Relationships are a lot like football.  It takes everyone giving 100% to make it work.  There is a synergy to things when it works and hard to look at when it doesn’t and at times it can be violent.

We are going to take 3 weeks to look at some of the football penalties as a springboard to discuss friendships and the friendship blockers in our lives.

Week 1 – Face Mask = Struggling with hypocrisy

Week 2 – Holding = Struggling with unforgiveness

Week 3 – Block in the back = Struggling with gossip

week 1 = How to recognize a zombie

week 2 = How to become a zombie killer

week 3 = How to avoid becoming a zombie

week 4 = How to bring the dead to life (COLLIDE)

Do you want to stay up to date on all that is going on?  Do you want to make sure you don’t forget another event?  Sign up for Text Alerts from Alive Youth Ministries.  Just go to the Tab on the right hand side of this page to the link that says “Text Alerts”.  Simply follow the instructions and you are set.  Don’t be surprised if you get texts giving you free stuff like nachos from the snack bar!

Times for SYATP as best as we could find them are as follows…if your school is not listed we could not track down the time.

Berkeley High School – 8:00

Timberland High School – 8:15

Cain Bay High School – 8:10

SJCA – 7:30

Berkeley Middle School – 8:00

Macedonia Middle School – 7:25

Last year hundreds of students participated in See You At The Pole in the Moncks Corner area.  Students from Berkeley High, Berkeley Middle, St Johns, Macedonia Middle, Timberland High, Stratford High and Cain Bay all gathered around their schools flag pole and prayed for their country, their schools, their family and their friends.

This year to prepare our hearts Alive Youth Ministries is hosting a PRE SYATP PRAYER RALLY in the Triage area Tuesday September 21st at 6:30.  There we will worship, hear testimonies, a challenge and get together with other students from their schools to plan the next days events.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING A SYATP EVENT AT SCHOOL CONTACT YOUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL FOR DETAILS ON THE TIME AND LOCATION.  TYPICALLY IT IS 15 MIN BEFORE THE FIRST BELL AT THE FLAG POLE.

Pray as our teenagers take a stand and REVEAL who their God really is?

STUDENTS LEAVE A COMMENT AND TELL US HOW YOUR SYATP EVENT WAS?

Food Fight is coming and don’t forget your fee to participate is food.  Below is a list of the most needed items.  Don’t bring one…bring a box!

1 box of saltine crackers

1 box of rice

1 box of spaghetti noodles

2 cans of tuna, salmon, beef stew or Spam

1 canister of oatmeal or grits

1 jar of jelly

canned vegatables

Ramen noodles

1 box facial tissues

1 box of muffins or cornbread mix

1 bag or dried beans

Jell-o

spaghetti sauce

mac and cheese

peanut butter

condensed soup

canned fruit

toilet paper

paper towels

This new series for High School is a look at the church as Jesus set it up and how we are to “be” the church.  Each week there will be an action step to gently nudge you to becoming the radicals that Jesus deserve.  Don’t miss a service this August.

Week 1 – Share the Story

Week 2 – Help the poor

Week 3 – Care for the broken hearted

Week 4 – Feed the hungry

The Middle School team is erasing our perceptions of what the Church is and replacing it with what God’s word says it is.

Starting Over

week 1- You think: See the world like Jesus

week 2- You pray: Pray for the world like Jesus

week 3- You talk: Speak in the world like Jesus

week 4- You live: Live in the world like Jesus

August 28th at 11:00 in the Pointe North/Bilo parking lot we will have the city’s largest food fight EVER!  Well I don’t really know that for sure because they don’t keep those kind of records however, it will be huge!  Dozens of gallons of colored mashed potatoes for a massive food fight.  The cost for entry is food for the food pantry.  The amount of food you donate will determine the amount of food you get as your arsenal.  There will also be food for sale and all proceeds going to the Community Impact food pantry.

Summer Breakaway is our MAIN EVENT!  It is the one event that students talk about all year long.  Don’t be left out of the story.  This year we are talking CHAOS.  The services are going to be bolder, more relevant and more creative than ever before.  The band has some intense sets picked out and this year we are adding a customizable plan called PITS (Personal Interest Tracks).  You choose what YOU want to learn about.  Not to mention some other new events like the STRONG MAN COMPETITION, SAND CASTLE MANIA and STAR SEARCH!  We will wrap things up with live worship on the beach under the stars.  You will not want to miss it.  Register here before it is too late.