After long bus rides, almost 400 junior high students and leaders settled in at Harvey Cedars today, caught some great waves at the beach, started getting to know new friends, and settled into their rooms. Our theme this week is “The Secret”. Throughout the week, our speaker will be revealing Jesus secrets of His Kingdom [...]
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It’s hard to believe that the week is already over. Our leaders did an amazing job loving and leading our students throughout the week. This morning, Shelton’s message challenged our students tell the secret message of God to others. The session was opened with this video.
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Tonight we took a huge risk. For 4 nights now, our students students have discovered the secrets of God through Shelton’s message. Tonight, we decided to have God be the speaker – literally. As the students, came into the evening session, they each recieved a journal and pen. After our video opening (view below), Shelton explained [...]
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Last nights’ message on repentance was followed up tonight by focusing on how we are to live. When we repent of sin, we must live for something new – the pursuit of God and His purpose. Tonight, seven students came to a place in their spiritual journey where they are now choosing to live for [...]
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Para-sailing, wave runners, surfing, laying on the beach, participating in a volleyball tournament – these are just a few of the exciting activities our students and leaders participated in throughout the day. In the evening session, there was a powerful work of God’s Spirit in several hundred students that lead to authentic repentance where students [...]
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God is breaking through. The light of His love is penetrating our lives – revealing who we are in light of His glory. Tonight (Tuesday) Shelton reminded us that God’s love for us is divine, declared, and demonstrated. The small group discussions following his message began revealing our students’ brokenness and need for the perfect [...]
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The purpose of Harvey Cedars this summer is for our students to hear the secret message of the Kingdom. There is a lot of noise in our students’ lives and they have learned to filter much of it out, but are they willing to listen to the still quiet voice of God and if they [...]
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How can parents disciple their teenagers to passionately love Jesus and live His mission? The following are core principles (not “how to” gimmicks) for discipling our teenagers to passionately love Jesus and stand apart from the world by living His mission: 1. Possess the passion for Jesus that you desire your teenager to possess. Discipling our children [...]
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Funny movie with great spiritual and life applications – especially for those who seek to embrace God given visions that are bigger than themselves. Without ruining the movie, here are some of the spiritual concepts the movie conveys. (I was frantically typing these into my Blackberry during the film). God: “Evan, you want to change [...]
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