We are having a parents meeting Sunday, May 3rd at 7pm in the Underground (youth room).  All parents of students are encouraged to come out.  We will be discussing this summer’s events, important calendar information, and updated policies.  We hope to see you there!

On April 29th we are starting a new series at Elevate called “How to Raise Your Parents”. In this series we will be talking about what God says about our relationships with our parents, and how we are called to interact with our parents. To kick off the series we are going to have the students play a “Family Feud” style game based on responses we get from you, the parents. Please take a moment to answer these questions. We hope for this to be a fun and insightful kick off to this important series at Elevate. This survey is only for parents of teenagers.

You can go to the survey here:

http://lncelevate.polldaddy.com/s/parents-series-questionaire

April 15 and 22

During this series students will be sharing the story of their faith journeys.

This week at Elevate we will be experiencing the Seder Meal, and discussing the significance of what Jesus did at the last supper with this meal.  Starts at 7pm.  Doors open at 6:30pm.

You can download April 2015’s Calendar here: April 2015

We still need food for God’s Table THIS FRIDAY.  Here is a menu of what we need.  They have been serving 40 people at God’s Table recently so we will need to prepare for roughly that many people plus the servers.  Please contact Pastor Derek ASAP to let him know what you can bring.

Main Course:

Fried Chicken (we need roughly 80 pieces)

Side Dishes:

Rolls (50)

Mac and Cheese has been covered

Baked Beans

Green Beans

Potato Salad

Chips

Drinks:

Iced Tea

Lemonade

Dessert has been covered

You MUST have a signed permission slip to go.

You can download a copy here: permission slip

Elevate Worship Team practice is TONIGHT (3/12) in The Underground (youth room) at 7pm.  This is open to any student (7th-12th graders) who is interested in being a part of the worship for Elevate on Wednesday nights.

Here is a link to our Spotify Playlist that has some of the songs that we will be doing:

Worship Songs Spotify Playlist

On Friday, March 20th the students at Elevate will be serving at God’s Table at the Centenary United Methodist Church here in Laurel.  God’s table is a great local ministry where we not only serve meals to people in the community, but we also eat with them.  This helps break down the barrier of an “us and them” mentality that we can sometimes get when we serve.

The students at Elevate will be serving the meal, but we also wanted to make this a family affair.  So we need your help (the parents) with supplying the food.  We will need enough supplies for 30-40 people, and we will need the food delivered to the Centenary United Methodist Church by 5:30pm on Friday, March 20th.

Here is a list of things that we will need:

Main Dish

Variety of Side Dishes

Drinks

Desserts

Paper Product Supplies: utensils, cups, plates, napkins

Please contact Pastor Derek if you are able/willing to help out.  Pastor Derek’s email is pastorderekparson@gmail.com or feel free to call/text him.

Stories are powerful: they give us meaning, connect us, encourage us, motivate us, teach us, and give us focus. And, each one of us has a story worth sharing! During this series we will be talking about the power of our stories, looking at our own faith journey, and how we can tell our story.

Week #1:The Power of Story (March 11)

Week #2: Our Faith Journey (March 18)

Week #3: How to Tell Your Story (March 25)

Week #4: Expressing Your Story (April 1)