August 2^nd  –  Bible Bowl practice in the Youth Group Room at 6:00 pm.  Topic will be 2 Timothy Chapter 1.

August 6^th   –  Youth devotional at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.  *Special Thursday devo.

August 9^th  –  Bible Bowl practice in the Youth Group Room at 6:00 pm. Topic will be 2 Timothy Chapter 2.

August 11^th   –  Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

August 15^th – Youth outing to Discovery Park of America in Union City, TN.  Vans will leave the church at 7:00 am and return between 4:30 and 5:00 pm.  The cost for tickets is approximately $15.00 with tax.  The deadline to sign up is August 9^th and you must sign the list posted in the lobby.  Money for lunch at a fast food restaurant will also be needed.  See Jon if cost is an issue.

August 16^th   –  Bible Bowl practice at 6:00 pm in the Youth Group Room. Topic will cover 2 Timothy Chapter 3.

August 18^th   –  Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

August 23^rd – Bible Bowl practice in the Youth Group Room at 6:00 pm.  Topic will cover 2 Timothy Chapter 4.  *End of month 25 question mock Bible Bowl.

August 25^th – Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

August 30^th – Mock Bible Bowl at 6:00 pm.  All team coaches planning to attend Bible Bowl on September 12^th will need to be available for this session to help score their teams.

June 2^nd  –  Youth Summer Series at the New Johnsonville Church of Christ.  Joe Rhodes will be speaking.  We will need to leave the church by 6:15 pm in order to get to New Johnsonville on time.  Food will be served at the event.  Parents, we will plan to be back to the church by 9:30 pm but it could possibly be later.

June 7^th  –  Bible Bowl practice at 6:00 pm in the Youth Group Room.  Topic will cover Titus Chapters 1 & 2.

June 9^th  –  Youth Summer Series at the Bakerville Church of Christ.  Zach Forrester will be speaking. We will plan to leave the church building at 6:15 pm and return between 9:15 and 9:30 pm.  Food will be served.

June 12^th  –  Family Campout (weather permitting).  We will begin setting up tents, playing games, etc at 6:oo pm on Friday night with a cookout around 7:00 pm followed by a short devotional.  This event is open to all kids of all ages and their families.  Please feel free to join even if you don’t plan to camp out for the night.  Parents can pick up their kids by 8:00 am on Saturday morning.

June 14^th – 18^th is Vacation Bible School

June 21^st  –  Bible Bowl practice at 6:00 pm in the Youth Group Room. Topic will cover Titus chapters 3 and 4 plus all of Philemon.

June 23^rd  –  Youth Summer Series at Wildwood Valley Church of Christ.  Jeremy McFarlin will be speaking.  We will plan to leave the church building at 6:30 pm and return between 9:15 and 9:30 pm.  Food will be served.

June 28^th – July 3^rd Leatherwood Bible Camp

May 3^rd: Bible Bowl practice at 6:00 pm in the Youth Group Room. Topic is 1 Thess. chapters 1 & 2

May 5^th: Youth Devotional at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.  Lee Banes speaking.

May 10^th: Bible Bowl practice at 6:00 pm in the Youth Group Room. Topic is 1 Thess. chapters 3 & 4

May 12^th: Youth Devotional at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.  Josh Smith speaking.

May 16^th: Schools out cookout at Robins Park beginning at 5:00 pm.  A sign up list will be posted for anyone wishing to help with food.  This is a family event for all children and their families.

May 17^th: Bible Bowl practice at 6:00 pm in the Youth Group Room. Topic is 1 Thess. Chapter 5

May 19^th: Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.  Curtis Southerland speaking.

May 24^th: Bible Bowl practice at 6:oo pm in the Youth Group Room. Topic is 2 Thess. Chapters 1 & 2

May 26^th: Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.  Jody Banes speaking.

 Nothing corrupts, pollutes, and destroys like sin.  Men may deny, mock, minimize and even rationalize it but the Bible is clear, sin has a very destructive nature (Rom. 7:13). We must be alert to the awfulness of sin so that we do not find ourselves corrupted by its effect upon us.

 1. Sin deceives our heart. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” (J 17:9).  Through lies and deception sin works on our hearts to keep us from properly seeing and doing something about the transgressions in our life.

 2. Sin diverts our feet. “All we like sheep have gone astray we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isa.53:6).  Sin can cause us to choose an alternate path to the one our Lord would have us to follow.  It can cause us to believe and follow its lies.  The path, however, that it leads us down is to destruction and eternal damnation.

 3. Sin darkens our understanding. “Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart” (Eph. 4:18).  Sin can cloud our good judgment.  It can cause our judgment to fail.  Our perception of truth may even be distorted.  We then may fail to properly understand and apply God’s truth to our lif

 4. Sin dooms our soul. “The soul who sins shall die” (Ezk. 18:4).  Sin is not satisfied with the problems and heartaches it can cause us in the here and now.  It wants mo  It seeks to cause our soul to be tormented forever in hell. 

Yes, we should despise the very thought of sin.  Is it growing in your life? Make sure that it has no part of you.

 Between Us…

How do you like your spring weather?  I hope your answer is damp. We have gotten plenty of liquid sunshine this past week.  But, oh how the May flowers should be beautiful. Above all else remember that “this is the day the Lord has made.  Let us rejoice and be glad in it”. Will you?  I hope you do.

Hold To God’s Hand

April 1^st – Young men lead Wednesday evening devotional at 7:00 pm.

April 5^th – Bible Bowl Practice at 6:00 pm covering 2 Timothy and Philemon

April 7^th – Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

April 14^th – Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.

April 19^th – Mock Bible Bowl at 6:00 pm (50 questions)

April 21^st – Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm

April 28^th – Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm

March 2015 Youth Events

March 3^rd – Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm

March 4^th – Young men to conduct Wednesday evening devotional

March 8^th – Bible Bowl practice at 6:00 pm for 1 Timothy

March 9^th – Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm

March 22^nd – Bible Bowl practice at 6:00 pm for 2 Timothy

March 24^th – Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm

March 31^st – Youth Devo at Robins Park from 6:30 to 8:00 pm