We are getting closer and closer to our summer missions experience in Staten Island, and I do not want your teen to miss this opportunity! If you have not signed up yet, you Continue reading
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I’m Sexy and I Know It!
Our teens are growing up in the most sex saturated society we have ever seen. That is why taking the time to teach them about their sexual integrity and God’s view on sex is so crucial. So over the next few weeks Continue reading
Don’t Worry! There Is Still Time!
I’m sure right now you’re having a FOMO (fear of missing out) moment because you are afraid you missed your chance to sign your 6th-12th grader up for our summer missions trip. Well guess what, Continue reading
Summer Missions Opportunities
What are your kids doing this summer? Why not have them spend some time giving back? We are so excited about our summer missions opportunity for our 6th-12th graders. Continue reading
Don’t Miss a Thing!
Do you have a student involved in PYG (Powerhouse Youth Group)? Then be sure to sign up to receive our weekly text messages. When you sign up you will get periodic updates about events and happenings within PYG as well as a weekly “drive time” question, which will be a short open-ended question about the topic of the night at our Sunday night gathering, so you can keep the conversation going outside of Youth Group! Signing up is super simple. Continue reading
This Book… It’s Dangerous!
I am really looking forward to our new series that we are starting in PYG this Sunday titled “Logos.” For the next five weeks we will be taking some time to look at Continue reading
No Life Has To Be Better Than My Life
Last week at PYG we wrapped up our series Behind The Scenes with probably one of the most important topics we have discussed thus far. The issue of suicide is a real issue that sadly almost all of our kids wrestle with in some way, shape or form. As we spoke in PYG I did a quick survey to see how many of the teens had been effected in some way by suicide. Not surprising, close to 100% of the teens in the room said that either they or someone they know have wrestled with suicidal thoughts. Sadly there are a great number of kids who are never able to process through their feelings and eventually get to the point where they feel “having no life at all is better than living the life I have now.” Continue reading
Behind The Scenes-Week 2: Anger
This week at PYG we continued our series called “Behind the Scenes.” Last week we talked about depression and how God wants to free us from those feelings. This week we addressed the issue of anger. I really believe that most people have a very mixed up view of anger and because of that, they struggle with knowing how to deal with it. Continue reading
Behind the Scenes
This week at PYG we kicked off a new series called “Behind the Scenes.” We showed them this video: Behind the Scenes and we talked about how easy it is to see the people around us and think that everything is perfect and that their lives are great when in reality behind the scenes things may be very different. Continue reading
Behind the Scenes
Over the next few weeks our 6th-12th graders will be going “behind the scenes” in our lives and looking at the different areas that we try to keep hidden from everyone else, whether its depression, anger, or suicide we all have things that are affecting us behind the scenes. Continue reading