Chisholm Trail Church of Christ
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Chisholm Trail Church of Christ
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Mission Statement 2.0: Our aim is to meet students where they are developmentally, and walk beside them through the fog adolescence, providing a Christ centered community where students can experience life, ministry, and worship together and with caring and nurturing adults; explore and own their faith, ask questions, discover and use their spiritual giftedness and lead them to a life-long pursuit of Christ with their journeymates. A necessary component of our ministry to adolescents is their families, so in addition to meeting the students where they are, building relationship with the whole family, and providing training, resources, and offering encouragement should be a staple of my youth ministry context. I want our parents to feel welcome, valued, needed and that they are a vital part of the overall youth ministry program.
If this is your first time visiting with us or if you are a regular visitor we appreciate your viewing our Youth Ministry youth pages. It is our prayer that what you find here will be helpful to you, and draw you closer to our precious Savior! What you will find here: a site for moms and dads with resources, parenting links and more, and stuff for teens, Life Group Information, and an overview of what we're about. If you are hungry for Christ, there are devotionals (devotionals 1, and devotionals 2 archived on this page as well as section on the main page of the church web site, called Walk in the Word). Please make sure you stop by and check out our calendar for up coming information. Enjoy, and may His best be yours!
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Well, what a college football season it has been. Who would have thought after the first week, that the word, "upset," would define the entire season. I know that as a Buckeye fan, I am an outsider, but I think it is fitting in a way that they get to play for the national championship game. Picked # 11 at the beginning of the season, we were supposed to be mediocre. Who would have guessed that they would be back in the big game?! I sure didn't. Life is a lot like the college football season, isn't it? We are sometimes caught off guard and things that shouldn't happen, do happen. Friends and family leave us. Jobs that aren't so secure. Debt that just continues to grow. But, to follow the football analogy here a little further...we are on a team that is consistently considered by the world to be the underdog. But, our King and Quarterback has the ball, and its the fourth quarter. He is the one we want to have the ball. He is the one we want to have control. And whether we realize it or not, He does have control. Things may not appear to be such, but the good news is the kingdom is near. The good news is, as the Gospel of Mark chapter 16 ends with, "go tell his disciples and Peter..." Whew! How could Peter be considered again to be a disciple after he blew it like he did? All because of grace. The team we are part of, makes room for other underdogs, and losers, and the one's no one else loves or wants to be around. We are part of a community that is being made new, and we rejoice at the news that "he is risen."
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Get into the game! Involving yourself in the lives of youth is a kingdom investment that could pay huge dividends. There are numerous ways you can serve in our youth program, from Bible class teacher to devotional host, guest speaker, prayer co-ordinator, Life Guard, sponsor, volunteer on our youth staff. The ways are endless, the payoff is worth it!!
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Coming Events: March
21st - Lifegroups $3
25th - MHS Lunch
28th - Lifegroups $3
If you have a prayer request, and would like someone to pray for you please contact Jason at jason.retherford@gmail.com. Or if you would like just to like send Jason an e-mail, please do!
Christian Colleges and Universities:
Useful Links for Moms and Dads: *Just click on the link you want to search. You will find helpful tools to improve your marraige, tips for parenting and insight into today's teen culture. 1. www.family.org (Focus on the Family) 2. www.youthbuilders.com (Parenting tips and tools) 3. http://www.christianity.com/christianchronicle (Christian Chronicle) 4. www.parentministry.org (Parenting Teenagers) 5. www.successfulstepfamilies.com (Help for step families) 6. www.familyfun.go.com (Fun for the family) 7. http://gsep.pepperdine.edu/family (Pepperdine Center for the Family) 8. www.harding.edu/youthfamily/journal/main.html (Harding's Youth and Family Journal 9. www.realrelationships.com (Nuturing the spousal relationships) 10. www.familylife.com (Practical parenting tips) 11. www.familydynamics.org (Marriage enrichment) 12. www.cpyu.org (Center for Parent/Youth Understanding) 13. www.divorcebusting.com (Safegaurding your marriage)
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