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Teen guys studying Scripture together!


	I just found out that 5 guys from Ignite! who go to Glenbard West and Wheaton North are meeting on Sunday afternoons to study the book of Hebrews together! They didn’t start this Bible study to gain recognition or notoriety, they did it only because they share a friendship and a mutual desire to study the Word of God together. This is so encouraging to me as one of the characteristics we strive for in Parkview’s student ministries are students who have a love for God’s Word! Life change happens when we allow God to speak to us through His Word! Glenn
	Tags: bible study, God's Word, ignite No Comments 12.14.09 10:32 am

Thanksgiving


	This past Thanksgiving our middle schoolers had the opportunity to serve at Parkview’s annual community dinner. Our youth did a wonderful job of serving diligently and meeting needs! In a society that tends to overlook middle schoolers I find it a privilege to watch our middle schoolers stand up and honor God in service! Some of our Thanksgiving Helpers! Over 25 middle schoolers and adult volunteers participated in Wild Kingdom’s responsibilities at the dinner! - Daniel
	Tags: middle schoolers, service, thanksgiving, thanksgiving dinner, wild kingdom No Comments 12.08.09 12:53 pm

Connecting leaves with Scripture


	Once a month the high school ministry of Parkview serves our community in various tangible ways. Last month we raked leaves of people who would have a difficult time doing that themselves. As we were finishing one house, a student who lived in the neighborhood asked if we could rake the yard of an elderly widow down the street. As the woman who lived there came out of her house wondering why about 10 teenagers were raking her leaves, we were able to tell her about the love of Jesus Christ and that He was the reason we were there that morning! Praise God for students like this who take the command to “Love your neighbor” seriously! Glenn
	Tags: ignite, leaves, living your faith, raking No Comments 11.30.09 12:33 pm

Bursting at the Seams


	Over the past few weeks of youth group I’ve been super blessed to see middle schoolers bringing friends who haven’t been to church before, who don’t know Jesus, and who don’t fit right in to our church culture. Our middle schoolers are obeying God and reaching out to non-believers and it’s creating a healthy problem for our youth group! Please join me in asking God to meet these new friends with the truth of his love and his grace for them! - Daniel
	Tags: non-christians, obedience, prayer, visitors, wild kingdom No Comments 11.21.09 11:05 pm

Missions application


	Wanted to share what one girl shared on her application for this summer’s missions trip to Germany: “Jesus Christ is my personal Savior and Lord, and the love of my life. He means so much to me, and I want to follow Him and I strive to follow Him…He has changed the way I view my peers, my faith, and myself. I feel that I can talk to God about anything, and love to spend time in His word. There are definitely ways I can grow in Him, but I strive to keep God #1 in my life.” This is pretty typical of so many students who are going on next summer’s missions trip! So exciting! Glenn
	Tags: following Christ, ignite, missions trip No Comments 11.16.09 10:21 am

Living out her faith!


	A student named Haley recently had an idea about how she could reach out to the underprivileged. She acted on that idea and gathered 7 other students and an adult leader to help her. After church a couple of Sundays ago they went to her house and put together 40 sack lunches complete with a deli meat sandwich, an apple, a snack and a juice box. After putting the lunches together in brown lunch bags, they loaded the lunches into their backpacks, boarded the train for Chicago and proceeded to hand out the lunches to folks who were living on the streets! They came back with great stories, empty backpacks and hearts that were full! The name of her idea? Brown bags for the homeless! Glenn
	Tags: Chicago, homeless, ignite, living out your faith, lunches No Comments 11.10.09 8:39 am

Taking Risks


	This past Saturday (11/7/2009) I had the privilege of joining one of our CARE Groups as they took the challenge to share their faith. We travelled to the St. Louis Gateway Arch and spent 4 hours initiating faith conversations, praying for people, and giving away Bibles. It was a little slow starting as each of us chose to surrender our fears and step out in obedient faith. However, as the day flew by I enjoyed seeing the middle schoolers break out and really start to think strategically about sharing their faith. In fact, at one point they started initiating conversations with the people they thought most likely to say no! Afterwards we recounted the experiences of the day and figured out that we had significant faith conversations at least 28 different times (usually with multiple people). We gave away 40-50 Bibles, prayed for people who would receive it, and shared the good news about Jesus’ gift for us on the cross! -Daniel Sharing at the Arch
	Tags: Bibles, CARE Groups, evangelism, Gateway Arch, gospel, outside youth group, prayer, sharing your faith, St. Louis, wild kingdom No Comments 11.09.09 1:02 pm

Teens praying for parents!


	After a recent lesson on relating with parents, I gave our students several ideas how they could take steps to better honor and obey their mom and dad. One idea was to pray for them every day the following week. I spoke with one parent who was a little nervous when her son asked to speak to her only to be pleasantly surprised when he asked her how he could pray for her! Good things happen when teens are praying for their parents! Glenn
	Tags: ignite, parents, prayer, teens No Comments 10.31.09 2:45 pm

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