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Ash Wednesday and Lent

This past week, we celebrated Ash Wednesday and kicked off the season of Lent in Youth Group. “Celebrated” is actually a deceptive description, because the night was not exactly joyful. Ash Wednesday is a time that the church has traditionally set aside to grieve our sins and recognize our need for a Savior. [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Thursday, February 18th, 2010

The Costliest Gift

This past Sunday, we had another youth-led serivce that was just phenomenal. hank you to those of you who played a part (that means you!) and thank you for leading us before God’s throne. I always feel so proud when I see the students in our church leading with their gifts and talents. [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Costumes–an RYM Original Production

Here is the first video produced and directed by RYM. As you can tell from the video, we have plenty of talent in our group! We plan to do more of these in the future.
Thank you to Hannah Basta, John Cotton, Sydney Umstead, and Sam Reid for playing the different parts in the [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Monday, December 7th, 2009

Being Thankful

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you! 1 Peter 1:3-4
I read these [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Monday, December 7th, 2009

Our God is Mighty to Save

For those of you who were able to make it to the youth room last night — I counted the chairs after everyone had left and there were over 65! — you heard an amazing story of how God is working in the life of Will Neuhaus. Will’s path in life has [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009