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The Youth Program is going strong!
Grades 6-12 meet every Sunday. We
meet in the morning at 9am and
evenings at 6pm - 8pm. We have a great time of fellowship,
fun, and diving into the Word of God.
The Youth Textament is a huge hit. I text a Bible
verse via cell phone to everyone signed up once a day to help
encourage each other with the Word of God. Every week, I get
more people wanting to be a part of this. I currently have
22 people receiving daily text messages. After the verse is
sent out, it sparks great conversations between all of us.
Men's Breakfast is coming up this Saturday, November
1st. The youth will be making breakfast for the men that gather
once a month. Any youth that did not sign up and would like
to help, please be at the church by 8am this Saturday. We
are making a yummy breakfast, ssshhh…don't tell them
what it is.
Crop Walk Appreciation - This Sunday, November
2nd, the youth will be meeting at Uncle Ray's Ice Cream at
3 pm. We will gather with local churches to share fellowship
and celebration. More details coming soon through the mail.
Children's Church - Many of the youth will be teaching
children's church this Sunday at 10:30am. We are excited to
share God's love with the smaller children.
A special thanks to Tammy Neuville for volunteering her
time and leading the Middle School group during the Faith
in Action series. Thanks Tammy, for putting your Faith in
Action and being a great leader for the students!
Regular attendance on Sunday evenings has been between
25 - 30 students each week. God is working in Linden, this
is just the beginning!!!
In the Love of Christ,
Eric Pitonyak
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school youth: our ministry to high schoolers is growing
every week. Our recent change to our format has been successful
and provides youth with the opportunity to get involved
with other teens while experiencing challenging lessons
about Christ in new and different ways. |
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school youth: perhaps the most successful of it’s
kind locally, our middle school youth program has seen
dozens of youth come to a better understanding of Jesus,
all while experiencing hilarious skits and participating
in games that help them understand how fun God really
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119
W Broad Street
P.O. Box 277
Linden, MI 48451
(810) 735-5755
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Confirmation Class of 2008
The Confirmation Journey for 2008
has begun with 13 youth participating
including:
| Brook
Bloomfield |
Harrison
Riggs |
| Blake
Broomfield |
Andrew
Robare |
| Riley
Chapin |
Patrick
Sweet |
| Tori
Chapin |
Sarah
Sweet |
| Christopher
Drew |
Kric
Vitek |
| Hunter
Griffin |
Alex
Wagner |
| McKailey
Mitchell |
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congregation is encouraged to pray for these young people
during this important spiritual journey.
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"Everyday
they continued to meet together in the temple courts.
They broke bread in their homes and ate together
with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying
the favor of all people. And the Lord added to their
number daily those who were being saved."
Acts 2:46-47 |
Be
sure to meet our new Youth Director
Eric Pitonyak
Eric is from Holly and
for the last 5 years has worked as a Lead Caregiver
for the Rochester Community Schools in Rochester, MI,
working with children and youth.
He served as a Youth Director
this past year for the Kensington Community Church at
their Rochester Hills campus.
The previous 4 years he
served as a volunteer in the Youth Ministry at the Kensington
Church. Eric is also a Youth Mentor with the Holly Youth
Assistance Program, a professional on-call firefighter
for the North Oakland County and a Motivational speaker
in schools K-12.
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* Any parents able to volunteer with grades 6-12 in any
way please contact Eric Pitonyak at EPitonyak@LindenPres.com
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