Tuesday, March 24, 2009
IGNITE Youth Rally
Friday, March 13th our youth joined hundreds of other youth from around Indiana to experience Indiana Wesleyan University's IGNITE Youth Rally. This sold out event was well put together and included a variety of Christian bands from "Nevertheless" to "Connersvine" to "Pillar". We had a ton of fun listening to these high energy bands!! Most of our students enjoyed rocking out with Pillar, which was one of the great highlights of the night. Another highlight was getting to hear the speaker Darren Whitehead from Willow Creek Church in Chicago. Darren, who's originally from Australia, challenged the students to develop a deeper understanding of God's love for all them. He shared with the students how it doesn't matter how filthy you think you are on the inside or outside, God's arms are open wide waiting for us to just accept His love. Our students left challenged to think about their lives and how God cleans up the junk!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
There's Nothing Like Nerf Wars!
This past weekend, the BTC high school students ventured out to St. Luke's UMC to once again join their youth in an intense battle of Nerf Wars. Nerf Wars is a high-intense battle fought in the darkness of the church with nothing but protective goggles and a nerf gun. Running around, dodging bullets, leaping behind barriers is what Nerf Wars is all about. Check out the pictures below, which capture the intense preparations for battle!!!!
Thursday, March 05, 2009
30 Hour Famine
The 30 Hour Famine is an international event put on by World Vision to raise awareness about world hunger. To learn more about the 30 Hour Famine and how it's making a huge impact to feed starving people all over the world check out their website: http://www.30hourfamine.org/
Last weekend, our junior high and high school students partnered with the youth at First Church of God to participate in this event. To get even a minimal idea of what it's like to starve we took part in a fast for 30 hours. The fast allowed us to gain a glimpse into how difficult it is to not have food. Another part of the 30 Hour Famine included actually raising money to send to starving children. Bridges helped raise $425! Saturday, we had an opportunity to help out Kokomo Urban Outreach's local food pantry by going into local neighborhoods to collect canned food. After collecting food and the closing ceremony we broke the fast together with some delicious nachos and ice cream sundaes for dessert! Overall, it was a humbling but fun weekend for our students.
Beyond the serious side we also got to have a little fun! Here are some pics from the weekend...
Last weekend, our junior high and high school students partnered with the youth at First Church of God to participate in this event. To get even a minimal idea of what it's like to starve we took part in a fast for 30 hours. The fast allowed us to gain a glimpse into how difficult it is to not have food. Another part of the 30 Hour Famine included actually raising money to send to starving children. Bridges helped raise $425! Saturday, we had an opportunity to help out Kokomo Urban Outreach's local food pantry by going into local neighborhoods to collect canned food. After collecting food and the closing ceremony we broke the fast together with some delicious nachos and ice cream sundaes for dessert! Overall, it was a humbling but fun weekend for our students.
Beyond the serious side we also got to have a little fun! Here are some pics from the weekend...
BTC Survives The Winter!
Despite the cold, crazy winter weather we've had in '08-'09, BTC has survived the winter storms! Although our ice skating trip had to be postponed due to a snowstorm, we've had a blast at some of our other events! In January we hooked up with St. Luke's Church for our 2nd NERF WARS!!!! We had 18 high school kids show up for a crazy night of nerf wars in the dark. The last weekend in January the guys had a guys night at Casey's place, playing video games and just hanging out, and the girls had a girls night at Michelle's, playing the Wii and watching a movie!
In February, the Taflinger's had us over to their house for a Winter/Valentine Party! As always, we had some amazingly delicious food! We played BTC's new favorite game: MAD GAB! Mad Gab always provides tons of laughs-if you've never played-you gotta try it!!! BTC joined up with the middle school students and headed out to Franklin, IN for a rollerskating party...check out these picks...on the way home, as you can see, everyone tired themselves out.
BTC had a busy weekend February 20th-22nd. It all started when the bands Vertical Focus, starring Tony Vent, and Connersvine, starring Hunter the punter from the Indy Colts, put on a show in the tiny town of Sweetser, IN. We took 7 students out to enjoy the concert. Sunday afternoon we headed down to Indy for the Pacers vs. Bulls game. Although we live in Indiana, most of us were chearing for the Bulls and were disappointed when they lost the game. Check out these pics from the concert and b-ball game!!!
In February, the Taflinger's had us over to their house for a Winter/Valentine Party! As always, we had some amazingly delicious food! We played BTC's new favorite game: MAD GAB! Mad Gab always provides tons of laughs-if you've never played-you gotta try it!!! BTC joined up with the middle school students and headed out to Franklin, IN for a rollerskating party...check out these picks...on the way home, as you can see, everyone tired themselves out.
BTC had a busy weekend February 20th-22nd. It all started when the bands Vertical Focus, starring Tony Vent, and Connersvine, starring Hunter the punter from the Indy Colts, put on a show in the tiny town of Sweetser, IN. We took 7 students out to enjoy the concert. Sunday afternoon we headed down to Indy for the Pacers vs. Bulls game. Although we live in Indiana, most of us were chearing for the Bulls and were disappointed when they lost the game. Check out these pics from the concert and b-ball game!!!
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