February 24-26, 2012

Speaker: Allen Cagle, Pastor of Family Ministries
Christ Fellowship Church, Mobile, Alabama

Band: Luminate
Top 20 Sparrow Recording Artist from Tyler, Texas

$30 per student.  Registration forms are located in the youth area.

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Christian Worldview (200)
Instructor: Reid Ward ~ Room: 300 (The Big Room)
Textbook: none

Course Description: The Truth Project is a small group curriculum comprised of 12 one-hour DVD lessons taught by Dr. Del Tackett. This study is designed to equip believers with a comprehensive biblical worldview.  Participants will be reintroduced to the truth claims of God, as each lesson discusses in great detail God’s design for living out the Christian worldview within each sphere of daily life, and the important need to marry our actions to our core beliefs.

Systematic Theology 3 (103)
Instructor: Rick Quave ~ Room: 330
Textbook: Bible Doctrine by Wayne Grudem

Course Description: Theology is the science that deals with all the facts that are knowable concerning God and His relation with the universe.  It seeks to organize these facts in a logical manner in order to determine what the whole Bible teaches about any given topic.  In this course, we will examine the doctrine of redemption, including election, regeneration, justification, conversion, sanctification, glorification (the order of salvation), and union with Christ.

Biblical Conflict Resolution (300)
Instructor: Scott Estes ~ Room: 329
Textbook: The Peacemaker by Ken Sande

Course Description: Serious, divisive conflict is everywhere: within families, in the church, and out in the world. And it can seem impossible to overcome its negative force in our lives.  This class will be a comprehensive and practical theology for conflict resolution designed to bring about not only a cease-fire but also Christlke unity and harmony.  The course will show how conflicts can can be turned into true, life-changing reconciliation with family members, coworkers, and fellow believers.

Personal Evangelism (300)
Instructor: Joel Thompson ~ Room: 322
Textbook: Today’s Gospel by Walt Chantry

Course Description: Scripture calls us to be faithful to proclaim the gospel wherever God has placed us.  Walt Chantry writes, “Differences between much of today’s preaching and that of Jesus are not petty; they are enormous. The chief errors are not in emphasis or approach but in the heart of the Gospel message.” Based on the account of the Rich Young Ruler, this class will demonstrate that what so often passes for the gospel message today is not what Jesus was teaching.

Men’s Accountability (300)
Instructor: Mark Reese ~ Room: 331
Textbook: none

Course Description: Are you a man without an accountability group? God calls men to walk in faith together, not to be “loners” in their relationships with Christ. If you don’t have an accountability group or you would like to fold your group into another, this is the class for you! You will be encouraged to sharpen one another as iron sharpens iron, and to resist the devil’s temptation with the Word of God and the power of the gospel.

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If we grow up to be great doctors, lawyers, athletes, or musicians, but do not honor and obey God, we have failed. If we are a success in the world but are not faithful followers of Christ, it is all in vain. Not that we can not be those things and honor God, but that if we are those things and do not honor God we have lost! Remember, Ecclesiastes 1:3-4 says, What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

About the most important thing in your life is to build a foundation for who you are supposed to be in the three main relationships: Relationship to God, Relationship to Family, Faithfulness to Fellowship. The question is, what are you doing today to be who God created and called you to be? You will only be what you are becoming today. Let me give you some examples of how this applies to your every day life – today!

You will only have the relationship with God that you are developing today. Deuteronomy 6:5 says, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Jesus brought it forward in Matthew 22:37, And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Godliness does not just happen with age, nor does it happen over night. It is characterized biblically as a walk because it is a long progression in a deliberate direction; characterized by obedience and devotion, one day at a time.

You will only have the relationship with your spouse and family that you are developing today.

Ephesians 5 and 6 have a great deal to say about having a godly family; Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

How you handle relationships today will affect your relationship with your spouse. If you are fickle and jumping around now, you will be inclined to those kinds of relationships then. If he is abusive and controlling now, then he will probably be more so then. If you are dishonest and selfish now, then you will fight that mode of operation as an adult. You will only view your children with the perspective you are developing today. How do you view children? Are they a blessing from God, or a burden, or a curse? The Bible views them as a gift from God, a crown and a blessing.

You will only have the relationship with the local church fellowship that you are developing today. Hebrews 10:24-25 says, And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. We can not be part-time churchgoers any more than we can be part-time believers. What is your relationship to the local church today? Are you stirring up something other than love and good works, or are you in the habit of neglecting to meet together? Your relationship with the church today will affect your relationship later. Your role in the church today will affect your role in the church later. Your response to the church today will affect your response to the church later.

You will only become what God created and called you to be, by being what He created and called you to be today. You can only not waste your life by not wasting today! Where are you even promised tomorrow? Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because you can not become tomorrow what you are not becoming today!

Grace and peace,

Pastor Reid

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With freedom comes responsibility, and we have to take responsibility for our faith. We have to remember to always make God our first desire, because that is where real freedom lies. The Bible says that where the Spirit of God is there is freedom, but it also says do not use your freedom as an excuse for sin. We have to remember that God desires to have fellowship with us. He wants to be with us, and wants to bless us and be affectionate toward us. God delights in us when we trust in Him. If we are children of God, then we delight when He delights in us. That is why Piper says that God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him, and we are most satisfied in Him when He is most glorified in us.

We are starting a new book in Sunday School this week, the book of Colossians. This little book was chosen to help us all think more deeply about our spiritual lives this Summer, and as we move through it and finish our study of Ephesians, we should be encouraged in living out the more practical aspects of our spiritual lives. I pray that you will make the most of it and really commit to being here this Summer as much as you can, and spending this Summer growing in wisdom and the knowledge of God, knowing the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Next Sunday will be the drawing for the Big Snooz Letter Prize.  So, this is the last week to get you name in the drawing by telling me who Epaphras is and why he is an important figure. The first three people to come tell me who He is gets a small prize this week, but anyone who comes to tell me who he is gets their name in the drawing for the big prize.

There are a couple of other things I want you to be aware of. We will be holding FUEL Praise Team interviews and auditions during the month of June. If you are interested in trying to be part of the FPT, you need to talk to Jason McHenry or myself in the next couple of weeks and fill out an application as soon as they are available (Wednesday, June 1).

Also, We will be selecting a new Student Leadership Team for next year. That team will be made up of one representative from each Sunday School class, as elected by that class. The classes in the Fall will be; 7-9^th grade Girls, 7-9^th grade Boys, 10-11^th grade Girls, 10-11th grade Boys, and Co-ed Seniors. Also, the entire group will vote on one Senior to be the Captain of the SLT. That group will help plan activities and service projects, as they meet with me once a month, and will pray with me as I consult with them concerning ministry to students. Those elections will be held on Promotion Sunday, August 21^st.

Promotion Retreat (Rookie Camp) will be August 20^th, but the new 7^th graders will join us, starting August 3^rd, when FUEL starts back after the July break. Starting that night, Fuel Breakout Groups will be going through a workbook called Developing Disciplines. This workbook is a 25 week strategy designed to help establish the fundamental disciplines that are key to the discipleship process. There will be significant rewards for completing the workbook each semester. Y-MIT will start back September 11^th with The Truth Project!

Grace and peace,

Pastor Reid

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SOURCE: Morningview Baptist Church

However, God has opened a new chapter in the life of the Morningview family,  and that new chapter offers all sorts of new opportunities and adventures. We have a chance to rethink everything we do, how we do it and why we do it. We have a chance to rethink what family ministry is, and what student ministry is, should be and can be. We have a chance to be the best we can be, and do the best we can do to honor God and glorify him through our lives, our families, and our ministries. When we set our hearts and minds on that, because we have set our hope on God, we will find ourselves being transformed by God in our lives, used by God in our families, and delighting in God in our ministries.

In the next few weeks, and over the next few months, we will have a great opportunity to get to know each other. I will be meeting with all of the adult leaders at a Students Leaders Lunch on the 27th and with the SALT Team on the following Wednesday (March 2), during the small group time (7-8 pm). In the weeks following that, I will be meeting with the Sunday School Leadership Team, FUEL Small Group Leaders, Drama Team, Worship Band, FUEL A/V Team,  and other individual teams and leadership groups in order to begin to evaluate each ministry element and develop a comprehensive strategy for moving forward. Rayanne and I also hope to get a chance to meet each family individually over the next few months and we will have a Family Meeting with all student families each quarter beginning with the spring (April 30th).

Starting March 20th, I will be leading a Youth MIT called Don’t Waste Your Life. I encourage all students 7th through 12th grade to participate in this study, unless you are planning on participating in a mission trip this summer. If you are planning on going on a mission trip, you should participate in the adult MIT Study Preparation for Short Term Missions.

This summer we will be attending the D3 Youth Conference on the campus of Southern Seminary and Boyce College in Louisville, Ky (June 27-30th). D3 will be a summer experience full of learning and growing opportunities students who are serious about following Christ. Students can structure their own experience by selecting one of three focus tracks: leadership, worldview and missions. D3 will be an action-packed summer adventure complete with worship, games and life-shaping opportunities. D3 will set the foundation for our ministry moving forward over the next year, emphasizing service, discipleship and evangelism. Our students will also be able to forge friendships with like-minded Christians. Parents will be getting a letter this week containing more detailed information.

I pray this gives you a vision of how we are going to move forward and what we all have to look forward to as a church family. I hope it is an encouragement to you and I know I can count on you all to be on board.

Pastor M. Reid Ward
Pastor of Family and Student Ministries

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DiscipleNow 2011

February 18-20

Cost is $20.  Kick-Off Rally Friday night at Eastern Hills Baptist Church with  Chris Brooks, Speaker and Chuck Hooten, Worship Leader.  Last day to sign up is THIS Sunday, February 6!!!

Please click here to download the brochure.

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SOURCE: Morningview Baptist Church

DiscipleNow 2011

February 18-20

Cost is $20 Kick-Off Rally Friday night at Eastern Hills Baptist Church.  Chris Brooks, Speaker and Chuck Hooten, Worship Leader.

Please click here to download the brochure.

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SOURCE: Morningview Baptist Church

SOURCE: Morningview Baptist Church

6:00-9:00 pm in the Chapel

If you are interested, sign up is necessary to be a participant in the class. Due to the nature of content there will be a limited number of students in each class.  *Monday, August 3oth childcare will be provided by reservation only. *Call the church office 272.2304 or e-mail kem.holley@morningview.org.

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Sunday, June 13th at 4:00
Kem’s Office, 2nd Floor

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We’ll be having a 7th and 8th Grade Bible study for girls this summer on Tuesdays, starting June 15th.  Emily Cox will be leading this study through the end of July.  Sign up this Sunday in Sunday School.

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10:30 am

As our Seniors look forward to graduation, we will be honoring this achievement during our morning service.  We will recognize our seniors and have a special luncheon in Armstrong Hall for their families following the service.  Please be praying for our graduating “Class of 2010″ as they celebrate and prepare for the next stage of their young lives.  We are very proud of each of them!

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All students are invited to our day trip to Six Flags over Georgia on Monday, June 1. We will be leaving at 6:45 am and return around 10:20 pm.  Any student in grades 7-12 is welcome to go.  Cost is $30 plus money for two meals. All students will need to complete and turn in an updated permission form to go on this trip.  Trip fee is due Sunday, May 24th.  We need an accurate count by this date.  Make plans to join us for this fun day.

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Date of Trip:  June 18-26, 2010.

Costs:  $1380, plus spending money

Deposits:  $150 non-refundable deposit is needed by Sunday, April 11^th.  You are responsible for the remaining costs of the trip.  You are encouraged to begin now writing support letters to family and friends that would consider praying and financially supporting your mission endeavor.  The church will assist by paying (up to) 25% of the trip cost.

Who can participate:  Adults and students.  All participants must be members of Morningview Baptist.

Students must have completed the 10^th grade.

Is there an application for the trip? Yes.  Participants must turn in application wit deposit by April 11^th.

What is the main purpose of our trip? We’ll serve alongside with Missionary Steve Thompson at Camp Chacauco through pastoral training, bible clubs, and construction/camp work.

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FRIDAY Schedule:
Students meet Friday, February 12th at Taylor Road Baptist Church
at 6:00 pm.  Bring your luggage to TRBC.
Doors open for Citywide Rally at 6:30 pm.
Students will leave TRBC at 9:15 pm for Host Homes.

SATURDAY Schedule:
Students will be studying the life of Daniel in the host homes, serving at a mission site in the afternoon and
conclude the evening with a Worship Rally at Dalraida Baptist Church.
**Parents, please pick up your student(s) at Dalraida Baptist at 8:15 pm on Saturday.

SUNDAY Schedule:
Student Breakfast in the Big Room at 8:45 am.  Big Room Dnow rally with band and message at 9:20 am.
Dnow worship at 10:30 am followed by a lunch for students, leaders and host home families in Armstrong
Hall at 12:15 pm.  Parents, please pick up your student(s) at 1:30 pm at Morningview Baptist Church.

What to Bring list? Bible, pen, casual clothes for Friday and Saturday, jeans and Dnow T-shirt for Sunday,
sleeping bag, pillow, toiletries, 2-liter soft drink, and a snack to be shared at host home.

Pray for God to transform hearts and minds during our Disciple Now weekend.

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Winter 2010

Apologetics 2:
The Reason for God by: Timothy Keller
Led by T.J. Weaver
Location:  Room #304
Cost for book:  $15

Overview:  How do you ‘contend for the faith’ in our skeptical culture?  Tim Keller gives us the reasons for believing in our Almighty God and how to defend your faith in Him.  This class will strengthen your resolve and your love for God while equipping you to give a defense for Him.  You’ll enjoy understanding the ‘reasons for God’ for yourself and to share with your circle of influence.

Theology 2:
Christian Beliefs: Twenty basics every Christian should know
by: Wayne Grudem
Led by Randy Breedlove
Location:  Room #302
Cost for book: $9

Overview:  This guide to twenty key Christian beliefs is a condensed version of Grudem’s larger volume on systematic theology.  You will learn about the Bible,
characteristics of God, the purpose of the church, election, what will happen when Christ returns, angels/Satan and demons, and much more.  This class is a must for
every Christian serious about deepening their understanding of their faith.

Christian Worldview
Book:  Total Truth by: Nancy Pearcey
Led by Ben Robinson
Location:  Room #329 (Adult 3)
COst for book:  $15

Overview:  A Christian worldview is necessary for any person who wants to live a Christ-honoring life in a secular society.  This course will apply biblical truth to many areas of public life (law, education, business) that many in the culture consider ‘off limits’ to the church.  The benefit of cultivating a Christian worldview is that believers can know Jesus more intimately as Lord over every aspect of their lives.

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This event includes the Friday night rally with Chris Brooks speaking, mission project, great sessions, good food, and your friends.  Total of $40 due by January 31st.

The weekend kicks off Friday, February 12 at 5:45 pm at Morningview Baptist Church, 125 Calhoun Road.  See full schedule and brochure at www.morningview.org/students.

What to Bring…
Bible, pen, casual clothes for Friday and Saturday, jeans and ‘Provided’ DNow T-shirt for Sunday, sleeping bag, pillow, toiletries, 2-liter soft drink, and a snack for host home.  Cell phones are allowed but must be on silent or off during all sessions.

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Our students will be serving at Brantwood Chhildren’s Home on Saturday, November 14th from 2:00 – 5:00 pm.

Our afternoon will include games with the students, drama skits, music, and a meal.  We will meet at Morningview Baptist Church at 1:40 pm.

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Our retreat will be a 24-hour Friday and Saturday event designed to give you some solid teaching about your ‘identity in Christ’ and allow time and opportunity for you to connect with others in this ministry.  It will be memorable, and you don’t want to miss out.  Make sure you follow the “what to bring list” and get your small fee returned by Sunday, September 6th.  Welcome aboard Rookies!  We’re looking forward to a great year.

What to bring:  Bible, pen, sleeping bag, pillow, towel, sunscreen, toiletries, modest swimsuit, change of clothes.  All rookies bring a 2-liter drink; GUYS bring a bag of chips, GIRLS bring snack – Oreos, Skittles, etc.  $10 fee is due September 6th.

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All 7-12th grade students – FUEL returns this Wednesday, August 12th at 6:00 pm in the Big Room.   FUEL includes our praise band, weekly messages, small groups and new drama group for students, led by Kendra Newton.  We use our FUEL groups to plan and prepare local mission projects throughout the year as well.  Join us for FUEL this Wednesday from 6:00-7:30 pm.

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