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Welcome to the Student Ministries page! Please scroll down to find out more about us, meet our director, and see what events are coming up for youth at First Alliance Church. You can also find our weekly update on this page, so you know what your student was learning about this week on Wednesday night. Questions? Go all the way to the bottom and contact us!
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Who We Are |
The Crash is the name of our Student Ministry at FAC. We meet Wednesday nights (from September-May) from 6:16-8:18. In this environment all students benefit from a small group setting with one or more caring adults whose mission it is to love students to and through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
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What's with the Name? |
Just as a group of elephants are known as a HERD, a group of rhinos is called a CRASH. Rhinos are unique animals that, despite their incredible mass, can run at speeds up to 40 mph. What is even more remarkable is that a rhino can only see about 15 feet ahead. It takes a great deal of faith to run at 40 mph with such limited visibility, but ultimately it doesn’t matter what is 15 feet in front of the rhino because it had better get out of the way. We want our students to exercise this kind of faith in life. That is why our guiding verse is 2 Corinthians 5:7, “We live by faith, not by sight”.
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Where can you find us? |
On Wednesdays during the school year, you can find us in the worship center or in small group rooms from 6:16 - 8:18. We have a large group time of worship, announcements, a speaker, and often a crazy game - followed by small group breakouts based on grade level and gender. When small groups end, the youth enjoy free time in our open gym, snack bars, game room, and cafe! On Sundays at 9:20, look for us in Building C (The Crash) on campus, and at 11:00, many of us sit together in the front right side of the worship center. |
Duane Richards, Director of Student Ministries
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James Ugland, Student Ministries Intern
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Order your Daily Devotional and let's get on the same page with our Quiet Times!
It is our goal to see every student spending daily time with God. This Daily Devotional is a great tool that we can use for that purpose. Click on the picture or the blue words for more info!
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Upcoming Big Events & Announcements
The Crash Calendar 2019-2020
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Stay tuned for our soon to be
released 19-20 Calendar! |
September 4: The Crash Kickoff 6:16-8:18 PM
September 18: SYATP Rally (We are NOT meeting at FAC this night) September 25: Parent Meeting (for all parents of youth grades 6-12) October 26-28 Equip Middle School Retreat Cost: $20 November 8 Reverb Orlando (All Night Event) Cost: $31-$82 (see link) January 24-26 Pursuit Camp Cost: $125 |
Update from Pastor Duane (Week of 9/11/19)
Dear Parents:
Our lesson this week is part of a series called “Game Plan: A Strategy for Spiritual Growth.” In this lesson, we learn how to hit a homerun with our quiet time. Spending time in God’s Word is essential for our spiritual growth. In fact, if your way is going to be prosperous, and if you are going to be successful, you will need to meditate on God’s Word every day. We learned that was what God instructed Joshua who was the leader of Israel conquering the Promised Land.
Christianity Today released an article several years ago that stated that only 19% of churchgoers personally read the Bible every day, 18% said that they rarely read the Bible and only 22% said they read the Bible once a month on their own. Hopefully that’s not true of you as a parent. Your student will follow your example. It would be good for them to see you do your quiet time, and even better for you to help, or at least encourage, them to do theirs.
This is the week we show the students how to do an effective quiet time. We use a Quiet Time Handout to help your students understand how to “hit a homerun” in their quiet time. Be sure to ask your student to see their Quiet Time Handout. Below is an outline of the process we use to help them when they read a verse or passage of Scripture. As you can see below, we use the baseball diamond as an analogy. Our prayer is that it will help you and your student to hit a homerun with your quiet time.
Batter’s Box: Hitting the ball in play = Prayer: aligning your heart with God’s.
First Base: Getting a hit = Decide on a plan and set a quiet time goal.
Second Base: Beating the throw = Marking the passage.
Third Base: Rounding third and headed for home = Inspecting the passage.
Home Plate: Scoring a run = Making an application.
The point is, you pray and ask God to give you understanding, follow your plan, learn what the verse says, and then make some personal application. In keeping with our baseball analogy, you hit a homerun with your quiet time. Don’t just know the Word, obey the Word.
Blessings,
Duane
