The Present and Future

Many fun and exciting things have recently started to happen in the youth ministry. First off on thursday nights, we have started introductory course on apologetics, where students from both the junior high and high school can come and learn the basics of apologetics. The students are throughly enjoying it and learning how to defend their faith and talk to non believers. This has caused many to have talks with friends for the first time about God. Secondly, for the past two months we have visited a church in Long Beach and helped serve homeless food and talk with them. This has been a great success with many students from both the high school and junior high taking an active role in giving up the last Sunday of each month and helping others in the process.

Now for what we are doing in the future. This summer we are going to Pine Summit from July 5-July 9. This is a summer camp where the students will learn about God and bond together. The cost for the entire trip which includes food, room, paintball, zip-line, pool, street hockey rink, frisbee golf course, and much more including memories is only $220. The memories alone will outweigh the cost of the trip. The $100 deposit for the trip is due June 14 and the final payment is due June 28. Also, the theme for the entire summer is "The Ideal Lifestyle". We are going to be discussing the differences between the world's and God's ideal lifestyles.

Question of the week

Here is the new question of the week it is actually going to be 2 questions.

What is the special name of this friday? (The day Jesus died)

What is the special name of this Sunday? (The day Jesus rose again)

Sorry for not posting these questions every week, Camper has been slacking a little bit. To make up for that here are 3 new questions to get points for.

1. What are the names of the 12 apostles?


2. Which one of the apostles betrayed Jesus at the Last Supper?


3. What did the Pharisees and the Sadducees give the apostle that betrayed Jesus at the Last Supper?

This past Wednesday, March 11, all the small groups broke off and then discussed what communion was and why we do it. After that, we went into the second set of worship, where we each took time to examine ourselves before we went to the back to get the bread (Jesus's body) and the grape juice (Jesus's blood). We did this to remember and give thanks to Jesus for dieing on the cross for our sins. If you were unable to make it here is a link to the questions we discussed and specific verses that answer those questions. COMMUNION LINK

This last Sunday, March 15, Luke spoke about prayer and how we should and shouldn't pray. These are the verses he discussed Matthew 6:5-18. He started off by saying that the reason we pray to God is because it builds a relationship with Him. You cannot have a relation with someone if you never talk to them. Just like that You cannot have a relationship with God unless you talk with him. Next, he discussed how we should not pray in order to look good in front of people, but we should pray in order to build our relationship with God. Finally, he talked about how we should forgive those that have harmed us, even though it is very difficult to do.

Weekly Question

Here is the 1st of our many questions. Remember that the first persons that responds gets 5,000 points and the others will recieve 2,500. E-mail your answers to us at cvcjrh@gmail.com .

What was the feast that Jesus and and his disciples were partaking in during the last supper?

Answer: The feast of ...

How can you be more effective at bringing unchurched friends to youth group, or share the Gospel with them? Maybe you have a couple people in mind but you just aren't bold enough to ask them to come with you. Have you ever wanted In & Out at school or just see your leaders go out of there way for you? Well this is the opportunity for you. We are offering some cool rewards to the students who step out and bring friends to church. We will be motivating you by a cool points system. Periodically we will offer rewards to the students who are gaining points which will be provided weekly. For instance Bible memory verses or Bible trivia questions and much more! Your leaders will be tallying the points until the day of move up and you all will reap the benefits. Pizza party, lunch deliveries and much more for you! Here's a short list that will be updated from time to time on what you can do to get points and how much those things are worth. Ultimately we want students getting saved and plugged into a church. Let's do all we can!

• Bring a friend to church the 1st week you get 10,000 points
• Bring a friend to church the 2nd week you get 20,000 points
• Bring a friend to church the 3rd week you get 50,000 points
• Bring your bible to church you get 1,000 points
• The first person to answer the Bible Trivia question will receive 5,000 points
• All others that answer the Bible Trivia question will receive 2,500 points

New Website

Hey everybody and welcome to our new junior high website.  We will be using this website to keep all of you up to date on what is happening in our ministry.  Also, we will have the dates for upcoming trips and all the papers that need to be signed in order to go on them.  Furthermore, there are links to each of the leaders telling a little about ourselves.  Finally, you can send us an e-mail for any questions that you want answered.  These questions can be about small groups, the message on Sunday, or just everyday life questions that you are unsure of the answer to.