Dairy Queen opened last Saturday. Guess what that means!
ICE CREAM AT YOUTH FELLOWSHIP!!
This Wednesday, May 9th.
Invite your friends 
Summer Schedule!!!
Summer is here!! (Almost anyway)
We’ve got lots of fun things planned. Please check out the schedule below and make sure you’re checking back here and on our facebook page to keep up with all the details. You’ll also want to keep your eyes open for any spontaneous events! I look forward to hanging out with you all!
June
3rd – Mystery Destination – Noon – ?
9th – Yard Sale at FBC (fundraiser for Alive) – 7am-4pm
18th -22nd – Mission Trip
23rd – Alive Festival (All Day Event)
July
1st – Mystery Destination
16th – 20th – VBS
29th – Mystery Destination – Noon – ?
August
11th – Wild Water Kingdom (Rain Date August 25th)
14th – 18th – Carnation Days in the Park
P – A – R – T – Y!!!!!!!
We’re looking forward to the end of the school year party! It will be this Saturday, May 19th and it will be at the Robinson’s house.
We’ll be having food, games and fun. You won’t want to miss out! And don’t forget that we’ll be having round two of “Ask the Pastor” so be sure to come ready with any questions that you would like to ask.
Everyone who attends needs to bring a picnic food to share. FBC will provide the hot dogs and fixin’s and the drinks.
Please go to our facebook page and RSVP so we know how many people to plan for. Also, message Jody Csaki if you need the address or directions to the Robinson’s house.
We’re looking forward to seeing you there!!
P.S. Mention that you saw this post and you’ll get a special treat
Dairy Queen ope…
What are you going to do this summer?
There’s just a little more than a month left in the school year.
So what are you going to do with your summer?
FBC Youth has several fun events and service projects planned for the summer. For starters, we’ll be enjoying some “Mystery Destination” events. (This means that only me and the other adults know where we’ll be going when we head out.)
We’ll also be holding a yard sale to raise money for the Alive Festival And we’ll be working together at the local mission trip.
And who could forget Wild Water Kingdom? Oh yeah 
These are just a few of the fun things FBC Youth has coming up this summer. It will be awesome!!
I hope you’ll be there!
Thoughts on Easter – By Ashley Renee
The following is a facebook status update shared by Ashley Renee on Easter Sunday. What a testimony! Thanks for sharing Ashley!!
he died for something that wasn’t HIS fault. but mine. the thought that Jesus bore all of my pain. the already felt and the ones i havn’t yet. the mental stuff and the mental. he felt it all. in fact.not just mine. but every ones. EVERY foot that walked this earth. every heart beat. every heart break every tear and certainly every bloodshed. He died so we could live a life here. he died for the very reason that brought him here. He came to check upon his children only to meet their eyes with them holding a knife to his throat. what a cruel thing we did. i cry when i think about how we nailed him to a cross. laughed in his face, when all he did was love us. for the biggest reason known but misunderstood by man. He loves us because we are his. we are part of him. in comparison, we his children, murdered our father!. we deserve to parish but yet he lets us smile. he cries when you cry. he laughs when you laugh and he is NOTHING smaller but everything more than Everlasting love. WE are put on this earth to love one another like he loves us. but yet we step on toes. feel hate and let the worst get a hold of us. … my point being. God gave us his ONLY son. and we betrayed him with our hateful hearts…we crucified Jesus.. OH yea. you can bet with your little heart that it hurt. but he prayed for us and compromised with the wrath of God to lessen the burdens on his children and forgive us for what we had done.and in return we received a gift. a empty tomb early in the morning, our lord Jesus had risen. for YOU! for me! for everyone… idk bout u but.. he is the reassonn that i smile. He gives us all a choice of free will. and for that i am thankful. my trials, my worries, my depreSsion, adhd and aches are alll what make me who i am. HE is the reason i chose to get baptised and live my life. I couldnt thank him with a thank you. its not enough. i am not worthy!,, but i will definatly try. like this status if you TRULY believe Jesus LOVES you ♥ i do ♥ ) happy easter evry body. i am sooo feeling blessed. its amazing what thinking about him would do for my aditude. he brightens me everytime =) thanks Jesus. i owe ya! ♥… i am now heading to sleep with a smile on my face… i say chyeaaaa!!
What Are You Looking For?
There’s been a lot of talk lately about discovering what young people want and need from “the Church”.
In that spirit, I wanted to ask you some questions. If you’re visiting this website for the first time, I would love to hear your opinion too. You don’t have to be a regular attender of FBC Youth to share your thoughts.
What do you enjoy about youth fellowship? Is there anything you don’t enjoy? (If so, what is it?)
What would you add to or change about youth fellowship?
If you’re not a part of a Christian youth group, would you be interested in becoming a part of one? If not, please share why.
These are just a few questions to get your minds thinking. Please share your thoughts. We really want to know what you think
Wednesday Night
Youth Fellowship happens tonight!
Come out and bring a friend
Don’t forget your Bibles and notebooks.
Are you a Disciple?
What do you think it means to be a disciple?
Does it mean that we wear robes and sandals and live in ancient Galilee?
Does it mean we have to be a man?
Does it mean that we have to know how to fish?
Does it mean that we have to know the Bible by heart, completely and that we never, ever make mistakes?
Can you be a disciple if you’ve only just now accepted Jesus into your heart?
What do you think? What does it mean to be a disciple?
Give me your comments please
What is Lent anyway?
Have you ever wondered why Christians observe Lent?
Well, there’s a great deal of history involved behind it, but for today, I just wanted to give you a brief summary in order to help answer the questions you might have about Lent.
Lent is a period of time that begins about 6 weeks before Easter Sunday. The first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday. Many Christians observe this day by setting aside some time to go to church and pray and to take communion. Some Christians even choose to have a cross marked on their head or hand. The cross is formed from ashes (that’s why it’s called ‘Ash Wednesday’). The ashes can be a symbolic reminder of the ashes that the ancient Hebrew people used to place on their heads as a sign of mourning. The idea is that we acknowledge that our sin causes God pain and so we should mourn or feel sorry about it.
Lent then lasts from Ash Wednesday until Holy or Maundy Thursday. This period of time is 40 days (not including the Sundays). The 40 day time period was chosen by Christian church leaders in the third and fourth centuries (200 to 300 A.D.) because of the significance of the time period in the Bible. Most specifically, Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness fasting and praying after His baptism. He spent this time facing the temptations brought by the Devil. This period of 40 days was the prequil to Jesus’ public ministry (the time when Jesus started preaching, teaching and doing public miracles).
The early Christian leaders thought that following Jesus’ example of 40 days of fasting, prayer and turning away from temptation while drawing close to God was a good idea. They thought that it would be a good way to prepare spiritually to once again hear the good news of Easter and then take that news to our friends and communities with renewed commitment and deeper spiritual growth. So, the Christian observation of Lent began.
In our observation of Lent today, we often focus on certain actions or acts of discipleship in order to prepare for the good news of Easter. For example, Lent is often looked at as a time of self reflection and prayer. This gives Christians a chance to pray and to examine their lives (with the help of the Holy Spirit) in the hopes that they might discover behaviors or attitudes that are not Christ-like and that are causing them to miss the mark (to sin). Lent is also often a time when Christians will try to read the Bible on a more regular basis or when they might choose to commit to reading the Bible daily. This is done out of the desire to know God more deeply and to learn and grow spiritually as a result.
More commonly, Lent is known as a time when Christians will choose to give something up. The “something” that they choose is typically a favorite food or activity. The reason Christians will often do this is so that they might remember the sacrifice that Jesus made by His suffering and death on the cross in order to bring forgiveness to the world. The idea is that, each time a Christian wants the “something” that they have chosen to give up, they again remember and give thanks for the sacrifice Jesus made for them.
Another part of giving things up is that sometimes Christians will choose to give up something that would cost money if they continued to use it. For example, sometimes Christians might choose to give up their cable t.v. for 40 days or they might choose to give up eating out for 40 days. By giving these things up for 40 days, they will not be spending money on these things. Christians will sometimes then choose to take the money that they saved by sacrificing their “something” and in turn give it to a charity or to the church as a gift of gratitude.
This is not by any means an inclusive history of Lent or of the practices that Christians observe during this Christian season. But, I hope that it answers some of the questions that you might have had.
If you have other questions that you’d like to ask about Lent, please message me, text me or let me know at youth fellowship. I’d be glad to talk to you.
