Tidal Impact - Summary
/Incredible! That's the best word I can think of to summarize last week! God took our students (and leaders!) and challenge, stretched, encouraged, equipped, loved on, and changed them!
Read MoreIncredible! That's the best word I can think of to summarize last week! God took our students (and leaders!) and challenge, stretched, encouraged, equipped, loved on, and changed them!
Read MoreOn Friday we had a fantastic day. We finished up our morning ministries, serving at Harvest House, and Vacation Bible Camp. We also had some team members visiting at Golden Years, a seniors residence. While there one of the activities they did with the seniors was Wii Bowling! Our fourth team cleaned up our host church after our long week and then bought popsicles and water bottles and handed them out for free at both Centennial Park and on Main Street at a street festival.
Read MoreOn Thursday morning some of our team attended chapel at Harvest House and then cleaned and organized there. Others served by doing a prayer walk in neighbourhood called West Lane, others went to the food bank and helped sort the food that we collected the night before. We also had students at the regional food depot and at the Vacation Bible Camp we've been helping to lead.
Read MoreOne of the incredible things about our Tidal Impact experience has been how many connections we've been building to other organizations in the Moncton community. Each morning as we pray and then head out to serve our team leaves with excitement (despite being tired) about what God is doing!
Read MoreTuesday was one of our busiest ministry days at Tidal Impact. Our students were serving God in the community this morning & afternoon and then worshipping Him & learning this evening.
This morning our teams picked up garbage at a local playground; led s worship service at s senior's home; led at a Vacation Bible School; and more!
This afternoon some of our team partnered with the Moncton Salvation Army Family Services Center to prepare supplies that are given to 50 children who are going to camp (campers are given pillows, sleeping bags, towels, clothes, all toiletries), others went to a local skate park to pass out water and clean garbage while building relationships (and skateboarding!) and others partnered with New Life Mission and spent time with young children in a part!
In the evening we attended our second worship rally with the Informants and Ben Woodman at Moncton Wesleyan. It was an incredible and moving night!
Keep praying for us! Wednesday we add the food bank garden to our morning ministries, we attend discipleship groups (Dive Deeper) in the afternoon and we take part in Moncton's largest food drive of the year at night!
Monday was our first day when all of our morning ministries were happening at the same time. We had students at Harvest House, at a food bank, at the food depot (which provides food for the food banks), and leading a Vacation Bible School at a smaller church. Together our team is around 40 members from 3 churches.
Read MoreThe weather was beautiful, and Tidal Impact got off to a great start! Our team, combined between all three churches, served at Journey Church on Sunday morning. After church and lunch we spent several hours in smaller groups preparing for the week of ministry ahead. In the evening, after a wonderful turkey dinner, we traveled to Moncton Wesleyan Church for the first of the evening worship services that are a part of #ti2015
Read MoreThe day has finally come and we ave arrived in Moncton for Tidal Impact! #TI2015 is the bi-annual mission trip that our Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches organizes and hosts in Atlantic Canada. Every two years churches converge in two locations and make an impact in those areas by loving God and loving others.
Read MoreSummer is here! This summer our Middle School and High School students meet separately every other week. Before the details, lets clarify - who is Middle School and who is High School?
Read More"Around the time that I met my friend, Bob, Jesus was filling my life, or what I will refer to as my cup, with all sorts of great things: His living water. I was growing in my relationship with Jesus and quite enjoying it. But a part of me still struggled with other people's opinions; especially those of people I respected..."
Read MoreTI is all about impacting lives and communities for Jesus. Throughout the week of TI students will be challenged to impact self, impact the local church, and impact community.
Read MoreSpringforth is one of the largest Christian student conferences in Canada! It’s held each year in Moncton, NB in 2 locations simultaneously - one for Middle School and one for High School.
Read MoreSo, #YouAskedForIt is a series of questions. They're actually your questions. Two weeks ago at Solid Rock Youth we asked you for your questions about God / Bible / Christianity. We took them all, categorized them into a few broader clumps and we're going to tackle them. Last night was night one for #YouAskedForIt and we talked about the Afterlife.
Read More"It wasn't religion anymore. It was a real relationship. And it was awesome." NHL Nashville Predator Mike Fisher tells of the off-the-ice relationship that changed his life. Driven to perfection in a career that demands nothing less, Mike made hockey his life's pursuit."
Read MoreFor over a decade we've had a tradition at Solid Rock Youth - we serve Christmas dinner to the seniors at our church. At the Seniors Tea out students served food. They entertained with music, dance and magic. Lets make conversation between generations less of an annual tradition and more of an everyday practice. We have so much to gain and to learn from year other!
Read MoreSo we went to a dumpster. Sometimes we forget that Jesus left the majesty and power of Heaven to come to Earth and endure the stench of sin, to live in our world and to draw attention to His Kingdom.
Read MoreThis week at Solid Rock Youth on Wednesday we talked about Pornography. In fact we had two people share the incredible stories of God healing them from an addiction to pornography. Praise God for what he has done in their lives and how he is redeeming their stories by allowing them to tell the stories to others. In addition to our regular night we talked about pornography and technology and screening software, etc. in a parent meeting. These are the notes.
Read MoreFor the past two weeks at Solid Rock Youth we’ve been privileged to have Mandy Blanchard from the Valley Care Pregnancy Center / Acadia Pregnancy Support with us as a guest speaker. Last night Mandy taught on the Brain and Falling in Love.
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