2013 Corinth Teens Events

Middle School "Believe" Conference, May 3-4.  Believe Website

Tampa Mission Trip, June 1-7.  Mission trip website

"Summer in the Son" middle school Summer conference at KCU, July 7-12, SITS website

CIY "MOVE" high school summer conference, July 15-20.  MOVE website

For a printable sheet with all these dates, prices, when deposits are due, and who can go download our 2013 Teen Events page.

New Resources

Here are two new resources worth checking out.
First, there is a Student Baptism Guide for anyone interested in following Jesus.  There are Scriptures for you to read, and questions to answer to prepare you for this exciting journey ahead.
Second, a Bible Character Study will be updated every week for a year!  There are five days of reading/study to help you get to know 52 different characters from the Bible.
*Both resources will also be located in the Reading plans/Resources section at the right side of the page.

Life Groups this Fall.

There is a new Sunday night Ministry that is being launched this fall.  They are called Life Groups.  It's kinda like home groups, except at the church, and smaller groups.  Read more about them here:Life Groups

Summer Conferences

Hey everyone, our summer conferences are coming up quick!  I'm looking forward to an awesome time to be challenged and also have a bunch of fun.  Check out the forms section to the right for the corresponding forms for the weeks at CIY "MOVE" or KCU "Summer in the Son."  And if you're looking for more info from the organizations themselves, check out their websites here:
High School Move conference
Middle School KCU conference

Looking forward to a great summer with you all!

Swim and Study

Hey Come on out tonight for a Swim and Study!  Lindsey Cologie is bringing a quick devotion for us.   All you have to do is show up before 7pm at the church.  Bring a snack to share if you can!  We'll be at the Hitchcock's tonight, and we'll back at 8:45.  See ya soon!

Unworthy servants

Our challenge for this morning (and really for the whole day) was to live lives of humility.  A lot of times people associate humility with thinking lowly of yourself. This is not really what it means to be humble.  What it really means is that you are less of a priority.  

We realized that today as the projects were a little more demanding than they had been the previous three days.  Not more physically demanding.  We walked miles upon miles the previous days.  But more spiritually and emotionally demanding.  Today we walked the streets of Tampa, in places like Ybor (the original settlement of the city) or the Salvation Army or Amazing Love Homeless outreach.  Our goal was specifically to approach people through servant evangelism and hand them a sack lunch or bag of popcorn and strike up a conversation.  Then we would learn their names, their stories and offer to pray for them.  The situations were ones that many of us had never been in before, and that many people had to work through as they continued to learn about themselves: what they enjoy and what is difficult for them.

I challenged the students (just like every conference or trip) that the goal is not to have a great experience on the field, but to take what we learned home. To live it out once we get back.  This is the real challenge.  See we often go through life without the sharp focus that we have on a trip like this one.  This focus is something we need to learn live out though.  A focus where God's name is made great, and we are less of a priority.  One where we are more concerned that people see Jesus, than we are with our own needs or desires.

1 Peter says it this way: "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.  Be sober minded; be watchful.  Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.  Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experience by your brotherhood throughout the world."

I always pictured Satan prowling around trying to get us to sin, and do some horrible thing.  But what if his prowling nature was simply trying to get us to think of ourselves more than others.  To live with a lack of humility.  What if Satan was trying to get us forget that God needs to have priority in our lives and that if he can make us exalt our own needs and preferences above God's then he has "found someone to devour?"  What if this battle to live a life of humility is a bigger deal than we think?

The challenge I know I'm leaving with is to live a life of greater humility.The  needs and wants of others, and especially the calling of God on my life need to get top priority.  My prayer for all of us is from Luke 17.10 when Jesus says, "So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servant;  we have only done our duty.'"

Flexibility

Flexibility would be the theme for today.  Due to the rain and just several different projects all around town, our group really had to be flexible.  Some did yet more door hangers.  Some finished the project at the day care.  It looks really good by the way!  It's cleaner, fresh paint on the wall, and the kids and teachers are really excited because they have a preschool graduation Friday.  Unfortunately we won't be here to watch it, but I'm sure they will love it!

Others did handouts downtown in the business district to try to get the name out about the church.  Part of the project was handing out popcorn to people as a way of servant evangelism.  It was very different from the other relational activities we have already done.

Earlier in the day the crew also went back to the elementary school to help out cleaning and with random tasks, but also to interact with the students.  One young boy even ran up to Mrs. Lea and hugged her, look up into her eyes and said, "I love you!"  Back at the church, there were supplies to put away, brushes to clean, and another delivery of shelving units and cabinets to the daycare.

To finish the day we went to the Taco Bus for dinner.  It was actually a restaurant on one of the Diners Drive Ins and Dives, t.v. show.  You should google it!  Great food, and a lot of it!  After dinner we went to a park downtown Tampa where we just hung out, played frisbee, and enjoyed the company of one another.

All in all, another great day.  We were challenged this morning to watch our words.  We looked at James 3 in our morning devotion and were really challenged by what God has to say there.  Especially now theta we are well into the week, people are getting tired, and emotions seem to snap easier.  It was another  timely challenge for us the week.  God seems to do that when we open his word and listen.  

Well we are excited about tomorrow.  We will hopefully see even more projects to completion, get to form more relationships, and maybe even do something new that we haven't done yet this week as we continue to be flexible.  No matter what we do, we know that we have been part of something bigger than ourselves this week.  It's really a life lesson because we are really always living in God's world.  Hopefully one thing this week has taught us is to live our lives with open eyes looking for how we can join up with what HE is already doing.

Enough for tonight.  We'll talk again tomorrow.  Grace and Peace.