Christmas Update

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE RIVERSTONE STUDENT MINISTRY!!!

Our latest update is out!  Click link below to see our Holiday Schedule, Christmas Party details, etc!

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Student Leadership

Hi friends!  I am excited to announce Student Leadership Twenty Twelve.  Student Leadership is open to all high school students that want to go further in their walk with the Lord.  The weekly meetings provide intentional teaching, accountability, discipleship, and being challenged in your walk with the Lord.  The Student Leadership team also has the opportunity of planning and leading the Middle School Retreat that is held in March.

Student Leadership Twenty Twelve will kick off on Sunday, January 8th at 5pm.  At this initial meeting we will pray about what Student Leadership will look like.  We will also discuss what it means to be on Student Leadership and you will have the opportunity to sign a covenant.

Before you jump on board, please prayerfully read through the Leadership Expectations listed below.  We will discuss these in detail on the 8th, along with other expectations, but pray through these and decide if this is something the Lord would have you to do in this new year.

LEADERSHIP EXPECTATIONS

• Be at all Leadership meetings on Sundays and be on time (5:00pm).
• Discuss ahead of time with Cory or Kristin if you know you have a conflict with a particular meeting.
• Be actively involved in Youth Group and your Cell Group
• Come and be a servant leader at our Middle School Retreat
• Be intentional and invest in middle school students throughout the week
• Be involved and supportive in your campus ministry (FCA, 1st Priority, etc)

Is Jesus leading you to step into being a leader?  Then please fill out the form below!  Once you've filled out the form, click here to request to be added to the Student Leadership Facebook group.  We will use this page to make announcements, etc.  We are excited about what the Lord has in store for us in Twenty Twelve and we'll see you on January 8th @ 5pm!

November Senior Dinner

Hi friends!  It's time once again to talk about our monthly Senior Dinner!  Hopefully you all will have recovered from eating Turkey in time for our Senior Dinner on Wednesday, November 30th.

We are excited about being on this journey with you....to discuss life after high school!  Megan Maloney (our Intern) will be our special guest.

Cost for the dinner is $3.

We're at Cory's Home again!  504 Flagstone Way, Acworth.

We will be meeting from 6:00-7:30pm!

Please let us know that you are coming by using the form below, so that we can plan accordingly!

**If you RSVP that you are coming--we will be counting on the fact that you will be eating dinner.  If you plan on coming, but not eating, please let us know that by leaving a note in the comment section on the form!

Salt and Light of the World *Kristin teaches on 11/13

We’re putting a magnifying glass on Matthew 5:13-16. 

Just after the beatitudes, Jesus tells us we are the salt and the light of the world.

First the Lord tells us, “You are the salt of the earth.”
What does that mean? How is a person salt? Lets recognize the three main uses of salt: to preserve, to purify, and to add flavor. Thus, we are to preserve, purify, and exist as the flavor of Christ in the world.

Following this he says, “you are the light of the world.”
We are the light, as He is the light and lives in us. We bring light into a situation, exposing and prevailing over darkness. Light also provides a way out of darkness-- Jesus!

I have a general affect on people simply by the way that I live my life.  Once I have this effect-I am able to speak and to teach, and be light.  

Christians living out the core values, the beatitudes, will cause the world to be purified.

It’s contagious.  It’ll expand to others.

Worshipping

Family Fun Fall Festival

The Family Fun Fall Festival was a great time! This was the first year the student ministry and the children's ministry partnered together for the Fall Festival. The students did a great job loving on the kids and enthusiastically serving. Thank you to all the youth for being there and working hard! You made this great night possible.

Middle school guys with bulging balloon muscles!

10/30

The epic race of blowing up balloons and creating a the most muscular man

Students using their voice for the Lord! 10/30

This Sunday we got to hear from our very own youth! God spoke through them and spurred us unto intimacy with Himself.

Will Arnold gave a passionate and edifying message about being fully sold out for the Lord, holding nothing back. God wants everything we have to give, and He's worth it!

Annabelle Williams testified zealously about the reality and wonders of heaven. 2 Peter 3:13-15

She recommends to book Heaven is for Real by Todd Burp.

Katy Patterson shared with us that the fruits of the Spirit flow through our lives as we let Christ in. The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!  Galations 5:22-23

Anna Faith Adair shared about how to love a friend as the Lord calls us to. She examined scriptures about being a true friend and how to love well. Anna Faith made a powerful connection with Proverbs 17:17 and 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. “A friend loves at all times; love is patient, love is kind..” 

Elizabeth Ellington encouraged us that entering into worship is a delight of our hearts. Worship becomes an effortless overflow of the heart as we connect with God consistently. Spending time with Jesus daily fosters this relationship and satisfies our souls. 

Hoe Down * Dance Party

It's almost November!  That means it's time for Booyah!  We dedicate the first Wednesday of every month to do something fun with one another!  This month you are invited to.....

We are very excited to have our prize winning chefs providing dinner for the evening, 

but it would help us if you let us know that you are coming just so we make sure to have enough food!

Please fill out the form below to help us out!

Thanks!  We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!!!

{Remember you can dress up in your cowboy/cowgirl gear....or any other non-scary costume!}

Sunday, October 23

Worshipping Jesus

Two brave men chugging a Coke through a sock

The joy of prayer

Teaching by Ernie Wagnor on Sunday, October 23

Why do I like my cell phone so much? Because it enables me to easily talk with the people I love the most. That’s what prayer is – the means by which we talk with God. Jesus taught us to pray,

“OUR FATHER who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.” 

 Matthew 6:9-13

It’s a joy to be able to talk with God, the One who loves us more than we can comprehend. (Psalm 16:11) In your presence there is fullness of joy.

Perhaps the reason we can think prayer is boring is because we so often spend all our time in prayer talking about ourselves. In Jesus’ model of prayer, He starts and finishes by gazing on the goodness of His Father. Lets ask the Holy Spirit to take us to new depths in prayer. Father You are worthy of our time and attention; thank you that you love having conversations with us. We ask for intimacy with you in our prayer lives. 

I’m blessed if I’m poor in spirit?

Teaching by Kristin McLendon on Sunday, October 16

 In the Sermon on the Mount, the first thing Jesus tells us is, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 4). We know we want this, but what does it mean to be poor in spirit?

Poor in Spirit does not mean that we should be weak or lacking in courage.  It does not mean being physically poor; in fact it has nothing to do with whether you are financially wealthy poor.  

To be poor in spirit simply means to recognize that we are nothing without Jesus and we have nothing without Him. Its recognizing our need for Jesus, being fully reliant on Him.

Every day wake up saying, “I need you Jesus.”

We don’t ever graduate from spiritual poverty.  

The day you were saved, you recognized your need for Jesus...we need that everyday.  

Oswald Chambers said this, “The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of rules and regulations; it is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting His way.”
Isn’t that good?

It is a description of what we were made for. Holy Spirit, lead us into being poor in spirit. Have Your way.

October Senior Dinner

Hi friends!  We are excited to announce that Senior Dinners have returned!!!  We will be meeting the last Wednesday of every month for a time of dinner and fellowship.  We will have different "life after high school" discussions each month (some practical, some spiritual).

This months dinner is THIS Wednesday, October 26th and we will be meeting at Cory's home (504 Flagstone Way, Acworth) from 6-7:30pm.

This month we are having BBQ!  We need each of you that comes to bring $3 to help us cover the cost.  We need to know that you are coming so that we have enough bbq to go around!  PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU ARE COMING!!!

We look forward to seeing you THIS WEDNESDAY!!!

Will you be able to attend the Senior Dinner on Wednesday, October, 26th?	yes no maybe
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Youth on October 9, 2011

On the River! On the Bank!

The epic relay race of fiercely blowing the ping pong ball!

Loving Jesus

High school relay!

John Hunter, a master potter shared about us being clay in God's hands, as He forms us and refines us (though He already likes us).