Join us for an all-night party to ring in the new year with style and fun! This is for all current 6-12th grade students. There will be games, food, movies, music, events, and a ton of fun! The cost is ONLY $5 (to cover the cost of food). Be sure to invite your friends!!
Below is the permission slip. Be sure to get it in to RCC by December 29, so that we can prepare enough food.
Click here for the New Years Eve Party 2009 – Permission Slip.
Also, feel free to RSVP on our facebook event page.
Here is a quick recap from Yvette about the recent trip several of our girls and adults made to Hartford, CT, for Revolve Tour 2009.
On Friday, December 4, a group of seventeen adults and students traveled to the XL Center in Hartford, CT., to attend Revolve Tour. Over 4,500 women and girls attended this two-day event that focused on teenage girls, the obstacles they face, and how God loves them and yearns for a relationship with them. This event included amazing Christian speakers and musicians who spoke to the hearts of these teenage girls. One of the speakers was Jenna Lucado, the daughter of minister and author Max Lucado. Jenna, like her father, is a Christian dynamo. When Jenna spoke, she was able to make every girl in the arena feel as though she was speaking directly to her. After hearing Jenna’s talk on Saturday afternoon, one of our students (Emiley) turned to me and said, “I want to buy her book. Will you come with me?” So, after the lights came up from Jenna’s heartfelt talk about God, I walked with Emiley as she eagerly purchased Jenna’s book, Redefining Beautiful: What God Sees When God Sees You. After we sat down, awaiting the next speaker, she opened her new book and began reading. From that point on, during every break, Emiley was reading Jenna’s book. It was inspiring and moving to see a teenage girl so enthralled by a book that highlights what God teaches about beauty. Emiley’s story is just one of the many stories that came out of Revolve. I am extremely thankful for everyone who was able to attend this trip. During this trip, our group was able to bond and grow together in the Lord. It was a true blessing.
If you have any further stories from Revolve, please leave a comment or contact Steve. We would love to hear about your experiences, and share them with others!
We’d like to announce that you can now subscribe to email updates to our site now. You will see the subscription button to the side. When you sign up, you will start receiving updates to your email whenever we update rccstudents.com. Check it out!
If you have any other ideas for how we can use this site, please let us know!
For the next 3 weeks, we will be in looking at Christmas in a new light. Instead of just focusing on what happened many years ago in Bethlehem, our goal is to find hope, peace, and love TODAY. This could be a great opportunity for your friends who do not know what that is all about. Tis the Season to let others know about this awesome God we have!
TIS THE SEASON: Series Overview
This Christmas, probably more than any other in recent years, we are hoping that life will get better. We are hoping that life will look differently next year, even if we’re not sure how. We realize that no one person or institution holds a solution, but we’re expecting something different, even if we’re not sure how that is going to work out. Words like hope, peace and love have a new meaning this year, don’t they? We’re waiting to have hope, peace and love in our lives, in our communities, in our world. Even if we’re not sure how it will all work out. And just like thousands of years ago, Jesus is the one who came to bring hope, peace and love to our lives then . . . and now. Jesus taught us how to find hope, bring peace and initiate love even when our circumstances are less than ideal.
TIS THE SEASON: Week One – Hope (November 22, 2009)
Christmas is a time filled with great expectations. (Just ask Clark Griswald.) We expect snow to fall on Christmas morning. We expect that Martha Stewart-esque gathering. We expect a gift from that special someone. And for many of us, we expect our lives to look a certain way. But what happens when life doesn’t meet our expectations? How can we have hope in something bigger than what we want or dream? And how can that hope in something bigger really affect our lives—for the better?
TIS THE SEASON: Week Two – Peace (November 29, 2009)
Why is it that Christmas is one of the least peaceful times of the year? Whether it’s the long lines at the stores or the stress of even how to make the holidays happen in this economy, Christmas can easily become something we just want to get through and survive. But peace, true peace, has little to do with what is going on around us. In fact, Jesus came to bring peace to our lives in a way that defies logic, and He also invites us to participate with Him in bringing peace to those around us as well.
TIS THE SEASON: Week Three – Love (December 6, 2009)
Love is a word that we hear a lot. People love Christmas time. People love carols. People love casseroles, cookies and candy canes. But when it comes to loving other people, sometimes we are all talk. The word “love” is easy for us to say, but really hard to back up with action. Sometimes loving other people is hard, whether that person is within our family, or living half way around the world. It’s why we needed an example, a living breathing visual for what love in action looks like—and that’s the heart of the Christmas story.
December 13 – Christmas Parties
Our next Student Worship event will be this Sunday, November 15, 2009 from 4-5:30pm at Rockingham Christian Church. All students 6-12th grade are invited, along with friends, parents, etc. Come on out for a great time of worship, fun, and getting ready for the Christmas season! Our student band will be leading the music portion.
*There will be a meeting for any 8-12th graders interested in Workcamp New England immediately after Student Worship. If you are interested at all, please plan on sticking around for this 30 minute meeting.
Deep Freeze 2009 Group Photo
February 12-14, 2010 are the dates for what is going to be one of the best weekends of your life! We have had an excellent time the last couple years, and we know this year will not be any different. The deadline to sign up is November 22, 2009, so act now! The following are 2 documents that should provide you with everything you will need.
You can also RSVP on our Facebook Event Page by clicking here.
If you have ANY questions at all, feel free to contact us. We are really looking forward to taking as many as possible to this year’s DEEP FREEZE retreat, so spread the word!
On Sunday, October 18, 2009, we will be starting up a series called ROAD SIGNS. We would love it for you and your friends to join us for a great 4-week series in the Book of Proverbs, learning about wisdom and how to navigate through this world of decisions. For more information, check out the info below.
ROAD SIGNS: Series Overview
You can’t get to the south beach by driving north, and you can’t get to the top of the mountain if you are walking down it. In the Road Signs series, we will examine the book of Proverbs for wisdom to help each of us navigate the choices life brings because our choices determine the direction of our lives. And it’s our direction, not our intention, that ultimately determines our destination. Where are you heading?
ROAD SIGNS: Week One (October 18, 2009)
You can’t get to the south beach by driving north, and you can’t get to the top of the mountain if you are walking down it. Why? It’s because our direction always determines our destination. While we all know this basic rule for navigating the roads we drive, we sometimes forget how the same rule is true in our lives. You can’t lose weight by shoving down quarter pounders and watching five hours of TV. You can’t have deep relationships by ignoring the living, breathing people around you. You can’t grow closer to God by shutting Him out of your everyday life or failing to make the effort to know more about Him. So what is the destination you desire for your life? Are you even on the right path to get there?
ROAD SIGNS: Week Two (October 25, 2009)
When we’re behind the wheel, most of us stop if we see a street sign that says “danger” or “dead end.” We put ourselves on alert if we see a “caution” sign. But when it comes to our daily lives and the choices we face, sometimes we ignore the warning signs completely. We trudge right through the “don’t say that” sign and deeply cut someone close to us with a wounding remark. We plow right through the “don’t date that girl” sign because we believe that having someone who’s not great for us is better than not having someone at all. The Bible warns us that when we see danger to take action, because when we don’t, things can get really ugly.
ROAD SIGNS: Week Three (November 1, 2009)
Everyone makes stupid choices—even smart people. Why? Because we’ve all had moments when we know the right thing to do, we have the right information, and we ignore it. We know we should order the fruit cup, but we order the mega-size fries. We know we should not spend all our money on that one shirt, but we do it anyway. We know we should avoid that one relationship, but we just keep coming back because it’s comfortable. So there has to be something more to it than just knowing the right thing to do. It’s not just about knowing the right choice, it’s about actually taking that first step. It’s the difference between knowing the right choice and trusting that the choice will lead you to a better path. It’s the difference between information and submission.
ROAD SIGNS: Week Four (November 8, 2009)
Have you ever been walking down the street, deep in thought, but oblivious to what was going on around you—that is until you snapped out of it and realized that you passed your destination two blocks ago? Your attention was elsewhere. Your mind wasn’t focused on what you were doing. The reality is this: what you give your attention to determines your direction. When something captures your attention, it will alter your direction and eventually lead you to a predictable destination—for better or worse. This week, we will wrap up the series by helping your child take a look at the things that capture his or her attention. We will challenge them to be intentional about paying attention to the things that will ultimately lead them in the direction they want to go.
Just a quick update for all of you out there (both parents and students).
That’s it for now. See you all on Sunday!
All about Him,
-Steve-
Mark your calendars for the Revolve Tour! In fact, we hope all of you girls can make it to this exciting event!!
The Revolve Tour is “designed to communicate to teen girls that God loves them, just as they are, and to draw them into a life-changing relationship with him.” The weekend was “intentionally created to be an opportunity to invite girls who may either be deeply involved with church or not open to it at all. Everyone can have fun, be encouraged, and reminded that they are valuable, and God loves them.”
You can now sign up, so be sure to talk to your parents about going! Moms are more than welcome to join us too! The cost for students will be $100 per person (this will cover your ticket, hotel, parking, & gas). For those that register after Oct. 7, the cost will be $110. The cost for adult leaders will be $54.
A deposit of $50 will be due Oct. 7. The date of the final payment is Nov. 29.
We hope all girls can make it to this event! We know it will be life-changing and SO MUCH FUN!
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