The Official News-zine of Amplify Student Ministries
The Purpose of AMPLIFY is to help students…
Ascend get closer to God! (Mark 12:30)
Mature learn about God! (Matthew 28:20)
Provide love others like God! (Mark 12:31)
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SEPT.’s TOPIC: COLLEGE & LIFE
Fun & Christian Fellowship
Friday, Sept 30th—7:30PM Pentecostal Assembly Church College & Career Ministry—4 all High School Grads & 20’somethings
Youth Evangelism share God! (Mark 16:15)
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Amplify is the Student Ministry of Pentecostal Assembly Church 9 Ninth Ave Eau Claire, WI 54703
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CONGRATULATIONS! You or your son/daughter has finally reached the 7th grade and are now able to join the student ministry of Pentecostal Assembly Church, AMPLIFY! Or, perhaps you’ve only recently moved to Eau Claire, or were invited by an awesome friend to come check us out. Either way, woohoo! YOU’RE HERE!!! ...so, what exactly does that mean??? AMPLIFY STUDENT MINISTRIES (or ASM) is a community of Apostolic young people, as young as grade 7 and all the way through college (by the time a student is college-age, we encourage them to take more of a mentor-status, as we have a separate ministry—Necktie Revolution—that’s geared to meeting their needs as a group). We meet on a regular basis, including our weekly Wednesday night youth service at 7:30PM in our fully-decked-out youth center, to have fun together, encourage each other in our mutual passion of serving Jesus Christ, worshipping, and growing together in God. You can find our purpose statement on the inside front cover of every VolumeMAX’D. Our other activities include a monthly section-wide youth rally known as a Riot Night. These take place in cities around northwestern Wisconsin, and rides are always available. Twice a year there are big WI-wide youth events, Winter Youth Convention (just after Christmas) in Appleton, WI and Youth Camp (late June) in Shawano. These are EPIC, and every member of Amplify is strongly encouraged to attend! There are also TONS of ways to get involved! The more student-run Amplify is, the better! There are opportunities to get involved with our worship band, tech ministry, drama team, greeting, old-fashioned cleaning– basically anything, just ask! You can stay connected with Amplify by becoming a ―Fan‖ on Facebook (facebook.com/theamplify), following us on twitter (we are @Ampl1fy), visiting our website (www.theamplify.com), & subscribing to this news-zine (email volumemaxd@gmail.com). -T.J. & Kirstie Heidenreich, Student Pastors
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The RockMonroe—When you live out of discipline you’re admired. When you live out of passion, you’re contagious. Gospel_Mailman—Holiness must become part of your DNA. TheAwkwardTwwet—The awkward moment when you’re trapped in the corner of your shower because it’s too cold. Alexander_ThGr8—“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” ~Abraham Lincoln Sum
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GregJennings—Rise and shine. Give God the glory and #BeGreat today tweeps!!! PPL ON GreatestQuotes—”Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate TWITTER cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. ELLA— Siempre_Marie—”Only GOD can turn a MESS into… a MESSage a TEST into… a EllaBudzinski AARON— TESTimony a TRIal into… a TRIumpth a VICTim into… a VICTory.” organkeysslider ChaseUrLion—Remember that the people making fun of you treading water didn’t ALISHA— even have the courage to get out of the boat. AlishaBennettt randomtwigg82—Its amazing how much good you can do if you don't care who gets CALAH— calah_joy the credit. KOREY— JesusPowertv—The MATURITY to remove yourself from environments, people, koreyprill music, games, and movies which are ungodly is effective spiritual warfare CLINTEN— GaryDornbach—Football’s getting ready to start! Don’t worry Minnesota, you can clintenshane have Aaron Rodgers in 12 years! LIZZ— Thebaddest_star—Let’s be a generation marked with holiness. Motivatingw0rds—The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can. foreverrhopeful—Just doing my best to make #CHRIST famous! owlcity—#ThatAwkwardMoment when Soul Surfer comes out on DVD during Shark Week.
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Reagan_Matheson—What would Jesus tweet? #WWJT
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“One generation shall praise they works to another; and shall declare thy mighty acts.” - Psalm 145:4 Sometimes, it gets too easy to shut out the stories of others and focus solely on our
to do a couple of things this year. I laid out a list of great things other young people had done in the Bible—such as Mary being chosen to carry Jesus, Daniel refusing to change his identity, and so on. But before I reiterate for their benefit their chalown life’s narrative. We’re lenge, I want to challenge members of every generation to take time this most invested in our own to do more than just notice plot’s twists and turns, and we year there are children running around have the tendency miss really big, everywhere. Don’t just boss them really obvious developments that around or tell them to behave. I are going on right before our very mean, do that, too, but then eyes. Like the fact that you’re not *declare* something to them. Invest some of the faith you have in our as young as you used to be... great God and trust it will mean ...and neither are those around something to them, too. They’re the church you used to look at as ―just worth it. kids.‖ Whether you’re en elder, a parSo, risking repetition, I preent, or a big-shot High School Sophosent a reminder of the challenge ismore, I’m challenging to take another sued to the students of Amplify to look at what you’re doing RIGHT take upon themselves for this brand NOW to invest in the generation that is new school year. NEXT: next to be filled with God’s Holy Ghost, next to be called according 7th/8th Graders: Establish your to His purpose, next to hold high the identity as a young, Apostolic Chrisstandard of truth and holiness in this tian, just like those Hebrew boys! ever-darkening world. If these are the last days, and we are the last of a seem- Plug in, plug in, plug in! Refuse to bow to the tide of this world to give ingly endless line of generations, don’t your heart to things other than God you think it would make sense that it would be US who take Psalm 145:4 – JESUS is the best thing! Believe it! more seriously than any other? What specifically are you doing 9th/10th Graders: Realize your to reveal God’s might to the next genworth isn’t just in how others pereration? What conversations have you ceive you or how many friends you had with a younger Apostolic that has have. If you can overcome ―none of included praise for God’s awesome my friends are doing it, so I won’t‖ in works? this stage of your life, you will be light years ahead. Be a leader, just I recently took an opportunity like Gideon, willing to part ways with to challenge each age group at Amplify 06
the crowd and stand for God! Juniors/Seniors: Your identity is established, but you’re too willing to rebel against the wrong forces in your life in order to make others recognize your soon-coming independence. With your increased understanding, don’t use it to fight your parents harder – SHOCK THEM with your maturity and willingness to *help* them instead of swindle them. Get behind your Pastor, your church, and don’t be afraid to ask questions! If you look for answers now you won’t be fed lies later. Like Moses, establish whose side you’re on: rebel against Pharaoh, but meekness before God. College: You have no idea how old you look to these other groups, even though you still feel like a kid. Regardless, you’re starting to feel too old or maybe too cool to be around younger kids. Guess what? You’re wrong. Your heart needs to be pumping with a love and a desire to lead the charge of fulfilling Psalm 145:4. You need to lay aside logic and remember that you started this thing in faith, and if you’re not going to be a part of a fading generation, you need to keep faith at the forefront! Like David, remember: you have a CAUSE to fight for. T.J. Heidenreich, Student Pastor
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WHEN: EVERY WED. NIGHT WHERE: AMPLIFY YOUTH CENTER, PAC TIME: 6PM—GAME ROOM & CAFÉ OPEN 7:30PM—AMPLIFY BEGINS WHAT: ALL UR FAVORITE PEOPLE, AWESOME WORSHIP, AMP’D MESSAGES
WHEN: Saturday, Oct 8 WHERE: PAC TIME: 10AM WHAT: A ministry training conference, right here at our church! A variety of classes will be a blessing to anyone who attends.
WHEN: FRI. NIGHTS, 1/MO.
WHEN: FRIDAY, OCT 21
WHERE: AMPLIFY YOUTH CENTER, PAC
WHERE: TBA
TIME: 7:30PM, 09/16/11
WHAT: THE GREATEST (OR CRAZIEST) HARVEST GAMES EVER DREAMED UP, WITH A ROARING FIRE TO HEAT YOU UP FROM THE EARLY AUTUMN’S CHILL. :)
WHAT: NW WI APOSTOLIC YOUTH GATHER 4 AN EPIC EVE’ OF MUSIC, PREACHING, & FUN AFTER-RIOT: ACTION CITY 10PM-MIDNIGHT, $12 NEXTRIOT:10/7,AFC,EAUCLAIRE
WHEN: Sat, Fri 17 WHERE: TBA TIME: 8PM WHAT: Calling all young adults—it’s game night!
TIME: 7:00PM
WHEN: Oct 28-29 WHERE: Wausau, WI TIME: Fri night, Sat morning WHAT: Special HYPHEN event for young adults around WI! Plan ahead to attend!
WHEN: Fri, Sept 30 WHERE: PAC TIME: 7:30PM WHAT: A service for all High School grads through twentysomethings!
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