RAVE Youth Ministries

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2007-12-11T11:10:00.003-08:00

Hey Everyone

Just a quick note to let you know what’s up this week at Rave Youth Ministry.

This Wednesday night is “United Worship” it is being held at Parkdale Church on Sidney street. The service starts at 7pm and is finished at 9pm.

Because of the Jr. High’s having their Christmas Party Thursday night at the church and us having United Worship the night before, there will be NO YOUTH ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 13. So make sure you get out to United Worship Wednesday night this is our service this week. Also our own Brandon Thorn will be speaking giving his testimony so get out and support him.

Also the youth and Jr. High retreat is Jan 11-13 we need your deposit in by December 30 (the sooner the better you can postdated the check to the 30th). You need to get this done right away because of the season time flies bye and you don’t want to miss out on this great weekend. If you have any questions give me a shout.

Next week we will be meeting as usual here at DSCF @ 7:00 for a fun night of Christmas celebration.

So I will see you Wednesday at Parkdale, please pass this information on to everyone so no one gets left out.

Bless You

Pastor Mark & Rhonda
“RAVE youth ministries has a desire to raise up a generation that is grounded on the promises of God’s Word. To give youth a place where they can Worship freely. Teaching them that God loves them unconditionally. Challenging them to live their life in Wholeness, so they know God’s purpose for themselves”.

Hello

2007-12-11T11:10:00.001-08:00

Well I don't know about you but I much rather have snow then this freezing rain, this is crazy. Anyway I just wanted to bring you up to date on what's happening this week at Rave Youth Ministries.

Thursday night 7:00 here at the Stream, we will be having a joint service with the Jr. High with special guest speaker "Jodie Jenkins". Make sure you plan on coming out if you have never heard JJ speak then you are in for a treat he is a lot fun when he brings the Word to you. This is a great night to bring someone new, because JJ has a real heart for youth of Belleville.
Also there will be some other special things going on food, prizes just a great night so make sure you get out.

I want to say thanks to Amanda for doing a great job planning our Christmas party last week everyone who came had a great time I know I did and the food was awesome so thanks manda:-)

Mark in your calendar Jan 11-13, because that is the weekend of your youth retreat. Make sure you pick up the info Thursday from Leanne as she plans a great weekend that I am sure will change you and your walk with God.

And the last thing to remind you of is next Wednesday (Dec12) is the United Worship night. This will be taking place at Parkdale church on Sidney street from 7-9. It will be a great night of worship with all the youth groups of Belleville. We will be doing instead of our normal youth service on Thursday.

So if you have any questions of what’s going on give me a shout, if not I will see you on Thursday.

Bless you
Pastor Mark & Rhonda

Good Morning

2007-11-17T15:41:00.001-08:00

Good Morning Everyone

I hope and pray that this Monday has been a great start to this week. Only 43 days till Christmas and that is awesome. But only 13 days till Grey Cup go Argos!!

Anyway I just wanted to let you know what's happen this week at Rave Youth Ministry. This Thursday we are back to normal with our service starting at 7:00 with awesome worship with Derek and gang and diving into God's word and what He has for us this week.

This Saturday night at 7:00 is the Bi Monthly youth and young adult service "Regnr8" with special speaker Mark Griffin. So grab a friend and plan on being here for a great night.

And next Thursday the 22nd is our Christmas Party, Amanda will have all the details Thursday night you don't want to miss this annual night of fun and celebration.

So that’s what’s up this week, I look forward to seeing you all on Thursday night.

Bless you

This Week

2007-11-17T15:40:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone I want to remind you of what’s up in Rave ministry this week. There is NO service because of the conference, you are welcome to come and enjoy this conference, and I hope to see you there.

Also I very proud of you and the Jr.Highs you did up 94 boxes last week for Operation Christmas Child. So I pray for blessings over you and over the boxes that you have sowed into the lives of the needy kids that will now have a great Christmas because of you. And who will experience God’s love because of it.

A reminder of some other things coming up this month. Nov 17 @ 7:00pm will be the Bi Monthly Regnr8 service with the youth and young adults. Pastor Mark Griffin will be the guest speaker that night so mark it on the calendar. Also Nov 22 is the Rave Christmas Party it will be a progressive dinner again this year. Amanda will have more details so keep an eye out for that and plan on being there.

So that’s what’s up this week I pray you have a great week at school at home and with the Lord.

Bless you

This Week

2007-10-22T10:48:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone, well if this weather keeps up we will have to plan trips to the beach and not the corn maze.

So this week there is a couple things going on. Thursday night is our Rave service a night of worship and word. Plan on be here it all starts at 7:00pm.
Also Friday night is our fun night, we are meeting at the church and leaving for the corn maze at 5:15 sharp. After that we will be coming back for pizza and a movie. The cost for the night is $6 per student, what a deal. So bring a friend, if you haven’t signed up yet please let myself, or Amanda Dowling know please!

And a reminder that Sunday night it is our Harvest Party here at DSCF. It starts at 6:00 and all are welcome.

So I pray that you have a great week and that you have a opportunity to touch the life of someone you come into contact with at school, work or just hangin at the mall.

Remember that God has called us to spread His love and to help rescue a generation of lost people.

So bless you all, and have a great week and I can’t wait to see you Thursday.

Blessings,

Pastor Mark & Rhonda

What's Up

2007-10-17T06:23:00.000-07:00

Hey guys & gals

I hope you are having a great week, it is starting feel like fall I hope you get a chance to get out and enjoy it. Actually you will have a chance, because on Friday October 26 we are having a fun night. That night we will be meeting at 5:00 pm here at the church and then head to a corn maze at Campbell's orchard. After there we will come back to the church for food and a movie. So PLEASE let me know this week if you can make it because we have to let them know how many are coming and to make sure we have enough rides.

Also anyone interested in putting a ball hockey team together. This Saturday at Calvary Temple they are hosting a ball hockey tourney. The teams are 5 per team and there is a $20 entry fee. If you want to know more give me a shout.

This Thursday we will be gathering together for our weekly meeting at Rave. It starts at 7:00pm come with an expecting heart that God will do something in your life.

Also for you to mark in your calendar here are a couple of other things coming up. October 28 is the Harvest party at the church and you are invited to come and enjoy or help with it. And on November 1, that will be our shoe box night. We will be going out to buy stuff for packing shoe boxes to send to third world kids. Invite a friend, start saving your money, get ready to give. The goal for the Jr. High and Youth is 100 boxes.

Anyway I will see you all on Thursday night.

Bless You

Pastor Mark & Rhonda

Thanksgiving

2007-10-09T07:22:00.001-07:00

Well I am sure you are all lying on the coach, or getting ready to indulge in your Thanksgiving dinner. I know I had one yesterday and I am blessed to be having another one today. I hope you get a chance to take a moment to think about all that we can be thankful for. I know I am very thankful for so much. All the blessings in my life, for Rhonda and my kids, for friends and family. For a job that I enjoy going to, for this awesome country Canada, and so much more. So I encourage to to take the time and tell God how thankful you are for all the blessings in your life. “Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name”.

This week at Rave we have a couple of things going on. Wednesday at 7:00 at Calvary Temple it is our first United Worship of the year. This is a great time of getting together with all the other youth groups in town for a night of worship, word and fun. So grab a friend and make sure you can make it out and see who you know from other churches.

Also on Thursday night it will be our regular Rave ministry night starting at 7:00 we will be doing a couple things different again this week so make sure you get out for a great night.

Well I have to go get the stretchy pants on so I can go eat some more. So I will see you on Wednesday night.

Bless You

Pastor Mark & Rhonda

Good Morning

2007-10-01T07:48:00.001-07:00

Well Good Morning

I hope you are all having a great start to the week. The sun is shining it is warm out and the Patriots play tonight:-)

Things happening this week in Rave Thursday night at 7:00pm. We will have a great night worship and dig into the word of God.

We will also have some dates and events hopefully for you on Thursday also, after the leadership meets tomorrow night.

So you guys all have a great week in the Lord, and I will see you on Thursday.

Bless you

Pastor Mark & Rhonda

Hello Again

2007-09-26T10:26:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys

Well I hope you are having a great week so far, I am a little slow getting out this e-mail.
This week is a normal week we will have our Rave service Thursday night at 7:00pm. I will be talking about "How Do I Engage in Spiritual Warfare?"
Derek and the band are planning a great night of worship and Megan & Brandon have something up there sleeve so I will see you all on Thursday night.

Bless You

Pastor Mark & Rhonda

Welcome back

2007-09-12T06:05:00.001-07:00

Hey Guys

I blinked and it is already Tuesday, man time flies bye. Well we got through our first day of school here at DSCF. We have 3 full time awesome students and we had 43 part time students last night.

I just wanted to thank our worship team again for a great job they did last Thursday, I can't wait to hear you again this week.

That in mind this Thursday night is RAVE YOUTH at 7:00. Now that you have a week under belt with the new school schedule, I should see you all out for a great night of worship, word and fun.

Just a note to write in your schedule, that the next Regnbr8 service for the youth & young adults is this month Sept 22nd at 7:00pm. I encourage you to plan on coming out for this great time.

Over the next couple weeks you will be getting contacted about the disciple groups that are going to be happening at different time and locations, get plugged in so you can go deeper in your walk with God.

Well I got to get going to football practice so I will see you all on Thursday night.

Bless you

Pastor Mark &Rhonda
“RAVE youth ministries has a desire to raise up a generation that is grounded on the promises of God’s Word. To give youth a place where they can Worship freely. Teaching them that God loves them unconditionally. Challenging them to live their life in Wholeness, so they know God’s purpose for themselves”.

Back Again.

2007-08-27T15:07:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone

Well I am back from 3 weeks vacation and it was great. I was in Bristol Tennessee last week to see a race. There was 160000 people there and we where part of a card stunt we all had a placard assigned to us and when the national anthem was on we held them up and it was a huge American flag. Since 160000 people did it we are going to be in the Guinness Book of records... I thought it was cool.

Anyway this is the last week of holidays back to school next week and back to the routines. So that being said this Thursday we are going out with fun. We are going to go mini golfing at the mall and then back to the church for pizza and hanging out. So come to the church for 7:00pm we will load up some cars and vans and go up. You will have to pay for your own golf it’s under $10 and the pizza is on me. If you are coming or can drive get back to me so we know we have it all covered.

Also this Sunday is the church corn roast it will be right after the service at the McLennen’s plan on coming out for some free food and some fun. Also there will be baptism service if you would like to be baptized let me or the office know.

Well I will talk to you soon, if you have any questions email me.

Bless You

Pastor Mark & Rhonda

“RAVE youth ministries has a desire to raise up a generation that is grounded on the promises of God’s Word. To give youth a place where they can Worship freely. Teaching them that God loves them unconditionally. Challenging them to live their life in Wholeness, so they know God’s purpose for themselves”.

Goodbye Forum

2007-08-08T07:59:00.000-07:00

Well, aside from myself and Adrian not much happened on the forum. Its been removed to save up space on the navbar at the top for future additions.
If you still want to use the forum it can be found here but I don't imagine anyone will want to. I'll try to find some kind of chat app to add. Its probably a better way to communicate with others on the site anyway.
God bless and keep website suggestions coming!

August 5th - 11th - Camp Thursday

2007-08-08T07:46:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone

I hope your week has started great I know mine has. The weather is awesome and the pool is in great shape.
I just wanted to remind you that this Thursday we are taking a bus up to Cobourg for youth camp service. We will be leaving the church at 5:45 so please be on time if you want to go. There is no cost but you might want to bring a couple bucks for the canteen or a stop at Dairy Queen.
If you are planning on going drop me a quick line back so we will be looking for you.

Talk to you soon.

Pastor Mark & Rhonda

Holy wow!

2007-07-19T07:26:00.000-07:00

So I'm pretty sure your webmaster (me) is suffering from summer lathargia (apparently that's not a word but I think it is lol). Its been ages since the last post on here and tons have happened.
There was the XTREME Challenge (which have JUST now had the pictures added on for, check them out). Pratt was the grand champion of the day, taking it from Mike from last year.
Now we have the VBS to look forward too. Prep is happening all week, even today. At youth tonight it will be a workbee. Come prepared to help and volunteer hours are available for anyone who comes.
God bless everyone's summer and hopefully I'll keep this more regular.
Feel free to email feedback and site ideas to the emails listed at the side.

Wow Wow Wee Wow!

2007-06-25T18:23:00.000-07:00

The Strawberry Social was awesome!Dogs, burgers, salads and strawberries galore.
Thank you to everyone who helped with it.
Don't forget the kid's VBS is coming up next month. Its from the 23rd to the 27th and help is really needed. Email Pastor Mark for more information on how you can help.
Sorry all for the lax updates lately. They'll be more frequent with all of the things going on.
NO YOUTH THIS THURSDAY. People are graduating so there's no youth.
Next week is the XTREME Challenge. Mike Horn may be returning to defend his title and there will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Invite your friends for a time they'll love and be grossed out by! :)

United Worship

2007-06-08T16:07:00.001-07:00

United Worship went great.
We got a chance to host it and our worship team did a great job at praising Jesus.
Ian from YFC was able to bring Faith to talk about what is happening in Zambia and we expect great things from that.
It was also a great excuse to fellowship with our friends from other houses AND get our minds off school just before exams.
Good luck with that everyone.

Videos Are Up

2007-05-30T14:43:00.001-07:00

Some of the pictures and videos from the weekend are up on Youtube now. The ones posted so far are all from a cell phone but the clearer ones will be up shortly. Here's a sample of the video. Our very own Pastor Mark...

If you took pictures please bring your camera or memory card to Youth on Thursday so we can get more of them uploaded. Thanks tons.

LAST NIGHT!!

2007-05-30T13:57:00.000-07:00

Tonight's the last night of Quest. Be sure to come out and hear the closing of the 7 week message.
We are hosting United Worship next week on Wednesday so there is no Youth on Thursday.
Check the calendar, it should have things in it about upcoming events.
God bless

World Wide - Youth Convention '07

2007-05-27T17:54:00.000-07:00

The convention was awesome. Al Griffin was hilarious and really drove home some important points. He didn't care whos toes he stepped on and at this point we should all know if it hurts it means that they're probably right.
The first night he talked about David facing Goliath and related it to our own personal struggles with sin/circumstances. He spoke about how Goliath may seem huge in the physical but we can easily overcome it in the spiritual. He also brought up that once we knock out the sin/circumstance we need to go kill it completely and then go after the army that followed it. The reference for the night was all of 1 Sam : 17.
The morning of Saturday had a similar idea but not quite. While Friday's message was having to do with our sin and circumstance, this message seemed to be more related to our own personal responce to things that occur in our day-to-day life. He read from Acts 28: 1-10 and talked about how Paul was deserted on an island with a group of sailors and then was bitten by a viper. He stressed the understanding that vipers don't bite but instead they chew and poison. He pointed out you can't yank off the snake because it will chew harder and inject more posion. He read that Paul shook it off into the fire and continued on and let us know that this should be our response to issues that may arise.
The second service of Saturday was all dedicated to anointing. He went through the history of the anointing oil and the importance each ingredient, found in Exodus 30: 22-38, had and how each ingredient related directly to Christ. He then called out Jeff Hillier, the PAOC District Youth Director for this region, and got every youth leader to gather around him as he anointed him with this oil that he had made while dicussing its importance. After that each youth leader came back and anointed their youth group. As all who were present are aware the Lord definately made a prescence that night.
Sunday mornings service was all about Christ's thirst for us and ours for Him and how while we may be desperate enough for anything, only the purifying water of Christ is enough to fill you. He referenced alot of different scriptures including Christ on the cross saying "I thirst" and the command to give water to the poor because you are truly giving it to Jesus Himself. He ended the sermon by passing a big wooden cross over the outstretched hands of the crowd and we passed it throughout the whole crowd and then all bowed down in worship. It was an incredible end to the weekend.
Outside of the sermons was also fun involving bands, skateboarding, shopping, food and fellowship. It was a great weekend and I can't wait for the next!

Forum

2007-05-23T11:59:00.000-07:00

We've added a forum to the page to encourage conversation and discussion. If you click on the link at the top it will take you there and you can sign up to post things or you can browse without signing up.
Pratt has provided a great idea for the site and once it gets its ok it'll be started soon.
Just a freindly update on whats happening.
Don't forget Convention is this Friday and we're meeting at the church at 5 sharp.
God bless.

Convention

2007-05-21T20:08:00.000-07:00

Holy Moly!!! (moly 1 |ˈmōlē| noun ( pl. molies) 1 a southern European plant related to the onions, with small yellow flowers.... weird eh)
Convention is coming!!! This Friday. I bet you all forgot that it was this week. Don't worry, you're not the only ones.
Just a reminder from your freindly neighnourhood webmaster.

Updates Galore!

2007-05-18T16:22:00.002-07:00

On the technical side of things there is a new header and a new navigation bar (which I'm fairly fond of, though it needs improvements).
On the Youth Group side of things QUEST was great last night. It touched on how free stuff usually sucks but God's gift is a free one with no exceptions and the greatest reward ever (yes, even better than being richer than Bill Gates!).
Have you said yes to God's gift?
-RAVE YM

New Colors

2007-05-17T16:17:00.000-07:00

Like?
Comment at the bottom and let me know.
I have a cool idea for the header too. You'll all be surprised (or not).
- RAVE YM

Formatting

2007-05-15T20:10:00.000-07:00

So. The banner is being a pain but I think I finally got it. Funny thing is, its only a temporary banner.
It should be straight by the time this post is visible. If not I'm lost for ideas because it worked in the offline test that I did. Who knows.
SIGN UP FOR CONVENTION!!!!
- RAVE Youth

Pee Ess. Let us know some ideas for things to add down the side or on the navigation bar up at the top. Thanks much *thumbs up*

Woohoo.

2007-05-14T09:28:00.000-07:00

So the blog is now up and running. We'll likely keep changing it but its up in its basic form now.
Keep checking by often to view whats happening.
And get your money in for the Youth Convention so you can go!

FIRST POST!!!

2007-05-10T15:52:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to the RAVE Youth Ministries blog.
Right now it has a basic/ boring layout but we'll be changing it often and shortly.
Keep checking back and we'll post pictures and upcoming events as well as thoughts, studies and reflections on events that have already occured.
That's all for the first post. Time to try and make it look pretty.
God bless.
RAVE YM