believe they have to find God's one "right" answer to the problem. They spend countless hours struggling to determine God's "perfect will" for their lives--something God never told them to do.

"Perfect will"--the idea that God has a specific plan for us and that if we miss it, then we're living "Plan B"--is not a concept that's supported by Scripture. Our responsibility is to make sure we follow God's moral standards. Beyond that, we're free to choose the path for our life.

That's a difficult concept for many Christians to grasp. We want to believe that God must green-light all of our decisions--that he has a perfect will for each of us--one that we must find for ourselves. But is that really consistent with God's character and his interactions with us?

Throughout Scripture God presents himself using the analogy of a good father. Even if you don't have the best biological dad in the world, you know what a good father should be like.

I feel blessed because I do have a great father. My dad is an architect by trade, and his personality suits his chosen career. He's a very orderly, structured, and intentional person. If he weren't, then it would be hard for him to get anything built. (And if he weren't meticulous, then the buildings he designed would most likely fall down.) I see my dad as a significant creator who possesses many of God's attributes of orderliness, purpose, and imagination.

Yet as good a father as he is, my dad doesn't expect me to depend on him to make every decision for me. Can you imagine what my life might be like if he did?

"Hi, Dad, it's me. My friends want to go to lunch. Should I go with them?"
"Yes, son, you should."
"Where should we go?"
"You should go to Wendy's."
"What should I order?"
"You should order a Spicy Chicken Sandwich meal."
"Should I biggie-size it?"
"No, son, you must not biggie-size it."

I think you get the idea. It would be ridiculous to expect my father to have a firm opinion on all of those decisions. My father taught me how to tell right from wrong and how to make good choices. Therefore, I'm free to make decisions within those parameters without getting into trouble.

God, the best Dad we could ever hope for, has done the same thing for us. He's given us the boundaries of his moral standards and the freedom to make our own decisions within those boundaries.

**

Taken from "Wisdom On... Making Good Decisions" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2008, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission. Release date January 2008.

4. SURF REPORT

~ New Year's Jigsaw Puzzles: Welcome in the New Year with some mind-challenging fun!
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/new-years-day/jigsaw-puzzles/index.html

~ New Year's Word Search: More brain candy for the New Year!
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/word-finds/new-years.html

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

The first New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square happened in 1907.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."
~Bill Vaughan

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day."
~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

7. PARTING SHOT

A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.

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Hi Friends

On Tuesday we had a great time with over 1000 others at the Exeter CU Carol service at the Football ground. This week the Christmas events continue with the wonderful CE play – Ebenezer Jnr on Monday, please come and support if you can, on Wednesday we will be carol singing, prayer walking and leaflet dropping Christmas invites to the homes around the church. Thursday sees the last Core of the year. Coming soon is our 3rd Christingle on 23rd at 10.30am, along with the Primary Sunday School presentation on the 16th this will be a lovely service to invite friends to.

This week we received prayer points from Chris in Nigeria and Minnie in Cheddar, you’ll find them below...

Coming up in the New year is our first Youth Leaders vision day 5th January 2008 SWBA Wonford 9.30am – 1pm details to follow.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

The Liberator at St Luke’s High School and the other High Schools in the city.
New faces at Rock Solid this week.
Minnie Richards working with a Church in Cheddar, she writes....
‘please add a thanku to God from me for all the blessing I have received over the last year. Xx’
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria, he writes...
‘Some things you could pray for are: Safety (especially whilst driving), I would continue to build relationships with the street boys, the maths
class I teach, the discipleship class I am leading for the younger boys, that I will not miss surfing too much.’
Hope things are going well at P.R.B.C
Please pray for:

Plans for Christmas, Christingle and next year, residentials, leaders etc
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Jonathan and Emma now back in Exeter after Uni.
Simon Coming to the end of my course at the Iron Mill, I will be giving a 20 minute presentation today 7th Dec.
Simon’s application for the Arrow Leadership programme in today.
Our Youth leaders vision day in the new year.

2.yourweekataglance

Sunday

10.30am RS2 – [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – [y9+]

6.30pm Mosaic – Jamming session. If you’d like to play, bring your instrument and just join in, more details from Dan.

Monday

6.45pm JCE Play – Ebenezer Jnr – tickets from Ruth and Robert
No Rock Solid - last one next week

Tuesday
Girls Cell group (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable meet 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) Led by Simon & Kay d’Albertanson 188 Pinhoe Road 7.45pm – bring warm clothes...

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Wednesday

6.15pm Carol Singing, Prayer walking and Christmas invite delivering – meet at PRBC
CAB NEXT WEEK - (College+) Led By Dan Gardner and others – 90 Park Road

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday

8pm The Core – (y9+) lat of the year...a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8pm – 9.30pm

comingsoon

Christingle – 23rd December 10.30am.
Youth Leaders vision morning – 5th January 2008 Wonford 9.30am – 1pm – details to follow

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3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

STEP 3: EVALUATE YOUR MOTIVES
Proverbs 12:15 says, "The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice."

Motives are tricky. They're often deceptive and difficult to uncover. Ten people can do the same thing, but they might do it for ten different reasons. Yet motives are tremendously important. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus encouraged his followers to pray, fast, and give-but not so that anyone else would know they were doing those good things (see Matthew 6:1-18). He knew that too often we do things--even good things--for selfish reasons.

Human beings are masters at rationalization. A song from a few years ago tried to rationalize a person's desire for sex with these words: "How can love be wrong when it feels so right?" We often assume something is right just because we want to do it. But that attitude is no different from animal instinct. We just have prettier words to describe it, such as passion and romance and desire.

Some people think they can get away with anything as long as they attach God to it. I've talked to teenagers who tried to tell me, "I know God wanted me to have sex."

So I asked, "How do you know that?"

"I just know," came the reply.

Sometimes reason takes a backseat to raw selfishness. I've talked to young people who've stolen things, and when they were caught, they came up with this brilliant explanation: "I needed it more than he did." That's deep.

All of our decisions seem right to us initially. It's only later that we realize just how stupid or short-sighted they really were. What's more, many of us are masters at twisting words to make our actions sound reasonable. If you're uncertain about your motives for making a certain decision, ask yourself these questions:

* How strongly do I feel about one solution over another?

* Am I so biased toward one decision that I'm not open to other ideas?

* Do I know deep inside that my desire is wrong?

While it's difficult to uncover every bias, it's good to force yourself to think about some of the ways in which you're influenced. If you're not sure how strong your biases are, answer the following questions:

1. Do you typically favour one political party? If so, then in just one sentence, explain why.

2. Are there people in your life whose side you'd take even if they're wrong?

3. List the five worst sins a person can commit.

4. What quality do you admire most in people?

5. Why do you dress in the style you do? With what look do you identify the most?

6. Which is more important to you: finishing a task or interacting with someone?

7. Do you typically prepare in advance or do you wait until the last minute?

8. If you're supposed to meet someone, how late can the person be before you get annoyed with her?

9. What kinds of people make you cringe inside?

10. What do you think about people from other ethnic backgrounds?

11. Which groups do you admire and which do you not respect? Explain your attitude in one sentence.

Once you answer these questions, you'll find that you definitely have opinions on some matters--sometimes strong, emotionally driven opinions. Take a moment to reflect on how that might bias you in a given situation.

**

Taken from "Wisdom On... Making Good Decisions" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2008, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission. Release date January 2008.

4. SURFREPORT

~ Free Rice: Play this simple game and donate rice to hungry people while you improve your vocabulary.
http://www.freerice.com/index.php

~ Operation Christmas Child: Help those who are less fortunate this holiday season.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/OCC.asp

5. FORGETTABLEFACT

In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor's prescription.

6. POTENTQUOTABLES

"In the Kingdom of God, service is not a stepping-stone to nobility: it is nobility, the only kind of nobility that is recognized."
- T.W. Manson

"It is a contradiction to be a true Christian and not humble."
- Richard Baxter

7. PARTINGSHOT

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

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Hi Friends

Today Dan and I have spent most of the day in St Luke's school in our developing role as Chaplains to Darwin house. We were there to support the Lacey Theatre company’s brilliant production of ‘The Liberator.’ During the course of the day nearly 600 children will have experienced this powerful re-enactment of the life if Jesus. The full version of the production is at St Peters School this Friday there are a few tickets left for more details
Contact Hazel Parker. Tel: 07768 007861
I was disappointed that we had to postpone the Youth and Children’s workers Christmas meal but we felt that the Nutwell lodge is such a good venue it will be worth the wait. Thanks to Marion for all her hard work in organising this, we will have a new date for a Wednesday in January soon.

Next Tuesday evening we’re joining 1/2 of Exeter for the Exeter CU Carol service at the Football ground. 6.20pm at PRBC, 6.30pm at the Odeon or 7pm at the ground. Consent attached.

Coming up in the New year is our first Youth Leaders vision day 5th January 2008 SWBA Wonford 9.30am – 1pm details to follow.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

The Liberator at St Luke’s High School.
New faces at Rock Solid this week.
A great Y&C forum with exciting reports from the different groups.
A lovely holiday and Sammie’s face healing up so well after is accident.
Our Autumn Residentials at Heatree & Start Bay.
A good start to College Cell group with some new leaders and new participants.
The Young people who met with God in our 24:7 prayer room

Please pray for:

Plans for Christmas, Christingle and next year, residentials, leaders etc
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Minnie Richards working with a Church in Cheddar
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Jonathan and Emma now back in Exeter after Uni.
Simon Coming to the end of my course at the Iron Mill, I will be giving a 20 minute presentation next Friday

2.yourweekataglance

Sunday

10.30am RS2 – The Big Juicy one [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – [y9+]

6.30pm Mosaic – Joint evening advent prayer experience.

Monday

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+
8pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you [y7-y9]

Tuesday

Exeter CU Carol service at the Football ground. 6.20pm at PRBC, 6.30pm at the Odeon or 7pm at the ground.
Consent attached.

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Wednesday

6.15pm CAB NEXT WEEK - (College+) Led By Dan Gardner and others – 90 Park Road

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday

8pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at giant connect 4. 8pm – 9.30pm

comingsoon
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3. SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

DEFINE TRUTH

Before we begin, I want you to do something ﬁrst. Right here in the space provided--and without looking ahead--write down your definition of truth. Don't worry; you won't be graded. It's a deﬁnition just for you, to help you compare your understanding of truth now and what you will have at the end of this chapter. You may be surprised.

So what is truth? Deﬁne it.

____________________________________________________

Okay, let's go.

In an episode of The Simpsons entitled "She of Little Faith," Lisa embarks on a spiritual quest. While talking to Bart, Lisa says she's seeking "a religion that is right for me." She eventually discovers Buddhism and learns she can worship with any kind of religion as long as it promotes love. Satisﬁed, Lisa returns home to celebrate Christmas with her family. And as long as Lisa still participates in the family's Christian rituals, Homer is satisﬁed as well.

I usually enjoy watching The Simpsons because it holds up a mirror to our culture and asks us to reﬂect on who we are and what we've become. And I'm afraid the writers are correct in their assessments of how Christianity is perceived in our culture.

When Lisa says, "To ﬁnd a religion that is right for me," the scriptwriters have made religion into something that can be dropped into a shopping cart. Religion here isn't a belief system that could be true or false--it's an accessory, like looking for the hat that's "just right for me." In trying to compliment all religions by saying they're basically the same, The Simpsons insulted every religion by implying none of them are unique.

Yet, I think I may agree with Lisa--just in a different way. I believe we do need to ﬁnd the religion that's right for us, just like I need to ﬁnd the medicine that's right for my bronchitis. I'm not looking for a religion that merely sounds pretty or makes me look better. Nor am I looking for the cough syrup that tastes like roasted almonds but can't clear up the congestion in my lungs. I'm looking for the religion (and the cough syrup) that deals with truth--right down to the core.

If we ﬁnd this religion, this true religion, then it will be right for everyone, including Lisa Simpson. On the other hand, a false religion is right for no one, just like bad medicine is right for no one.

No one beneﬁts in the long term by ignoring the way life is and the design of the universe. No one beneﬁts by praying to gods who don't exist. No matter how much we might believe in the Easter Bunny, hoping and praying won't make it come hopping into our lives.

We need a religion that, as one writer put it, is "right where we are right" and "right where we are wrong."

Today, truth is in need of a friend. In politics, truth is what the voters vote for. In Hollywood, truth is what moviegoers pay for. In fashion, truth is whatever the trend is. In food, truth is whatever suits your tastes.

But what about truth itself?

In mathematics, some school curriculums are telling us we can no longer depend on the "truth" about numbers--2 + 2 may now equal 7.

In morality, "truth" becomes whatever an individual or group decides is right for them. In other words, truth isn't discovered--it's invented.

People then confuse the laws in our society with morality. Since laws are created, they believe morality is created. They forget that people start with morality and make laws to guard that morality.

They forget things can be immoral but legal--such as the way slavery was immoral but legal many years ago. Or the way some view abortion as immoral but legal.

Things can also be illegal but not immoral, too, such as jaywalking.

WHERE HAS TRUTH GONE?

A famous journalist of the 20th century once reported how truth was ignored in the Russian Kremlin when it was run by communist leaders. As the proposals were shared, one man raised his hand and said, "But if we tell the people this, it wouldn't be true."

An awkward silence rolled through the room. Then one man began to chuckle. Then another. And another. Until soon the whole assembly was laughing until tears ran down their cheeks.

You see, when a society turns godless, some person or group of persons or even every person becomes a little god in the process, and they start making up their own rules. But as this journalist pointed out, that moment in the Kremlin revealed the bankruptcy of the people. "It is truth that has died, not God."

When truth dies, the rails on which to run our lives are removed. Without truth, we cannot know things. Without the ability to know things, we cannot use things properly. If we cannot use things properly, we cannot take care of things properly.

After I bought my Jeep, the ﬁrst thing I wanted to do was remove the hard top and put on the soft top. Some of my friends came over, and we pored over the directions in the manual. A half hour later, our work was done. But ﬁrst we had to take the time to understand how the top on the Jeep worked before we could make it do what it was designed to do. We needed the truth.

One philosopher said, "What you would take care of you must ﬁrst understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation."

But what about taking care of ourselves? Do we believe truth exists? Let's look at a survey of students ages 13 to 18. The survey asked a wide array of questions about topics from music to religion. The questions were organized, in part, to answer a bigger question, "Do you believe in absolute truth?" What would you answer?

Knowing your friends from school, clubs, and the neighborhood, what percentage do you think would say there really is such a thing as absolute truth? When you have a percentage in your head, turn the page.

What percentage of students ages 13 to 18 would say there really is such a thing as absolute truth? Your answer:

____________________________________________________

According to the national survey, only nine percent of all young people, religious and non-religious, affirm there is such a thing as absolute truth.

Does that surprise you? Or did you expect the percentage to be that low?

Interestingly, only a small percentage of students denied there was absolute truth. Most students were in the middle, neither affirming nor denying the existence of absolute truth. There's a good chance you also ﬁt into this middle category.

When I speak to teenagers, I hear this question, "What is truth?" These are brave students, and they encourage me. They're asking one of the great questions of our time.

Some people say today's students don't care about truth, and they just want to do whatever feels good. But I don't believe that. I don't see that on the street. When students say such things, they're either lying, or they're contradicting the way they live, or as one professor says, they're just trying to end the conversation.

I believe students care about being good friends and performing well in sports, hobbies, or music. And all of these things require truth to do them well. So why the low percentage--why only nine percent?

Could it possibly be because most students don't even know what absolute truth is?

To many, truth is an alien concept, such as stating that bibliokleptomania is a fungus.

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Taken from "Living with Questions" by Dale Fincher, copyright 2007, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission.

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4. SURF REPORT

~ C-SPAN's STUDENT CAM '08: A documentary competition for students
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~ Thanksgiving Hangman: A pointless game to help you get over your turkey hangover
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5. FORGETTABLE FACT

The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."
- Galileo

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
- Mark Twain

7. PARTING SHOT

There is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

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Hi Friends

We had a lovely Youth and Children's forum at 188 last night, with great reports about what God is doing among our children and young people we have more Children in our building on a Sunday morning than we’ve had for a long time. Thank God for his faithfulness and for our wonderful team of workers who make it happen each week.

Yesterday Dan and I did our first High School assembly at St Luke as we began our new role as House Chaplains to Dawin House, this is a huge opportunity for us please pray that God would use us for his Glory in this situation.

Wednesday night will see the 2nd gathering of CAB a small group for young adults college and beyond. These meetings continue fortnightly, contact Dan (details above) for more information.

This Sunday afternoon is the next gathering of MosaicEX4 – A chance to show God’s love for our community in practical action open to all ages – More details from Marion C on 01392 464013

Coming sooner than you think is our 2nd annual Youth and Children’s workers Christmas meal on 28th November at the Nutwell lodge

God Bless

Simon & the team

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2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

A good start to or involvemnt as Chaplins to Darwin house at St Luke’s High School.
A great Y&C forum this week with exciting reports from the different groups.
An excellent Church Leadership day last Saturday.
Our Autumn Residentials at Heatree & Start Bay.
A good start to College Cell group with some new leaders and new participants.
The Young people who met with God in our 24:7 prayer room

Please pray for:

Plans for next year, residentials, leaders etc
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, publicity, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Minnie Richards working with a Church in Cheddar
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Jonathan and Emma now back in Exeter after Uni.
Dan and Simon at the Youthwork Conference this week and Simon on Holiday next week.

2.yourweekataglance

Sunday

10.30am RS2 – IAM3 [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – [y9+]

afternoon MosaicEX4 – A chance to show God’s love for our community in practical action – More details from Marion C on 01392 464013

Monday

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+
8pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you [y7-y9]

Tuesday

Girls Cell group (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable meet 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
7.45pm High School Mixed (y9-y11) This week only - at 18 Thompson Road 7.45pm - 9pm. Call Maria on 436140 for more details

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Wednesday

6.15pm CAB - (College+) Led By Dan Gardner and others – 90 Park Road

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday

8pm The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, invite your mates to play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza and beat Simon at
giant connect 4. 8pm – 9.30pm
Coming soon

Wednesday 28th November - Youth and Children’s workers Christmas meal at the Nutwell lodge – invites should be out this week.

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Not long ago I met a man named Bob who is working to educate pastors in Africa about the AIDS crisis on that continent. As one of the leading AIDS counsellors in Africa, Bob has many resources to help pastors understand the emotional, spiritual, and physical nature of the AIDS epidemic as it relates to members of their congregations in Africa.

I told Bob about my friend Harrison and the experiences we went through while he was dying. I wept as I told the story. Bob kept an open ear while I worked through some hard memories. At the end of our conversation, he said, "Andy, I want you to know I have AIDS."

"What?" I asked.

"I’ve been living with AIDS for the last 17 years," he explained. "The Lord is using my life to minister to many people who are dealing with this crisis. I want you to know, you did the right thing. Loving your friend to his death is the very act of compassion Jesus spoke about when he said, ‘Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends’" (John 15:13).

Laying down our lives doesn’t necessarily mean dying for our friends. In some cases it might mean laying down our pride for them--or laying down our preconceptions. It might mean extending a hand of compassion, even if it’s not popular with the "Christian" crowd. It might mean offering that bottle of water, even when it seems as if the other person isn’t going to drink it.

My friendship with Harrison taught me how to love my neighbour better. It taught me that neighbours aren’t necessarily the people I sit next to on Sunday morning. Sometimes they are people with different opinions, different experiences, and different outlooks on life.

Some of my neighbours have worldviews I don’t agree with. Some of them make lifestyle choices I don’t agree with. That doesn’t mean I should compromise my standards or change my beliefs to condone something the Bible speaks against. But it does mean I should look deep in my own heart at the sins I struggle with on a daily basis. That way, when I look around at other people, instead of condemning them for the lack of God’s grace in their lives, I can conjure up the love and compassion Jesus commands me to give.

Echoing the most famous love chapter in the Bible, I say, "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).

**

Taken from "Love This!" by Andy Braner, copyright 2007, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission.

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4. SURF REPORT

~ What Do You Know about AIDS? World AIDS Day is December 1. Test your knowledge and find out what you can do to help those with AIDS and HIV.
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~ Spot the Difference: A game to test your attention to details
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5. FORGETTABLE FACT

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world."
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"Jesus promised the disciples three things--that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble."
- G.K. Chesterton

7. PARTING SHOT

Never wear your best pants when you go to fight for freedom.

The information is part of Pinhoe Road Baptist Church Youth Ministry. For more details please contact our youth pastor:
Simon d’Albertanson 07899 086169 simon@prbc.org.uk
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Exeter
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Hi Friends

It’s been a special week for me in the life of PRBC, we had a good time on Sunday night at Progression with passionate worship and wise words. On Tuesday we had te most amazing evening at Dave and Marion’s joined by over 25 young people for all aspects of the youth work all having a great time with Marion & Dave’s massive bonfire, marshmallows and hotdogs lovingly prepared by Marin and her team. A huge thanks to Dave and Marion and everyone who made it happen.

Wednesday night was another new chapter as Dan and his team led the first gathering of CAB a small group for young adults college and beyond. These meetings continue fortnightly, contact Dan (details above) for more information.

This Sunday night is a Joint Service looking at War – what is it good for?

Next Wednesday is our termly Youth and Children's forum at 188 Pinhoe Road 7.45pm for department heads and others

Coming sooner than you think is our 2nd annual Youth and Children’s workers Christmas meal on 28th November at the Nutwell lodge – invites should be out this week.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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2. The next week at a glance
3. Something for your heart
4. Surf report
5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

A good time at Progression last Sunday.
A great time at our Bonfire bonanza social on Tuesday,
Our Autumn Residentials at Heatree & Start Bay.
A good start to College Cell group with some new leaders and new participants.
The Young people who met with God in our 24:7 prayer room

Please pray for:

The Church Leadership day this Saturday.
The Core, and Rock Solid teams, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
Minnie Richards working with a Church in Cheddar
Chris Davey on his gap year in Nigeria.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona at University.
Jonathan and Emma now back in Exeter after Uni.
Dan Gardner our SWYM associate doing a great job.

2.yourweekataglance

Sunday

10.30am RS2 – I AM [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – [y9+]

6.30pm MosaicPM Joint evening service – War- what is it good for?

Monday

6.30pm JCE – games, singing bible stories and loads more y3 – y7+
8pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you…restarts 10th Sept [y7-y9]

Tuesday

Girls Cell group (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable meet 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) Led by Simon & Kay d’Albertanson 188 Pinhoe Road 7.45pm

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Wednesday

7.45pm Youth & Children’s forum – 188 Pinhoe Road
College & Beyond Cell group - (y12+) Led By Dan Gardner and other details TBC – Next Wednesday Wednesday night

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Thursday

The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza. 8pm – 9.30pm

Coming soon

Sunday 18th – Afternoon Community action team – more details from Marion C
Wednesday 28th November - Youth and Children’s workers Christmas meal at the Nutwell lodge – invites should be out this week.

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3. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

A little while ago I was in Grand Rapids, Michigan, team teaching with a guy named Steve Carter. Steve has invited me up there to speak with his youth group a couple of times, and we're becoming pretty good friends. He's showed a lot of confidence in me and has helped me discover that young people like me have something worthwhile to say to the church.

Anyway, Steve was telling me about this new word he'd made up: wombish. Before you get weirded out, let me tell you what he means by that. You see the word compassion in the Old Testament is actually the plural form of the word womb. So basically, being compassionate is being wombish. The Bible tells us to be compassionate as God is compassionate. When we think of God's compassion as being like a womb, it's a pretty cool picture. A womb is the ultimate safe environment, where virtually nothing can harm you, and the mother must give away a piece of herself in order to keep you safe. As a matter of fact, if the person doing the protecting weren't there, then life in the womb would cease to exist. I think that's the kind of compassion and care we should offer to people who are oppressed and hurting around the world. (And this doesn't apply just to situations as drastic as slavery.)

Steve also pointed out the first few verses of Isaiah 61 to me, in which Isaiah says the Spirit of God is upon him, giving him a mission to preach to the lowest of the low, to break bonds, and to bandage wounds. Jesus reads these very same words aloud as he begins his own ministry (Luke 4:18-19). God sent Isaiah--and Jesus--to reach out to the hurting, the despised, the rejects. And God asks the same of each of us.

My friend Steve lives this out among the youth he ministers to at Mars Hill Bible Church. After speaking at the church, I had the opportunity to have pizza with some of the middle and high school kids. Each student around the table shared with me how they were living out compassion in their lives. A group of middle schoolers told me they had learned of some people in their own community who were unable to pay their electric bills and were in danger of living in freezing conditions. The students decided to raise money by recycling cans so they could pay their neighbors' heating bills. Other students went to the region devastated by Katrina and helped with the cleanup. Still others went on short-term missions trips outside the country. It was great to see so many students living out their faith to help others and becoming wombish.

Some people seem to be afraid of an idea they call the "social gospel." I don't know everything they mean by that term, but I think they're concerned that if we emphasize serving the poor and bringing justice as part of God's calling for us, we're saying living for Christ isn't about holiness and trying to get closer to God. But I don't see it that way. Compassion is not some alternate gospel. Compassion is an overflow of the gospel--the Good News of Christ's sacrifice. Compassion says we have embraced the relationship with God through Christ. It's not that we have to earn our salvation by doing good things, but compassion and service flow out of us because we are filled with God's love. If we don't take care of orphans and widows, if we don't care for the poor and hurting, how can we say we belong to Jesus?

Even though it's a weird word, think about this word "wombish" for a little while. What do you think it would look like in your life for you to be "wombish" toward people in your school who are suffering?

What about people in your larger community--the homeless, fatherless, or sick?

What about people who make you feel uncomfortable?

What about people around the globe?

Have you ever been involved in serving someone in need?
How did it make you feel?
How do you think it makes God feel?

Do you think of serving the poor and needy as a way to get to God or as an overflow of the relationship you already have with him?

Check out James 1:27. What does James mean when he talks about "pure religion?"

**

Taken from "Be the Change" by Zach Hunter, copyright 2007, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission. Order the book here: http://www.YouthSpecialties.com/linker/index.php?id=6524

4. SURF REPORT

~ ZGraphicNovels: A new line of Christian manga books
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~ #1 Song on the Day You Were Born: Just a fun site to visit
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5. FORGETTABLE FACT

Pearls melt in vinegar. (Don't try this at home!)

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world, indeed it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
- Booker T. Washington

7. PARTING SHOT

A babysitter is a teenager acting like an adult while the adults are out acting like teenagers.

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2007-10-26T13:01:00.001-07:00

Hi Friends

Half term update... 2 events to let you know about

MosaicPM 2.30pm at PRBC...the next outing for our Community Action team. This is a chance for us to show God’s love for our community in practical ways to people who need a bit of help. Come to the Church at 2.30pm dressed in old clothes to find out more and get involved, this is open to all ages, (under 11’s under direct parental supervision) tools and protective clothing provided.
&
Light Party//Digging Deeper Holiday Club reunion – Please come from 4.30pm to help set up (y7+) – ends 6.30pm

Everything’s back to normal next week.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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5. Forgettable fact
6. Potent QUOTABLES
7. Parting shot

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Thanks for:

CE Mission Stall last Monday.
A great start to CE Rock Solid and the core,
Our Autumn Residentials at Heatree & Start Bay.
A good start to Cell groups with some new leaders and new participants.

Please pray for:

The Core, and Rock Solid teams, young people, vision, relationships, new faces.
FNX and the 24:7 sleep over.
Minnie Richards working with a Church in Cheddar
Chris Davey preparing for his gap year in Nigeria leaving next week.
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona as they prepare to begin or return to University.
Jonathan and Emma now back in Exeter after Uni.
Dan Gardner our SWYM associate doing a great job.

2.yourweekataglance

Sunday

10.30am RS2 – meeting with Andy to prepare for Harvest service [y7 – y8]
MosaicAM – staying in this week [y9+]

MosaicPM 2.30pm at PRBC...the next outing for our Community Action team. This is a chance for us to show God’s love for our community in practical ways to people who need a bit of help. Come to the Church at 2.30pm dressed in old clothes to find out more and get involved, this is open to all ages, (under 11’s under direct parental supervision) tools and protective clothing provided.
Monday

8pm Rock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you…[y7-y9]

Tuesday

Girls Cell group (y7&8) 9 Tarbet Ave. Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.
Boys Cell group (y7&8) 24 Roundtable meet 7.45pm – 9pm. Call Andy on 01392 498426 for more details.
High School Mixed (y9-y11) Led by Simon & Kay d’Albertanson 188 Pinhoe Road 7.45pm

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends,
they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
They happen each week in leader’s homes.

Wednesday
Light Party//Digging Deeper Holiday Club reunion – Please come from 4.30pm to help set up (y7+) – ends 6.30pm
[event open to all Primary age Children]
College & Beyond Cell group - (y12+) Led By Dan Gardner and other details TBC – starting soon on [orange] Wednesday nightsTBC

Thursday

The Core – (y9+) a time to chill out at PRBC, play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza. 8pm – 9.30pm

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3. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

Ghosts, Spirits, and Reincarnation
And what, exactly, does the Bible teach about life after death--and spirits reaching out from beyond the grave? It doesn't leave much room for such things to happen.

The writer of Hebrews said, "Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment…" (Hebrews 9:27).

That at least implies that death is followed by facing God, not by hanging around on earth in spirit form. It definitely rules out reincarnation for those who believe the Bible (since people die only once). And Paul wrote about his willingness to be absent from the body and present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8), suggesting that for Christians, one immediately follows the other.

So even though I might feel strong emotions about getting a message from "the spirits all around us," including one from a lost loved one, I have to compare that idea to what the Bible teaches. And Scripture doesn't seem to teach that the spirits of lost loved ones can contact me through psychics.

Beyond that, we do believe the Bible leaves room for the possibility that Satan or demons could use a psychic to fool people into believing they were talking to the dead. Many psychics claim to be hearing voices or becoming possessed by the spirits of those they are "channeling." Though these claims are most often a hoax, it's at least possible that demons are involved in these processes.

That might be why God commanded the Israelites to avoid getting involved with such people: "Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them" (Leviticus 19:31). Such contact could open a person up to demonic influence.

Only one passage in the Bible suggests contact with the dead is even possible--and even this story seems to suggest that things like that don't happen normally. It's the story of King Saul and the witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28).

Saul was on the decline as king, and he knew it. He was afraid the Philistines were about to crush his army. So he called on God for some reassurance. But God wouldn't answer Saul.

So even though Saul had earlier had all the mediums and spiritists removed from the country, Saul's men somehow found one in Endor, and Saul went to see her in disguise. He wanted to talk to the prophet Samuel, who had died. But he had to swear to the witch in God's name that she wouldn't be punished if she did it. The king was willing to break his own law in order to find emotional reassurance from someone who had died.

When the witch did her thing, she cried out in surprise when she somehow suddenly became aware that Saul was the king. She said that she saw an old man rising out of the ground in a robe, and she delivered a disturbing message from Samuel to Saul that started out with the words, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" (1 Samuel 28:15).

The message that followed from Samuel is apparently something only Samuel and Saul (and God) would have known about. And it left Saul in greater terror than before he had come to the witch.

It's unclear exactly what happened in the witch's house that night, but Bible scholars suggest several possibilities:

Some suggest the woman was just pulling a hoax on Saul in order to give him what he wanted. However, it seems unlikely she would have known what Samuel told Saul.

Others say the woman was possessed by a demon who delivered the message to Saul through the woman. That's possible, since she was a witch in a time when there was much spirit worship. But the passage doesn't say anything about Samuel not really being Samuel.

A third idea--and the one that seems most likely--is that this witch intended to do a hoax, but got more than she expected. Perhaps she normally tricked people the way most psychics and mediums do today. The fact that she cries out in a loud voice when Samuel appears suggests that she was shocked and surprised to actually hear from someone who had "crossed over."

It's definitely possible that God used this means as a one-time supernatural event to communicate his message to Saul through a deceased prophet who had been used many times to deliver supernatural messages. But this example does not suggest that it's "normally" possible to talk with the spirits of humans who have passed on. In fact, it seems to suggest that only through God's power could such a thing happen.

Emotions are wonderful and powerful, but we can't trust feelings to run our lives. And we really can't trust them to help us make right decisions about the world of the supernatural. Instead, God calls us to give our emotions to him and trust what his Word teaches us about the spiritual universe.

**

Taken from "Don't Buy the Lie" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2004, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission. Order the book here: http://www.YouthSpecialties.com/linker/index.php?id=6513

4. SURF REPORT

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5. FORGETTABLE FACT

Pumpkins are members of the vine crops family called cucurbits.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"Of two evils choose neither."
- Charles Spurgeon

"To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it."
- G.K. Chesterton

7. PARTING SHOT

Everywhere is walking distance if you have time.

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2007-09-27T07:33:00.000-07:00

Hi Friends

Thanks for all your prayers, the Core launch night, it went well, with a great mix of young people. please pray for us again if you can tonight between 8pm and 9.30pm. If you’re in y9+ please come down and see what’s going on.
We will be meeting to leave for Stop (y9+ residential) at 6.30pm at PRBC tomorrow Friday, final details are attached. The kit list for for STOP (y9+) residential is.There wil be a music and photography workshop as part of the w/e please bring [insured] instuments and digital cameras (with USB cable to download them) if you’d like to be involved.

Mosaic PM went to Newton Poppleford last Sunday evening for X-site, a great night with PRBC folks well involved, well done. No mosaic meeting on Sunday night, we’ll be having an early night after the weekend!

High School Girls Cell group (y7/8) starts 2nd Oct at 9 Tarbet Ave 6.45pm – 8pm. Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.

God Bless

Simon & the team

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7. Parting shot

1.keyprayerpoints

Thanks for:

A great start to CE Rock Solid and the core, with new faces, some direct from the Holiday Club (still wearing their Digging Deep badges!)
The first core meeting last Thursday evening, the team finances potential participants. Part 2 TONIGHT
DCYC - lives changed, young people baptised.
Holiday Club, a great week, awesome team, lives changed.
Our Church Life Conference on leadership last w/e so brilliantly led by David Hewitt.

Please pray for:

The Autumn restart, new ministries, new leaders, new Christians
Our Residential weekend coming soon - STOP at Heatree THIS WEEKEND
Minnie Richards working with a Church in Cheddar
Chris Davey preparing for his gap year in Nigeria
Jeff & Yvonne, Halle and Pecka and Naomi and Richard as they continue their first year(s) of married life.
Dan, Pete, David, David, Joe, Katherine and Shona as they prepare to begin or return to University.
Jonathan and Emma now back in Exeter after Uni.
Dan Gardner our SWYM associate as he settles in.

2.yourweekataglance

Y7/8
Sunday
10.30amRS2 – interactive exploration of the meaning of life using drama, games, activities, video and residentials… [y7 – y8]

Monday
8pmRock Solid – high energy games, challenges, discussions on stuff that matters to you…restarts 10th Sept [y7-y9]

Tuesday
Cell groups separate Boys & Girls groups help us discover more about a life lived by faith, these meet in leaders homes each week for y7-y8s
Girls group (y7&8) starts 2nd Oct at 9 Tarbet Ave 6.45pm – 8pm. Call Coralie on 07871 499874 for more details.

Y9+
Friday - Sunday
Stop residential – meeting Friday PRBC 6pm returning Sunday PRBC 4.30pm – kit list attached.

Tuesday
High School Mixed - (y9-y11) Led by Simon & Kay d’Albertanson 188 Pinhoe Road 7.45pm

Thursday
The Core – a time to chill out at PRBC, play some unihock, football, PS, or just chat and eat Pizza (y9+)
Begins 8pm Tonight 20th September

College & Beyond Cell group - (y12+) Led By Dan Gardner and other details TBC

Cell groups are a place to go deeper; with God and with our friends, they are open to all young people with a desire to engage with God’s Word and Spirit.
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3.SOMETHINGFORYOURHEART

For many Christians denominations act as fences—barriers that keep them apart from fellow believers. The desire to stay with one’s “kind” is a powerful urge. And taken to its extreme, it can be a damaging urge.

As I see it, denominations are simply groups of people who tend to focus on specific verses in the Bible. Pentecostals tend to focus on passages that deal with the Holy Spirit’s active work in the world today. Baptists tend to focus on passages that urge us to spread the gospel around the world. Methodists tend to focus on passages that call for community involvement. Presbyterians tend to focus on passages that affirm the traditions of the Christian faith. None of those groups is right or wrong; each simply has a different focus in its application of Scripture.

I’m pretty sure that when you die, God isn’t going to quiz you at the pearly gates to make sure you got all the right answers to every issue. He isn’t going to interrogate you on your views concerning predestination, soteriology, and epistemology. All of those issues are important to understand and work through; however, to think that God has a special place in heaven for the person who “figured it all out” and attended the “right” church is to deny the fact that God gave us unique points of view.

Look at Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3: “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.”

It’s quite all right to disagree with a fellow believer about the details of our faith. Just make sure that love supersedes your disagreement. You can still love someone you don’t agree with. You can befriend people who don’t cling to the same theological pillars you hold. Remember: We’re all in this body of Christ together!

I can think of a few truths in Scripture worth going to battle over: the fact that Jesus is the Son of God, the fact that salvation is available only through him, the fact that he came to serve, the fact that God made the world. Those are all essentials as far as I’m concerned. I will defend those truths until my last breath.

Other elements of Scripture are less essential to me. For example, I would not go into battle with someone who claimed the streets of heaven are paved with 24-karat instead of 18-karat gold. The argument would not be worth the potential damage it could cause to the body of Christ.

As you continue to work out your salvation (see Philippians 2:12), you need to determine which parts of your faith are worth battling for and which call for an agree-to-disagree stance. Focus on the elements that set Christianity apart from other world religions. Leave the rest for spirited coffee table discussions.

When I get to heaven, I plan to corner Jesus for a few millennia to ask him about things I don’t understand. I want to know how he created the earth. I want to know why he refers to us as “predestined” children. I want to know why he healed some people and not others. I want to uncover the mysteries theologians have debated for centuries.

Until we have those answers from Christ himself, we must not allow debates and conflicting interpretations to divide his body here on earth. Remember that we have the potential—and the responsibility—to help the world understand Jesus’ love through the way we treat each other. Let’s not blow it over issues that have no eternal significance.

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Taken from “Love This!” by Andy Braner, copyright 2007, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission. Order the book here: http://www.YouthSpecialties.com/linker/index.php?id=6461

4.SURFREPORT

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5.FORGETTABLEFACT

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan".

6.POTENTQUOTABLES

"The first service one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love of God begins in listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them. It is God's love for us that He not only gives us His Word but lends us His ear. So it is His work that we do for our brother when we learn to listen to him.”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.”
- G.K. Chesterton

7.PARTINGSHOT

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's a cargo?