HELPFUL INFORMATION – MFUGE 2008

Dear Parents of FBC Youth,

 

            Thank you for allowing your child to attend MFUGE ’08 in Mobile, AL with Jeff & Thea and the First Baptist Church of Fort Payne Students. We are excited that your child is going to join us in this wonderful ministry adventure.

 

If you have questions and concerns about camp, I would encourage you to visit the following websites to gain a clearer understanding of what MFUGE is all about…

 

www.fuge.com

http://www.lifeway.com/fuge/mfuge/groupleaderinfo.asp

http://www.lifeway.com/fuge/mfuge/faq_general.asp

 

 

Here’s a couple of web accessible sections of the MFUGE website especially for parents…

 

http://www.lifeway.com/fuge/downloads/Student%20Parent%20Pack.pdf  —- this site provides additional help for parents regarding the ins and outs of mfuge.

 

http://www.lifeway.com/fuge/downloads/BSLG_parentdevotions.pdf  —- this site provides daily devotionals (designated for the days your child is at camp) that are especially for parents of students that are attending MFUGE.

 

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If you have any questions regarding MFUGE 2008, please call Jeff at 256.996.5594. Rather than print out all of the information on the abovementioned websites, I thought I could share the highlights on a single sheet of paper ( save the forests J ), so here are a few of your frequently asked questions – answered…

 

FINANCIAL MATTERS

 

1. Camp cost to you per student is 285 dollars. Actual cost with transportation is well over 300 dollars per person. Fund raising in 2007 allows us to charge you much less than actual cost. Please see Debra in the main office of First Baptist Church to see how much you owe. Please see Jeff for financial assistance. With approximately 85 people attending the camp our total cost is well over 26,000 dollars. Your balance must be paid by JUNE 22. If you are sending more than one student (example: Zach and Mikel Magnusson), ask Jeff about a sibling discount.

 

MFUGE FORMS, INSURANCE CARDS, & FBC LIABILITY FORM

 

1. We need four things from you before your child departs for MFUGE: 1. & 2. mfuge camp forms filed out, signed, and notarized. (one of these may be a photocopy; however, the copy must also be notarized) 3. A single copy of the front and back of your insurance cards. 4. An FBC Liability Form filled out, signed, and notarized.

 

 

CODE OF CONDUCT / DRESS CODE / WHAT TO BRING / DEPARTURE DATE & TIME

 

1. A list of MFUGE rules and FIRST BAPTIST guidelines for behavior will be provided to every student and parent. These will be distributed to all at our 7PM and 8PM MFUGE meeting on Wednesday June 18^th. If you miss this meeting, please set up a time to meet with Jeff sometime between June 19^th and our departure date at 5AM on July 7^th.

 

LIST OF STUDENTS AND ADULTS THAT WILL BE ATTENDING MFUGE ‘08

 

1. A list of all participants can be found at this website http://jeffandthea.wordpress.com/

The list can be found on this webpage, just scroll down to… THIS GENERATION – June 2008

 

PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF MFUGE (MOBILE, AL) 2008 – JULY 7 THROUGH 12

 

1. The University of Mobile 5735 College Parkway Mobile, AL 36613

 

DEPARTURE TIME / GENERAL SCHEDULE FOR MFUGE ’08 – July 7 through 12

 

1. Depart Fort Payne on Monday at 5AM, Arrive in Mobile to Register and Begin Camp at approximately 1pm (we will stop for lunch in Evergreen, AL). We are taking one large charter bus, the church mini bus, the church van, and one or two additional vehicles. 

 

Full Printable Schedule can be found on the web here… http://www.lifeway.com/fuge/mfuge/schedule.asp

 

Our daily schedule involves worship, ministry at various ministry sites away from the University campus and into the heart of Mobile, Bible Study, and Church Group Time.

Breakfast and Dinner will be on the University of Mobile campus. Lunch will be eaten at our various ministry sites.

 

4PM to 8PM on Thursday will be spent at the following shopping area… http://www.easternshorecentre.com/directory.php STUDENTS WILL NEED ADDITONAL MONEY (approximately ten dollars) FOR THURSDAY NIGHT’S MEAL… this is the only meal that will not be covered by your initial payment of 285 dollars. On the road meals will not require additional money.  

 

We will depart Mobile to come back to Fort Payne on Saturday at approximately 1030AM

We will eat lunch on the road, and return to Fort Payne with hungry bellies ready for supper.

Estimated arrival time in Fort Payne… 7PM

 

 

A FINAL WORD REGARDING THE PARENT DEVOTIONALS… This is really neat!

 

1. http://www.lifeway.com/fuge/downloads/BSLG_parentdevotions.pdf 

THIS GENERATION – June 2008

MFUGE DATES: JULY 7 through 12 — arrive at First Baptist Fort Payne no later than 445am on July 7…

We plan to leave (not pack the bus… but get moving / rolling on down the interstate) at 515am.

Here’s the list of students and adults that are going to MFUGE in July of 2008…

1 jeff ford
2 dr. steve coulter
3 dr. roger walworth
4 dr. pat mcfadden (he and sue plan to be with us for one of the days)
5 lynn brown
6 tim pope
7 jeremy brown (south alabama resident… and friend of first baptist church orange beach)
8 thea ford
9 beth mince
10 jeanne manning
11 tammy story
12 amber mcpherson
13 alana dickie (thea’s sister – she also went to the fall retreat with us last year)
14. cole barnes
15. billy brown
16. jeb bunch
17. jacob crowe
18. blake douglas
19. chad dyche
20. cody farmer
21. tanner hartline
22. lance henry
23. matt hester
24. andrew isbell
25. luke jennings
26. zach jones
27. alec lacey
28. mikel magnusson
29. zach magnusson
30. tyler mclemore
31. logan mcpherson
32. larry mccutcheon
33. dustin mcmahan
34. dylan miller
35. evan mince
36. daniel miradakis
37. cole oneal
38. amar patel
39. dallas poe
40. hunter pope
41. conner pope
42. jordan roberts
43. john stanley
44. john michael story
45. jeff stuckey
46. jordan terry
47. josh terry
48. kevin thompson
49. blake young
50. miguel zachariah
51. brittney young
52. kristen tcherneshoff
53. debra story
54. logan shoaf
55. anna rogers
56. abby petty
57. anna petty
58. kayla moreland
59. kat mccutcheon
60. sara mccutcheon
61. rachel manning
62. elizabeth manning
63. allie locklear
64. jesi lankford
65. peyton lacey
66. eryn johnson
67. travis jennings
68. lauren hulsey
69. lauren hester
70. jackie hayes
71. lana cooper
72. josie bruno
73. ali bruce
74. shelly barkley
75. lauren barkley
76. katherine bain

RECENT ADDITIONS…
77. boo smith
78. brandy smith
79. adam greenwood
80. jordan greenwood
81. ashley evans
82. rebecca weldon 83. taylor downey 84. nick evans 85. becca keller

Please call if you have any pressing questions… 256.996.5594
In Christ,
jeff ford
youth minister
fbc fort payne

PS… God is already doing amazing things at MFUGE Mobile, please be in prayer for the staff as they work throughout the summer to give students an opportunity to serve others.

HEALING…

this was actually written on June 25, but i put the June 1 date on it… to keep the MFUGE stuff at the top of this webpage

 

Healing…

When I think of the concept of “healing” in terms of my admittedly limited understanding of God’s plan, I think of physical infirmities being removed by a supernatural force. When I think of healing, I think of the diseased, the rejected, and the unwanted. I think of New Testament lepers. Disenfranchised from society. Hurting. In need. Forgotten.

When I think of healing, I think of the sick, the old, and the broken. I think of modern day hospitals and that unmistakable smell within the walls of a center for those who are hurting and for those who are seeking healing.

If I consider the needs of our world, our country, our state, our city, our community, and when I pair this broad and beautiful concept: healing, with those various needs, I am carried to the words of Jesus:

Matt 25:40… when you did it to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!

 

Further exploration of the gospel accounts reveal more about the practical, piercing, powerful healing forces of the Savior:

Matt 8:3… Be healed!

Matt 9:35… and he healed every kind of disease

Matt 15:30… and he healed them all

Mark 6:56… all who touched him were healed

Luke 17:19… your faith has healed you

It doesn’t take long in our study of Scripture to discover that Jesus came to heal the sick. To the sick, the old, the broken, the diseased, the rejected, the hurting, the needy, and the unwanted, Jesus came to bring healing. 

 

Beyond the gospel accounts of Jesus’ healing power, I find great insight & direction from one of my favorite biblical Christ followers: (the disciple / apostle Peter)

1 Peter 2:24… By his wounds you are healed.

 

Peter was influenced directly by the voice of the Old Testament prophet Isaiah:

Isaiah 53:5… he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.

So we could be healed.

I am sick, and I need healing. I pray and believe that God will continue to reveal to me my need for Him, His plan for me, and my part in proclaiming the remedy for all of our sickness and brokenness: that is the healing that Jesus has brought, is bringing, and will bring.

No matter what the condition of our physical health may be, we are still… sick.

We are all sick. We all need to experience the healing that only Christ can bring.

The disease of sin has plagued our hearts & minds. Jesus’ life was filled with divine moments of healing and restoration. Jesus’ death and resurrection brought us all an opportunity to experience an eternal kind of healing…

Romans 5:8… “God demonstrates his love for us in this: while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”