Archive for Youth Group Talks

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

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

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

Tools for the Tall Task of Training Teens

This past Saturday, we had a great Parent’s Meeting with Brad Hambrick, the Executive Director of Crossroads Counseling in Augusta, GA.. For those of you who couldn’t make it, the audio of can be heard or downloaded by clicking on this link (you will be directed to another website). If that link doesn’t [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Monday, August 17th, 2009

A Girl’s Guide to Understanding Guys

Last night, we ventured into the very scary territory of a guy’s mind. We had a very enlightening converstation about what God has made guys to be and how guys are wired. Hopefully it will help not only the girls, but also the guys. If you are interested in what we talked [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Thursday, March 12th, 2009