2009 SCHEDULE

Hi Gang.......the following is the 2009 DiVe Wednesday night schedule. I think we're heading for a great year and hope that all of you are there every single time-you won't want to miss a night. Seriously.

See you in a couple of weeks. In the mean time, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and enjoy your break!

January 7 Mentor Night

14 Paul Parallel

21 Paul Parallel

28 Paul Parallel

February 4 Mentor Night

11 Paul Parallel

18 Breaking Bread

25 Game Night

March 4 Mentor Night

11 Open Topic Night

18 Open Topic Night

25 Service Week-Concert Kick-Off

April 1 Mentor Night

8 Catacombs

15 Cats & Dogs

22 Cats & Dogs

29 Cats & Dogs

May 6 Mentor Night

13 Cats & Dogs

20 Exams Escape

27 Youth Sunday: Take One

June 3 Mentor Mayhem

jingle jingle...it's time to be merry

This Wednesday is the DiVe Christmas party. Don't forget your white elephant gifts! You can also still bring goodies to put in the care package for Heminger House-see the post below for goodie ideas.

See you Wednesday.

This Wednesday-Care Packages

This Wednesday evening we will be stuffing care packages for the area police and fire departments for Christmas. On Sunday I handed out a list of things to bring to pack these packages.

Here's the items:

Christmas Care Package List:

Microwave Popcorn
Coffees - Tea
Packaged Cookies
Packaged Candy Bars
M & M’s
Skittles
Granola Bars
Hot Chocolate Mix
Little Debbie Snacks
Packaged Candies
Candy Canes
Trail Mix
Package Dried Fruit
Canned Mixed Nuts& other packaged snacky things

See you all Wednesday night!
Next week is the Christmas party.

schedule reminder

There is NO DiVe this week! Stay home and be thankful.

Next week is MENTOR night, so no official DiVe that week either!

We'll see you all back on December 10th.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

what a night!

wow. praise God, what a great time we had last night. Thank you for being obedient to the Spirit's moving in all your hearts last night at our first Catacombs. It will be, without a doubt, one of the most memorable times I've had with you all. The richness with which you ministered to each other, to us, was phenomenal and it gives us something wonderful to build upon.

God heard our prayers, the Lord is making us one.

Catacombs

The Catacombs were second century Christian burial areas underground. Christians could not follow pagan practices of cremation-or burning the deceased-because of the belief in the resurrection of the body. Following the deaths of the apostles and other first century Christians, followers of Christ began to build underground passages with tombs carved out of the rock for their dead, and for the Saints that became martyrs for our faith. People speculate that Christians hid from persecution in these locations, but what we know for certain is that services were held here in honor of the martyrs.

Several years ago, “catacombs” was chosen as a name for a special time of worship of the youth at Crossroads. It is a time for reflection, prayer and coming together as one to worship our God, just as they did almost two thousand years ago.

Together we are in an interesting place in our lives. Some of us are hurting or are struggling with issues. We need God to hear our prayers. As a church we’ve been without a youth pastor and I believe at times seem disconnected from each other. We need God to make us one again.


Imagine yourself, there in a hillside catacomb outside the ancient city of Rome tonight. Because there was no natural light, those who would visit the catacombs did so by candlelight, in solemn reverence for their departed brothers and sisters in Christ. We can imagine the cool, damp atmosphere…….giving way to flickering light that casts shadows on the carved rock walls. We can imagine the prayers of early Christ followers spoken almost two thousand years ago. We can imagine how their voices echoed as they sang and worshipped God.

Join us Wednesday night, as we continue this tradition in prayer, in song and in reading the Holy Word.

God, hear our prayers. Lord, make us one.

important to note! Schedule

Here's the schedule through the end of the year.......posted, just like I said I would.

November 19: Catacombs

November 26: No DiVe, Thanksgiving!

December 3: Mentor night

December 10: Service project night

December 17: Christmas PARTY

December 24: Christmas Eve-no DiVe!

December 31: New Year's Eve - Lock-In