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Student Ministries 411- January 13th

Youth Tomorrow at 6:45 pm!

Tomorrow night, we are continuing on in our “When the Church Hurts” series, specifically focusing on how the Lord is actively beautifying His church. We will look at this truth in Ephesians 5, realizing the level of commitment Jesus has to the sanctification of His people (His loved bride), and then move into Revelation 21 to see His bride in full worship of Him. The questions Pastor Nathan wants to consider: how does He get me from here (hurt) to there (that scene in heaven)? How can He use this hurt, even this, to beautify me for the glory that is to come with Him? He wants to look at these kinds of diagnostic questions to encourage our hearts around this truth: “This hurt isn’t my identity.”

 

Some questions to consider:

Have you ever experienced significant pain (physically, emotionally, relationally) that you’d be willing to share?

How has God met you in your pain?

Why does looking to the future (“trajectory teaching”) help encourage us in the present situations of hardship now?

Episode Weekend Registration is Open!

This February, HBC Students will be coming together with other churches in the area for the 2nd Annual Episode Weekend. We look forward to gathering together under the teaching of Trip Lee, worshipping together with the Worship Collective, and interacting over the weekend with other youth ministries from our area. This fun weekend is a way to bring teens of this community together, and we pray is the catalyst event God uses for transforming the Lynchburg area, starting with our teens! We invite all teens and leaders of HBC to join us as we experience Episode 2026!

Event Details:

Cost:

-$50 for students, $10 for leaders

 

Schedule:

-Friday: 5-9 PM

-Saturday: 8:30 am – 9:30 pm

More information to come!

 

Register HERE! (The deadline to register is Wednesday, January 21st)

January 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 give you a monthly book recommendation, a book that the Lord has used to great effect in my life, and pray it will bless any who reads. 
 
On Wednesdays this month, we’re talking about a particularly touchy topic: “Church Hurt”. Living in a sin-cursed world, and then to rub shoulders in proximity week after week with the same people…hurt in the context of the local church is an inevitability. How do we parse through these murky moments in a way that honors Christ, loves His church but is also moving us on a path toward healing? I’m grateful, and indebted from afar, to Megan Hill for her devotional book “Sighing on Sundays.” 
This book was gifted to me by a friend, and carefully walks through various church hurt experiences, while also steadfastly calling us to run to God and to keep going as He directs. What I love about this book is its simplicity to read (a few pages each chapter) and its connectedness to the Bible itself. I’ve grown in my understanding of the Lord, His church and myself as a result of this devotional book, and encourage it as a resource to pick up and soak up. May God, even in our hurts, be glorified by the bride He so loves, and may our joy in Him increase as we see His faithfulness to hold our hand along the way!”
-Pastor Nathan Fox