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Weekly 411

Our Student Ministries Weekly 411 is updated every Tuesday with information that is important to you and your student. Check back weekly and stay up-to-date.

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Student Ministries 411- September 30th

Youth Tomorrow at 6:45 PM!

Starting this Wednesday, Syri will be beginning a series called “Minor Prophet, Major Message.” During this series, we will be going through the book of Habakkuk, with the hope that teens will walk away with a renewed sense that all of God’s Word is profitable for us and is still speaking today.

For this first week, we will see Habakkuk begin a conversation with the Lord when he doesn’t understand all the evil things happening around him. After receiving an answer from the Lord, Habakkuk will find himself in a situation where he must trust the Lord even when he has unanswered questions. Sometimes we may find ourselves in similar situations in life where we must trust God even when we don’t know why certain things are happening.

 

Here are some questions to consider:

1.) Have you ever found yourself in a situation where it felt like God was ignoring your cry for help? Was there something that God used to encourage you in that season?

2.) Practically, what should we do when we find ourselves in circumstances that don’t make sense to us?

3.) Can you share of a time when God answered a prayer of yours in an unexpected way?

4.) Could you share a story from a time in your life where you really had to trust the Lord?

Alaska Parent and Student Meeting- Tomorrow!

Pastor Nate would like to meet with every student who applied specifically for the Alaska STMT, and at least one of their parents, tomorrow night at 8:15 PM in the Refinery room. Please plan to be there and reach out if you have any questions!

October Olympics Registration is Open!

7th-12th grade students, join us for our second-annual October Olympic event on October 18th! This event will be filled with competitive games between small groups, and each small group will be assigned a different country to represent!

  • October 18 from 5-10 pm
  • Cost: $5
  • Meet at the Chapel
  • Dinner will be provided

Deadline to register is October 12th!

Sign up HERE!

Reverb Registration is Open!

WOL Reverb is an all-night event in Roanoke, packed with tons of fun late-night activities, including the Jump Park, a Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs hockey game, a rally and pizza party, and teaching from a WOL speaker! Leaders and students are invited to join this fun and action-packed event!

Event Details

  • Dates: November 14-15 (Arrive at HBC at 5:30 PM for registration on Friday night. We will arrive back at HBC Saturday morning around 7:30 AM)
  • Standard Cost
    • Students: $75
      • Students who earned WOL Scholarship last year (2024/2025 year) can go to Reverb for FREE (except for the $5 transportation fee)! We will apply their scholarship on our end, so all you will need to do is sign them up!
    • Leaders: $35
  •  Please fill out the required HBC Medical Form HERE if you haven’t already.
  • Additional required medical release forms will be sent out via email when we get closer to the date if any are needed.
  • Bring some extra spending money. A pizza dinner will be provided, but served later in the evening. Concessions will be available for purchase throughout the night. 

The early-bird deadline to register is October 19th! Register HERE!

October Book Recommendation

“One of the great joys of pastoral ministry is the equipping of God’s people to do the work He has called them into, work that exists both inside and outside the church building (homes, schools, places of work, etc.). Specifically in my ministry area, I desire to equip parents and teens alike with truths that will both encourage their hearts and call them forward into greater likeness to Christ. I’m grateful for good books, literature that reminds us that even in our fallen condition we as creation can continue to emit God’s glory as Creator, and that the consumption of quality writing can be used by God to great effect in our lives. With that in mind, I want to use our 411 space to monthly give you a book recommendation, a book that the Lord has used to great effect in my life, and pray it will bless any who read. 
 
This month I want to encourage Greg Gilbert’s work “Why Trust the Bible?”. In my time as Youth Pastor, and even in my own personal life as a young believer years ago, I recall asking questions around the veracity of Scripture. I knew the Bible was important, but could I come to it confidently? This very question is one teens ask often…and we should be encouraged as they wrestle over questions such as these! 
 
This book by Gilbert is such an insightful resource, a very readable book that digs into questions around linguistic translation, accuracy of copies, and credibility of the writer’s themselves. Ultimately, he builds chapter upon chapter and comes to the focal point of Scripture: Christ Himself. This is a very Christo-directional book as it explores some of the pressing questions around Scripture itself, and I’d highly encourage this book as an aid, that teens (and parents) alike would pick up the Bible with deepened affection and greater confidence!” 
-Nathan Fox

WOL Quiet Time Book Registration

Please use this registration to purchase your student’s Word of Life Quiet Time for the year. This quiet time is for students that are interested in earning WOL scholarship this year or students that are looking for a quiet time to go through this year. For more information on WOL Scholarship, please read our updated WOL Scholarship Informational Booklet.

Cost:
Student- $22
Parent- $22
Small Group Leader or Admin- $11

We have two types of quiet time books available for purchase. Please read the description below and click on the attached link to access the inside of the book.

Interactive Quiet Time- Recommended for 7th-8th grade students. Provides a more structured approach to quiet time and prayer by including guiding questions based on scripture. (Click on the blue hyperlink to see what the inside of the book looks like)

Commentary Quiet Time- Recommended for 9th-12th grade students. Give students a daily Scripture reading and commentary, a place to journal what they learned from the passage, and a section to write personal applications each day. (Click on the blue hyperlink to see what the inside of the book looks like)

Order your student’s book HERE! You can pick it up at the Student Info Desk on Wednesday night!