Gaga ball was a hit for most of the teens.

We had a great weekend with the teens at Winter Retreat in Iowa! We had a slow drive down as it was snowing, but the Lord allowed us to make it there safely! It was a great weekend to learn and grow and strengthen relationships!

We do not need any more burden-passers (Matt. 23:4), ego strokers (23:5), heavenly door-slammers (23:13), hypocrites (23:15), convert-killers (23:15), blind guides (23:16), blind fools (23:17), penny counters (23:23), spirit of the law neglecters (23:23), gnat straining camel swallowers (23:23), inwardly rotting surface cleaners (23:25), whitewashed tombs of dead people’s bones (23:27), prophet killing tomb decorators (23:29), serpents and vipers (23:33).

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At the end of this past summer, one of the families in our church organized a church wide walk through of the Pilgrim’s Progress story. During the summer months, the DeLeon family had worked through the book so the kids knew the story well. On the special night, the kids brought their backpacks full of heavy “sin” and followed Pilgrims footsteps through his journey. It was a great teaching lesson for the kids! The teens also participated in the event by being the various people that Pilgrim meets along the way.

At the Gate.

The Giant Despair chases them through his dungeon.

In case you have never stepped inside of a church before, this is what ours looks like.

Gloria Ormiston from All Nations Baptist Church brought her ESL group over and we enjoyed a evening of games, carols, the Christmas Story, and food!



You can make up your own stories about the pictures!

Several weeks ago we had a special visitor to our teen Sunday school class. Roger was born into a tribe in the Amazon Jungle of Peru, and how he ended up in the frozen Minnesota tundra is an interesting story!

“Finding Loopholes in the Bible: how to justify and rationalize doing whatever you want”

“Judging Others: seeing past the beam”

They seem to be pretty popular, and with the main goal of pleasing people and drawing crowds, we decided to try them out.
(Someone else thought of these and they have been used without permission)

Malachi 2:17-3:6
Why doesn’t God intervene to prevent injustice-and to punish evil?
Is. 43:24 -he is wearied by their iniquities
Truth to take home –
I. God’s judgment is certain!
Death is certain (Heb. 9:27) taxes are certain, and His coming is
certain.
A. Christ may come at any time
B. When he returns to earth, Christ will come to judge.
II. God’s judgment will be severe!
A. He will destoy everyone who does not belong to him (vs. 2; cf. Rev.
6:17; Matt. 24:50-51; 25:30,41,46)
B. He will purify the nation of Israel (vs. 2-5; cf. Matt. 24:30-31)
III. Any delay is due to God’s patience-His longsuffering (vs 6; cf.
James 1:17; Heb. 13:8; 2 Peter 3:3,8-9)

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