Sosm Newsletter 1

8/4/2019 Sosm Newsletter 1

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Welcome to a new year atSoul’d Out Student Min-

istries at Eastpointe BibleChurch! Soul’d Out ex-ists to SHARE Christwith lost students, to OF-FER praise to Christ withour lives, to UTILIZE thestudent’s relationshipswith other Christians, andto help them LIVE forGod doing the ministryHe has planned for themas they DEVELOP theirrelationship with Christ.

The teaching occurs withthe Jr. and Sr. High stu-dents. Small groups for Jr.High and Sr. High stu-dents are used to pursueunderstanding and appli-cation of the teaching.

Leaders Include:

Lance & AshleyLuginbill, (765-472-2583)

Mander Prater, (260-760-0695, youthministrylead-

[email protected]) Missy Young, (574-664-2011,[email protected] )

Jason Winegardner,(765-472-3328), [email protected] )

Jennifer Vigar,( 765-472-5636 , [email protected])

Randy Lancaster,(765-472-2197, rlancas-

[email protected])

Keith, Tonia and

Catherine Allen, (765-860-3351),[email protected] )

Andy Hilbun, (765_472-4201)[email protected]

Daniel Carnagua (765-469-7280)

Alisa Richard (765-472-4681),

[email protected]

“ T2 “ : Just what is it? Arewe involved in advancedAlgebraic Formulae here atEastpointe?

No…. “ T2 “ Simply standsfor THIRD THURSDAY ineach month. Just like we doSunday Evening Churchdifferent on THIRD SUN-

DAYS, we will be doingYOUTH GROUP differentlyevery THIRD THURSDAYof each month.

The first “T2” Thursday of the Fall Term will be onSeptember 15th. The themefor this inaugural YouthGroup event has yet to be

Ural Youth Group night hasyet to be determined. Weare asking YOU, the studentsof S.O.S.M. to bring outideas of your own to makethis first event somethingspecial.

Write down your ideas andgive to Mr. Sampson SOON!

• SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11: “YES WE

CAN ” A day of collecting cans in coopera-

tion with Mid-North Indiana youth to bene-

fit the Kokomo Rescue Mission .

• SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29: “IT ISN’T

CHILI IN HAITI” A 5K Run/Walk devot-ed to Haiti Missions supported throughEastPointe Bible Church

Transforming

lives to the Glory

of Christ

ChristianSampson (Senior)and AnsenLancaster (Junior)ham it up for thecamera at LakeAnn Camp.Nearly 50 youthattended fromEastPointe in2011.



Young and he has three sisters .

Trey is heavily involved in sports playingBaseball, Basketball andFootball. Trey’s favorites

include…

*ICarly or Finneus and

Ferb? (Finneus/Ferb)

*Basketball or Football?(Football)

*Big Time Wrestling or Xgames? (X games)

*Iron Man or Green Lantern? (Iron Man)

The one thing most people don’t knowabout TREY is that he reallyenjoys cooking around thehome. His expertise is varied

and, like a true man, he refusesto follow directions.

Trey’s favorite dish, prepareddifferently every time, is hisamazing “CHEEZY RAMENNOODLES”. Mmmm! It

sounds somewhat delicious!

Since S.O.S.M. reaches students who donot regularly attend EastPoine BibleChurch, we want to highlight a student ineach edition. This way, all students havean opportunity to get to know these stu-dents in a ‘different’ way from what hap-pens on Thursday nights. Our student forthis inaugural issue is Junior High student

Trey Young.

TREY YOUNG: Trey is an 8th gradestudent attending Caston Junior HighSchool northwest of Logansport, Indiana.Trey’s parents are Steve and Missy

Students at S.O.S.M. had anothergreat week at Lake Ann Camp inLake Ann, Michigan this past July.

Even though students are still feel-ing the rush from camp this pastsummer, we here at Eastpointe aregetting ready to start planning forFREEZE OUT and SUMMERCAMP for 2012! Check out theitems below…

Summer Camp Parent Meeting Parents with children currently enrolledin grades 3-12 are encouraged to attend asummer camp information meeting. Themeeting will be held in room 109 on Sat-urday, September 10th at 8:00 a.m. Wewill discuss critical information aboutregistration, fundraising, transportation,

and deadlines. If you have any questionsor concerns about camp please see Jen-nifer Vigar before the meeting or contact

her at [email protected].

FREEZE OUT is coming soon so startplanning NOW!

2012 Dates for Freeze Outs Retreats:

January 6th-8th

January 20th-22nd

January 27th-29th

February 3rd-5th

Below are the prices for 2012 SUM-

MER CAMPERS by age group:

Juniors: $339

Jump Start: $369.00

Junior High: $389.00

Fresh Start: $399.00

Senior High: $399.00

Reborne Rangers: $489.00

As you can see, fundraising for oursummer campers is CRITICAL so en-courage your parents to attend the meet-ing on September 10th!

Last year, Crystal Smith (Caitlyn andCaleb) stepped up to be the lead organiz-er for fundraising and did an incredible job for our students. Who will step for-

ward this year? Without a tremendouseffort from all, we cannot send EVERY-ONE who wants to go! Get involved thisyear!

Elizabeth Greeson (Sophomore):

Vocal

Christa Bargerhuff (Senior: Vo-

cal

Jylian Vigar (Senior): Power

Point

Allison Przybyszewski

(Sophomore): Power Point

Jon Allen (Junior): Sound Board

S.O.S.M. Music Ministry plays

The S.O.S.M. music ministry is organized and pro-duced entirely by our students! Lead by SeniorChristian Sampson and Junior Ansen Lancaster, this

ministry consists of …

-Ansen Lancaster (Junior) : Guitar, Drums, Vocals

-Vanessa Allen (Junior): Keyboard, Vocals

-Christian Sampson (Senior): Bass, Keyboard

Emily Allen (Sophomore): Drums

Ethan Sampson (8th Grade): Electric Guitar

Summer Camp favorites toTraditional Sunday Morningworship to Original songswritten and produced by

S.O.S.M. members.

Get involved in our S.O.S.M.music ministry this year! Weare always looking for talent-ed musicians, singers and

those not afraid of technology.

Contact Ansen Lancaster or

Christian Sampson.

Some of the members of our S.O.S.M. music ministry:Left to Right: Ansen Lancaster, Vanessa Allen,

Christian Sampson and Emily Allen

Trey poses for a shot at Lake Ann 2011!



Bank on them. Now, let’s get up and dowhat we need to do. Be gone anxiety.

Here’s a summary of what he said:

i) Life is more than food and the bodymore than clothing (Matthew 6:25).

ii) God feeds the birdsand you are more valua-ble than they are(Matthew 6:26).

iii) It's pointless. Itadds not one hour to

your life (Matthew6:27).

iv) If God clothes ephemeral grass, hewill clothe eternal you (Matthew 6:28-

30).

v) Unbelievers are anxious about stuff.And you are not an unbeliever(Matthew 6:32a).

vi) Your father (!) knows that youneed all these things you're anxious

about (Matthew 6:32b).

vii) When you seek firstGod's kingdom and right-eousness, what you needis added to you.

viii) Sufficient for theday is its own trouble.

Tomorrow's trouble stays there(Matthew 6:34).

We should be slow to treat Jesus as if he doesn’t know what he is doing. Heis not naïve in the way he deals withour anxiety. In Matthew 6:25-34 hetells us three times not to be anxious(vv. 25, 31, 34) and gives us eight rea-sons not to be anxious.

Evidently he thinks this will help. Sodon’t call it simplistic. Call it grace.Believe him. Take every reason andpreach it to your soul as true. Say, Soul,this is true. Jesus Christ says so. Trust

him. He died for you. He loves you. Hecreated you. He knows you. No one —no counselor, no pastor, no friend —knows as much about you as he does.Listen to him. Let these reasons sink in.

How are you at coming up with greatideas? Well, now is the time to ACTon that brilliantly clever and witty mindthat has been growing and molding forover a decade.

We want to know YOUR opinions of what we do here at S.O.S.M. Really,what things are working and whatthings are NOT?

How do you do it? Simply take a writ-ing utensil (a pen or pencil) and answerthe following questions for us…

QUESTION 1: What things did we do

in tonight’s Youth Group meeting thatwere substantial and useful to you inyour Christian walk? What we are

looking for here is honesty. Really…even though it might not have been themost fun you’ve ever had a YouthGroup, was it useful?

Next: QUESTION 2: What can we doto make it BETTER (this is where theBRIGHT IDEA comes in). It is nothard to understand that old peopledon’t think like young people, so whatcan we do to make things BETTER andstill honor God in the process?

See Jason Sampson for a form to fillout your answers. ALL OF YOUSHOULD DO THIS ACTIVITY!!!

1 Corinthians 10:31

31 Whether, then, you eat or drink orwhatever you do, do all to the glory of

God.

1 Corinthians 3:13

13 each man’s work will become evi-

is to be revealed with fire, and the fireitself will test [a]the quality of eachman’s work.

CORE VALUE #1: A commitment to

excellence in ministry to the glory of

God.

Colossians 3:1717 Whatever you do in word or deed, doall in the name of the Lord Jesus, givingthanks through Him to God the Father.

Colossians 3:23

23 Whatever you do, do your work [a]

heartily, as for the Lord [b]rather thanfor men,

Here at S.O.S.M. we strive to honor ourCore Values. We want our ministry tostudents to be fun and exciting, howev-er, we are committed first and foremostto EXCELLENCE in our ministry inorder to bring glory to God!

Can YOU give birth to a BRIGHT IDEA?



The root of our sinfulness is the desire for our own happiness apart from God

and apart from the happiness of others in

God. All sin comes from a desire to be

happy cut off from the glory of God and

cut off from the good of others.

John Piper

Faith and suffering. That’s what verse 29 says.

In this context that means: Both your faith in theface of suffering, and your suffering are gifts of God. When Paul says, don’t be frightened byyour opponents he had two reasons in his mind

why they don’t need to be frightened:

One reason is that the opponents are in the handof God. Their opposition is a gift from God. Hegoverns it. That’s the first point of verse 29.

And the other reason not to be afraid is that yourfearlessness, that is, your faith, is also in the handof God. It too is a gift. That is the other point of

verse 29.

Paul told the Philippians that living worthy of thegospel of Christ meant fearlessness before ene-

mies.

Only let your manner of life be worthy of thegospel of Christ . . . not frightened in anything by

your opponents (Philippians 1:27-28).

Then he gave the logic of fearlessness.

For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but

also suffer for his sake (Philipians 1:29).

The logic is this:

God has given you two gifts, not just one:

So the logic of fearlessness in the face of adversi-ty is this double truth: Both your adversity andyour faith in the face of adversity are gifts of

God.

Why is this called “living worthy of the gospel of Christ” (v. 27)? Because the gospel is the goodnews that Christ’s blood of the covenant infalli-bly obtained for all his people the sovereignworking of God to give us faith and to govern our

enemies — always for our eternal good.

Therefore, fear not. Your adversaries can do nomore than God grants. And he will grant you thefaith you need. These promises are blood bought

and sealed. Gospel promises.

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