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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 9

Youth Tomorrow at 6:45 PM!

Tomorrow night, we will continue in our series “Reaching Your Generation,” looking this week at Ephesians 4:17-5:8, talking about being a people of holiness. We are to look at our lives and examine them and ask: “Does my living in this area show my new identity in Christ?” We win people not with bold declarations of truth only, but also by living out the truth that we’ve learned. As it has been said, “our walk must match our talk.” An incongruent living will be of no benefit to our reaching this generation!

Some questions to consider:

1) Why does knowing who you are in Christ matter in the battle for personal holiness?

2) Is the church full of hypocrites? (How do we healthily respond to those kinds of accusations?)

3) Of the list Paul gives in these chapters, which do you struggle with personally? Which do you think the church struggles with corporately?

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 8th!

Sign up HERE!

Youth Merch Pre-order is Open!

We are selling new HBC Student Ministries Merch this fall! Pre-order your t-shirt or hoodie before September 24th! We expect the order to arrive in mid-October. Check out the options, sizes, and picture below!

Hoodies: $35 (HBC Student Memories and Theme Verse Option)

  • Blue Spruce (S – 3 XL)
  • Pepper (S – 3 XL)

Short Sleeve T-Shirt: $15 (HBC Student Memories Option)

  • Blue Jean (S – 4XL)
  • Butter (S – 4 XL)
  • Seafoam (S – 4 XL)
  • Espresso (S – 4 XL)

Long Sleeve T-Shirt: $20 (HBC Theme Verse Option)

  • Yam (S – 4XL)
  • Espresso (S – 4 XL)
  • Forest Green (S – 4 XL)
  • Pepper (S – 4 XL)

Pre-order HERE!

Summer 2026 Mission Trip Annoucement

On Sunday, September 14th, we will be announcing the Summer 2026 Youth STMTs during the 9 am service hour! Parents are invited to join!

September 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 commend to you a book that radically transformed my parenting in 2020, more specifically my perspective of parenting. Paul David Tripp’s book “Parenting” was a life-giving book for me, as it anchored me in the Gospel in the midst of sleepless nights, parental exhaustion, and the realities of my “not yet having arrived” (I still have not!). This book heightened my perspective of parenting, pushing me past a “just trying to survive” mentality (though some days I still feel that) to a bigger picture of how God is using my parenting in His grand plan of redemption. As Tripp put it, parenting for the Christian is “ambassadorial work”, whereby God uses imperfect people like us to showcase His work to the next generation. May this book, should you read it, encourage your heart and challenge your mind, that your homes be a ground of Gospel work!” – 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!