UPDATE 04.19.12

CCS BASKETBALL CAMP

On May 5th, Charlotte Christian School will be hosting a basketball camp at for boys ages 11-14.  Instructors will include current and former players from the Charlotte area who have gone on to play/coach at the next level.  This is a great opportunity for the youth of Charlotte to be exposed to great role models who have taken ownership of their faith and also had a great deal of success through sports.  The cost is $40 and registration will be done online at www.sportsthatserve.org.

RASING KIDS IN A SEXUALIZED CULTURE

The Family Life Department will be hosting a seminar on May 2nd from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. This seminar will equip you for the challenge of parenting in our exploitative and sexualized culture.  Our kids face threats that are new and evolving every day, and this session will provide the tools you need to educate, guide, and model purity and wisdom to your children.

Childcare is available and is free of charge.  Parents need to register online for this event (even if not using childcare) at the following link: http://www.churchatcharlotte.org/ai1ec_event/pure-parenting-seminar-raising-kids-in-a-sexualized-culture/?instance_id=86

UPDATE 04.18.12

6 AREAS OF CHARACTER

A new Blog has been posted for parents on parenting. Not any wisdom of my own just some thought provoking information I gleaned from a small group curriculum DVD lesson. Good stuff short and sweet.

UPDATE 04.03.12

THE HUNGER GAMES

Students have been asking me for a while now what my opinion is on The Hunger Games. I went to see the movie this weekend and now have some thoughts to share. Check out the Blog to see what they are.

WEDNESDAY

Yes we have both Faze 6 and LAUNCH this Wednesday Night despite spring break for CMS and no Women’s Bible Study.

UPDATE 03.26.12

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

A few weeks ago we gave 3x5 cards to the LAUNCH students and told them to write down any question they had about God, Christianity, and faith. One of the questions was about Spiritual Warfare. Check out the Blog to see the full answer we went over last Wednesday with both LAUNCH and FAZE 6.

EASTER SUNDAY

FAZE 6 will join LAUNCH for Sunday School during the 11am service on Easter Sunday only. Thus making it possible for more of you to attend Easter Sunday services as a family. Mark your calendars accordingly.

UPDATE 03.19.12

ARE YOU BLESSED?

As far as I am concerned “blessed” is right near the top of the list of overused and misunderstood words in the Christianese lexicon. Not to sound like Oscar the Grouch or be a straight up hater, but I’m not convinced most people really know what the word blessed means from a Biblical standpoint. To read more click Blog

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN

Yesterday’s Sunday School message on the second part of the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6, "Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven". Click Podcasts to listen

UPDATE 03.11.12

WHAT TO DO ABOUT BULLYING

It used to be if you were bullied you had a couple of options of how to deal with it. You teased and picked on your bully right back. You ignored your bully or pretended to ignore them, and cried when you got home with no one around. You found someone weaker than you to tease instead. You punched the bully in the mouth or arranged a time and place to settle things after school, or class, or whatever. You embraced the thing that you were bullied about even if it wasn’t true so that way they wouldn’t think it bothered you as much as they hoped. You could talk to a parent or mentor, and they would provide some perspective and compassion. You could do all those things, but the one thing you didn’t do was terminate the life of others, yourself, or both. I am perplexed by the hopelessness as a result of bullying that would lead someone to take lives.

To read more go to the Blog page.

OUR FATHER

The Podcasts yesterday’s Sunday School lesson has been posted. Continuing in or series on the Sermon on the Mount we take a look at the first stanza of the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6, "Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name."

UPDATE 03.05.12

MATTHEW 5.33-48

The Podcast of yesterday’s Sunday School lesson on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount segments on Oaths, Retaliation, and Loving Enemies, in Matthew 5.33-48 is now available.

UPDATE 02.28.12

LAUNCH SEX TALK PART 3

This Wednesday (as long as Cedric doesn’t get sick again) we will be having the third segment of our Sex Talk where we will be covering FAQs (Frequently asked questions).

MATTHEW 5.21-32

The Podcast of this past Sunday School message is now available. This week we talk about and connect what Jesus has to say regarding anger, lust, and divorce is now available.

CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO CULTURE

A new Blog has been posted about how we as Christians should respond to culture.

UPDATE 02.20.12

TUESDAY AFTERNOON MOVIE

Any student that has Tuesday of from school due to the CMS Teacher in-service is welcome to join Cedric for the 1.20pm showing of Star Wars: Phantom Menace in 3D. Meet me there at 1pm.

SALT & LIGHT

Podcast to yesterdays’ Sunday School message is now up. Message on Jesus' teaching on being Salt and Light from his Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 5.13-20.

UPDATE 02.13.12

BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS

Podcast of yesterday’s Sunday School lesson has been posted. "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God." How does the ancient Jewish understanding of peace (shalom) as human flourishing help shape our idea what it means to be peacemakers?

FOR PARENTS BLOG | OVERPROTECTIVE?

There is a new For Parents Blog posted. One of the areas of disconnection from the church that 18 to 29 year-olds indicated in the Barna Group’s research is the church is overprotective.

UPDATE 02.09.12

SEX TALK PART 2

Podcasts for Part 2 of the Sex Talk has been posted. In this part we discussed the lies from culture. Beginning with a biblical definition of what culture is and using Romans 1.18-23 to describe how culture often times suppresses truth, we look at five dominant lies culture tells regarding bodies and sex.

UPDATE 02.08.12

LAUNCH SERVICE OPP @ LOIS LODGE

Saturday February 18th is the next service project for LAUNCH at Lois Lodge from 10am to 2pm. For more details go to the Events page. Lois Lodge is a Serve Local ministry partner of Church At Charlotte.

YOU LOST ME

A new Blog has been posted regarding a book I have been reading called You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church And Rethinking Faith by David Kinnaman the president of the Barna Research Group which has conducted polls and research for churches for decades.

UPDATE 02.02.12

The first part of the Sex Talk is now available. Part 1 of the Talk covers how the Biblical Worldview (Creation, Fall, Redemption, Recreation) shapes our understanding of bodies and sex. Thus providing students a firm foundation for having a healthy body image and understanding why God gives the instructions he gives for sex.

UPDATE 01.30.11

THE TALK BEGINS THIS WEEK

The Sex Talk with LAUNCH students (7th and 8th grade) begins this week. We will be covering the first portion, “The Story of Sex” which gives the foundation of a biblical understanding of bodies and how sex is defined in scripture. Moreover, the content of the FAQs for the Sex Talk has been updated with a section on homosexuality. See the

Blog for the update.

FAZE 6 MIDWEEK LOCATION CHANGE

For the month of February FAZE midweek will be taking place in the gym while LAUNCH is having their 4 week Sex Talk.

FAZE 6 BOBCATS GAME

The next Faze 6 event is scheduled for Friday February 10th. We will be going to see the Charlotte Bobcats take on the defending Eastern Conference Champs and reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose, the youngest player to win the MVP award in NBA history. We only have 25 tickets available and the cost is $30 (covers ticket and transportation). Registration is online.

UPDATE 01.09.11

THE TALK PODCAST

A Podcast has been posted of the last week’s Parents Seminar “The Talk”. So in case you missed it last Wednesday evening you download and listen to it. Also there are extra conversation guides left over if you weren’t able to make it or left without one. We would greatly appreciate any feedback and evaluation you can give. In particular if you’ve had a chance to go through the conversation guide we’d love to receive your feed back on that. If you don’t have one of the evaluation forms that were in the folders you can email any comments and feedback to cacjrhighyouth@mac.com