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Mentoring Culture

Posted on Mar 19, 2012 in Events, Mentoring, Parent Youth Connection, stories blog | 0 comments

Mentoring Culture

The Mentoring Culture at Bloomingdale Church Written by Christine Massie   At Bloomingdale Church in the western suburbs of Chicago, IL, The Mentoring Project continues to progress as many adults and adolescents get involved as mentors or mentees. On March 3, 2012, the church’s youth ministry staff hosted a three hour mentor training session in an effort to expand the number of trained adults ready to be paired with an adolescent needing a mentor.  Thirty adults attended the...

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Winter Banquet 2012

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 in Events, Parent Youth Connection, stories blog | 0 comments

Winter Banquet 2012

http://www.vimeo.com/36229416 On January 27 and 28, the Bloomingdale Church Youth Group members put on their 14th annual Winter Banquet to raise support for their upcoming summer onMission trips. The theme was “Tool Time” based on the 90’s hit sitcom ‘Home Improvement.” 180 people attended the two evenings hosted by 40 students. The family-style dinner was prepared by the Diaz family. The student servers donned their flannel shirts while the tables were decorated with tools to fit...

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Christ Alone Saves

Posted on Jan 23, 2012 in Christ Connected, onMission, Parent Youth Connection, stories blog | 0 comments

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.”   Isaiah 53:5 Recently, our high school youth group watched To Save a Life.  The movie is a true to life story of the day to to day issues and challenges that American teenagers face: school violence, bullying, partying, broken families, non-marital sex and it’s consequences, cutting, desiring to be valued by...

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It Takes a Village

Posted on Dec 19, 2011 in God Valued, Mentoring, Parent Youth Connection, stories blog | 0 comments

December 2011 | PYC BLOG >>     “…we are many parts of one body, and we belong to each other.”  Romans 12:5   “I think we’ve got that whole ‘It takes a village’ thing down!” a youth group mom commented to me as a teen who was not her own child called her “mom” and said that he did not need a ride home on Thursday night from youth group.  I smiled and laughed and then I thought to myself that God was probably smiling too. The Nigerian proverb that...

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Serving WITH My Children

Posted on Nov 4, 2011 in 1DAY, Love Community, Parent Youth Connection, Parents, stories blog | 1 comment

Serving WITH My Children: Thoughts from a mom of teens Liz Smith recently spent the day with her three teens (Nekoda, Koani, Kaleen) on a 1DAY serving experience at an Alliance church in Hyde Park (Chicago). It seems as though once your children become high schoolers our family time with them becomes more difficult for various reasons. And though we may go to Church together and have some fellowship with others in church, it was very different to come alongside with them and serve. This...

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