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Student Ministry Announcements

Upcoming

Winterjam - On Friday, February 13th, our student ministry (6th - 12th grade) will be going to Winterjam at the BiLo Center. Winterjam is a Christian music concert featuring Toby Mac, Hawk Nelson, and several other bands.  The cost is $10.00 at the door.  We will meet at CrossRoads at 4:15, and ride to the BiLo Center together.  (The concert does not begin until 7:00 p.m. but it is first come first serve, so we are going to get there early to get in line.) We will return to the church by midnight.  You can sign your student up at the information table in the youth wing, or by replying to this email.

Worship Night - All 6th - 12th grade students are invited to our worship night TONIGHT, Sunday, January 25th  from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00  p.m.  David Walker will be leading worship, and we will meet in the main auditorium.

Middle School (6th - 8th)

Middle School Encounter will meet this week February 1st from 10:30 - Noon in the Youth Room.  Pastor Brian Woodard will be the guest speaker.  Students will conclude our time in the corporate worship service.

Middle School Girls Retreat - Walk the Talk Youth Ministries is putting on a weekend conference the last weekend in February called "In Search of a Princess" www.insearchofaprincess.org.  This is a weekend conference specifically for teen girls.  It will be a conference focusing on celebrating the value of true-esteem in Christ- finding true confidence, new hope, and joy as a child of the King.  The dates of the retreat will be Saturday, February 28th - Sunday, March 1st.  The conference will take place at "The Cove Billy Graham Conference Center" in Asheville, NC.  You will meet at the church around Noon on that Saturday and return late that Sunday afternoon.  The cost of the retreat is $158.00 per person. This cost includes accommodations, meals, gift box, and notebook.  If you would like for your daughter to attend please sign up by emailing me or signing up at the information table located outside the youth room.  The payment and completed registration form is due by Thursday, February 12th.  If you have any questions at all, please let me know.

High School (9th - 12th)

Super Bowl Party - On Sunday, February 1st, all High School students (9th - 12th) are invited to watch the first half of the Super Bowl in the youth room.  Encourage your teen to come on out and cheer on their team, watch the commercials, and have a great time.  If you want to send a "tailgate" snack dish or drink with your student that would be AWESOME!!  We will meet from 6:30 p.m. until around 8:00 p.m.

Small Groups for High School meet periodically throughout the week in homes and at church.  (Small groups are divided by grade and by gender) If you are interested in your student joining a small group, please contact Dustin Hughes

2009 CrossRoads Student Ministry Summer Camps/Mission Trips

Wayfarer Camp at Anderson University - Our entire student ministry (6th - 12th grade) will be participating in Wayfarer Ministries inaugural camp at Anderson University from June 19th, 2009 - June 22nd, 2009.  We are so excited to be able participate in what we know will be an amazing camp experience with the guys from Wayfarer Ministries.  This will be a camp that will offer dynamic speakers, fantastic worship, fun recreation experiences, as well as meaningful serve projects.  For further information, please check out www.wayfarercamp.com.  Prices and payment schedule will be coming soon.

Kingdom Culture - Our high school ministry (9th - 12th grade) will be taking part in Kingdom Culture again this summer.  Kingdom Culture is a mission trip experience put on by CrossRoads Community Church in which we invite high school youth groups from around the city to unite in order to radically serve our city, Greenville, SC and to worship Jesus together.  The dates for this year's Kingdom Culture will be July 14th, 2009 - July 18th, 2009.  Further information including price, accommodations, etc. will be coming soon.

Update

Believe it or not, this blog is NOT meant just for Student Ministry Announcements.  Although, the last 4 to 6 months would seem to indicate otherwise, using it as a bulletin is actually its secondary purpose.  The main purpose is to give me a chance to share my heart.  I love to write, and believe God has placed that desire in me, but lately have not felt very inspired or motivated.

I am also wondering if this blog thing is going to stick.  I mean are blogs like the Spice Girls - really huge for like a summer but then vanish into thin air never to be heard again, or are blogs like U2 - constantly reinventing itself to stay up with the times and staying ahead of the curve. Is the blog a fad like slap bracelets or beany babies?  Will I be watching "I Love the 2000s" in 10 years on VH1 and see Randy and Jason Sklar make fun of the "blog craze" of 2008.  Just stuff I think about.

Anyway, a quick update, my wife is about to pop with our second son.  She is due any minute now.  Even at 9 months pregnant, she was out doing the cha cha slide at a birthday party this past Saturday.

Student Ministry Announcements

Upcoming

Parents Prayer Night - All parents are invited to our monthly prayer night TONIGHT Monday, January 19th at 6:30 p.m. in the Adult Classroom.  This is a time dedicated to praying for our ministry, our students, and the teenagers of our city.  Please come and join us as we pray.

Winterjam - On Friday, February 13th, our student ministry (6th - 12th grade) will be going to Winterjam at the BiLo Center. Winterjam is a Christian music concert featuring Toby Mac, Hawk Nelson, and several other bands.  The cost is $10.00 at the door.  We will meet at CrossRoads at 4:15, and ride to the BiLo Center together.  (The concert does not begin until 7:00 p.m. but it is first come first serve, so we are going to get there early to get in line.) We will return to the church by midnight.  You can sign your student up at the information table in the youth wing, or by replying to this email.

Serve Night- All 6th - 12th grade students are invited to participate in our serve night on Wednesday, January 21st from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  We will be staying at the church work on some projects in the children's ministry area.

Worship Night - All 6th - 12th grade students are invited to our worship night on Sunday, January 25th  from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00  p.m.  David Walker will be leading worship, and we will meet in the main auditorium.

Middle School (6th - 8th)

Middle School Encounter will meet this week January 25th from 10:30 - Noon in the Youth Room.  We are concluding our series called "Upsidedown Kingdom".  We will be talking about how controversial Jesus, and the life He calls us to.   Students will conclude their time in their small groups.

Middle School Girls Retreat - Walk the Talk Youth Ministries is putting on a weekend conference the last weekend in February called "In Search of a Princess" www.insearchofaprincess.org.  This is a weekend conference specifically for teen girls.  It will be a conference focusing on celebrating the value of true-esteem in Christ- finding true confidence, new hope, and joy as a child of the King.  The dates of the retreat will be Saturday, February 28th - Sunday, March 1st.  The conference will take place at "The Cove Billy Graham Conference Center" in Asheville, NC.  You will meet at the church around Noon on that Saturday and return late that Sunday afternoon.  The cost of the retreat is $158.00 per person. This cost includes accommodations, meals, gift box, and notebook.  If you would like for your daughter to attend please sign up by emailing me or signing up at the information table located outside the youth room.  The payment and completed registration form is due by Thursday, February 12th.  If you have any questions at all, please let me know.

High School (9th - 12th)

This Sunday, January 25th is the monthly Worship Student Ministry Worship night.  (Please see above for more information)

Super Bowl Party - On Sunday, February 1st, all High School students (9th - 12th) are invited to watch the first half of the Super Bowl in the youth room.  We will have food and hang out and watch the game.  We will meet from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Small Groups for High School meet periodically throughout the week in homes and at church.  (Small groups are divided by grade and by gender) If you are interested in your student joining a small group, please contact Dustin Hughes

2009 CrossRoads Student Ministry Summer Camps/Mission Trips

Wayfarer Camp at Anderson University - Our entire student ministry (6th - 12th grade) will be participating in Wayfarer Ministries inaugural camp at Anderson University from June 19th, 2009 - June 22nd, 2009.  We are so excited to be able participate in what we know will be an amazing camp experience with the guys from Wayfarer Ministries.  This will be a camp that will offer dynamic speakers, fantastic worship, fun recreation experiences, as well as meaningful serve projects.  For further information, please check out www.wayfarercamp.com.  Prices and payment schedule will be coming soon.

Kingdom Culture - Our high school ministry (9th - 12th grade) will be taking part in Kingdom Culture again this summer.  Kingdom Culture is a mission trip experience put on by CrossRoads Community Church in which we invite high school youth groups from around the city to unite in order to radically serve our city, Greenville, SC and to worship Jesus together.  The dates for this year's Kingdom Culture will be July 14th, 2009 - July 18th, 2009.  Further information including price, accommodations, etc. will be coming soon.

I encourage you to check out www.dustinhughes.org for updates and further details about the things above.  If you would like to be removed from this email list, simply hit reply and type Please Remove in the subject line.

Student Ministry Announcements

I hope everyone is having a great week.  I am enjoying the revival that the Wayfarer guys are doing.  They are doing a great job of challenging us and helping bring us into the presence of the Lord.  Tonight is the last night, so please bring your whole family out to CrossRoads tonight at 6:00 p.m. if you can make it.  We have been working on the calendar and planning for 2009.  I am happy to announce the plans and dates for our 2009 summer camps/mission trips.  Here they are:

2009 CrossRoads Student Ministry Summer Camps/Mission Trips

Wayfarer Camp at Anderson University - Our entire student ministry (6th - 12th grade) will be participating in Wayfarer Ministries inaugural camp at Anderson University from June 19th, 2009 - June 22nd, 2009.  We are so excited to be able participate in what we know will be an amazing camp experience with the guys from Wayfarer Ministries.  This will be a camp that will offer dynamic speakers, fantastic worship, fun recreation experiences, as well as meaningful serve projects.  For further information, please check out www.wayfarercamp.com.  Prices and payment schedule will be coming soon.

Kingdom Culture - Our high school ministry (9th - 12th grade) will be taking part in Kingdom Culture again this summer.  Kingdom Culture is a mission trip experience put on by CrossRoads Community Church in which we invite high school youth groups from around the city to unite in order to radically serve our city, Greenville, SC and to worship Jesus together.  The dates for this year's Kingdom Culture will be July 14th, 2009 - July 18th, 2009.  Further information including price, accommodations, etc. will be coming soon.

Upcoming

Parents Prayer Night - All parents are invited to our monthly prayer night  Monday, January 19th at 6:30 p.m. in the Adult Classroom.  This is a time dedicated to praying for our ministry, our students, and the teenagers of our city.

Serve Night- All 6th - 12th grade students are invited to participate in our serve night on Wednesday, January 21^st from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  We will be staying at the church work on some projects in the children's ministry area.

Worship Night - All 6th - 12th grade students are invited to our worship night on Sunday, January 25^th  from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00  p.m.  David Walker will be leading worship, and we will meet in the main auditorium.

Middle School (6th - 8th)

   Middle School Encounter will meet this week January 18th from 10:30 - Noon in the Youth Room.  We are in a series called "Upsidedown Kingdom".  We are talking about how the culture of God's kingdom often seems counter to the culture of the world we live in today.   Students will conclude their time in corporate worship.

High School (9th - 12th)

  High School Encounter will meet this week January 18th from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. in the Youth Room.  We are in a series called "Upsidedown Kingdom".  We are talking about how the culture of God's kingdom often seems counter to the culture of the world we live in today.  

   Small Groups for High School meet periodically throughout the week in homes and at church.  (Small groups are divided by grade and by gender) If you are interested in your student joining a small group, please contact Dustin Hughes

I encourage you to check out www.dustinhughes.org for updates and further details about the things above.  If you would like to be removed from this email list, simply hit reply and type Please Remove in the subject line.

Student Ministry Announcements

Last night at our High School Encounter Service, the students, leaders, and I am pretty sure many parents were in on it too, gave me a Nintendo Wii.  Well, actually the gift card to be able to purchase a Nintendo Wii.  I am so thankful for this nice gesture, and pumped about being able to play.  I have been wanting one for quite a while.  I truly do love the students that I am able to serve with and alongside side.  Last night, our prayer was that 2009 would be a year that CrossRoads Student Ministry selflessly loves and serves one another like never before.  Thanks to all the students for illustrating my point so well with their kindness.

Upcoming

Wayfarer Revival - The guys from Wayfarer Ministries will be leading CrossRoads in a 3 day revival January 11th - January 13th.  They will be leading the service Sunday morning, and then will be leading services Sunday - Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m.  Please make plans to attend and invite family and friends as it will be an awesome time of worship.

Parents Prayer Night - All parents are invited to our monthly prayer night  Monday, January 19th at 6:30 p.m. in the Adult Classroom.  This is a time dedicated to praying for our ministry, our students, and the teenagers of our city.

Serve Night- All 6th - 12th grade students are invited to participate in our serve night on Wednesday, January 21st at 6:30 p.m.  Please stay tuned for details on what our serve night activity for this month will be.

Middle School (6th - 8th)

   Middle School Encounter will meet this week January 11th from 10:30 - Noon in the Youth Room.  We are in a series called "Upsidedown Kingdom".  We are talking about how the culture of God's kingdom often seems counter to the culture of the world we live in today.  This Sunday we will be talking in our small groups about what Jesus calls Greatness - loving and serving others.  Students will conclude their time in small groups.

High School (9th - 12th)

  High School Encounter will NOT meet this week January 11th due to the Wayfarer Revival. (Please see above) I encourage you to strongly encourage your son or daughter to attend the revival at CrossRoads that evening.  We will resume meeting January 18th.

   Small Groups for High School meet periodically throughout the week in homes and at church.  (Small groups are divided by grade and by gender) If you are interested in your student joining a small group, please contact Dustin Hughes