NEW POST...FINALLYY

Hey everyone,

Sorry it has taken so long to post a message. It has been busy trying to get everything closed out of the "summer mode" and starting fresh with the fall stuff! With fall this year comes CHANGE...we have changed some of our programming in the Studentz Ministry. We have changed how we do Sunday mornings (starting in October), Sunday nights, Wednesday nights. These changes are ones that have been prayed over and discussed with several supports and we fill that this is where God wants the Parkway Studentz Ministry to go. Below are some of the changes we have made:

Sunday Mornings (Starting in October) 9:45-10:45 @ Grange Hall School - Starting October 4th, we will be moving from the K-Wing at Grange Hall School to the Cafeteria. We will have an opening time with students from 6-12 grades together for fellowship and announcements. After the opening time the middle school students will be divided by grades and go to separate classrooms to have a time of fellowship and Bible study. The high schoolers will stay together in the cafeteria and have a video to watch that will introduce the lesson. After the video there will be a large group master teacher session where one of our Studentz Bible Fellowship Leaders will give a quick 10-15 minutes overview of the lesson. After the master teacher session the high school students will be divided up into small groups for discussion. Within these small groups students will connect with each other, discuss the lesson, and pray for one another. There will be adult leaders leading each discussion group. All of this wraps up around 10:45.

Sunday Nights - For Sunday night activities this fall, we will have a different activity or emphasis each Sunday night of the month. One Sunday a month we will have Middle School and High School separate fellowships that will meet at different places each time. We may also do fellowships with Middle School and High School together. Every 2nd Sunday of the month we will have SNL. SNL will look and feel different. SNL is going to be a worship service with an evangelistic intent. This will be a time to bring friends to b/c at every SNL the Gospel will be clearly given and an invitation will always be given so students can respond to God's working in their hearts. We will have food, games, giveaways, worship, and fellowship. On a different Sunday we will have a LIVE LOVE Sunday where we will go out into the community and serve in some way or do an outreach event. On another Sunday night we may have a special emphasis night or a church wide or community event to be a part of!

Wednesday Nights - On Wednesday nights we have a couple of different options/opportunities for students. For the Middle School students we have Middle School CONNECT. This is a Bible study just for middle schoolers! We meet in cottage B2 on Wednesdays starting at 6:30pm. We start out with our very own Middle School Student Band and then move into the Bible study. We wrap up at 8:00pm with a review of the lesson and prayer time. Middle School CONNECT is great way to CONNECT with God while we CONNECT with each other! For High School students we give them the option of serving in our Children's Ministry program, Club 14:6, OR they can go to a High School d_group (discipleship group) hosted by Pastor Brian and his wife in his office. The study that this group is going through is a study on the attributes of God. Wedensday nights are a great time for discipleship and service!

*There is also one more high school d_group (discipleship group) option for High School students. This study meets on Tuesday nights at the home of Kyle Walton. Kyle is taking students through the book "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. Students meet at Kyle's house at 6:45pm and are done by approx. 8:30pm. This is a great time to fellowship with others and to be challenged in your faith!*

I will soon be posting a calendar of the fall schedule on here with these programs and other events that will challenge you to grow close to God and encourage you to spread the gospel in the world that you live!

If you need any information about the above programs or other things in the Studentz Ministry, feel free to contact Mike Camire through phone (804-639-2236) or by email (mcamire@parkwayfamily.org)!

Thanks!