Tuesday, February 7

THANK YOU PARENTS! For making our Super Bowl Party a HUGE success this year!!  It was so much more than I even thought it could be. Where else can you go and get low country boil, ribs, wings, hot dogs, hamburgers, chips & dips, salad, pineapple upside down cake, blueberry cobbler, fried pickles, and so much more...cake pops, home made cheese bread, brownies, cookies, and the list goes on!!  Thank you also to those who came to play flag football with the youth.  By every account the day was incredible! And we could not have done it without your help! Thank you Eddie Greer for the pics from Sunday. If you want to see more, go on Facebook and find Eddie's page...they are all there!

So what is next? DISCIPLE NOW WEEKEND!! It is coming up fast and again we need your help to make it great.  Be sure to read last week's blog below for some needs and details of the weekend.  We still need homes, and volunteers to bring breakfast and lunches to the youth on Saturday.


Also, I need help from a few of you who have time to go out and ask vendors to renew their advertising on our Discount Cards for Summer Camp and Fall Retreat.  If you can help me or would like information about this, let me know...


I am excited to tell you that we are beginning a new series on Wednesday nights beginning Wed, Feb 8, called "Guardrails". Below is some information about this series:

WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT:

Here is an overview of what we’re talking about. Listed below the summary is a parent cue to help you dialog with your child about the session. The question is intended not just to be asked by you, but to be responded to by BOTH of you. Use this opportunity to find out what God is teaching your child, and allow your child to see what God is teaching you as well.

Series Overview

Guardrails are “a system designed to keep something from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas.” Just like the guardrails we see on the roads we drive everyday, the guardrails we place in our lives are designed with a simple purpose; to create a small accident to protect us from a larger one. We don’t often spend a lot of time thinking about or paying attention to them, but when we need them, we are very glad that guardrails are there. In the same way that guardrails protect us on the road, when we establish them in our lives, they can help to both protect us and direct us. Most likely our biggest mistakes in life could have been avoided if we had guardrails steering us in the right direction. The goal should never be to see how close we can get to a guardrail without crashing but rather to keep us from ever going “too far,” in the wrong direction.

Session 1: Shift (Wednesday, Feb 8)

Guardrails are part of our every day experience. Whether we are walking, biking or driving there are guardrails all around us to protect us from those off-limit areas—areas where we could drop off the edge or crash into something. But where are the guardrails in our actual, everyday lives? We have to establish those personal guardrails ourselves so that we can back up and stay on the safe side of a potentially dangerous situation.

Has there ever been a time when you wish you had some guardrails in place—something that would have protected you from a certain situation? Can you share a time that you did have some boundaries and were protected from something because of them?