CONNECT
February 2012
WHEN YOU FALL DOWN, GET BACK UP
All things
concerning MYC
this month.
Get connected.
Allyson here! When Nathan asked me to
write something for the Connect, my first
question to him was, “Well, what do you
If nobody did we would still be in the Garden
of Eden. We are all human, and humans do
sin. But, I have learned that the only thing I
he wants us to feel that way. But God, he
wants us to forgive ourselves the way he
forgave us. Sometimes I forget that when
want me to write about?” To my surprise he
said, “Anything!” Let me tell you, easier said
than done. I took into consideration many
different ideas, should I write about New
Year Resolutions? No, too cliché. I finally
can do when I mess up or fall is ask God for
his forgiveness, pray for wisdom, forgive
myself, and get back up again.
It’s a humbling experience really. After
all, I can’t serve God if I have fallen on the
God tells us to forgive others that it includes
ourselves.
Don’t let Satan keep you down. When
you fall get back up and please God. Learn
from your mistakes, be humbled by them,
came to the conclusion to pray about it. I
decided to write about something that I have
learned in my walk with God.
So, here is what I came up with: when
you fall down, get back up.
ground and just stay there. I would be an
incapable servant, and that’s what Satan
wants. So if you hate sin and what it does to
the people you love, rebel against Satan and
the things of this world that are of sin, not
rebel against Satan and keep serving the
Lord in all ways possible. Don’t let your sins
dwell in your thoughts, and don’t forget to
love God in all ways possible so that when
you fall again you will get back up. Once again, it is easier said than done.
There will be people that try to pull you down
whether they are your biggest enemy or your
greatest friend.
In class we have been talking about the
God.
God loves us and only wants the best
for us, and we all should know that
considering he sent his only son to die for
our sins. Some people focus on their biggest
verse in Matthew when Jesus says, “Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind.”
Well, Jesus was absolutely right,
as always, when he said this is
mistake and let it define them, making them
feel unworthy or not good enough to serve
God. That is Satan lingering in your thoughts;
the greatest commandment.
Especially when you realize that if
you love God enough you will do
everything in your strength not to
hurt him, everything in your mind
to learn and teach about him,
everything in your heart to love
people for him, and everything in
your soul to strive to please him.
With this commandment if
you fall down you will be able to
get back up.
Proverbs 24:16 states, “A
righteous person may fall seven
times, but he gets up again.
However, in a disaster wicked
people fall.” Do not let Satan
keep you down. Everybody
falls, everybody makes mistakes.
The
Retreat
Crew
“Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body,
arm yourselves also with the same attitude,
because he who has suffered in his body is
done with sin. As a result, he does not live
the rest of his earthly life for evil human
desires, but rather for the will of God.”
1 Peter 4:1-2
Photos Online
Kiva Money
There are more photos posted online
from the Christmas Party and from Winter
Retreat. You can get there from the MCC
website:
Remember the money that you
raised during the summer of 2010
that we used to give micro loans
to entrepreneurs around
the world through Kiva?
Well, a lot of those
loans have been repaid
and there is some
http://mccweb.org/#/youth/media
Believe
MIddle Schoolers, Believe is right
around the corner--February 3-4. This is
going to be a great weekend, filled with
teaching, worshipping, and group time. It is
an experience that will draw you closer to
God and the others in the youth group.
If you want to learn more about the
conference, you can check out details online
at www.ciy.com/believe. If you have a friend
that would like to join us for the trip, they
need to turn everything in by February 1.
The cost is $85.
Camp Barnabas
We have received confirmation from
Camp Barnabas and we are on the schedule
for Term 4 - Physically Disabled (ages 16-35).
The dates of Camp Barnabas are June 25July 1 and the cost is $175.
money in our account that we can
give away again--$2,492.26 to be
exact. That’s enough for 99 more loans. If
you have yet to make any loans, see Nathan
and he will give you instructions on how to
do so.
January Birthdays
There was no Connect in January, but I
Middle Schoolers, our good friends at
Boulevard Christian Church have invited us
to join them in something they called Wired.
It’s a once a month fun event that they do
around town just for Middle Schoolers.
Three have been scheduled:
February 19 - Photo Scavenger Hunt
March 16 - Lock In
April 22 - Cowboy Bowling
Christian University’s campus and going to
see their Spring Sing? It should be a fun trip
and Laura (Bowles) and Brett
Vanderzee are hosting Spring
SIng, so you know that show is
January 1 - Alexis Evans
January 30 - Allyson and Ashley Stewart
Winter Jam
The Winter Jam 2012 Tour Spectacular
is making its way through Tulsa. Hear an all-
application deadline is March 18.
No
applications will be received after that date.
for the show.
If you have never heard of Camp
Barnabas, here is the skinny.
Camp
Barnabas is a Christian summer camp for
Sanctus Real, Peter Furler, Kari Jobe,
Building 429, Group 1 Crew, illusionist Brock
Gill, Dara Maclean, For King & Country, and
We As Human.
This year’s line up includes: Skillet,
Girls Cooking Class
Here is a special opportunity for the
girls. Barbara Anderson and some of the
older women from our congregation would
like to host a monthly cooking class for the
girls of the youth group.
What a great
opportunity to learn how to cook, enjoy
“Every morning when we
wake up, we have
twenty-four brand-new
hours to live. What a
precious gift!”
Keeping
~Thich Nhat Hanh
It Classy
Wired
Let’s jump in and join them in the fun.
star line up led by Skillet at the BOK Center
on Saturday, February 25. The show is just
$10! We will leave from MCC at
2:00p, catch a meal in Tulsa,
then wait for the doors to open
aren’t able to do! We go to serve as cabin
counselors and staff to serve the campers
who come to Camp Barnabas. It is a life
changing experience.
want to invest in your life.
The first
installment will be Saturday, February 18,
10:00a at MCC.
wanted to make sure that these folks didn’t
miss out on their birthdays being noted.
Happy birthday, girls.
Now it’s time to get everyone signed up
and our spots filled.
More details and
application instructions will be in the mail
later this week. Spots will be filled based on
the order applications are turned in. The
kids and young adults with special needs.
The hope of Camp Barnabas is that each
camper will come and experience the best
week of summer camp possible, doing all
sorts of activities they usually are told they
some delicious food, and most importantly,
b e n e fi t f ro m t h e c o m p a n y o f s o m e
wonderful, faithful, God-fearing women who
Oklahoma Christian Spring Sing
Interested in seeing the Oklahoma
going to entertaining.
The date of the trip is March 3. We will
go up to Edmond in the late morning, see the
2:00p show, catch dinner and head home.
Be on the look out for a sign-up sheet in the
Youth Room. The cost for Spring Sing is
$15 per ticket.
Kingdom United 2012
Kingdom United is on the schedule for
April 13-15. As more details come together,
we will get the information in your hands. It
will be a lot like it has been in years passed:
big sessions with the 7 or 8 other youth
groups from town, staying in host homes,
service projects across town, great worship
and us being the church, not just talking
about it.
The
Feast
This Month’s Birthdays
February 28 - Ranya Januszewski
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with
one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”
- 1 John 1:7
ON THE CALENDAR IN FEBRUARY
All MYC Cell Group
Wednesdays, 6:30p at MCC
B o o - Ya h ! i s b a c k , j u s t l i k e y o u
remember it, with burritos, team challenges,
worship, funny postcards, a group teaching
time and memory work assignments. But
this time around it’s for everyone, not just the
Middle School. See you on Wednesdays at
6:30p. Remember to wear your team shirt.
Believe
Middle Schoolers, meet at MCC at
4:30p to load up in the van. We will catch
dinner in Tulsa on the way to the conference.
Remember, you need to bring $25 for food,
your Bible, a change of clothes for Saturday,
toiletries and your pillow.
open for the show.
before midnight.
Girls Cooking Class
February 26, 12:00p at MCC
February 18, 10:00a at MCC
Join Barbara Anderson for the first
installment of the girls cooking class. Things
get under way in the MCC kitchen at 10:00a
I can already smell the warm cookie
waiting for us in our rooms at the Doubletree.
Super Bowl
Parent Meeting
Our next Parent Meeting of the school
year is February 26. Make plans to stick
around after class and share a meal together.
Lunch will be provided--the cost will be $3
per person.
Wired with BCC
This month’s Wired activity is a photo
scavenger hunt at Arrowhead Mall. Meet in
the food court at 5:30p. Bring money for
dinner and something to take pictures with
(like your phone). We’ll eat dinner, have a
scavenger hunt, and then head to BCC to
check out the pictures. You can be picked
up at BCC at 8:00p.
Winter Jam
February 5, 5:30p at the Stewarts’
February 25, BOK Center in Tulsa
We will leave from MCC at 2:00p, catch
a meal in Tulsa, then wait for the doors to
Let’s get together to enjoy the big game.
SUNDAY
We should be back
February 19, 5:30p at the Mall
February 3-4, Tulsa
Bring something to drink or snack on that
you can share with the group. If you’re not
sure who you want to root for, wear blue.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
1
5 6 7 8
12 13 14 15
19 20 21 22
26 27 28 29
Boo-Yah!
Super Bowl
Boo-Yah!
Valentines
Day
Boo-Yah!
Wired w/ BCC
Boo-Yah!
Parent
Meeting
Boo-Yah!
THURSDAY
2
9
16
23
Groundhog
Day
FRIDAY
3
10
17
24
Believe
SATURDAY
4
11
18
25
Believe
Girls Cooking
Class
Winter Jam
MYC
3206 N. York St.
Muskogee, OK 74403