Awesome turn out at Youth Group…

Friday night saw an awesome turn out at Youth Group for the first of this terms Buzz Quiz nights.

           

Last term we introduced an Intermediate age youth group which we have named IMPACT to compliment our High School age group called AMPED which has proved to be quite successful; so much so that if the growth continues we will need to bring on at least one more leader (if not more) to assist us reaching out to young people in our community.

To coincided with the Olympics theme we are taking an in-depth look at the Olympics and what it means to keep going no matter what. Using Philippians 3:14 as our key scripture we’ll be exploring the attributes (characteristics) of athletes and identify how we might use the same attitudes to ‘press on’.

To keep up to date with what’s happening each week check out the AMPED Facebook page.

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AMPED Youth Group

Awesome night @ AMPED Youth Group tonight. We kicked off the night with the first of our Buzz Bible Quizzes which is open to any young people who are Intermediate age and up… We are looking at holding these on the last Friday night of the month, concentrating on a specific book of the Bible each month. Next month we will be looking at the book of Ruth so get your Bibles out and read the story a few times or more to get a heads up…

We ended the night with a few games of Mafia which was a blast – For some reason Liam had it in for Melissa & tried to get her out of the game more often than not…

Since arriving home Patrick has created a page on Facebook so that everyone can connect & keep up to date with what’s going on @ AMPED.
For more info check out the following link:
AMPED Youth Group

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Awesome night at AMPED…

Last night we had an awesome night at AMPED Youth Group!

We started off by cutting out a range of images from some common everyday magazines of images that appeal to us (Luke I’m just a tad concerned). Then we explained to the group why these images appealed to us. I must say that there was quite a bit of thought put into some of the presentations considering the limited time frame that the youth had… Then we had a discussion around the fact that many of the people portrayed in the imagery try to uphold and protect their image.

We then watched Rob Bell’s nooma DVD Tomato, and some of the young people were fascinated with the man with the pink umbrella that was trying to get people to do things that they knew they more than likely knew they shouldn’t.

This was followed by a fascinating conversation around how we are perceived by ourselves and those around us, and the fact that more often than not we don’t have to keep up appearances around our friends. They want and we want to have REAL friends that will stand by us when the chips are down and help pick us up when we fall, not desert us and move on to the next best friend…

An awesome time of sharing and growing as a group was had; we all need to be there for each other and that’s why we are doing AMPED to create an avenue where you can develop as a group of REAL friends – and remember Karina & I are there for you if you feel that you need to talk to someone just a tad older…

To finish off the night we had a game of tennis-ball war in which Patrick at one point with a perfectly aimed mid-flight throw got Stephen in the side as he was jumping over a couch. India using a number of chairs which offered some protection made a fort, while others tried hiding under tables or behind pillars to avoid being hit. Even Karina (who was just a spectator) managed to loose her cap at one point as a ball came whistling past her face.

There was heaps of laughter as well as a little bit of pain as warring parties ganged up on each other to only be outdone by their team mates as they turned on each other… So ‘till next week when we’ll be looking at the theme “accepting who we are” rest in the Lord and recover well!

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