Welcome to lifestudents!

A NEW Series begins at EDGE and CORE!

During the Easter season, most of us look at the cross with great nostalgia and gratitude, remembering all that Jesus Christ did for us. But the cross means more than that. Not only is it a place where Jesus did something for us, but it is also the place where He showed us how to die so we could truly live.

Week 1 – Sunday, March 14th:

• THE CROSS: LIVE TO DIE – The cross isn’t just where Jesus died. It is where we come to die with Him.

Week 2 – Sunday, March 21st:

• THE CROSS: DIE TO LIVE – The cross isn’t just where we come to die. The cross is where we come to live.

Week 3 – Sunday, March 28th:

• THE CROSS: EXPERIENCING JESUS’ PASSION – Seven different stations where students can pause to reflect on the steps Jesus took on his way to the cross.

Week 4 – Sunday, April 4th – EASTER SUNDAY – NO EDGE OR CORE

Come and join us! Sunday nights at lifechurch canton, 5:30pm!

LOVESICK:

There’s something pretty amazing about being in love, isn’t there? The butterflies in your stomach. The dreamy gazes. No wonder so many of us are so in love with being in love. But if you look around—in the media, at school, in life—we’ve taken what God created and twisted it, morphed it and configured it into something it was never meant to be—an obsession. When romantic relationships become an obsession, balance goes out the window. We miss out on opportunities and experiences we might otherwise have had. And sometimes we even forget who we are. There’s got to be healthier way to do this. There’s got to be another way than being so lovesick.

Middle School and High School Students, join us!

We meet at lifechurch 5:30pm Sunday nights:

• February 14th – LOVESICK (1): OBSESSED – When we become obsessed with relationships, we lose sight of who we are.
• February 21st – LOVESICK (2): ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET – Dating is a great thing, but it’s not everything.
• February 28th – LOVESICK (3): LOVE STORY – You have the power to do great good or harm in your relationships.

Come check us out and bring a friend! Valentine’s Day will have a whole new meaning!

Check it out! On SuperBowl Sunday CORE and EDGE will be replaced with par-taaaaay’s!

(Don’t show up at lifechurch that night or you’ll end up at the men’s SuperBowl party!)

Middle School – 5:30pm at the Claggetts’ house, 1482 McLaine St.
Canton MI 48188
Please bring a snack to pass!
Contact Pam Zinn with any questions:
pzinn5564@wowway.com
(734) 646-8091

High School – 5:30pm at the Philips’ house, 397 Arthur St.
Plymouth MI 48170
Please bring a snack to pass!
Contact Nancy Phillips with questions:
nancyjphillips@comcast.net
(734) 718-7905

What a great turn out we had at the….

High School Living Water Ministries Benefit Coffee House Concert!

Because of your heart and passion we collected over $500! Look what your efforts had done to change the lives of others:

Haiti Earthquake Response

Living Water International is mobilizing to help communities in Haiti restore clean water after the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere was rocked by a catastrophic earthquake on Tuesday.

The massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit the country in 200 years and was felt as far away as Cuba. It brought down buildings including the presidential palace, hotels, hospitals, and the UN headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. Tens of thousands are feared dead.

LWI teams are already on the ground in the midst of unimaginable devastation to do what they can, but the problems for affected communities are only beginning. The most urgent need during the coming days and weeks will be water.

Homes can take months to re-build, electricity can take weeks to restore, but people can’t last long without water.

Earthquakes destroy water systems. Pipelines break, electrical distribution systems fail, and hand-dug wells–—already questionable water sources–—are rendered useless or become contaminated with cholera, typhoid, and other waterborne diseases.

“In Haiti, clean water is a terrible problem even at the best of times,” said LWI Executive Director Gary Evans. “After a quake like this, it’s a crisis of epic proportions.”

“This isn’t the first time we’ve been part of disaster response in Haiti,” said Evans, referring to LWI’s response to the devastating hurricane season of September 2008, when four major storms including Hurricane Ike slammed the country. “But this could be the worst we’ve seen.”

In response to the Haiti earthquake, Living Water International is setting a goal to repair 500 incapacitated handpumps in Haiti during 2010, serving at least 250,000 people.

This Sunday, January 17th there are special events planned for Students Ministries in place of our typical EDGE and CORE programs.

Middle School Students – Laser Tag!

WHERE: Meet at Zap Zone, 41953 Ford Road, Canton (Do not meet at lifechurch).

TIME: 6pm, students are to be picked up at 7:30pm from Zap Zone

COST: $7 (for 2 games)

You must bring a permission slip (download here) to play.

High School Living Water Ministries Benefit Coffee House Concert

Doors open at 5:30pm, Concert starts at 6pm – 8:30pm

Featured Bands:

• The Mean Reds
• Chasing Daylight
• Lifeline

$2 Cover at the door will be donated to Living Water Ministries
Come check it out and bring a friend!

NEW FRIEND REQUEST:

We all want friends—even if we don’t want to admit it. We all want someone to hang out with, someone to talk to, someone who knows us. But friendship requires something from us. It’s not just what we get or what makes us feel comfortable or happy. There’s a smart way to do friendship, a way with intention, a way that will draw us closer to God’s heart—if we surround ourselves with the right people. That doesn’t mean our friends have to be clones of us—but it does mean that they at least help us move in the right direction.

Session One: Accept? (Sunday, Jan. 10th)

Session Two: Respond? (Sunday, Jan. 24th)

Session Three: Ignore? (Sunday, Jan. 31st)

(JAN. 17 – SPECIAL CONCERT @ lifechurch for sr. high and LASER TAG EVENT for jr. high. Both @ 5:30pm)

Merry Christmas! Here’s some info for you about Christmas Break for lifestudents!

EDGE & CORE (High School and Middle School large group programs) - Meets again January 10th, 5:30pm

FUSION (Middle School Discipleship programs) - Continue to meet in 1st and 2nd services over the break

LEADERS MEETING - Edge and Core Leaders meeting is on January 3rd in the life cafe. Meet at 5:30pm – Dinner is included!

Check out this video and read below to get info on how lifestudents plans to bring hope this December:

BRING CASH to CORE and EDGE – Give Clean Water to the Poor!

For the month of December students (and parents) are encouraged to bring $$’s to provide clean water for people in the third world. One dollar gives clean water to one person for one year!!! Turn in pop cans, raid your piggy banks, whatever it takes, (as long as it is legal). For more information click here: www.water.cc

BELL RING for the Salvation Army – Bring hope to the Hurting!

On DECEMBER 5th students are encouraged to SIGN UP (at Core and Edge) to Bell Ring at Sam’s Club on Ford Road (and Lotz) in Canton. STUDENTS must sign up and be a part of team.

Students can sing carols, wish people Merry Christmas and get a hot chocolate to keep them going!

Times are 10am to 4pm.

PURITY AND HOLINESS RETREATS

Pure Adventure – Middle School- Nov 13-15 – $89

Pure Expedition – High School – Nov 20-22 – $94

(CLICK HERE for sign up and further information)

Ever feel like life is moving, or rather, rushing forward at an unsustainable pace? It seems like more often than not, that is just the way things are. But in effort to keep up with everything and everyone around us, it may be that we are missing out on experiencing God’s presence. What would it take for you to pause? To stop? To just “be,” long enough to take note of the living God in the midst of our spinning world?

October 18th – Pause, Breath

October 25th – Pause, Search

November1st – Pause, Discover