Entries from February 2009

Thinking about LENT

Date February 24, 2009

With the celebration of Ash Wednesday tomorrow, our church will enter into the season of Lent.  What is Lent about?  What is the meaning of Lent?  These were questions our youth discussed during a recent Sunday night lesson.  Some of these thoughts were new to me, so I thought they might be interesting to some [...]

Martin Luther and the Reformation

Date February 11, 2009

The purpose of this post is to provide space and opportunity for members of the Confirmation Class to ask questions and discuss the concepts included in the Study Guide in preparation for the test on this topic, next Wednesday, February 18.
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the bands

Date February 5, 2009

So, maybe you’ve heard us talking about this Acquire the Fire thing coming up, but you aren’t really sure if it’s something that you’d be interested in.  Well, if spending some time with your youth group, your amazingly awesome (maybe a little awesome) Youth Director, your cool youth leaders and learning about Jesus with a [...]

Are you going?

Date February 2, 2009

So, if you’re a regular on our website then you probably already know the theme of this year’s Acquire the Fire Conference: “Here Comes Trouble.”  What you may not understand is what this event is all about.
The goal of youth ministry here at Hope is for young people to experience a relationship with God that [...]