It’s crazy to think we are already three events into the term!! Friday night was a blast with 36 young people cramming into cars and racing around the neighbourhood to see who made the best hot chips!! That’s right it was our infamous “HOT CHIP HUNT”, it’s amazing how much salt and grease a young person can eat!! By the time we returned to church some were already done and had chips to spare!!
In life we face storms, some that we can see coming others that surprise us. Jesus can be trusted to be with us in the storm, and may even calm it for us.
ACTIV8 is back this week! We are starting with what is a simple night of ‘Hide n Seek’…except we will do it in the dark!! So if your are Year 7 or 8 come on down to 180 Queenspark Drive this Friday at 7:00pm and be ready to have some fun.
As the term draws to an end we had our regular event we call…”Nothin Much”. It’s just a chance to hang out and build relationship with each other and have some simple fun. It can be anything from some good old Robo-Jam on the now ancient PS2, playing cards…or making pikelets…the whole idea is to do ‘Nothin Much’ and enjoy each others company.
The Challenge was to live out of a backpack for 40 hours….what the 14 girls that came didn’t realise was that they would also walk the equivalent of a half marathon…with all their gear! This year World Vision 40 Hour Famine turned its attention to the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Our goal was to raise was to raise $2500 so that World Vision could resource an entire class room! It was ambitious and we gave it our all.
Small Group time at ACTIV8 on Friday….discussing Social Media and tips for keeping it real. Digital Technology is a reality in the lives of our young people and it was great to see ACTIV8 grappling with how to keep it positive and keeping ourselves safe. Remember…..”I didn’t steal his shoes.”
Read Mark 3:20-30 VOICES – Everybody has voices, either in their head, or in their life. These voices seek to make us less than who we are. They try and tell us who we are not. It was no different for Jesus. His own family are on their way to “take charge of him” worried that his ministry is not only affecting Jesus but could also make them look bad. The Pharisees are already starting to look bad so they try and label Jesus as evil.
Friday Night and the ACTIV8 youth were all dressed up in the ‘onesies’ and having a blast. There is nothing like 30+ young people making plenty of noise and having plenty of fun all dressed up in their pjs!
On Friday June 10 ACTIV8 made plenty of noise in the Auditorium and looked at “How much a person is worth.” From selling a few organs to selling a person, it was all up for grabs…including 10 chocolate bars for the student who could guess the closest value. Well done Liam – don’t eat them all at once! So how much is a person worth…..the ACTIV8 youth discovered that their value is not in what they can do or who they are but that they are valuable because God made them and no one can take that value away from them!
Once every term we have a Family Fun Night. The idea is that instead of your young person coming to ACTIV8 and having a great time – they stay home, and have a great time! One of the great things about ACTIV8 is that we are family friendly. We understand that parenting is a tough job and so we want to make sure we are partnering with parents and not just offering a programme.
