REAL LIFE Student Ministries

Winter Jam

2012-01-27T17:01:00.000-08:00

We're meeting at the church at 2pm on Saturday, January 28th. Bring $10 CASH (they don't take anything but cash). You will need a Medical/Liability Release Formor you cannot ride the bus with us.

There will be a later van going with VERY limited seating -- it's for the cafe workers and for quiz bowl participants that cannot make the 2pm bus. Same story -- $10 CASH and you MUST have a Medical/Liability Release Formor you cannot ride the bus with us.
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New Year's Eve Eve Lock-In

2011-12-22T11:03:00.000-08:00

OK -- Eve Eve -- would that be an Adam? It doesn't matter what you call it -- it's a LOCK-IN!!!! We will be meeting at the church at 9pm on Friday, December 30th and will go home at 9am on Saturday, December 31st.

Here's the scoop:

Bring - a completed Medical/Liability Release Form
a snack to share
a nerf gun (or two)
a good attitude

Please DO NOT come early - a few people will be here early to set up and get the building ready for the evening activities. However, we are not able to accommodate early drop-off.

If you are bringing a friend, please make sure they bring the items listed above, too.

Also - if you do not have a Medical/Liability Release Form, you cannot stay for the Lock-In.

Semi-Formal Christmas Party

2011-12-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

We're going to PARTY on Wednesday, December 21st at 6:30pm (regular REAL LIFE time). This is a NICE event, so please dress up. (We're not talking prom dresses and tuxes - just come dressed nice for the occasion). We will have hors d'oeuvres and candlelight. This is a classy event - JUST FOR YOU!

Also - we will be concluding our evening with a white elephant gift exchange. Please bring a gift to share at the party. It needn't be fancy, and it needn't be new. Find something unusual at your house that you might not have use for, wrap it up and bring it to the party. (This is a great re-gifting opportunity!)

We will finish up at 8:00pm. Some of our students and volunteers will need to leave right after the event to go practice in the Christmas orchestra, so you're welcome to stick around just a bit, but then we're going to have to scoot!

Announcements 12.21.11

2011-12-20T06:00:00.000-08:00

Super Out Of Date

2011-09-16T10:34:00.000-07:00

OK, you know all that food that gets pushed to the back of the refrigerator that you forget about and it gets nasty and goes out of date.

Yeah. That's what's happened to this website! We've been so busy putting together Announcements videos virtually every week, planning stuff, working on the main church website, updating the gotreallife facebook fan page that this page has been pushed to the back and DESPERATELY needs some updating.

I (Pastor Dave) am committing to pay a little more attention to this page and at least will try to keep the youtube links current for our weekly announcements. I'll also try to post pertinent comments about what's going on around the student ministry and such.

So - TONIGHT - FOOTBALL ROADTRIP!!!! WOOHOO! This will be our second one of the season. We're heading to Zane Trace to see them play Paint Valley. I think it'll be a fun time! You don't have to attend either school to ride along in the church van that smells really funky - there's room for some Warriors, Cavaliers, Tanks, we'll even let some Panthers ride along! It'll be fun! Bring $5 and something warm to wear, it's going to get chilly! We're meeting at the church at 6:30 -- game starts at 7:30. Who will win? Bear Cats or Pioneers?!?

Welcome!

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Browse the links below -- find out what's going on at REAL LIFE, how you might get more involved. We meet weekly for our Teen Worship Service (REAL LIFE), we worship together in song and through the study of God's Word. We hang out with each other and play some pretty CRAZY games. Take a look at the highlights videos to see what you might have missed, or to remember what an awesome time we had on a particular week. Check out an announcements video to find out what's coming up and how you might connect with some of your friends at REAL LIFE and maybe serve along-side them!

If you'd like to download our Medical Release form,

click here

(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

HOOKED - 4 Week Super Series

2011-03-16T11:44:00.000-07:00

Money. Sex. Pride. Drugs. Glory. The lure of temptation is strong, and all it takes is one bite to get hooked -- sometimes for life. Temptation is everywhere! Even if you're not experiencing temptation at this moment, it will be knocking at your door in no time.

We're going to get a big-picture perspective on how God wants to help us deal with temptation. We'll also follow-up with some very practical steps you can take to prepare you to deal with tomorrow's temptations and protect you for years to come!

3/16 - Don't Bite
3/30 - Swim in Schools
4/6 - Get Rid of the Hook
4/13 - Swim Free

Highlights from 02.23.11

2011-03-02T13:56:00.000-08:00

Modesty

2011-02-15T09:53:00.000-08:00

Serla came across these guidelines while reading a friend's blog. I thought they were very good guidelines pertaining to modesty. What do you think?

Four Guidelines for Modesty

If you have trouble getting into it or out of it, it is probably not modest.
If you have to be careful when you sit down or bend over, it is probably not modest.
If people look at any part of your body before looking at your face, it is probably not modest.
If you can see your most private body parts or an outline of those parts under the fabric, it is probably not modest.

Dare2Share 2011 Highlights

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Highlights from 02.02.11

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Some post-Dare2Share thoughts

2011-02-08T07:25:00.000-08:00

Hey all, I have been processing our weekend at Dare2Share and thought I'd put some of my thoughts down in writing... I know that this was a very powerful weekend for MANY of you who attended the conference, this is based on the many conversations I've had with some of you over breakfast, traveling in the vehicles, hanging out over lunch, or back at the church.

For those who didn't go this weekend, you NEED to go next year! I've purchased 10 more tickets than we did this year. I've already got permission to take the bus for the weekend next year, so start thinking and planning on going next year. (The dates and location are: Dayton, March 1,2 (& maybe 3), 2012.

Let me preface my thoughts with this little piece of information, I've been taking our students to this conference since their first year in Columbus (about 10 years ago). There are other conferences for teens, but I keep bringing our students back to this conference because of their genuine love for and commitment to teens. Their purpose is to raise up a generation of teens who are equipped to share their faith with their peers and instill a life-long commitment to THE Cause (Great Commission). The message never changes -- they stick to the message. However, the medium does change (technology, cultural relevance, etc.). In the early years, cell phones weren't so common, nor was texting. Now they are central to the challenge given to the teens in sharing their faith. Same goes for the film clips that illustrate some of the points given throughout the weekend.

So -- here are some of the take-aways I came home with this weekend:

We're doing a GREAT job at loving each other and encouraging each other. In my 20+ years of student ministry (almost 14 hear at Tabernacle), I have NEVER had a group of students who was so encouraging and accepting of one another. We need to take that love and concern to our friends, to our visitors and take the opportunity to share Christ with any and all of them (both those who come through our doors and to the ones who never will).

We need to be more DELIBERATE in living THE Cause. Jessica suggested to me that we do the sharpie challenge periodically through the year. She suggested I issue the challenge and pass out the sharpies one week, then ask you to finish the challenge by the next week and be prepared to share the results! (GREAT idea, Jessica!)

We need to think of ways that we can live THE Cause throughout the year. As mentioned above, the sharpie challenge can be just one way. Each of us has a different style (remember the 4 styles they explained at the confernce?). We need to find ways that EACH of us can share.

Not only do we need to hold each other accountable to living THE Cause, we need to remember that it's not just sharing the Gospel, it's living a life that is set apart. We need to call one another to personal holiness, to sharpen one another in the faith, in our study of God's Word and in living out what we say we believe. We need to live transparent lives before one another, to be REAL with one another.

Something that is lacking in our ministry is prayer -- I am praying for you, but I haven't been calling you to prayer. We're not setting aside time to pray together. After spending some time in prayer in the boys' room on Saturday night, I am convinced that we need to devote more time and attention to concerted, deliberate prayer. (For our friends, family, even ourselves). Greg touched on the need for prayer in the adult leaders' session on Saturday morning. It was a slap to my forehead from the Holy Spirit! (Kind of like the "Hello, Mcfly" line from "Back to the Future")

We've got some momentum, we just need to keep it going. There will be some minor course corrections we'll be making over the next several weeks. We've got a good thing going, but it DEFINITELY can be better. PLEASE - if you have any ideas, or if God has laid something on your heart this weekend, let me know. God speaking to you is JUST as important as God speaking to me. (Sometimes He speaks to me THROUGH you!)

Highlights 01.19.2011

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See what we did on Wednesday, January 19th!

SLEDDING AND REAL LIFE CHALLENGE

2011-01-26T12:03:00.001-08:00

Highlights from sledding on 1/23 and videos of idiots running around in the snow bare footed.

Highlights 01.12.11 - Sledding

2011-01-20T08:35:00.000-08:00

We had to cancel REAL LIFE on 1/12, so a bunch of us got together and went sledding! Here's that highlights video.

Highlights from 01.05.11

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Announcements 12.15.10

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Highlights from 12.08.2010

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Announcements 12.08.10

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Highlights from November 2010

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REAL LIFE, G.I.R.L. Time and NERF War highlight video

Announcements 11.17.10

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Highlights from 11.10.2010

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Announcements 11.10.10

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Highlights from 11.03.2010

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Highlights from REAL LIFE on Wednesday, November 3rd. The main event for the evening was a SURPRISE Pastor Appreciation party for Pastor Dave.

Announcements 10.06.2010

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Highlights from 09.29.10

2010-10-05T22:05:00.001-07:00

Wondering what you missed last week? We played a little dodge-ball, worshiped in song and studied God's Word together... we talked about what God has to say about tithing, it was week five in our six week series on developing some good spiritual HABITS. Check out the video and get a little taste of what you missed:

Announcements 09.29.10

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Highlights from 09.22.10 & S.Y.A.T.P.

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Announcements 09.22.10

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Announcements 09.15.10

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HIGHLIGHTS 09.08.10

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Announcements 09.08.10

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Highlights from 09.01.10

2010-09-07T12:18:00.001-07:00

New Camera & New Eye-Fi Card

2010-09-03T14:16:00.000-07:00

(Click above image to see album)

We've got a new camera and an Eye-Fi card for the Student Ministry. Trying out the capabilities. The first several tests have been absolutely AMAZING!!!!

If you don't know what the Eye-Fi does, it WIRELESSLY sends your pictures to your online photo storage site (our is Picasa). It automatically creates a new album. ALSO - it has the ability to geotag our pics, so when we should be able to geotag photos as we're out and about on missions trips and conferences and such!

If you haven't noticed, there have been some changes over the past few weeks. More pictures are being taken, more photo slideshows are being shared. We've linked our youtube channel, our blog (gotreallife.org), our picasa photo website and even our facebook page. We're still learning, but you should be seeing more and more media coming out of the Student Ministry.

Also -- Faith Keeton has been named REAL LIFE Staff Photographer. She is in posession of the new camera and is uploading our pics and creating slideshows with our show creator account (animoto). You can make free 30 second shows with the software. Animoto has graciously provided us with a Pro account free of charge!

Anyway -- if you have any cool pictures that you have taken, email them to Faith -- she'll be sure to add them to our media archives!

New Pictures!!!

2010-08-26T12:48:00.000-07:00

There are some new pictures posted to our facebook fanpage! Just go to: www.facebook.com/gotreallife and click on the photos tab.

Faith Keeton is our new REAL LIFE Staff Photographer -- thank you, Faith, for snapping a bunch of pics and getting them quickly on the facebook page! Who knows? This may be an emerging ministry within the Student Ministry. See if Faith might need help snapping some pictures, or maybe you can forward some of your best pics her way!

Summer is OVER!

2010-08-25T14:02:00.001-07:00

School is back, summer is over -- we're getting back into the swing of things. Be watching over the next few weeks for some changes in our programming. We'll be starting our H.A.B.I.T.S. Series, new Bible Study materials will be available for you to do on your own, that will help you develop good spiritual habits!

Also, we have a new Game Meister, Josh Hambrick. We'll play some new games, as well as some of our older games, too! Ryan is working on some changes for our Worship Team, Pastor Dave is working on improving our media and being a little more consistent with it.

The Cafe will be opening back up on September 8th. Christy and Jen will be back, as well as some new faces.

Sign-Ups will begin for:
- Dare2Share
- Revolve Tour (Women of Faith for Girls)
- M-Fuge Nashville

These are EXCITING times for our Student Ministry!

Summer Discipleship

2010-06-06T12:15:00.000-07:00

Instead of having a "Discipleship Group" this summer, I am encouraging you to go deeper all by yourself...

Many of you are familiar with p90x -- Greg Stier from Dare2Share blogged about his g90x program -- an INTENSIVE 90 days in the Word and prayer -- you can read all about it here: http://www.gregstier.org/rants/p90x-meet-g90x/

Since summer break is almost exactly 90 days -- I thought this would be a GREAT way for us to spend our summer. There is a link for the reading plan in Greg's blog, or -- youversion has the 90 day reading plan AND a way for you to journal online. They have mobile apps that work on your iPod touch, iPod, iPad, Palm Pre or Pixi, blackberry -- there's even a mobile web page that allows you to track via a web enabled phone. OR - if you don't have one of those devices, you can do it all on your computer through youversion.com

All you need to do is go to http://www.youversion.com/ and sign up for a free account that will allow you to track your reading. Select the 90 day reading plan.

Let's all grow deeper in our relationship to God this summer!

Instead of meeting together, we can post to each other's facebook pages, or talk about what God's showing us as we gather together for REAL LIFE or other times throughout the summer!

Pastor Dave

P.S. I am starting my reading on Monday, June 7th, which means I should end on September 2nd. I encourage you to join me! There are reading plans in the Teen Center if you cannot use the apps or the online version.

Summer Calendar Updates

2010-05-23T11:30:00.001-07:00

There are already some updates on the Summer Calendar! Our first two Films On Fridays have been planned. We will start the summer off with a Double-Feature: Night at the Museum (we're watching BOTH films) -- this will start at the regular NOON time on June 11th.

THEN -- on the 18th we will be having a Lord of the Rings mini-film festival. We will be watching the extended version of ALL three movies. A special start time of 10:00am will be in effect that day -- we should finish up sometime around 10:00pm.

As will be our policy for the summer, popcorn will be free, however you need to provide your own drinks (either bring them or buy them from the cafe)

Unioto Choral Concert

2010-05-13T17:13:00.000-07:00

Shawn & Kelsey Murray & Corey Tackett after the choral concert at Unioto

Happy -- Series Continues

2010-05-11T12:19:00.000-07:00

Join us this week as we continue in our Super Series called "Happy"

We're working our way through the Beatitudes (found in the Sermon on the Mount). If you want to live a blessed, happy or CONTENTED life (that's a life of contentment), join us as we open God's Word and see what our Lord Jesus Christ said it would take for us to live a satisfying life.

Worship with the Travis Lee Band

2010-05-05T17:05:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, May 5th, Travis Lee and his beautiful wife Allegra did an AWESOME job of leading us in worship! They hail from St. Genevieve, Missouri and made a stop here in Chillicothe, Ohio.

We first met Travis about 7 years ago while on our Philadelphia mission trip with M-Fuge. Travis was our worship leader there (where he did an awesome job, just like he continues to do!).

Several students have asked if the Travis Lee Band will return. We certainly hope so! We've enjoyed a long relationship with this group, particularly with Travis. His humility and servant's heart shine through, along with his commitment to Christ! He also brought us a GREAT word from the Lord - we were challenged AND encouraged as he taught from God's love letter to us.

Travis Lee bringing us the Word!

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New Super Series!

2010-02-16T12:54:00.001-08:00

Do you want to live a HAPPY life? God has given us instructions in His Word -- join us as we study the Beatitudes and learn the keys to living a happy, contented life.

Dare2Share 2010 Highlights

2010-02-12T06:21:00.001-08:00

Here's a little video Chris threw together for us! We had a great weekend at Dare2Share. Looking forward to ways that WE can begin to advance THE Cause around Chillicothe, Ross County, and beyond!

Dare2Share

2010-02-07T10:59:00.000-08:00

We had an AWESOME weekend!!! Hopefully we'll get some pictures posted very soon. If you went and have some pictures, please send them to me, or post them on your facebook page and tag me so I can get them and put them in a slideshow for the event. We had a LOT of students join THE CAUSE this weekend.

Reading Your Bible

2010-01-20T18:34:00.000-08:00

So tonight we talked about reading your Bible. We all know we need to do it, but we're not exactly the best at doing it... We looked at some awesome tools that are available to you to help you in your Bible reading. I will list the items (and their links) that we discussed tonight. Of course, the OLD SCHOOL resource is a BIBLE. Pick a translation that works for you. I prefer the New Living Translation, it's a really easily understood translation for students. Chris prefers the English Standard Version, also very understandable and quite accurate. The bulk of America reads the New International Version (it's good and also quite easy to understand)

Here are the tools available:

The Bible
biblegateway.com
youversion.com
esv.org

We also discussed that there are a lot of mobile tools for students with web enabled phones and devices. Here are the links for those:

m.youversion.com
mobile.biblegateway.com
esv.org/mobile

Accountability is the final piece of the puzzle. It is key for you to have someone to travel with on this faith journey. There are some great tech tools that will allow you to do this, but you can also just pick up the phone, or head over to your friend's house and talk about what you're reading...

Some ideas:

Twitter -- both Pastor Dave and Chris use this tool -- if you want to find us, look here:
Dave -- twitter.com/uthpastordave
Chris --twitter.com/gnuattitude
facebook.com
Text a friend
Call a friend
Email a friend
Instant Message a friend (via facebook, google chat, yahoo chat, or any other chat client you like)

The big thing is to dig into the Bible. Find a friend who will join you on the journey. Hold each other accountable and help each other out. Ask questions. Figure it out!

Remember -- if you're not currently reading the Bible, just 7 minutes a day when you get up is better than NO MINUTES! (7up challenge). Get into the Word, it will get into you and you'll be AMAZED at how God uses it in your life!

New Year, New Opportunities

2010-01-06T18:20:00.000-08:00

The new year brings new opportunities for Bible reading. I mentioned the 7up challenge this evening at REAL LIFE. If you are spending no time with God, this is a simple thing -- get a 7up and put it somewhere you'll see it to remind you to spend 7 minutes with God in His Word and in prayer when you get up.

If you want to try something that is a HUGE challenge, Chris sent me this link of an AWESOME reading plan that you can print off and use to keep track of your Bible reading. It is a plan that takes you through the ENTIRE BIBLE in 90 days!

Also -- next week we will FINISH our Revelation study!!!! If you want to read ahead, and be ready for our discussion, chapters 21 & 22 are the places to read!

New Years Eve Eve Lock-In

2009-12-27T08:52:00.000-08:00

There will be no REAL LIFE on Wednesday, December 30th. Instead, we will be having our annual New Years Eve Eve (is that an Adam?) Lock-In from 9pm to 9am on Thursday morning. There is no cost for the event, but we ask that you please bring a snack to share (chips, cookies, somthing like that). Also, bring a NERF gun and darts (marked so that they can easily be identified as YOURS). We also will be setting up TVs in the lobby so that if anyone wants to bring a WII or XBox or something like that, we'll have an "arcade" area for you (please mark any game systems and components so that they are easily identified as yours).

We'll also be showing the video below again, because some people were missing from the Christmas Party. Hopefully we'll have LOTS of pictures of LOTS of great activities next year that we can show at the end of 2010!

Dare2Share - We're going!!!

2009-10-27T12:25:00.000-07:00

The Blaze Tour is coming to Columbus February 5th & 6th. We'll be staying the 5th - 7th -- Mark the dates on your calendar! The American Baptist Churches of Ohio are rolling our Youth Convention into this conference. We will be staying at the Drury Hotel in Grove City. There will be gathering of ABC youth on Friday night and we'll be heading over to Hillcrest Baptist on Sunday morning to worship with other ABC youth.

Sign-Up in the Teen Center on Sunday Mornings or Wednesday Evenings. Spots are limited, first come, first served.

Free Youth Ministry Resources Evangelism Training

REAL LIFE 06.17.09

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Nerf War Highlights

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Welcome to our new home on the web! There should be a flurry of activity here as we upload pictures and information so that you can know what's going on in our student ministry.

We do have the CALENDAR online now! You can also click the link on the right.

OCU Prayer skit at REAL LIFE

2009-03-18T12:51:00.000-07:00

OCU Adam Family skit at REAL LIFE

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OCU Creative Movement at REAL LIFE

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REAL LIFE 03.18.09

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REAL LIFE 03.11.09

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REAL LIFE 03.11.09

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REAL LIFE 03.04.09

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REAL LIFE 03.04.09

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REAL LIFE 02.25.09

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REAL LIFE 02.25.09

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REAL LIFE 02.11.09

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REAL LIFE 02.11.2009

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Football Road Trip 10.24.08

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REAL LIFE 10.22.08

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REAL LIFE Pics

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ApologetiX Concert Pictures

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