• 8th grade boys meeting at WCC on Tuesday Mornings at 7:45 at WCC
• 6th-7th Grade Boys meeting on Thursday Mornings at 7:45 at WCC

The Rosemont boys walk to school afterwards, and we have carpools running to Athey Creek.

• If you would like more information on these studies, please email andrewmartin (at) willamettechurch.com.

Info on middle school girls Bible studies will be coming soon!  Any parents willing to host/help lead bible studies for middle school girls, please email andrewmartin (at) willamettechurch.com.  Thank you!

Adventure Day is almost here! This Saturday, August 13, we will be heading down to the Salem Ropes Course. It’s only $50, and it’s going to be a great time.  We’ll provide lunch and dinner!  If you have not signed up, make sure to do so by this Thursday.  We will be closing signups on Thursday at 6:00 PM.

All signed up?  Great!  Here are a few things to remember for Adventure Day:

1. Meet at the Church at 8:30 AM (meet at the Student Center, south end).
2. If you have not paid online, bring $50 check or cash!
3. You will need to have filled out an updated Willamette Christian Church medical consent form. (The old ones expired July 31^st, so if you haven’t filled one out for the 2011-2012 school year, make sure to do so.) There are two ways to complete WCC medical release: either as a PDF to download and print, or complete the online version.
4. You will also need to print off and fill out a release for the YWAM ropes course.  The YWAM release can be found here.
5. Closed-toe shoes.
6. Clothes comfortable to be active in.
7. WEAR SUNBLOCK!!! (It looks like it’s going to be hot outside on Saturday, and we don’t want anyone to get burned)
8. Bring a water bottle (We don’t want anyone getting dehydrated).
9. Pickup at the church will be at 6:30 PM that evening, after we eat dinner.

If you’ve got any questions, feel free to contact Andrew Martin at andrewmartin@willamettechurch.com.

We hope to see you all there!

Ben

More information and Signups are here!

Hey everyone! Well I have been living in Oregon for 3 days, enjoying the sun…everyone tells me it’s always like this, so that’s exciting! But I just wanted to introduce myself and tell you a little about me.

I have been a youth pastor in California for the past 8 years. My relationship with Pastor Joel goes all the way back to the mid-90′s when I was a student in Joel’s first youth group. He has been an amazing friend and mentor to me over the years. My wife Jodie and I were both born and raised in Northern California, in the Bay Area, but had to go all the way to Los Angeles to meet each other, while attending Biola University.

I grew up a Pastor’s Kid, and I first felt the call to go into full time youth ministry after college when I was living in Mozambique working at an orphanage and teaching at a Bible College. After I came home I became a volunteer in the middle school youth group at the church I grew up in. I have been working in ministry ever since. I love hanging out with students, teaching, discipling, and just building relationships and being involved in the lives of kids.

I enjoy basketball, baseball, college football, ultimate frisbee, coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, Monster energy drinks, reading, fishing, Chipotle and listening to music. I also have an 1 year old Siberian Husky named Posey who only has two working legs.

My wife and I are so excited to be here and be a part of the Willamette Christian family, and work with the middle school students and their families! We can’t wait to meet you!

-Andrew

This last week, Pastor Jeff opened our series “Living Loud” by talking about Moses, and how he answered God’s call.  Despite all of his weaknesses, Moses made himself available to God, and God used him to extraordinary things.

This upcoming week, I have the opportunity to continue our series by speaking on another life that made noise for the Lord.  The prophet Elijah lived in a time where the kingdom of Israel was hostile against the Lord.  King Ahab and his wife Jezebel established worship of pagan gods, such as Baal.  Because Israel had turned away from Him, the Lord sent Elijah to Ahab to pronounce a drought on the land.  The rain stopped falling, and the waters dried up.

Three years later, and still no rain, God sends Elijah back to face Ahab. You can imagine how the king felt about Elijah considering that water and food had become so scarce.  Ahab desired to kill Elijah, the man he blamed for the drought, but Elijah had a message, one that would proclaim the supremacy of God.

Whats was Elijah’s message? What point was Elijah trying to make?  Why did God want Elijah to return to Ahab, the man that wanted to kill him?  Read 1 Kings 18 with your student to find out, and we’ll talk about it on Sunday.

In Him,

Ben