This Week...
 
Sunday, December 10th
9:15am- Combined Sunday School
10:30am - Church

Wednesday, December 15th
NO WEDNESDAY NIGHT PROGRAM!!!

              
Youth-age church members have historical helped with Christmas Food Boxes. Youth have particularly helped on Saturday morning with putting boxes together and unloading food from trucks to King Hall. Unloading food requires heavy lifting. Students have also helped with giving boxes away on Monday morning and praying with families who receive the boxes. Giving boxes away also requires heavy lifting as well. There is something to do for everyone. Please encourage your student to serve the church and community.

Article of the Week:

"WANTS, NEEDS, AND CHRISTMAS TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH WORKERS & PARENTS. . ."
by Walt Mueller

1. Listen carefully to the language they use.
Help them to understand that wants are not necessarily bad things. God has given us so much in His world that He allows us to enjoy. But let them know that when wants turn into needs then we have allowed good things to become ultimate things. . . which is another way of describing idolatry.

2. Pay attention to and talk about commercials and ads that are designed to turn wants into needs.
In our family, we will play a little game during commercials that's called "spot the lie." Watch commercials carefully and then talk about them. Work to identify the strategies, words, pictures, and ploys marketers use to morph wants into needs. In effect, you are teaching discernment! 

3. Let them know that Christmas meets the basic of all wants and needs.
Ultimately, we all yearn to be in a relationship with our Creator. God sent Jesus into the world to restore that relationship. And, as Augustine so correctly stated, "Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Thee."

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SUNDAY SCHOOL

12/10: Subject- Fellowship
Questions: Were we created for fellowship? Who is our greatest fellowship with? Why is there joy in fellowship? Who are we to have fellowship with? Is there room for exclusivity in life?


We started a new Sunday School series this Sunday, October 8th. The title above may seem strange to you.  It may be strange because I think our natural inclination is to foster only happy and easy relationships. Once messiness arises, we go in a different direction seeking easy, new relationships. We believe the lie that avoiding conflict is the best option. But God commands us to respond differently to conflict. Conflict is good! Conflict is unavoidable in a healthy, Biblical relationship. It is good because by handling conflict in a gospel manner, conflict gives us the opportunity to be more like Christ. To become more like Christ is a our goal therefore remaining steadfast in our relationships is good.
Parent Resources:

Here is the December Parent Newsletter from the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding ( www.cpyu.org):
Here is the link to the audio recording of our guest speaker, Dr John Perritt, for our most recent Parent Seminar. 

Here is a link to the audio recordings of the main speaker and the elective teachers from RYM conferences:
 
Here is a link to the new youth Sunday school curriculum that we'll be using in the fall:

Here (staying consistent with it) is a link to an incredible resource for teaching your student about Scripture. For free, the Bible Project uses animated videos to help their viewer understand the structure and themes of the Bible.

Director of Student Ministries
Sonny Walker    
770-655-9638 cell
sonnyw@fpcrome.org

Assistant Director of Student Ministries
High School
Jordan Shaw
770-546-9703 cell
jordans@fpcrome.org
Assistant Director of Student Ministries 
Middle School
Linda Oliver
615-812-6603 cell
lindao@fpcrome.org
Assistant Director of Student Ministries
Middle School
Thomas Orr   
864-923-5045 cell
thomaso@fpcrome.org


Assistant Director of Student Ministries 
High School
Brad Roberts
704-776-0106 cell
bradr@fpcrome.org

Administrative Assistant                                 
Mary Yoder