Welcome
Welcome to youth ministry at North Branch Wesleyan. We meet on Sunday nights from 6:00-8:00PM at the church. Our goal is to create an environment where students experience three things: wonder, discovery and passion. To learn more about this, go to www.xp3students.org.

Wonder says that I am created to pursue an authentic relationship with my Creator.
Discovery says that I belong to Jesus Christ and define who I am by what He says.
Passion says that I exist every day to demonstrate God's love to a broken world. 

Our name, Intermission, stands for a few things. First, it means that when students come, they find a place where they can reflect on the first act. They can look back on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus as the starting point for what will happen in the second act.

Second, at Intermission students are challenged to live out the passion they experience in the second act, to be people who live out the kingdom of God in their schools, with their friends, at their church, and in their families. We want each person to be able to discover the answer to the question, "What's your inner mission?" 

We invite you to join us Sunday nights. Here's the current teaching series. 

Forward Motion:

We’ve all made resolutions and set goals, but too often we fall short of what we expected to accomplish. Unfortunately it’s often the same when we try to become the Christian we really believe God has called us to be. We fall short of the goal and become increasingly discouraged. In this series, your student will learn that following Christ is more about the small steps we make every day, not about the huge leaps of faith that we think we need to make. They will set a goal, determine the first step and then make it. The series will end with a celebration!

Week One: To the Moon (August 8) 
Bottom Line: Following Christ is about steps, not leaps. 
This week your students will be introduced to the myth that Christianity is all about taking big leaps of faith. They will encounter some of Scripture’s most daunting verses, and wrestle with what it means to have a life of spiritual growth. Each student will set a goal for himself or herself, and the next few weeks they will revisit their goals.

Week Two: The Walk (August 15)
Bottom Line: The way you get from where you are to where you want to be is one step at a time. 
This may sound ridiculously obvious, but we all forget it. We want to go to the gym one time and look like a model; we want to make one smart comment at work and be promoted right to the top. But we know deep down that isn’t the way things work. The good news is that in our spiritual development, God has not left us alone to work out the mess. He has sent His Spirit to guide us. This week, students will look at the power of the Holy Spirit to guide their paths, and they will make a plan for beginning to take the first step toward their goals.

Week Three: Party (August 23)
Bottom Line: Celebrate the steps you take in your relationship with God, and celebrate the steps others take as well.
It’s all about celebration, not the cheap kind of celebration that comes from making a big deal out of nothing, but the real party that comes naturally when we know that we have made even the slightest move in the right direction. Your students will talk this week about what it looks like to encourage each other and celebrate with each other whenever they make progress toward one of their goals.

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	Youth Release Form	06/29/2010