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How do we walk with wisdom when it comes to our friends? Check out this week of wisdumb and learn how you can be wise and not dumb with your friends.

Proverbs gives us a lot of insight in how we can walk with wisdom when it comes to our family. Check out this message to hear how you can be wise and not dumb with your family.

We kick off our summer by starting our new series WisDumb. We will spend the summer studying the book of Proverbs to learn how we can be wise and not dumb. Tonight we'll look at the basic topic of Wisdom. We'll discover where wisdom comes from but also how we can continue to walk in wisdom!

On our 6th graders first night, we talk about how we can get the most out of the ROCK. We spend some time looking at a familiar story to see how we can get out of the ROCK what we put into the ROCK. This is a great opportunity for each us to learn how to grow as we start off with our new 6th graders!

On our 8th graders last night, they are experiencing a whole lot of change. In the midst of all their change, we focused on the simple truth found in Hebrews 13:8. We learn what is unchanging in our unchanging world.

It’s time for some real talk. Living out our faith can be hard. From navigating our friends, our words, our actions, and even money… living in a way that brings God glory is hard. This is where the book of James comes in. The book of James is a book that is all about how we can have a real faith that works in our real world. Over the next five weeks, we’ll be looking at what it takes to have a real faith that really works!

Tonight we wrap up our series by looking at James 5. James covers many topics in James 5, but a major chunk of James 5 covers the topic of prayer. Therefore, tonight we’ll be discussing prayer, focusing on its power and explaining the basics of prayer as well. We want students to understand why prayer makes such a big difference in their relationship with Jesus and how they can spend time in prayer too! We will show students that prayer is powerful because it changes the world around us but more importantly it changes our own hearts too! When we pray, we will begin to understand that our prayers are powerful and produce wonderful results!

It’s time for some real talk. Living out our faith can be hard. From navigating our friends, our words, our actions, and even money… living in a way that brings God glory is hard. This is where the book of James comes in. The book of James is a book that is all about how we can have a real faith that works in our real world. Over the next five weeks, we’ll be looking at what it takes to have a real faith that really works!

We are in week 3 of our series, which means we’ll be looking at James 3 tonight. James 3 starts off dealing with something that many of us struggle with today. That problem is the power of our words, or as James puts it… taming the tongue. Tonight we’ll look at why it’s so important to tame our tongues and the consequences that come from it. The biggest part of the problem with our words is that our words reflect what’s going on with our hearts. If our heart is focused on sin, then our words will reflect that. If our heart is focused on Jesus, then our words will reflect that too. While it seems small, our words play a role in how we live out our faith everyday!

It’s time for some real talk. Living out our faith can be hard. From navigating our friends, our words, our actions, and even money… living in a way that brings God glory is hard. This is where the book of James comes in. The book of James is a book that is all about how we can have a real faith that works in our real world. Over the next five weeks, we’ll be looking at what it takes to have a real faith that really works!

Tonight we continue our series by looking at James 2 and how faith acts. James essentially says that followers of Christ will show their faith by how they treat the people around them and how they live out their faith. This may sound like a contradiction to Paul who says that we can’t do anything to be saved. The reality is that James and Paul don’t contradict each other but instead compliment each other. We are saved by our faith in Jesus, but when we’re saved we our life produces fruit. We want students to understand that we don’t behave to be saved, but when we’re saved we see a change in how we behave.

It’s time for some real talk. Living out our faith can be hard. From navigating our friends, our words, our actions, and even money… living in a way that brings God glory is hard. This is where the book of James comes in. The book of James is a book that is all about how we can have a real faith that works in our real world. Over the next five weeks, we’ll be looking at what it takes to have a real faith that really works!

Tonight we kick off our series, Real Talk, by looking at James 1. James 1 is all about how we can grow deeper in our faith. James shows us that trials can help us grow, but he also shows us that God’s Word plays an important role too. Specifically, how we respond to God’s Word. James shows us that we must accept God’s Word and not reject it. He also shows us that we must continually remember God’s Word. James also shows us that we must obey God’s Word. In all of this insight, we must understand that we must do what God’s Word says. This is the mark of every follower of Jesus who is and wants to grow deeper in their faith!

We all want to be remembered for something. This is where a legacy comes in. The idea of leaving a legacy is the need or the desire to be remembered for what you have contributed to the world. While many people want to be remembered for contributions made, advancements in society or discoveries that change the world. However, as followers of Jesus, our contribution is much more.

Tonight, the 8th graders will be leading a discussion on how we can live out and leave a legacy that is worth being remembered for. This legacy comes when we have a deep love for God. Where we love him with everything we are and first in our lives. It also comes when we have a deep love for other people. This is evident in our daily interactions with the people around us. Our legacy also comes when we love God’s Word. The Bible leads us into a life that is centered on Jesus. Finally, our legacy matters when we love living out our faith. We show the world around us what we believe and how it has changed us. These things bring a legacy that really lasts!