Archive for Youth Group Talks

Being Challenged

At the conclusion of his sermon on Sunday, Pastor Charlie placed a challenge in front of everyone, including us as youth.  He challenged us to be bold by being different from the world.  He challenged us not to be hypocrites–saying we believe one thing and doing another or pretending to [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Monday, March 9th, 2009

Happy New Year!

Let me be the first to wish all of you a Happy New Year! There are some exciting changes coming to RYM (nothing major, don’t worry!) in 2009. We are going to start off the year of Wednesday night RYM on January 7th talking about why RYM exists. On Sunday mornings, we [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Retreat Reflections

A week has passed since the retreat, and as someone said in Sunday School yesterday, it seems like it all happened a long time ago. It seems hard to believe that a little over a week ago, we were hanging from wires 40 feet above the ground! Time sure flies. First of all, [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Freedom to Give

Last night at youth group, we talked about how being a Christian can be restrictive because we can’t do anything we want. We have to do what the Bible tells us to do, instead of just following the crowd or making our own decisions. It’s not always easy to be a Christian; in [...]

Posted by: Mike Fennema on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008