Laser Tag Saturday May 26
We will be heading to LaserQuest in Duluth, GA on Saturday May 26 to play some intense laser tag. LaserQuest is a two story building designed for ultimate laser tag action! The cost of this event is $15 and will include two games and pizza! We will meet at the church at 1pm and be back by 5pm. Please sign up and turn in your money to DJ ASAP.
CIY Job List and Registration Deadlines
As a reminder for all attending, or thinking about attending CIY MIX or MOVE, we still do have a couple jobs that you can do in order to earn money to go toward your registration costs. Talk to DJ to get connected. Keep in mind the deadline to turn in your registration fees for MIX is May 23rd and MOVE is June 6th.
Sunday Night Fusion
Sunday Night Fusion is our student program for all 7th-12th graders. Come and join us Sunday nights from 6pm-8pm in the sanctuary. SNF is designed to encourage discipleship and spiritual growth by combining elements of worship, Scripture, discussion, prayer, and communion. We are also introducing the new Fusion Coffee Shop! So come check it out!!!
Unmasked
We seem to always put them on in the morning, but it is time we become unmasked. Unmasked is our mid-week Bible study for 7th-12th grade students. We start at 7:00pm with worship in the sanctuary and go until 8:30pm. At Unmasked you can expect a real and safe environment to share what sort of things cause you to hide from God or put on a different face, and how we can support and help each other through. Don't eat dinner, because each week we offer free pizza!
And the Award Goes to…
Presley Phillips, Paige and Autumn Reeves, and Aiden Scranton earned their Awana t-shirts, handbooks,and tote bags - Way to go! Congratulations to Natalie Letalien, Sean Smith, and Rylan Blalock for receiving an award for finishing the next section in their handbooks. Awesome job everyone!
Discovery Day Camp
If any of you are interested in a summer day camp for 5-11 year olds, then this is for you! Camp Gideon (where we help the Ladies Retreat last year) will be holding a day camp just for this age group called Discovery Day Camp. DDC is a five-day program where campers experience a variety of outdoor camp activities under the guidance and supervision of trained and qualified leadership. The camp will run each day from 8am-4pm from June 18th-22nd. If you are interested in signing your child up, you can find the registration forms and cast information out in the lobby. You will be responsible for mailing in the forms and your registration fees, as well as taking and dropping off your child for that week of camp. However, if you have any questions you can visit the Camp Gideon website, www.campgideon.com, or talk to DJ for more information. The deadline to register is June 8th.
Awana
Awana is our Pre-School-6th Grade program that meets on Wednesday nights at 7pm. This life changing program is designed for children to experience God’s Word by worship, teaching, Scripture memorization, and activities. If you would like to register your child or if you have any questions, contact DJ or Julie.
Summer Days is our summer events program for K-12th grade. These events are to give students activities to do while they are out of school. Students going into kindergarten to students going into 6th grade are all invited to the Greenhouse events. Students going into 7th grade to 2012 graduates are invited to the Fusion events. If you have any questions you can contact DJ Pittman. (All events are subject to change or cancellation)
Join BOC Crew Chief Brett Thein on Yahoo.com to play in the Fantasy Nascar League. Log into Yahoo with ID#6692 and password – bible. Any questions see Brett.
If you have never experienced a Chirst in Youth conference, then this is your year. Personally, CIY has always been an event that I have loved, it is where I first decided to go into ministry. Attached you will find the flyer with all of the information (cost, deadlines, dates) that you need in order to attend any of these conferences. We will be attending two for 6th-8th grade students and one for 9th-12th grade. We do ask the deposits be turned in ASAP to hold your spot. If you have any questions, or if the cost is outside the budget, contact DJ Pittman.
We will be holding our first annual Secret Sister party on Sat., Feb.4th from 4:30pm-6:00pm. All ladies are welcome to attend. If you would like to participate in the Secret Sister program please bring a small gift (lotion, candy, devotional, candle, etc) to exchange and a finger food to share.
A ladies Bible study will begin on Thursday, Feb.,9th at 6:30pm at Branches. This study will be based on Becoming God’s True Woman by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. If you are interested in purchasing a book the fee is $12.00 please see Lindsey Phillips or Courtnia Turner. You do not have to have a book to participate.
FPU Sunday AND Monday!
We want everybody to be able to be a part of Financial Peace University this year, so we’re offering it on both Sunday and Monday nights at 6:30pm. Just let us know which day you plan to attend when you
sign up. Speaking of signing up, the kits are only $70 (30% off) for Branches families, so talk to Julie or Dave McInnis today! Everything kicks off next week (Jan 29 & 30).
Branches’ leadership has long prayed for ministry to rise up from the Lord through the people. Once again we get to see this happening as Steve, Laurie, and Michael Hallock have been led to begin a ministry of getting the Word into people’s hands and hearts. They are willing to provide Bibles for any of us to give out while witnessing to others. One of the core principles we stand on is “Faith comes by hearing (and reading) the Word of Christ. Let them know when you need a Bible for a friend.
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