Dear Friend,

Teens are cool. It's true. Genuine, thoughtful and forward thinking when it comes to our world. Sunday, during the high school Youth Forum, I inquired as to how the group thought things were going. The basic response was, "Good, but it would be great if we could do more." "More what?" I wondered. More service, more 'doing' outside the church was the response.

That really made my heart smile. Because students are so busy we forget how much warmth and compassion really resides inside. So, in response to that, we put together a rough plan to get together this past Monday (a school holiday) to pack bag lunches and take to the streets to hand them out.

It was nice outside; very breezy. We walked many blocks around downtown before we had given out the 25 lunches we had made. I watched as their comfort in approaching strangers with the offer of food grew. Person by person, lunch by lunch, it became easier to reach out to a stranger in kindness. No assumptions, no judgment, just kindness and a desire to share. There were some who politely declined the lunch but were thankful for the offer. I think in some way those folks were fed as well...in the knowledge that someone out there cares. In this case, it was our teens. Teens are cool. It's true.

~God's Peace,

Duana Cisney

737-704-1012

[email protected]

Week at a Glance:

Today (10/15): Youth Group (Face2Face) - Bedtime Brigade

6:30 - 8:00pm in the church lobby

LOCK-IN DEADLINE!! Go to MyStDavids to register or email Duana today.

*6:00 - 8:00pm: "Sabbath in the City"

Check out Grace Chapel if you are an adult with a student involved in one of the ministries around the church on Wednesday evenings.

Sunday (10/19): Youth Forums

10:25 - 11:10 grades 6th - 12th. All begin in the Youth Room (#170)

All Saint's Lock-In

Nov. 1, 2014

Registration deadline = 10/15/14

Museum of the Weird

October 29, 2014

Please bring $10. We will walk to the museum after supper. That will be our Youth Group time.

Youth Calendar

What are you doing? What events are you involved in?

Let us come out and support you! Let's get it on the calendar! Email Duana today!

Cross Words

Do you ever wonder what other people see when they look at you? It's really never possible to figure out what others think of you. And honestly, it's a little dangerous to try. Other peoples' views of us vary depending on their spiritual, emotional or physical condition at the time. It means we're letting other people define us.

Consider this:

"But the time is coming-and is here!-when true worshippers will worship in spirit and truth. The Father looks for those who worship him this way. God is spirit, and it is necessary to worship God in spirit and truth."

John 4:23-24

Life can be challenging enough without letting others make us feel one way or the other. Or trying to be something for others because we're just not sure who we are ourselves. But, if you look at yourself through God's eyes you can see yourself as one who is deeply loved. It is a more authentic definition of who you are inside; one who is truly cherished. Respond to God's loving presence by worshiping Him in spirit and in truth.

Praying you see your own beauty

through God's eyes this week...

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