Welcome Back!

Hello Mom & Dad,
Man it was awesome to be back again with students last night. It had been 3 weeks since we last met on a Wednesday night, and it was cool to gather as a community again and worship our great God! This was our first meeting of the school year, so it was the first week for many students in their new "tribe" or small group. This is basically when we had our graduation...8th graders moving up to the 9th grade tribe...so ask your son or daughter about their tribe, as they may be in a new one this year.

I feel like the night went well. I shared about the difference between our passion and our purpose. Each of us have a passion for something. I shared last night my passion was to be apart of a ministry that was making a difference in the community for the glory of God. I talked with the students about what our purpose is. I shared how in Colossians Paul says we were made by Him (Jesus) and for Him, and that our purpose really is to love God with all of our hearts. That is what we were made to do. I challenged the students to not confuse their passion with their purpose. So many times in life we get so focused on our passion that we forget to live out our purpose, and by doing that eventually our passion fades away! My heart for fusion is that we would indeed, "be the change", but that we would be the change from a heart that is overflowing with love for Jesus Christ! I want to make a difference in this community, and I have spent all summer talking about that, but that is not the first priority, helping these teens fall passionately in love with Jesus is! I thought we got off to a great start in this 2008 school year, and I really am looking forward to seeing God move in extraordinary ways in the life of this ministry and church! Remember we have the outreach coming up, and we need some major help with that. Also if you plan on sending your child with the youth group to go to rock the universe, your last chance to sign up for that is this Sunday!

Scripture Used...
Ephesians 3:14-21
Colossians 1:16-17

Thanks for partnering with me and the other leaders to make a difference in the life of your child!

tom