February 2011 ParentLink Newsletter

Hi Parents,

See below to download the February 2011 ParentLink Newsletters. There is a lot of great information there. We are blessed to be able to offer it to you!

February 2011 Teen Parentlink

February 2011 Children’s Parentlink

January 2011 ParentLink

Hi Parents,

See below to download the January 2011 ParentLink Newsletters. There is a lot of great information there. We are blessed to be able to offer it to you!

Teen ParentLink January 2011

Childrens ParentLink January 2011

December 2010 Teen ParentLink

Here is the December issue of the Teen ParentLink. It’s full of great information about youth culture and ideas for communicating with your children.

December 2010 Teen ParentLink

If you have younger children here is the December issue of the December 2010 Children’s ParentLink – Make sure you check out our Sunday School site at www.sundayschool.sotpyouth.com

December 2010 Childrens ParentLink

November 2010 Teen ParentLink

Below is the link to the November edition of the Teen ParentLink. We provide this tool to help you talk with your children about their faith and to get a glimpse into their culture.

November Teen ParentLink

For those of  you with children younger than 6th grade, here is the November edition of the Children’s ParentLink:

Childrens ParentLink November 2010

October Issue of Teen ParentLink

Click here to download a copy of the October Teen ParentLink: October Teen ParentLink There is some great information on priorities and time management.

If you have younger children, you can get a copy of the October Children’s ParentLink here: October 2010 Children’s ParentLink

Peace,
Greg

September Edition of Teen ParentLink

Check out the latest ParentLink. The last page is a calendar for you to put up at home.

sept 2010 Teen Parentlink

We should spread the gospel where ever we go…

Weekend in Review – July 25, 2010

Weekend Topic: Brick Promises – Holding on to our burdens can build barriers between us and God

Understandable Message: We all experience anxiety in one way or another. We explored the things that cause us to be nervous or anxious and the methods that people use to cope with anxiety. We examined 1 Peter 5:7 and Psalm 55:22 and learned that because God cares for and loves us so much, he wants to take those burdens from us. All we need to do is completely give our worries over to God.

How to apply the message: To visually understand how our burdens can build barriers between us and God, we took bricks and wrote on them the anxieties we face or the worries we have. We stacked them together to see how they form a wall, that is, to act as a barrier between us and God. On the other side of the bricks, we wrote “I will give it to God”. We left with instructions to take the bricks home to act as reminders of what we should do when we are worried or feeling anxious. We ended with Matthew 11:28 – Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Element of Fun: Human Foosball. Need I say  more?

Up Next Week: No Well meeting next week. We will resume on August 8^th.

Getting ready for VBS!

2010 Mission Trip Prayer Guide

As we prepare ourselves for serving the local residents in Window Rock Arizona, please pray for God to open our hearts and our minds to what we are going to experience and do.

I have created a prayer guide for the days we are gone and hope that you will join the others who will be praying daily for all of us who will be serving:

2010 SOTP Mission Trip Prayer Guide

Day One and Two (July 30^th & 31^st)

Pray for safe travel from Chicago to Albuquerque.  Pray for rest and the preparation of our hearts for ministry. Pray that all goes smoothly with the logistics. Pray daily that God will touch their hearts and that they will experience His grace in all they do.

Day Three (August 1^st)

Pray for the team to open their hearts as they learn in greater detail about the specifics of how we will be serving the community. Pray that they make valuable relationships with the students from the other 2 churches that we will be serving with.  Pray that we are an encouragement to those we will be serving this upcoming week.

Days Four, Five, Six, and Seven (August 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th)

Pray for strength and endurance as the team begins to interact with the community through either the work projects or introducing the children of the community to the love that God has for everyone. Please pray for our team as we spend time with members of the community. Pray for good connections, good conversation, and for the week to go according to God’s plan. Pray for our partnership with YouthWorks. Pray for the kids that we are ministering to will have open hearts to the message of Jesus Christ. Pray for the students on our team who are painting, cleaning, teaching, singing, and leading. Pray that we would be open to ministering outside of our comfort zone. Pray that we would stay focused as a team and that fatigue would not set in.

Days Eight and Nine (August 6^th and 7^th)

Pray for safe travel back Huntley. Pray that we adjust well spiritually emotionally, and physically. Pray that God would continue to work in our hearts after we return. Pray that we would continue to remember and reflect on our journey to the Navajo Indian Reservation.

We ask that you specifically pray for the following participants of the Mission Trip:

Jordan Trevino, Alex Blanchard, Haley Sabie, Zoe Dowell, Rilley Tangen, Brody Burkart, Joe Browne, Ally Miley, Emily Yager, Lauren Kerch, Laura Miley, and Greg Dowell

He must become greater, I must become less

-John 3:30