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Summer Camp Update  

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 1 "Come, let us return to the LORD. 
       He has torn us to pieces 
       but he will heal us; 
       he has injured us 
       but he will bind up our wounds.

 2 After two days he will revive us; 
       on the third day he will restore us, 
       that we may live in his presence.

 3 Let us acknowledge the LORD; 
       let us press on to acknowledge him. 
       As surely as the sun rises, 
       he will appear; 
       he will come to us like the winter rains, 
       like the spring rains that water the earth." (Hosea 6:1-3)

Can't write for very long, but WOW Jesus is making our leaders and students new. Students are being restored, renewed, rejuvenated, freed...ya no words are really working here. Just know...I'm pumped. 

Keep praying. 

Camp Rally last night  

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What a ridiculous night! We were only missing two leaders and 14 students of our over 130 leaders and students going. I could already sense the movement of God in the lives of students- seeing us as the community of God merge with the purposes and love of God. Beautiful stuff.

If you are not a part of our August 2-6 camp- we need you begging God to transform hearts. Ultimately, there is no other reason for why we do something like this.

If you are a part of camp- you're not going to know what hit you. Neither will I. That's the beauty of the God we pursue (and who pursues us!)

Peace.

Pool Parties Re-scheduled  

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Ok, maybe pool parties are unholy or something because this is the second time in a row that we have had to cancel a pool party! But this time we have a second option...

The pool parties that were originally scheduled for tomorrow, July 15 are going to move one day later to Thursday, July 16 (at the same time). The day is the only thing changing.

Hope to see you there!

Incoming 9th Graders...  

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Get your forms turned in for camp and mystery trip! Don't forget you only have until July 19!

Exciting news...  

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I met with part of our leadership team last night and we came up with a way for incoming 9th graders to go to Impact Summer Camp 2009. And no...I'm not kidding. Read the following paragraph closely as I will lay out what this is going to look like. And please know spots will be on a first-come first-serve basis and will only be available for three weeks from June 28- July 19.  


We are opening up a special offer for incoming 9th graders to go to both Impact Summer Camp and the Mystery Trip for $240 (which is a $60 value). You must go on the Mystery Trip to be qualified to go to Summer Camp. The main reason we didn't open up camp to outgoing 8th graders in the first place was because we wanted to stress the importance of the Mystery Trip being an on-ramp to Crosswalk- but this way Camp can still serve as the capstone to your time with Impact, but also connect into Crosswalk by attending the Mystery Trip weekend. 

We obviously understand there will be exceptions. If you have a valid excuse why you can't go to the Mystery Trip (and being scared of the unknown is not a valid excuse...we're talking more on the lines of pre-planned family vacation), but still want to go to camp- the price for you will be $200. If you have already signed up for the Mystery Trip and want to go to camp as well- the price for you is the original price for camp...$180. 

We will have a new sign-up sheet that combines these two events together for incoming 9th graders on the web asap and at the Student Registration Area by June 28. Keep your eyes open. 

CommonPoint  

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For those of you who don't know...we pair things down for the summer to give our volunteers some time for rejuvenation, time for us to gauge if we have stayed on vision and even begin to start planning for the Fall- we also focus a lot of our attention on a few key events (like mission trips and camp). I hope you see the immense benefit in us removing the constant physical and emotional weight of the weekly gatherings from the mix (at least for a season).


But a lot of people forget about our summer weekly gathering: CommonPoint. It started up this morning in the Student Cafe (9:15 for middle school and 11 for high school). It is a very chill environment, with a heavy emphasis on interaction with the Scriptures (with a different teacher every week of the summer) dialogue around the text and a connection time at the end (open Gym & Game Room). I actually love the format and I have heard from a ton of students that they do as well. Hope to see you there soon. 

Just a heads up...we are going to lay out the direction we are heading, as a ministry, come Fall at CommonPoint next Sunday, June 14. There will be some substantial changes and both Scott and I will be there to dialogue around this...I know you hear me say this all the time, but don't forget this is not a ministry to students, but of students. Be there on Sunday to manifest that reality, as we ask for input as well as buy-in. 

Leaders- we will be doing the same for you (outlining some vision changes as well as how our revised gatherings fulfill that vision) at the Volunteer Picnic on Wednesday night. Call Shelly asap to RSVP if you haven't yet!

Impact Summer Camp 2009...  

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...starts two months from today! 


Got a ton of stuff done for it today...you will be amazed at all that is in store for the week. 

Make sure you are there!

Summer is close...  

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The Summer Calendar (June-August) is up on the website. You can find it here.


Some notable dates:

  • CommonPoint meets every week until the 23rd of August
  • Pool Parties on June 17, July 15 and August 26
  • Milwaukee Mission Trip from June 21-26
  • SEMP Chicago Trip from July 6-11
  • Serving at the Blast and VBS the week of July 20-24
  • Middle School Camp from August 2-6
  • HS Mystery Trip from August 14-16
  • I Love Lansing Day August 19

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