Good Morning Elevate Families, 

We are in the second week of our Elevate I Am Second series. This week’s video concerns Kirsten Haglund and her internal struggle about being enough. Kirsten talks about how she enjoyed and came to love competitive dance. But once she started to look around and see how others were accomplishing their goals and how they looked, she began to ask questions like, what do I need to be like them? What do I need to do to be better at dance? Through those questions, she developed this internal struggle with food that led her to anorexia. She convinced herself she was not good enough and had to go to extreme lengths to accomplish her goals. Later in life, she came to know the hope and Love of God through the Scripture and the witness of a friend who was just present.  

Here is the link to the video for this week. 

Elevate Families, 

Here is the link for this week’s I Am Second video.  

 This week, we will watch the Lecrae’s video from I Am Second. In his video, he talks about his conversion and what he was finding his validation in before he came to know Christ. He also is wrestling with what it means to have a faith of his own and not one that is not based upon his mother’s or grandmother’s faith. Lecra also discusses how God called him to use the gifts of singing and wrapping as a ministry to the people he was serving. Here is the link to the video for this week. 

If you have any question please feel free to contact me.

Blessings

P. Caleb

Hello, Elevate families, 

This week, we will be starting our I Am Second series. This series is a bit heavier than the regular Elevate content. So, I would like you, as parents, to see and understand what we are going through and judge whether your student is ready for these discussions. Our goal for these next few weeks is to help open up conversations about sensitive topics affecting our students’ lives. We also wanted to show them what it truly means to live a life of faith in a world that does not put God first. In addition, we also want to help open up a conversation between you and your students—that way, you, as parents, can continue the conversation at home about what we discussed here in Elevate. 

I will be sending out the videos on Elevateparents.org every Monday. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have.  

Blessings. 

P. Caleb 

The Back to School Party is happening tomorrow night!!

Who’s ready for the Elevate Declassified School Survival Guide??

Let’s welcome our new 7th graders to Elevate!!

Sep. 6th, 7:00-8:30 PM

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Also, come to Elevate tomorrow night and get your new Elevate T-shirt!!

Don’t forget that we have an Elevate parent meeting this next Sunday after service in the Johnson Center. We will be looking at the Elevate calendar, teaching topics and fundraising for the fall and winter of 2023. This meeting is for students and parents so please be in attendance for this meeting.

Thank you,

P. Caleb

This week we will be at the Hollis’ for Elevate. We will be celebrating the baptism of one of our students who has decided to go all in with God!!

Make sure to bring a bathing suit and a towel. We will be leaving the church at 6:15 pm so please be at the church prepared to leave then.

If you have any questions and are interested in being baptized, please contact P. Caleb.

Hey, y’all, Beach Bash is this weekend, and we just wanted to get all of the necessary information out to you.

Reminder, the cost for Beach Bash is $35 this year, and the money is due tonight!!

We are also in need of camping supplies, so we are asking that you would please let us know if you have sleeping tents or pop-up tents that you would be willing to let us borrow for Beach Bash.

On Friday, August 4th, we will leave LNC at 4:00 PM, which means you should be here at 3:45 PM, and dinner will be provided by the River Church. 

On Saturday, we will have breakfast at The River Church before heading to the beach for the day, where you will need your own money for lunch. Once we return to The River, we will have grilled chicken for dinner.

On Sunday, we will have something lighter for breakfast before a morning service. We will depart after the morning service, meaning we should return to LNC around noon.

Make sure to pack clothes for the beach and enough clothes for the weekend, sunscreen, bug spray, and a sleeping bag since we will be camping out!

What’s up, Elevate!! Here is our August schedule!! Be on the lookout for more information about the Baptism on August 30th and the parent meeting on September 3rd.

Hey, y’all, Beach Bash is in a couple weeks, and we just wanted to get all of the necessary information out to you. Reminder, the cost for Beach Bash is $35 this year, and signups are in the underground.

On Friday, August 4th, we will leave LNC at 4:00 PM, which means you should be here at 3:45 PM, and dinner will be provided by the River Church. 

On Saturday, we will have breakfast at The River Church before heading to the beach for the day, where you will need your own money for lunch. Once we return to The River, we will have grilled chicken for dinner.

On Sunday, we will have something lighter for breakfast before a morning service. We will depart after the morning service, meaning we should return to LNC around noon.

Make sure to pack clothes for the beach, sunscreen, bug spray, and a sleeping bag since we will be camping out! We do not have enough camping supplies, so we are asking that you would please let us know if you have sleeping tents or pop-up tents that you would be willing to let us borrow for Beach Bash.

Hey everyone, Teen Camp is coming up this next week, so here are all of the things you need to know moving forward. 

1. If you have not seen it, the most recent Teen Camp Info email lists all of the Moose Teams, Small Group rosters, and the packing list.
2. On Monday, July 24th, we will be leaving LNC at 7 AM to head to Teen Camp. This means pulling out of the church at 7 AM, which means you should get here no later than 6:45 AM to pack the trailer and figure out seating arrangements.
3. We will be carpooling with Cross Pointe because of the number of students we have attending this year, and it’ll be an opportunity to bond a bit more with their group in the process.
4. Every single student needs to fill out a copy of the attached waiver by Monday. Since we will have students in Cross Pointe’s vans, their church wants us to take the necessary precautions.
5. If you have not already filled out the Elevate waiver, you must fill that out as well.

We are looking forward to an awesome week at Teen Camp!