Element Youth Group

For Interhigh Monthly #5 explored the worldview of Disney.  We learned that Disney perpetrates a very skewed worldview, especially on young people.  We looked at how the corporation, through it’s movies and programming,  discretely tries to feed it’s audience a worldview where both men and woman are valued based on how they look, where bad, abusive relationships are tolerated and even glorified, and how romance is the highest goal .  Beware!  Childhood favorites like Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Alladin are all full of these messages.
In P. Will’s message, we learned about what it meant to be a youth in the Church.  We learned that God never intended for us to be alone as Christians.  The Church is God’s plan to reverse the effects of sin in our lives.  Not only that, we need the Church to grow and change.  It is a place where we receive God’s love, and in turn, use our gifts to love others.  God has a special plan for every youth in his/her youth group.

Friday:

• What: Bible Study
• Where: Northloop
• When: 6:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Element White Elephant Gift Exchange afterward.  Please bring something new (or relatively new) worth $5-$10 and wrapped.

Sunday 12/20-Wednesday 12/23:

• What: INTERHIGH WINTER RETREAT
• Speaker: Pastor William Kang
• Where: Sierra Lodge
• When: Departing from Northloop on 12/20 @ 3:00pm, Returning to Northloop on 12/23 @ 6:00pm
• Cost: $80

To sign up click here (you’ll need to scroll down a bit to see the registration box)!

Wow!  Guest speakers gave overwhelming presentations on the complexity of the DNA and the cell.  They put forth a lot of information that really drove home the point that random chance just could not have produced the complexity we see in the cells and DNA of our bodies and all other living things!

FRIDAY, 12/4 – NO BIBLE STUDY

We will not be meeting due to InterHigh monthly on Saturday.

SATURDAY, 12/5 – INTERHIGH MONTHLY

• Who: For Junior High and High School
• Time: 4:30 (registration starts), 5-9pm
• Place: NL
• Rides: Alameda High and Lincoln Middle School

SUNDAY, 12/6 – BAPTISM SERVICE

• Who: For Junior High and High School
• What: Small Group Time and Baptism Service (We will have several of our Element students getting baptized!!!)
• Time: 10-330pm – Please note that everyone is going to Willard for service!
• Place: NL

We’re getting there with the dance moves!!!

Check out the pictures in the photos section!

Friday:

• What: Thanksgiving Celebration Practice
• Where: Northloop
• When: 6:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Saturday:

• What: InterHigh Monthly #2
• Where: Northloop
• When: 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

We continued with the topic of “Why Am I So Stressed?”  I mean… who isn’t stressed?  Papers, midterms, projects, work, relational conflicts, family, friends, health, image, financial troubles, worries of the unknown, etc., all of these things are sources of stress.  Pastor Will noted that we stress because we fear the unknown.  However, we need to deal with our fears by trusting in a person greater than the outcome of those fears.   In Matthew 6:25-34 we find that God is that person. He provides for our needs. We can cast our anxieties upon Him through prayer. And He gives us the community of believers so that we don’t have to be alone.

And yeah… it’s that time again!  Thanksgiving Celebration dance practice!  With teacher Josh leading, I have no doubt our dance is going to be sick!!!

Check out the trailer!

Gracepoint Berkeley Thanksgiving Celebration Trailer 2009 from Gracepoint Berkeley on Vimeo.