Parents ePage Newsletters

Pastor Lisle has started a new online monthly newsletter, geared toward parents with students at LBC.  It's called "Parent ePage." The intent is to keep parents aware of what's going on in the Student Ministry and provide another means of getting resources into parents' hands.


To subscribe (you can unsubscribe at any time):

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To view the first issue online:
LaGrange Baptist Parent Newsletter, 13 March 2009

Check our website for more information.

Vertical Reality '09

What is Vertical Reality?

Vertical – situated at the highest point.

Reality – that which has existence apart from any idea any mind may have of it, and which would exist if there were no mind anywhere to entertain a thought of it.

Our Father is situated at the highest point. When Isaiah wrote about his vision of God in Isaiah 6, he said he saw the LORD sitting on a throne ‘high and lifted up’. He is far from us, but through Jesus Christ – God who is ‘high and lifted up’ – has drawn near to us. We want all of us to become aware of the reality of what the gospel has done for us. It has given us access to God – we now have the spiritual capacity to relationally connect to God. It is not what we have done, but it is what God has done through His Son to make this a reality for all who will believe in Him.

Vertical Reality weekend is a retreat we take each spring to help us grow in using the ‘means’ God has given us to develop a real intimate relationship with Him. Each year we will focus on a spiritual habit, in the past we have studied, reading God’s Word, memorizing the Word, church, stewardship, worship, fasting and prayer, we engage in these spiritual habits as a means to get to the end and the end is to know and experience God more fully. That is our goal, our desire – to grow in our love and knowledge of Him so that we may live for Him in a world that desperately needs to know Him!

Who can attend? ALL students (7-12)

Dates: April 24-25

Cost: $25 per student / $40 max per family (covers all expenses)

Last day to sign up: Sunday, April 5. You can sign up by filling out blue card in youth area or here.

Where: Cedarmore Retreat Ctr. Baghdad, KY

Theme: God and My stuff

Materialism and the desire for more are sucking the life out of us all. Our hope for the weekend is to expose in all of us that we have believed the lie, that my hunger for stuff will stop ONCE I get this ___________. What does God have to say about this and how do I fight this lie? Come find out at this years—VR ‘09

DNow '08 4 days away!

Looking forward to a great weekend!!! If you have not received a registrant confirmation packet, please contact the office to get one. See everyone THIS Friday @ 6 PM!

DiscipleNow 2008

Sign-ups for this event will be ending this Sunday, Oct 19! Make sure you get on board for this great weekend. Parents, interested in being a host home? Give us a call at the office and we can fill you in on the details.

DiscipleNow 2008

Students, you do not want to miss this year's DNow . . . signups begin this Sunday (9/28)! Here are some of the details:

Dates: Nov 7-9
Theme: Becoming . . . Finding my IDENTITY in Christ
What separates you from the other 6.7 billion people on this planet?
All the session will be built around this theme of discovering who you are to be in Christ!
Cost: $60
Deadline: Oct. 19

Two ways to sign up: online or call church office (222-9306)
FAQ - for students and parents who have no idea what DNow is.

Fighting Materialism!

Here is a good article to read and think about as parents to help our children not find their identity in stuff. It is a good read for us who live in one of the wealthiest counties in our state.

AMPLIFY messages

For those who are wondering why we have not posted our messages from our Why? series, we have been having technical difficulty recording them. Hopefully we can get the last talk in the this series up for you next week. Please keep checking, our hopes is to have these available online each week.

LIFE class Parent Luncheon

What is it?
A time for you to meet your student’s LIFE teacher, hear about teaching content, how you can serve and what the year holds for our student ministry.
When?
Sunday, Oct 5—12:00-2:00.
Where?
Fellowship Hall
Do I need to sign up?
Yes, for us to have enough food, please sign up  or call the church office (222-9306). Please do this before— Sunday, Sep 28
Questions?
Call Lisle or email ldrury@lagrangebaptist.com

Major Event Dates

Here are major event dates for 08-09.

Oct 12 - tentative kickoff for DEEPER
Oct 15 - 7 @ night - SOHS
-this event is with the Middle School Assemblies with 7 Project
Nov 7-8 - DiscipleNow 08
-signups begin Sunday, Sep 28
-theme: "becoming"
Feb. 27-28 - Passport to Purity Getaway
April 24-25 - Vertical Reality
-we are doing one combined (high school and Jr. high) VR this year.
June 15-19 - LMissions
July 6-10 - StudentLife Camp

Hopefully this helps your family planning!

7up Luncheon

Parents with incoming 7th graders or if you are new to our ministry – we have a special lunch planned for you. On September 7 you will have an opportunity to hear about our ministry and how it serves you and your student. At this meeting, you will meet the adult workers, hear about our values as a ministry, the content we will be teaching and much more. It will be an informative time. Look for more info and details in the mail. The date is September 7 from 12:00-2:00 in the youth area – lunch will be served. See you there.

Ask about dating lives and party habits?

I found this article to be interesting which discusses the research about dating lives and party habits of the college scene . . . and why it is important for the parent to ask these quesitons.

LSM News!

LaGrange Student Ministry now has its very own blog! Intended to provide information for students, parents can also find this site as a good source of information for events, resources, photos, etc.

All Student posts from the LBC blog have been moved to the new blog for continuity. You can subscribe to its own posts on our Subscriptions page and have each new post emailed directly to your inbox. Of course you can always unsubscribe at any time.

Bookmark or add to your favorites, subscribe to posts via email or RSS feed. Get your LSM news delivered to you to stay connected and informed!

A Christmas Celebration from LBC

2006's Televised program for "A Christmas Celebration" will be televised again this year. The program schedules are as follows:


(Day, Date, Time, Channel)

• Wed, 12/19 9:00 PM Faith Channel (Cable Channel 19)
• Mon, 12/24 8:00 PM Faith Channel (Cable Channel 19)
• Mon, 12/24 7:30 PM ICN2 (Cable Channel 2)
• Mon, 12/24 10:30 PM WBKI/CW (Broadcast Channel 34 or Cable Channel )
• Mon, 12/24 11:00 PM WYCS (Cable Channel 24)
• Tues, 12/25 10:00 AM WYCS (Cable Channel 24)
• Tues, 12/25 7:00 PM Faith Channel (Cable Channel 19)

You can also listen, watch, or download the audio to this program anytime day or night here!

The Joy of Christmas

Please come and join us for a time of worship and praise.

Dessert and coffee served in our fellowship hall area followed by a Christmas musical celebration.

Sunday, December 9th at 6:30 PM

Tickets are available in the foyer or church office for $3. Buy a whole table for yourself, family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers for $24.

Serving with Purpose

Volunteer Service Opportunities at LaGrange Baptist

Are you willing to be used by God to meet the needs of others? There are many ministries in our church that could benefit from your talents. You will benefit as well since you’ll be using talents God has specifically given you to serve others and fulfill His plan. If you wish to serve, contact the church office at 222-9306 and you will be put in touch with the correct ministry director. Click here for the full list (PDF - if you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, please go to Adobe now).

New Search Feature Added to Menus

We have added a new search feature to our menu system. This allows you to search for specific things across our website and blog. You can even choose to search across the entire internet. Whatever you search for will open in a new window (or tab if you use tabbed browsing).


We have standardized on using Google for this search feature. There may be a few days delay between when something is posted on our site or blog and when Google's search technology finds it. So if you are searching for something and can not find it, please try again in a few days to give these massive search engines time to refresh themselves.

LaGrange Baptist Church Blog

We are pleased to announce that LaGrange Baptist Church is now Blogging. RSS feeds and Email subscriptions are available to everyone wishing to subscribe.

This will replace our old "News" pages and give us much more functionality.

For those New to blogging, you can use the Labels (Categories) in each post to see other posts in the same category. Or you use the side bar (right hand column on the screen) to do the same thing.