Baccalaureate Service this Sunday at Heaston!!!

BACCALAUREATE SERVICE!!!      
[bak-uh-lawr-ee-it]

THIS SUNDAY, May 17th @ 9AM, In the Heaston Youth area... graduating high school students, their families and invited guests will celebrate our graduates with a breakfast honoring them. We'll have a great breakfast, fellowship and a time of praying together! It's always a great time to be together and celebrate with our graduating students.

Later, in front of the entire congregation, during our regular worship time at Heaston,we will recognize the graduates and introduce them briefly and possibly learn and view a brief slideshow of their sweet little selves. : ) 

Just what is a BACCALAUREATE SERVICE anyway...?

A Baccalaureate is a centuries-old religious graduation tradition that started in England, but in the United States, the term generally refers to a non-denominational ceremony held a few days before high school or college graduation.  Baccalaureate ceremonies offer a quieter, more intimate opportunity to pause and reflect on this rite of passage, [and] hear [others] members offer advice to the graduating class. (source: about parenting)

Heaston Youth SPRING EVENTS + more

How in the world are you?

The tough part about spring is shows, sports and storms!  It seems like we've barely seen the students with all that has been going on... We've had a Wednesday canceled due to snow and last week storms, spring break and the list goes on an on... We all miss seeing the students and are looking forward to getting back into the swing of things!

We have quite a few events coming up in the next few months with the deadlines to sign up coming even quicker! Please check out the events below and have your student sign up to attend...  

You can hear these announcements on our PODCAST too.

HeastonYOUTH NEWS!

EASTER is THIS week so please plan to join us for Sunday Easter services. Heaston will have two services 9:00am and 10:30am with our annual Easter Brunch to follow the 10:30am service. There will NOT be Sunday Morning classes on Easter. 

SENIORS - Sunday, May 17th is Baccalaureate Sunday! We will be honoring you with a special service as well as a nice lunch. Please put together 5-7 pictures of you at various ages, in your favorite activities and with family and friends. We will put together a slide show for that special day. The pictures are due to Samantha by Sunday, April 26th. Thank you!

And finally SUPER SUMMER STUDENTS...Super Summer is June 1st-5th at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, OK. The cost is $195 - please get your check to Jay or Samantha. Thanks!

Have a great week and do not hesitate to contact Jay, Samantha or any of those  "Crazy Youth Leaders" for information about what is happening at HeastonYouth.

*****************UPCOMING EVENTS****************

YEC TEXAS

Burleson, Texas

Friday, June 19^th – Saturday, June 20th

COST: $50.00 per student (yes, that's all)

YEC is the Youth Evangelism Conference. It is a great time of worship, encouragement and teaching on sharing your faith with others. We will drive to Texas in the church bus on the afternoon of Friday and return Saturday night. We will stay at the Hampton Inn in Ft. Worth, Texas on Friday night. The cost to attend includes a ticket to YEC, hotel accommodations, dinner on Friday night and breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday.  Your student needs to simply bring spending money and their wonderful self. WE HAVE 16 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW... SO, FIRST TO SIGN UP AND PAY ARE GUARANTEED A SPOT..

Deadline to sign up for YEC is Wednesday, April 15^th

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^{FM419 - Youth Training for the Good News Festival}

FM419 is a high-octane opportunity for youth leaders and the youth of your city to be the light in the darkness, reaching other young people for Christ. FM419 is designed to help you live a life that pleases God, equip you to share your faith in Jesus Christ, and qualify you to serve as a counselor at events held by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

Join youth from across your region for music and life-changing training. Get down to the basics of what you believe, find power to live what you say, and learn how to share your faith with others.

**HeastonYouth will meet at the normal pickup/dropoff location in El Reno for both Friday and Saturday for the event. (old WalMart parking lot)  

May 1^st Friday – 6:00PM – 9:00PM

May 2^nd Saturday – 9:00AM – 4:00PM

Victory Church
4300 N MacArthur Blvd.
Warr Acres, Oklahoma 73122

 Admission is $10!

Deadline to sign up for FM419 is Wednesday, APRIL 22^ND!

 

Mark your calendars...The Good News Festival with Franklin Graham is coming August 22nd - August 23rd! 

@HeastonYouth Update - WINTER 2014

@HeastonYouth Update
Winter 2014

It has been a few months since our last update so we wanted to catch everyone up to speed on what is happening in youth ministry at Heaston.

Wednesday evenings: 

Worship

·         6:00pm dinner!! Always fun to break bread together!

·         6:45pm – Our current study is Follow Me by David Platt. 

What it really means to be a Christian and follow Jesus Christ wholeheartedly, submitting everything to Christ.  We meet as a large group for worship and a teaching time then the students break into small groups to discuss the lesson in more detail.

Sunday mornings:

·         Student led:  A couple of students study the verse that will be taught in the Worship Service by Pastor Racca and they lead a discussion on the verse and how it applies to our lives. We are hoping to get the student ready to worship and prepared to apply what they’ve just discussed gathering with the youth.  If you are interested in helping lead a discussion…let Jay or Samantha know!

Student Led Sundays

We encourage every student to bring their Bibles. The YouVersion app is wonderful and we use it extensively, but it is always good to have a working knowledge of the text itself.  Call it going "old school".

If you don’t have a Bible or you’ve outgrown that Bible you got when you were (maybe) 8yrs old, please let one of the leaders know. We would love to provide a Bible for you to have and use!

Please mark your calendar with the following dates:

Wednesday, October 29^th: Fall Carnival  6:00-8:00pm at Heaston

The youth will NOT be meeting this week. Instead we are encouraging the youth to come and help serve the children’s ministry by helping with games during the Fall Carnival. The youth are responsible for three games so have your youth sign up to help!

Saturday, November 1^st: Annual Chicken Dinner 5:30-7:00pm

Chicken Dinner!!

YOUTH SILENT AUCTION

This is always a great time with a large crowd! The youth have traditionally had a Silent Auction and this year is no different. The money raised from the Silent Auction will go toward a Heaston mission partner, STEP (Evangelical Theological Seminary of Port-au-Prince). The STEP administration is looking for resources to empower their faculty members to receive students in their homes and to travel with them to the field so that they can have time together to talk, and for the faculty members to be able to influence the lives of the students outside of classrooms (aka discipleship). We are using the proceeds from the Silent Auction to help fund this project! We have asked the students to sign up to provide a service to be auctioned such as babysitting, yard work, etc. or to make something or provide an item to be donated. Please visit with your student as to what you can donate! THANK YOU! We would like to have all donations in before 3:00pm Saturday, November 1^st.

Sunday, November 2^nd: Wawa Jean-Baptiste, President of STEP, will be speaking with the youth. This is definitely worth getting up for on Sunday morning!!!  Here are pictures from our mission trip in Spring 2014.

Sunday, November 9^th: Lord’s Harvest Scavenger Hunt    

6:00-8:00pm…at the Emory’s home – on SW 25^th Place The youth will meet at 6:00pm for dinner and then divide into teams for the scavenger hunt. They will go with an adult around El Reno to gather canned goods, toilet paper, paper towels, peanut butter, etc. All the items gathered by the teams will be donated to the Lord’s Harvest in El Reno for their Thanksgiving distributions. You may send food with your student or leave it at the youth office to contribute to the Lord’s Harvest. THANK YOU!

In December, we will be caroling for Senior Adults at the Woodson Apartments and will have a youth Christmas Party…dates and times will be coming!

It is our pleasure and privilege to share our love of Jesus Christ with your students!

Please let Jay or Samantha or any of the leaders know if you have questions!

Blessings,

Jay and Samantha
Twitter/Instagram: @heastonyouth