PowerSource Youth Group - Calvary Baptist Church, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Hey, this is Brother Dave and I am the Youth Minister at Calvary Baptist Church. I would like to invite you to come to PowerSource on Wednesday nights at 6:30pm and see what we are all about. If you have any questions about PowerSource or our ministries here at Calvary, please contact me at davidccbc@comcast.net.

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The Ashley Paine Fund

Ashley Paine was riding her bicycle home from school when she was tragically hit by a school bus and died as a result of her injuries. Ashley was a Christian and loved singing Christian music. She also loved reaching out and helping others. Her life was not in vain and through her death others were given the chance for life. A total of 5 individuals were recipients of Ashley's organs. Also, because her death brought awareness to the intersections our children cross on their way home, a crossing guard is now assisting other children so that another life is not lost.

A special thank you goes out to all who have supported the family during this tragic time. While funeral costs have been met, Calvary is still collecting donations to assist with the hospital costs. The angel that her dad wanted has been placed at the intersection as a memorial for Ashley. Please continue to keep this precious family in your prayers.

If you have any questions regarding the fund, please contact the church at 483-7460.

Donations can be mailed to:

The Ashley Paine Fund
c/o Calvary Baptist Church
163 North Jefferson Circle
Oak Ridge, TN 37830

To sign the guest book for the family, please visit Weatherford Mortuary.

SEEKING GOD'S WORD
God teaches us, ministers to us, and loves us through His word. Select a topic below to find Bible verses that we hope will minister to you.

Afraid or Fear

My name is David Christopher and I am 33 years old. I am married to Kelley and we have four kids, Pateyn 12, Brooke 10, Emily 6, and Josiah 3. Kelley and I are graduates of Oak Ridge High School. Soon after High School Kelley and I were married. I joined the Army in 1997 and have an Honorable Discharge as of 2004. I also attended Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN. I am in my 8th year as a Minister of Youth. I am in my 5th year as Minister of Youth here at Calvary Baptist Church of Oak Ridge. If you have any questions regarding my ministry, please feel free to contact me at davidccbc@comcast.net.

My Testimony

It all begins for me when I entered into this world in 1974. As a baby I was brought up at Calvary Baptist Church where I am now the Minister of Students. At the age of eight I remember my first encounter with God.

It was on a Sunday. My family and I had finished our lunch and I was grounded to my room for something I am sure that I did but can not recall. While stuck in my room I made a tent out of my bed and rearranged everything at least three times. This is when I noticed my Sunday School lesson. I remember knowing that I wanted God to save me. I did cry out to God and I count this as my first encounter with Him. I did not follow through with telling anyone about my experience with God. A little time after that my family quit going to church altogether and the memory of my decision faded with time.

At the age of fourteen some church friends and the new youth minister came to my house. They had come to invite me to a week long Bible camp at the beach. I remember the decision about whether I should be bored for a week or go to the beach for a week. I decided to go to the beach. It was Wednesday night during Bible camp that I gave my life over to Christ. At the moment I knew I had not made a decision, I knew it was time. The thoughts of my first encounter with God when I was eight came running through my head. I remember thinking that maybe I was already saved and didn't need to go down front. Looking back I know now that a spiritual war was going on inside me. As I went to the front I got down on my knees at the altar and began talking to God. In my prayer I told God that I knew that I was a sinner and needed Him to save me from my sins. I also remembered that first encounter and told Him that this time this was for real. After I prayed I told the youth pastor and the group about my decision to follow Christ. I was baptized the following Sunday after we came back from the beach.

One of the most important decisions other than when I decided to follow Christ was to stay involved in the youth group at the church. As I look back today I can clearly see that God had placed me in the group and church. By staying involved He kept me safe from the things that could have destroyed me. By staying committed He taught me His ways on how to live a life by denying my life. I wish that I can say that everything has been smooth sailing since the day that God extended His grace in my direction. There is one thing that I do know, He saved me and His grace is enough.

Years have passed since I began to walk with God. There have been times when I walked really close to Him. I also know there have been times when I did not walk so close. Through all the good times and the bad I know that God has never left me alone. I give Him all the glory and honor and I hope that my life mirrors His ways. He is my keeper, my rock, my victory, my peace, and my direction.

Wednesdays 6:30 - 7:50pm	*PowerSource* Come to the youth led service filled with team building games, contemporary music, skits, fellowship, and worship. You'll find us in the NFH.
Sundays	*Youth Drama* Sundays from 2:30 to 5:00. Stop by to see if you would like to join.
Jan 22nd 5:00p-8:00p	*Ice Skating at the Icearium* We will be going ice skating at the Icearium on Friday, January 22nd. We will meet at the church at 6:15pm and will skate until 9:30. It cost $13.00, but if you want to get food bring extra money. Please bring the completed Permission Slip to Brother Dave.

Motion Man is a stop motion animation created by Garrett, Matthew, and Curtis.

Stick Figure, The Ball - an animation by Rachael

*Anger* Bad days come and at times things can get overwhelming, but we must surrender our emotions to the Lord. It's ok to get angry, but it's what we do with that anger that causes us to sin. Leave the judgment and punishment to the Lord. Surrender your anger, find forgiveness and live in peace.
Ephesians 4:26 NLT	And "don't sin by letting anger gain control over you." Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry.
Proverbs 15:1 NLT	A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stir up anger.
Proverbs 14:29 MSG	Slowness to anger makes for deep understanding; a quick-tempered person stockpiles stupidity.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 GNT	Keep your temper under control; it is foolish to harbor a grudge.
Romans 12:19 MSG	Don't insist on getting even; that's not for you to do. "I'll do the judging," says God. "I'll take care of it."
Ephesians 4:31-32 NLT	Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of malicious behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
Matthew 5:22-24 MSG	I'm telling you that anyone who is so much as angry with a brother or sister is guilty of murder. Carelessly call a brother 'idiot!' and you just might find yourself hauled into court. Thoughtlessly yell 'stupid!' at a sister and you are on the brink of hellfire. The simple moral fact is that words kill. "This is how I want you to conduct yourself in these matters. If you enter your place of worship and, about to make an offering, you suddenly remember a grudge a friend has against you, abandon your offering, leave immediately, go to this friend and make things right. Then and only then, come back and work things out with God.
Proverbs 14:16 - 17 NLT	The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with great confidence. Those who are short-tempered do foolish things, and schemers are hated.
James 1:19-21 ESV	Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
Proverbs 22:24-25 NLT	Keep away from angry, short-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.
ESV - English Standard Version GNT - Good News Translation MSG - The Message NLT - New Living Translation

*FEELING REJECTED* Many times the world can make us feel pushed aside or rejected. Sometimes we feel like we aren't good enough for anything, but God wants us to know that He loves us and He chose us. He knew us before we were formed and He values us.
1 Samuel 8:7 NIV	And the Lord told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
Isaiah 41:9 GWT	I brought you from the ends of the earth; I called you from its farthest corners and said to you, "You are my servant.' I did not reject you, but chose you.
Proverbs 10:32 NLT	If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
Romans 3:4 MSG	Not on your life! Depend on it: God keeps his word even when the whole world is lying through its teeth. Scripture says the same: Your words stand fast and true; Rejection doesn't faze you.
Ephesians 1:11-12 MSG	It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
Hebrews 11:13,16 NLT	They agreed that they were no more than foreigners and nomads here on earth. But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a heavenly city for them.
1 Peter 2:4 NLT	Come to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God's temple. He was rejected by the people, but he is precious to God who chose him.
1 Peter 2:9-10 MSG	But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God's instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you - from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted.
NIV - New International Version GWT - God's Word Translation MSG - The Message NLT - New Living Translation

*GOSSIPING* Our words can build up or tear down a person. The Bible teaches us to encourage each other and cautions us about hurting others. Remember...once a word is spoken, it can never be brought back. How are your words...do they hurt or heal?
Proverbs 12:18 NIV	Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
James 1:26 NLT	If you claim to be religious but don't control your tongue, you are just fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
Proverbs 10:32 NLT	The godly speak words that are helpful, but the wicked speak only what is corrupt.
Proverbs 17:27-28 NLT	A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered. Even fools are thought to be wise when they keep silent; when they keep their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.
Psalm 34:12-14 NLT	Do any of you want to live a life that is long and good? Then watch your tongue! Keep your lips from telling lies! Turn away from evil and do good. Work hard at living in peace with others.
Proverbs 17:9 NLT	Disregarding another person's faults preserves love; telling about them separates close friends.
Proverbs 6:16-19 NLT	There are six things the LORD hates - no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 10:19-21 NLT	Don't talk too much, for it fosters sin. Be sensible and turn off the flow! The words of the godly are like sterling silver; the heart of a fool is worthless. The godly give good advice, but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense.
Proverbs 15:28 NLT	There are six things the LORD hates - no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among brothers.
Fill your heart with God's word so that you overflow with His love.
Matthew 12:34 NLT	For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.
Luke 6:45 NIV	For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
Proverbs 15:26 NLT	The LORD…delights in pure words.
NLT - New Living Translation

*LOVE* Sometimes love can be hard to give, especially when you are angry with someone or you have been hurt. But God teaches us through His Word how important it is to love one another. It is the most important thing He teaches us to do.
John 3:16 KJV	For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 5:8 GNT	But God has shown us how much he loves us—it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!
1 John 4:7-8 NLT	Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God – for God is love.
1 Corinthians 13:1 - 8a, 13 NLT	If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didn't love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what good would I be? And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value whatsoever. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Love will last forever, but prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will all disappear. There are three things that will endure – faith, hope, and love – and the greatest of these is love.
1 John 4:10-12 GNT	This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven. Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us.
John 15:9-10 GNT	I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
John 14:21 NKJV	He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.
John 15:12-14,17 NLT	I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you. And here is how to measure it – the greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends. You are my friends if you obey me. I command you to love each other.
Mark 12:30 MSG	So love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy. And here is the second: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.' There is no other commandment that ranks with these. And loving him with all passion and intelligence and energy, and loving others as well as you love yourself. Why, that's better than all offerings and sacrifices put together!
1 John 4:16 NIV	And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:21 NLT	And God himself has commanded that we must love not only him but our Christian brothers and sisters, too.
Jeremiah 31:3 NLT	Long ago the LORD said to Israel: "I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.
John 16:27 NLT	For the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God.
Romans 8:38-39 NLT	And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 13:34-35 NLT	So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.
GNT - Good News Translation NLT - New Living Translation KJV - King James Version NKJV - New King James Version MSG - The Message

*PATIENCE* Sometimes life can get tough and patience hard to find, but God teaches us through His Word about patience and that we can find it through the Holy Spirit when we allow Him to control our lives.
Galatians 5:22 NLT	But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness
Isaiah 40:31 MSG	But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don't get tired, they walk and don't lag behind.
Psalm 27:14 KJV	Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Lamentations 3:26 Holman	It is good to wait quietly for deliverance from the Lord.
Romans 8:25 NLT	But if we look forward to something we don't have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently.
Psalm 37:7 NLT	Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act.
Hebrews 6:12 KJV	That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews 10:36 GNT	You need to be patient, in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises.
Hebrews 12:1 KJV	Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset {us}, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 NLT	Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride.
Romans 15:4-5 NLT	Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. They give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God's promises. May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other – each with the attitude of Christ Jesus toward the other.
Psalm 40:1 GNT	I waited patiently for the Lord's help; then he listened to me and heard my cry.
Romans 5:3-5 NIV	Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
James 1:3-4 GNT	For you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure. Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
James 5:7-8 GNT	Be patient, then, my friends, until the Lord comes. See how patient farmers are as they wait for their land to produce precious crops. They wait patiently for the autumn and spring rains. You also must be patient. Keep your hopes high, for the day of the Lord's coming is near.
GNT - Good News Translation NIV - New International Version NLT - New Living Translation KJV - King James Version MSG - The Message

	Logan A., President The president is the chief youth officer of the Calvary Baptist Youth Ministry and will work alongside the Minister of Students. The president can help set the tone for the ministry and its relationship with Calvary Baptist Church. The president works with all ministry officers to ensure that the ministry's interest is being observed in matters of publicity, news of youth members, informal gatherings and/or events (including PowerSource), and fundraising programs. The president will exercise generosity, helpfulness and the fruits of the spirit as he fills this office.
	Meredith G., Vice President The vice president works with the ministry president and other officers in planning, organizing, and implementing ministry programs. In the absence of the president, the vice president exercises the powers and duties of the president. The vice president may be assigned projects such as: newsletters, community service projects, small events, etc. The vice president will exercise generosity, helpfulness and the fruits of the spirit as she fills this office.
	Laken C., Secretary The secretary communicates news about youth members and guests through announcements, letters, emails, etc. The secretary is provided an updated list of students enrolled in Sunday school and PowerSource. The secretary will announce news, events, updates, etc. in PowerSource or will assign another student to do so. The secretary will work directly with the outreach coordinator and other officers to ensure all youth members, guests, and teachers are reached. The secretary will exercise generosity, helpfulness and the fruits of the spirit as she fills this office.
	Pateyn C., Outreach Coordinator The outreach coordinator will work alongside the secretary and other officers to ensure all youth members, guests, parents, and teachers are reached. The outreach coordinator will be provided with various cards and letters as needed. The outreach coordinator must keep in touch with the whereabouts and activities of youth members and guests. This coordinator will be responsible for sending out letters or postcards; sending holiday or birthday cards; and calling or visiting youth members and guests. The outreach coordinator will exercise generosity, helpfulness and the fruits of the spirit as he fills this office.
	Dakota M., Historian The historian will be solely responsible for documenting all events and activities through photography. The historian will be provided a camera, film, and/or memory card in the case of digital photographs, and scrapbook materials to use for documentation. The historian will exercise generosity, helpfulness and the fruits of the spirit as he fills this office.

Name: Bro. Dave
Email: davidccbc@comcast.net
Date: August 21, 2007

Thank you all who visit our site! God is doing some AMAZING things with our student ministry and we would love for you to be involved. Please feel free to contact me at davidccbc@comcast.net for more info or questions! Dave