CRAZY QUEST CAMPING

Crossquest Students this is an event you will “FLIP” over! January 8 you will want to get your camping clothes on and be ready to “catch” your meal! If you thought “Medical Madness” or “Merry Mayhem” were exciting events, then you will flip for “Crazy Quest Camping”! This crazy evening includes food, fun, and fun with FOOD. The theme for the evening is Crazy Camping so you will want to come dressed for an excursion into the wilderness. Prizes for best camping costume and the student that brings most non-MVBC student guests will be awarded. Sign up sheet is located on Kevin’s office door. Date: January 8 Time: 6-9:00pm Cost: $5 (non-MVBC students are free) PS: Grizzly Bear Repellant is optional but recommended!

October Back 2 Back 2 Back!

Attention Ladies of CrossQuest Student Ministries! Friday night, October 22 is just for you. The CQ young ladies will be getting together for Light Your World for Jesus. You will enjoy fun activities, food, and a special speaker to encourage you to shine for Jesus in your world. Date: October 22 Times: 6:00pm-9:00pm Location: Great Quest Youth Room Cost: $10 for craft supplies; you will be creating a candle to take home.


On October 23 the youth will embark on an a-MAZE-ing Journey: Searching for TRUTH! Students, when you were born you began a journey in search of TRUTH. Jesus is TRUTH and He wants you to seek and find Him. We are going to visit a corn maze on October 23 for a night of challenge and fun and to get a practical lesson on this journey we call life. Grab a friend and let’s hit the road in search of the TRUTH. Sign up sheet is on the CrossQuest Office door. Cost: $10 plus fast food meal Date: Oct. 23 Depart from MVBC for Benson NC: 4:00pm Return to MVBC: 10:00pm Bring: a Flash light required FORMS: CQ1 CQ2 CQ3 required


Fall Fling 2010 will be October 30 at Kevin and Sandra’s home. ALL (7-12 grade) youth are invited to Youngsville, NC where we will have a ball hanging out and enjoying the country life! After some games, food, activities, and getting to know our CrossQuest friends better, we will head over to Faith Baptist Church for the walk through drama The House at Anchorsoul Fork. Date: October 30 Times: 4:00pm-9:30pm Cost: FREE Bring: A friend! Guys bring: Salty snack Girls bring: Sweet snack

2010 CrossQuest Youth Gathering and the drama The House at Anchorsoul Fork: The War of Realms

2010 CrossQuest Youth Gathering at the Moore’s Secret Lair and the drama The House @ AnchorSoul Fork: The War of Realms

Date: Saturday October 30
Times: Arrive @ the Moore’s at 4:00pm / Pick up @ the Moore’s at 9:30pm
Cost: $5 per participant (Non-MVBC 7-12th grade student guest are FREE!)
What to Bring: Guys-Salty snack / Ladies-Sweet snack

Would you like to know where Kevin and Sandra’s hidden bat cave is located? Come to Youngsville, NC on October 30 to find out? While there we will enjoy a walk through drama where fact is more riveting than fiction. The drama is presented by Faith Baptist Church in Youngsville, NC.
The night begins at Kevin and Sandra Moore’s home where games, food, and hang time are enjoyed by all. Later in the evening we will load up and head over to Faith Baptist Church for the drama -The House at Anchorsoul Fork : The War of Realms. After the drama it is back to the Moore’s to close out our evening.
Hey, why not bring a friend or a CrossQuest Member that has not been to youth group lately? The night includes games, food, hanging out with friends, and discussions about the drama.
What about sign up? ALL participants must sign up and pay their $5 by Sunday October 24, so that we can make sure we have enough vehicles and FOOD! Non-MVBC 7-12th grade student guest are FREE! A sign up sheet will be on the CrossQuest Student office door. You may also go to crossquest@embarqmail.com to sign up.

Hotdog lunch in Ephesians

What good could come from a visit to the local hotdog restaurant on $1 hotdog days? As far as the family nutritionist is concerned, nothing! As far as Ephesians 4:1-3 is concerned, everything. On Tuesday a church friend and I met at the local hotdog place to indulge our craving for those little red dogs served hot and cheep. The event sounds mundane enough but it was special beyond words. Although I had known this young man for several years; I did not really know him. We associated at church but not beyond the few hours a week spent inside the four walls of the building. It was great to hear all about his young life and how he met his wife. I found out about his job, his interests, his family, and how he and his wife came to be such devoted servants of Christ at our church. All these wonderful things came about at a local hotdog eatery! As our conversation continued we found ourselves discussing concerns, desires, and vision for our ministries and our church. As you would expect, God’s economy is vastly more efficient than man’s. In all of man’s designed meetings and events, he wastes time planning and “making things happen.” God took an impromptu lunch meeting and turned it into a celebration of Christ in our lives and our desire to serve Him better, all while enjoying hotdogs and fries (did I mention the fries….?).
Check this out: “As a prisoner for the Lord, the, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentile; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:1-3 NIV
All that and a hotdog! Give me a shout and maybe we can get a salad together (just incase the family nutritionist is reading this blog).

Canada Update

Wow, what a wonderful time we had in Canada! The students and leaders hung tough during long hours in cramped vans. We thank the Lord for safe travel and for all the people we were able to meet. Jesus is Good News and we enjoyed sharing Him with the people in and around Toronto. While in country: We enjoyed the C.N. Tower (second tallest building in the world) the glass floor was intimidating, Bronte Park on Lake Ontario, Tim Horton's restaurants (the apple fritters are magic), the Escarpment was vast, and Niagara Falls was all it is cracked up to be (Pun intended). Most of all we enjoyed the people from all over the world that have come to call Canada home. Our hearts and prayers are with them still. Pray that the people we spoke with and the people that received Video's about the life of Christ will have tender hearts for the Gospel. Thank you to all who prayed for us while we were traveling and serving in Canada. You are the engine that drives the boat on it's mission. It was a PERFECT trip eh!

Go Tell Camp 2010

What a great journey we have had! 21 members of our Youth Ministry enjoyed hanging out in Toccoa, Georgia. Our group had two salvations, five students surrendered to full time Christian ministry, and many other spiritual decisions were made during the week. Thank the Lord for wonderful students and their families!

BE PREPARED

…But in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you… 1 Peter 3:15

BE PREPARED Scout motto since 1907

I am a fan of elevators but not for the same reasons as someone with a leg injury or a seventh grade boy after eating his favorite musical meal! I love elevators because it gives me a chance to talk to people without them diving into the nearest holly bush or dumpster. People who do not even know me seem to have a similar reaction, oh well.

I imagine my elevator ambush like a BOXED CANYON in the old westerns: “There ain’t no way out of this canyon Billy, give up and become a Christian or I’ll blind you with my smile and fill your ears full of churchy words!” If all goes well I will be riding into the sunset with another soul notched on the handle of my spiritual gun.

Let me share a recent elevator story that proves you must BE PREPARED. A friend and I had just left a hospital visit and were boarding the parking deck elevator on the ground floor and to my sadness the elevator was empty, what a waste of a good ambush. The elevator stopped on the next floor and a gentleman stepped inside. Things were looking up. I attempted to engage the man in some witty chatter but he was no stranger to elevator ambushes. He steeled himself and with the coldest of stares looked up at the light indicating the level and ignored us! The parking deck only had 4 levels and I would never be able to break him down on such a short ride. Actually, I am not sure a ride to the top of the Sears Tower would not be enough to get this tough Hombre to speak.

Fortunately on the very next floor a well dressed lady with a kind smile got on the elevator. As the door began to close I thought, “I’ll show this guy what polite conversation sounds like.” I spoke to the lady and she spoke back. Take that I thought as I watched the man in my peripheral vision. And just that quickly, the doors opened on the next level and the lady stepped past us to exit. Here was my chance! I shot the lady a blinding smile and hit her with a churchy phrase; “have a nice day” I said, all along hoping the man on the elevator would catch some of my spiritual shrapnel. As the door was closing, the lady looked back at me and said, “I have to go find a hospice care organization”. I was stunned to silence. The door closed and she was gone.

I kept thinking about the fact that I had recent experience with hospice. They helped my family through the difficult days of my father’s illness and death. How Christ had comforted me in the most difficult time of my life. How the kindness of Christians who were willing to weep with us and rejoice with us was so important. I needed to tell her that a relationship with Jesus was ultimately how one must BE PREPARED. When I realized the first man’s desire to be left alone I should have done just that and kindly I might add. I should have been more observant to the lady who was in need of hope. I failed.

Our failures are just that, ours. The Lord has the ability to reach into that person’s life. He has the power to affect the life of the other man also. I have no doubt about God’s ability to work and minister to all. He cannot fail! I am just sad that I was told to BE PREPARED and I wasn’t. Next time I will BE PREPARED. I thank the Lord for next times and elevators.

2010 GoTell Camp Basic information

Don’t let the description below confuse you, talk to Kevin or a student who has been to GoTell Camp in the past for more details!

Mount Vernon’s Students attend summer camp at the Georgia Baptist Assembly facility in Toccoa, Georgia. Toccoa is located in the foothills of Georgia just across the state line off of I-85.

GoTell Camp is not a typical summer camp. Although the camp is full of fun and other normal summer camp activities, it also includes chapel services and Christian discipleship, and team building for the youth group. A typical day at camp starts with breakfast in the main dining hall. In the past the meals have been very good. After breakfast MVBC’s teens usually attend a breakout session with teens from one or two other churches. Next, everyone (1,000+ teens) head over to the auditorium to hear a Christian praise band and a speaker. Lunch and midday camp games and activities are next. After supper everyone gathers in the auditorium to enjoy a praise band, skits, entertainment, and guest speakers who usually share the Gospel or inspirational message. The day also includes a good amount of down time to get to know each other better.

Our group stays off campus at a local hotel that has a pool and great air conditioning!

Camp is open to rising 7th graders (those who will be going into 7th grade in the fall or have already entered 7th grade as a year around student) through 12th graders (including those who graduated in June)

FYI- Mount Vernon Baptist Church promotes 6th graders to 7th grade June 6, 2010.
The cost for camp is $250 and includes lodging, transportation, meals at camp, t-shirt, and camp materials.

Sign up: Begins March 21, 2010

Deposit: A $50 non-refundable deposit due by April 14 (Make checks out to Mount Vernon)

Forms: All forms are due into the Youth Office by May 16

Balance: The $200 final payment is due no later than May 24

Guys Open Gym Nights

Dudes hang time in MARCH and MAY

Attention CrossQuest MEN, you are invited to open gym evenings in March! Mark your calendars (or have your Moms do it for you) for March 26, 2010 and May 7, 14 and 21, 2010. 7-8 grade guys open gym time is 7-9pm and 9-12 grade guys from 9-11pm. Can we bring a friend? I am glad you asked- YES as long as they are male and they are in middle school or high School!

Hey CrossQuest Youth- Thank you’ve got game?

Then don’t just sing it, bring it (your A game that is) to CrossQuest’s BIG BAD BASKETBALL BONANZA BLOWOUT BASH 2! Prizes will be awarded to the student who brings the most visitors and to the student who displays the most team spirit. So lace up those smelly sneakers, come dressed in all your favorite team’s colors and gear, and get ready for a SLAM-Dunk of a party!

We are not talking about Mrs. Cheryl B’s granny-shot, Mr. David W’s white knee socks, Mr. Wayne S’s 1960’s uniform, or Mr. Steve C’s rec league kind of basketball- We are talking:

Dunk-a-Thon Krazy K.O. 3-Point Shootout Super P.I.G. Nuttin’ But Net

World’s Largest B-Ball Game 2 and MUCH, MUCH more!

Rumor has It that a half-court shot is worth big bucks!

Date: Friday March 19 Time: 7-10pm Cost: $5 Sign Up: On Kevin’s office door

GoTell Camp 2010

All 7-12 graders interested in going to GoTell Camp June 21-25 need to contact Youth Pastor Kevin Moore at crossquest@embarqmail.com for details and information. Our youth group has been attending GoTell Camp in Toccoa, Georgia since 1999. Many students have come to know Jesus as Savior and Lord at camp, many more have surrendered to God’s call for personal holiness, vocational ministry, or being more bold in sharing the Gospel with friends and family. Sigh up begins MARCH 21.

Operation Canada 2010

CrossQuest Senior High Students are going to Canada this summer! The students will be visiting the Toronto area while sharing the love of Christ with our neighbors to the north. CrossQuest Students that are interested in going on this trip need to contact Youth Pastor Kevin Moore at crossquest@embarqmail.com ASAP for details and cost.