T H I S G E N E R A T I O N – M a r c h 2 0 0 8
A newsletter especially for First Baptist Church Youth & Youth Parents – Fort Payne, AL
SPRING BREAK YOUTH MISSION TRIP IN MARCH
Several Students will be loading the church vans this month and traveling to Blairsville, GA for a Wednesday through Saturday mission trip. The group will be painting the Sunday school rooms of a partner church, making connections with hikers on the Appalachian trail through acts of servant evangelism, and taking part in festival ministries at baby-land general (the site of the cabbage patch kids factory in Helen, GA). The tools of this mission trip include paint brushes (for church walls and face paint), balloon animals, children’s crafts, hamburgers, hot dogs, and ice cold water. One of our chief connections to the ministries at local churches, trail-heads, and the festival in Helen is North American Mission Board Missionary: Keith Ivey. Please pray for Keith as he prepares for our arrival during the week of Spring Break. The Ivey Family are friends of FBC Fort Payne through the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering.
‘08 SKI TRIP REPORT
If a picture is worth one thousand words then our full ski trip report in printed form would likely match the length of an entire set of encyclopedias. The ski trip’s success can be best understood through a viewing of the FBC Fort Payne ‘08 Ski Trip DVD. The DVD contains literally hundreds of photos and a few video segments of our trip. A special thanks to the adults that assisted with the preparation and implementation of our adventure in North Carolina. If you would like a copy of the SKI DVD, please let Jeff know.
WITH YOUR LIFE
When I was a teenager, sometimes I would feel insignificant. Do you? When I was a teenager, sometimes I wonder if my life really mattered that much. Do you? Sometimes we think that being young puts us at a disadvantage. Yet we see in the Bible that very often in God’s story when young believers trusted God, they were often elevated and used by God (like in the lives of David, Isaac, Mary, and Timothy). We can thank God for the ways he can transform our lives at any age. We can respond to God with any questions we have about how to live our lives in relationship to this passage of Scripture: as an older minister, Paul, speaks words of encouragement to a younger minister, Timothy…
…don’t let anyone put you down because you are young. Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by intergrity. 1 Timothy 4:12
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
March 9 – Annie Armstrong Emphasis during the PM service as well as a commissioning service for the spring break mission trip participants
the service on the 9th will be followed by a fun filled SNAC event @ Evan M.’s House (1970’s March Madness Basketball Theme… costumes optional)
March 12 through 15 – Spring Break Mission Trip to Georgia Mtn. Resort
March 19 – Master’s Minority Lunch @ 1st Presbyterian Church
March 23 – EASTER
March 26 – Month-A-Quarter Team Meeting @ 5pm in the Fellowship Hall (this is to prepare for April events)
March 29 – Junior Class Trip (meet at the church at 930am and bring 20 dollars for mini golf & lunch in Rome, GA)
March 30 – youth choir combines with adults at AM Sunday worship
April 19 – Freshmen Class Trip
May 3 – Sophomore Class Trip
May 18 – Graduate Sunday
May 23 – FPHS GRADUATION
June 2 through 6 – Senior’s Mission Trip to Orange Beach, AL
June 23 through July 2 – choir tour to Washington DC
July 7 through 12 – Mobile, AL MFUGE
July 7 through 11 – New Date for CENTRI-KID to Cleveland, TN
Contact Jeff for more information / email:jeff@fbcfp.org
