HS Camp INFO-July 13-17

June has passed by quickly and that means that July is right around the corner...then it is time to go to HS Camp....Final Payment ($225) and Permission Slips are due Sunday, July 5th.

If you are still interested in attending HS Camp.  Sign up quickly we only have a few spots remaining.  

To signup email brent@brevardcommunity.org

High School Packet

High School Ski Trip Money due Today by 5pm

All Money due Today!!! Drop it of by BCC Office by 5pm

Compassion Experience

Tomorrow Night-Saturday January 19th join us for the Compassion Experience at Arden First Baptist Church.  Compassion International has developed an experience where you get to walk through a day in the life of a sponsored child. It is going to be an incredible time.  After we go through the Compassion Experience we will get dinner the return home.  Bring $10 for dinner.

We will be leaving Brevard Community Church @ 3pm.  

the thrill of HOPE

This Sunday we start a new series--The Thrill of Hope...

Parents click here to download a special three week interactive devotional for your family to use along with this series....

Series Description

For 2,000 years, Christians have gathered all over the world to celebrate the birth of Christ, and not just as a historical event, but as a powerful reminder that God doesn’t give up on His promises—and as God’s children, we always have hope. The Christmas story began with the nation of Israel, a group of people that had good reason to lose hope—they hadn’t heard a word from God in hundreds of years. To the poets, prophets and priests, it seemed as if God might have turned His back on them. The thrilling nature of the Christmas story is that God didn’t turn His back, and although He had been silent, He had not been still. A baby was coming. God was putting skin on and moving into the neighborhood. Hope crashed into the silence. 

Session One: More Than Faithful
Bottom Line: When God is silent, it doesn’t mean He is still.
Christmas is a season marked with anticipation for those of us inside of the church and even those outside of it. However, the nation of Israel understood expectation in a much deeper way than waiting on a new bicycle. At the time of Jesus’ birth, it had been hundreds of years since God had sent a prophet, an oracle, or even a judgment. As we discover in the first chapter of Luke, all of that is about to change. The story of Zechariah and Elizabeth—the parents of John the Baptist—teaches us that when God is silent, it doesn’t mean He is still. He reverses the fortune of a barren woman, ends years of silence, and sends His Son to into the world. The Christmas story since the beginning has been about a relentless God who is always on the move.

Session Two: More Than Forgiven
Bottom Line: God wants to be more than your forgiver; He wants to be your Father.
Usually when we read the Christmas story we start with one of the four gospels. This week, we’ll take a look at what Paul says about the Christmas story in Galatians. He offers a perspective that is unique from Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. For Paul, the message isn’t just that Jesus comes to forgive our sins; He comes so that we can know God as our Father. For thousands of years, God has primarily been a lawgiver to the nation of Israel, but now—through Christ—He is a Father to all of those who seek Him. The beauty of the Christmas story is not that we are just off the hook for our sins, but that we can have an intimate relationship with our Creator.

Session Three: More Than a Story
Bottom Line: The power of the Christmas story is that it isn’t just a story.
In the 21^st Century, some 2,000 years after the words were written, the Christmas story has come under assault in our culture. Is this story even true? Perhaps you have wondered that yourself. With the local mall changing its slogan from “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays,” perhaps you have secretly wondered if Christmas should be more about celebrating family than the birth of a Savior. Through reading the gospel of Luke—and understanding why he wrote his letter—we discover that the Christmas story is more than a story. The Christmas story is an event in history. Understanding Luke’s historical context helps us realize that our faith isn’t in faith and our belief isn’t in belief. The Christmas story is a historical event with real names and faces, real stables and horses. When we understand this, what makes the “Holy Night” of Christ’s birth so wonderful is that it actually happened. (Session 3 concludes with a special session video we have created, and the video is included for free with your series downloads in the graphic support folder.)

New Series Begins Sunday: Reversing Darwin

New Series Begins this Sunday-November 11th

In the dog-eat-dog world of middle school and high school, survival of the fittest often seems like the law of the land. And when we’re on the bottom of the food chain, this idea of a pecking order can start to affect the way we understand God—and maybe even the way we believe God sees us. But what if we were able to reverse this idea? What if something in Scripture allowed us to turn survival of the fittest on its head? Maybe we can start to flip the idea of “only the strong survive” and live in the reality that God has a bigger purpose and a better picture in mind—and this purpose and picture involves all of us—the strong, the weak, the in, the out, those you would expect, and those you wouldn't. Maybe in an effort to reverse Darwin, we need to start by understanding who God created us to be and how to live like it matters. 

Nov 11th-Survive
Bottom Line: When the world seems to favor the strong, God is present with the weak. 

Nov 18th-Classify
Bottom Line: We tend to see categories but Jesus came to abolish them.  

Nov 25th-Adapt
Bottom Line: When we adapt to survive, we misrepresent ourselves—and God—to the world around us. 

Radius schedule

Radius is coming up tomorrow.

The #1 question we have received is concerning schedule.

We realize that many of you have activities or commitments during the weekend.  If you can't stay all weekend join us for the sessions.

Also we are changing the schedule due to a soccer game @ BHS Saturday Night @ 6pm.  We will go to the game and support the soccer team and then return to BCC for worship after the game.  If you pay for the Radius weekend we will cover the cost for the game.

Remember to bring some warm clothes for the game and weekend it could be cold.

Friday Night Session 7:30pm
Saturday Morning Session 10am
Saturday Night Session 9:30pm
Sunday Morning Session 11am

If you have questions about schedule give us a call tomorrow.  884-5932 or 577-9457

Putt Putt Trip Postponed!

Hey Switch Students! Our Putt Putt trip that was planned for this Saturday is going to be postponed until a later date, because our Lady Devil Volleyball teams are playing in a playoff game that night! Go support your fellow students and be on the lookout for the rescheduled Putt Putt trip date! Have a great week!