Spiked Student Ministries

Yeah yeah we know they used to open at 4:00PM. But it seems that since school is out nobody has any reason to come that early to do homework and such and it’s just too hot to play basketball that early on our new, in ground full court hoops. So we’ll be opening up at 5:00PM now instead of a 4:00PM. Spread the word!

Well check it out – it’s Summertime and we are stoked that despite the heat and all the things you could be doin’ – you guys are still hangin’ out with us and checkin’ out Jesus!

Middle School is deep in Dear Galatians! What’s that all about? Well think of it like this…we all like to receive letters. These days they come primarily in an e-mail but in Biblical times, letters were handwritten. The apostle Paul wrote a lot of letters, many of which are included in the Bible. His letters were intended to help the early church sort out what it meant to really follow Jesus. But the Galatians may not have been too excited to get Paul’s letter because Paul was mad. The Galatian church was a mess. People were saying that what Jesus did on the cross wasn’t enough. They were looking around and determining who was in with God, and who was out. So Paul set out to bring some clarity to the situation in the passionate, sound way that only He could. And while this may seem like a great look back in history, we probably have more in common with the Galatians than we would care to admit.

High School is wrapping up the Scarred series learning that Hurt HAPPENS to ALL of us at some time in our lives. We get our physical scars from falling down and goin’ boom – but the hurt stops and we’re only left with a physical reminder. But what about those emotional scars? The things that happen in our lives that affect us deeply on emotional levels? Abuse, ends of friendships, divorcing parents, deaths of loved ones? Well first of all we are not ALONE in experiencing hurt! Then we have to figure out how we handle the hurt – do we hide it and then explode? Do we deny it and try to pretend it never happens? Or do we DEAL with it by recognizing the people God puts into our lives to help us share, relate and figure out that God brought us through it and intends for us to use that for a bigger purpose? What do YOU think? The answer is in the last question!

Hey -it’s smmertime. School is out…you are back from vacation….why not invite a friend this week to come hang out? DO IT!