GOD AT THE MOVIES

After taking a week off on April 27th due to being at our spring retreat, we'll be re-starting, Sunday, May 4, we'll be starting our own high school version of God at the Movies. It's a series where we go looking for the God moments in some popular recent stuff many of our students have already seen in the theater. The main service will be doing it's own version of this series, something we actually stole from them anyway.

Here's the line up.

May 4: JUNO

May 11: BOURNE ULTIMATUM

May 18: DAN IN REAL LIFE.

May 25: I AM LEGEND

JUNE 1: ENCHANTED

SPRING RETREAT IS THIS WEEKEND

This weekend we are going to take 42 young women and leaders to the beach front retreat of the dana for a weekend of bonding, spiritual discussion, and good times. A group of 45 men are going to the desert for a weekend of team building, food, bonding, explosions, and seeking God like Moses did. Both trips are sure to be life changing.

The girls trip has just 1 spot left and costs $175. The guys trip has about 4 spots and costs $125. If you're interested, contact us at journey for more info.

Here's the trip t-shirt logo just for fun.


ALSO, AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE NO SMALL GROUPS THIS WEEK ON WED. APRIL 23 AND THERE ALSO IS NO ENCOUNTER THIS WEEKEND, ON SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH EITHER.

SPRING RETREAT

The Spring Retreat is upon us. We're taking our men to the desert and our women to the dana in beautiful mission beach. This is a time for fun, bonding, and some serious God moments. It seems like every year we do this trip our youth group takes a notch up or two in commitment and the "get it" factor. The vulnerability, relevance, and community that are natural parts of gender specific retreats, coupled with some amazing locations, and some great teaching turn an average weekend into a life changing three days.

Cost is $125 for the guys and $175 for the girls. A deposit is required to save your space and the trip is limited to the first 25 guys and 25 gals who sign up.

If you'd like to download the brochure and permission slip, all the data is here.

SMALL GROUP SCHEDULE

Our new small group schedule is out. You can download a PDF of it here. We meet for the first 3 weeks in April and the first 3 weeks in May too. If your son or daughter is not in a small group with us, this is a great time to get started. Contact us at the encounter@journeycom.org

NEW SERIES

We have a new series on our weekends in high school called "$ave the Green". Here's a summary of what we'll be talking about.

It’s super trendy to care about the planet these days. Companies claim to be “green”. Food products are better if they are “organic”. We are told to conserve gas, electricity, plastic bag usage, and to go green with our green money. We recycle everything from our coffee grounds to newspapers. There’s no question that today it’s hip. But is it Biblical? What does the Bible say about this world God created and what is our responsibility to care for it and at what expense? Does your life affect the world around you and the planet too? Is your money yours to spend and do with as you please or is there a deeper, more communal responsibility we have to God, the planet, and all it’s inhabitants to use our money and resources responsibly? This series will take what is so 2008 cool and see if it’s really so 2008 BC old school but somehow we’ve been missing it.

Lots will be changing in Encounter through this series- pray with us as we seek to invite students to think and re-think how they live in our world today.