FALL RETREAT: ALPHA AND OMEGA!!

Amazingly, it's fall retreat time again! This is an all ages escape from the world for a few days of growth, worship, bonding, and fun, all out in the beautiful fall weather! It's a weekend to catch your breath while growing closer to God in so many ways. This year is going to be extra special because we're being joined by teens from the churches that attend GVBC with us! Johnson, Mount Comfort, and Claremore are all bringing teens to worship and grow alongside us! We'll hear speakers from each group, and have what I have no doubt will be some of the most amazing worship ever! It's shaping up to be an AMAZING weekend!

Our theme is going to be ALPHA AND OMEGA, and will be a deep look into how God is the ALMIGHTY, the beginning and end, and is infinitely bigger than any of our worries, fears, or mistakes.

Here are the basics!
WHO? RAVE teens of ALL AGES, and as many parents as would like to come
WHAT? A weekend away in the beauty of fall to grow closer to God and each other
WHEN?  September 19-21 (we'll leave around 5:00 on the 19th, and return around lunch time on the 21st. NOTE: Arrangements are being made for those with extracurricular commitments! SEE ME IF THIS INCLUDES YOU!)
WHERE? Beautiful Sky Ranch Cave Springs
HOW MUCH? $78 for teens, $39 for parents and smaller kids
WHAT DO I BRING? Clothes, bedding (pillow and sheets or sleeping bag), BIBLE, ALL your bathroom needs

FNL MOVIE NIGHT: GOD'S NOT DEAD!!

Folks this movie has been making waves since it's release date!! What better movie to support than this!  This weekend we're gonna give it a go!  We're going join forces with the Children/Family ministry and show it on the big screen in the gym with popcorn and drinks and the whole nine yards! It'll start right after our 5th Sunday singing night, and for those who would like to stick around, we'll have some discussion and devo time right after. It's gonna be a GREAT night!  Come be a part of it!

Here are the details..

WHO? All RAVE teens/families PLUS this is a GREAT night to bring a friend or two!!
WHAT? Watching the hit movie God's Not Dead
WHEN? This Sunday night, August 31, at 7:00 pm
WHERE? The Rob Ave Family Center
WHAT DO I BRING? A friend and any snacks you would like to smuggle in (popcorn and drinks provided)

FAMILY NIGHT LIVE: VOLLEYBALL!!

Time again to come together as families to eat, play, and worship together!  These are always a blast, so come on out! Here are the details!

WHO?  ALL RAVE TEENS AND FAMILIES!
WHAT?  Playing volleyball and cards, having a cookout (THANK YOU BILL!!) and worshiping together!
WHEN?  THIS SUNDAY NIGHT from 7:00 to 8:30ish
WHERE?  At ROB AVE (previously was going to be at Veterans Memorial Park, but it's looking like rain)
WHAT DO I BRING?  Guys bring 2 liters, girls bring sweets!

SEE YOU THERE!!

SENIOR HIGH RETREAT!!

It's HEEEEERE!!  The spring is coming, and with it comes AWESOME youth stuff like the SENIOR HIGH RETREAT!!  And folks, this one is gonna be AMAZING.  I'm so pumped about this theme!  It's gonna be a DEEP DIG into our walk with God, the people we journey with, and what happened with each encounter on the road to Emmaus. This is gonna be GOOD STUFF.

There will be more info as we go, but the basics are already in place, so here ya go!

WHO?  ALL RAVE SENIOR HIGH (9th-12th) TEENS, THEIR FRIENDS, AND PARENTS
WHAT?  A time of digging, growing, learning, bonding, and worshiping together
WHEN?  April 11-13, 2014
WHERE?  Sky Ranch, one of the best of the best around
HOW MUCH?  $80 for teens, half price for adults (NEVER let price stop you. Talk to me, Keith, or Harry, and we'll handle it confidentially.)
WHAT DO I BRING?  Bedding, Pillow, toiletries, BIBLE, weather appropriate clothes, and any sports stuff you wanna bring.

This is gonna be a GREAT weekend.  Some of the leadership is gonna be taken on by our AMAZING bunch of seniors.  Don't miss out on this one!

SIGN UP TODAY OUTSIDE MY OFFICE OR EMAIL ME AND I'LL SIGN YOU UP!!

MARCH FNL: ARKADIA RETROCADE!!

HERE ARE SOME PICS OF A GREAT NIGHT!!!

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!!

After a couple of reschedulings and postponings, we finally get to go to Arkadia!  Folks, this place is AMAZING. It's an AUTHENTIC 80's arcade, complete with every arcade game you loved as a child, with one AWESOME twist: You pay a flat fee at the door and you can play AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.  I know.  It's FANTASTIC.

SO..our March Family Night Live will be a BLAST!! We'll have the place to ourselves, so we'll have a time of worship and some food too, so it'll be GREAT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY (my kids love it ALMOST as much as I do)!!

So here are the basics!  See you there!

NOTE: It's usually $5 to get in, but the owner is going to give us a never-before-seen price of $2 this time!!

WHO?  ALL RAVE TEENS AND FAMILIES!
WHAT? An awesome night of having a blast, worshiping, and just being together
WHEN? March 16, 2014 from 7 until we want to leave
WHERE? Arkadia Retrocade at 1478 N. College Ave. Fayetteville AR 72703
WHAT DO I BRING? Just bring $2 to get in, and GUYS --> SNACK FOOD, GIRLS --> 2 LITER

THE FLOOD ON THE BIG SCREEN!!

LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES!!

It's not that often that Hollywood looks to the bible for inspiration, and yes, this one will probably have some holes in it, but even so, this'll be a great chance to go out together and see a story from the bible played out on the big screen!  It opens March 28, so Sunday, March 30, I'm going to go see it at 7:00, and I would love to take a crew along with me! If we pile 'em in for Spider-man, we can pile 'em in for Noah!  

ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO, PLEASE GET ME YOUR TICKET MONEY (BY THAT PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY NIGHT) AND I'LL GET TICKETS IN ADVANCE!!  That way we just walk right in!  So let me know if you wanna go! Let's make a family affair!

ANNOUNCING THE LANDING!!

SO SO EXCITED to announce that this year we're going to unveil the TEEN VERSION OF CELEBRATE RECOVERY CALLED "THE LANDING"!!  This is still in the development phase, so now is the best possible time for YOU to join this effort!

SO MANY teens are struggling with hurts, hang-ups, and habits.  This for the full range of these struggles.  It mirrors the way Celebrate Recovery is structured, but it's geared directly toward teens. This is REALLY going to be an amazing thing, and will go WAY beyond just benefiting Robinson Avenue. This is going to change lives the same way Celebrate Recovery has.

HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW!!

1. We're building a team of people who will be part of this.  The specific roles are still very much to be determined, so if you feel a draw to this ministry at all, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! How amazing will it be to be in on this from the onset!

2. Start now, joining with your teens, looking for people who need this ministry.  It's for addictions of all kinds, hurts from mistakes in the past, hurts from being victims of people or circumstances, and so much more.  KEEP A PRAYERFUL EYE OUT FOR TEENS WHO NEED THIS MINISTRY!!

MORE INFO COMING VERY SOON!! PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS AS WE GO!!