All of you are part of the same body. There is only one
Spirit of God, just as you were given one hope when you were chosen to be God's
people. We have only one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. There is one God who
is the Father of all people. Not only is God above all others, but he works by
using all of us, and he lives in all of us. Ephesians 4:4-6
We are joining together with more than 10 other churches in
Parker County for one awesome weekend of worship, fellowship, community
missions projects, and recreation for our youth this Friday through Sunday,
March 22nd-24th. Be in prayer for this
special time when our kids’ lives may be changed forever.
What is DNOW?
Disciple Now
Weekend (DNOW) is a retreat for our youth right
here in our own community. Here in
Parker County it will be a collection of churches working together with the
same purpose in mind: “1 Kingdom”. This
year’s theme – “1 Kingdom”, is based on the idea for churches, students and
families of Parker County to come together as a community and be the church
that is needed to impact and change our culture with the good news of Jesus
Christ. We truly believe this is the
only hope and can happen when people enter the Kingdom by acknowledging Jesus
as their King; learn what it means to live in the Kingdom with their new
identity, home, and purpose; and then be on Mission for the King. This is the message of “1 Kingdom” at DNOW2013.
There will be challenging large group worship experiences on
Friday and Saturday evenings here in our own Worship Center. Our youth will enjoy honest , challenging
conversations in small groups at individual church members homes and then serve
and play hard within our community, enjoying the fellowship of the
kingdom. Gifted and called out guest
leaders will facilitate the weekend and many other church members are involved
by providing meals, transportation and prayer support. That is where you come in. Please pray for the youth of our community
this weekend as God speaks to them and moves in their hearts during this
event. Also be in prayer for the leaders
as God uses them in mighty ways this weekend to reach these kids.
The guest speaker for this special event hosted by North
Side Baptist Church is Trey Smith. Trey
is originally from Southeast Texas and has a history in student ministry
including traveling all over the country as a youth pastor, camp speaker and
evangelist. He is currently a high
school forensic science teacher. He has
a passion for students not to just know the Gospel but to live it out as they
grow and mature in their faith and affections for Jesus Christ. Our Pastor will be out this Sunday filling
the pulpit at another church so Trey Smith will be the guest speaker on Sunday
morning, March 24th, here at North Side. Be in prayer for Trey this weekend as he
leads DNOW2013 and come Sunday morning to welcome him and hear his
message.
Scripture to
Claim:
…but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all
aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being
fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper
working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building
up of itself in love. Ephesians 4:15-16
