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THE COMING OF JESUS (ADVENT) WAS A SEARCH-AND-SAVE MISSION. THE SON OF MAN CAME TO SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST. IT’S THE SEASON FOR CHERISHING AND WORSHIPING THIS CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD--THAT HE IS A SEARCHING AND SAVING GOD, THAT HE IS A GOD ON A MISSION, THAT HE IS NOT ALOOF OR PASSIVE OR INDECISIVE. HE IS NEVER IN THE MAINTENANCE MODE, COASTING OR DRIFTING. HE IS SENDING, PURSUING, SEARCHING, AND SAVING. JOHN PIPER
DECEMBER 2016
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To partner with parents and adult volunteers in leading students to be and build reproducing followers of Christ who WORSHIP God, CONNECT with others, GROW in His Word, and GO take the Gospel to our world.
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Equip parents and adult volunteers to effectively disciple students through the teaching of God’s Word.
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Create multiple relational environments in which students are exposed to Christ, connected with peers, and equipped to make reproducing disciples of unbelieving and believing students .DEVELOP Develop student leaders who become local missionaries and ministers NOW--in their families, schools, sports teams, the church, etc.
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Provide opportunities for students, parents, and adults to take the Gospel to the least reached places--locally, nationally, and globally.
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Celebrate what God has done through times of corporate worship and prayer.
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u OUR TEAM Matt Hubbard, Lead Student Pastor Ross Spigner, Middle School Pastor Melissa Sponer, Girls Ministry Amanda Beach, Ministry Assistant
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STATE OF THE CHURCH 2016 (BARNA GROUP)
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The Christian church has been a cornerstone of American life for centuries, but much has changed in the last 30 years. Americans are attending church less, and more people are experiencing and practicing their faith outside of its four walls. Millennials in particular are coming of age at a time of great skepticism and cynicism toward institutions—particularly the church.
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