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! 

Save the Date! Putt Putt and Radius!

HSM is going putt putt! Join us Saturday, October 20th as we head to Asheville to play Putt Putt! Cost is $5 - bring extra if you want to grab a donut (or 12) from Krispy Kreme afterwards! Bring your permission trip and a couple friends to the Student Center at 6 PM and your parents can pick you up around 10 PM! We'll see you there!

Radius is less than a month away! Radius is a weekend retreat for middle and high school students - it's a time of worship, study, and high energy fun. We will have programs, small groups, and group activities during the day, and will stay the night in family homes. and Cost is $50 per student and money is due by Sunday, October 28th.

RADIUS Coming Soon!

High Schoolers! It's almost that time again! The RADIUS Fall Retreat will be here before you know it! Mark your calendars for November 2 - 4th and make plans to attend! Cost is $50 and sign ups will be starting soon! 

Youth Event-Tomorrow 1-10pm

Madness Begins tonight @ 7pm

Tonight 7-9pm @ French Broad Community Center

Call Brent for direction 577-9457

Middle & High School Students

June Jam Free Concert this Saturday

Beach Week 2012

Beach Week July 9-13 Cost $199

Money Due June 3rd

more info contact brent@bcsm.org

Nothing Can Separate.

“See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands…” – Isaiah 49:16

How powerful is that? The God of all, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, the all-powerful, all-knowing, all-present Lord of the Universe has doodled your name on His hand.

Wow.

Check out Romans 8:31

“If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son but gave him up for us all, how will He not also with him graciously give us all things?... Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:31-32, 35-39

His love is deep. wide. fierce. strong. furious.

And yet, why is it so easy for us to stress over uncertainties? It’s so easy for us to fall into the pit of distrust. It’s so easy for us to believe Satan’s lies that we are not good enough or worthy enough and that God couldn’t care less about us.

Next time you’re feeling alone and distanced from the love of God, remember this – He’s got YOUR NAME lovingly scrawled across His hand. He will never forget you – never abandon you – never leave you.

Let this shout out in your lonliness – NOTHING can separate you from the love of God!

Rejoice in His limitless love today, and trust in His plan for you!

Have a great week, BCSMers! 

Easter.

We all know the effects of sin right?

Shame.

Guilt.

Worry.

Anxiety.

But Jesus, in His perfection and purity, had never known these things. Because He was sinless, He never knew the aftermath of sin, that is, until He became sin for us. And when He chose to take our punishment for sin, all the emotional turmoil of our sin came along with it. On that cross, He felt anxious, guilty, and alone. Hear the heaviness of His heart in His prayer:

"My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" - Matthew 27:46

Christ was feeling the distance from God that sin brings. But God never abandoned Jesus. He sent His precious Son to do what had to be done in order to give us life. Christ paid the price for our sin and bore the full wrath of God on the cross - the judgement due your sin and my sin - and said, "IT IS FINISHED." And 3 days later, when God raised His Son from the dead, He declared His power over death and His victory over sin.

And the beauty of it all is that He did it FOR YOU. He went through all of this for one reason: because God truly, madly, deeply loves you. Don't miss this. Don't be distracted by egg dying, chocolate bunnies, or easter baskets. Remember the hope and unconditional love this holiday represents and share that love with others!

This Sunday, we will not be having our usual Sunday morning youth services. We want you to spend this Holiday with your family at church, worshipping together and remembering the sacrifice of our loving Savior. Enjoy the day with your family, and we'll see you next week!

HSM-Dominican Republic Mission Trip

June 18-27 we will be going to the Dominican Republic on a mission trip. Coming up in the next several weeks we will have two informational meetings. If you have any interest in going on the trip please plan on attending these meetings. If you have questions please contact Brent (brent@bcsm.org) or call 828-884-5932

Wednesday, April 4th @ 7:30pm

Sunday, April 15th @ 12:30pm

We will meet @ Brevard Community Church in the student center

Student Night of Worship This Sunday!

Switch students! Don't forget - this Sunday, March 25th at 6 PM, we will be joining together with the youth of Brevard Wesleyan Church for a night of worship and praise! It's going to be an awesome time to come together and worship with other students! Meet at the Wesleyan Church, located at 583 North Broad St. (directly across from Ingles in Brevard). Bring some friends! We'll see you there!

Middle and High School Student Night of Worship!

Hey Switch students! Join us next Sunday, March 25th at 6 PM as we join together with the youth of Brevard Wesleyan Church for a night of worship and praise! Meet at the Wesleyan Church, located at 583 North Broad St. (directly across from Ingles in Brevard). It's going to be an awesome night! Bring some friends! We'll see you there!

Lost in Translation: New Series starting this Sunday!

We're about to start a Sunday series called "Lost in Translation."

We've all used words while being a little uncertain of the actual meaning. But when it comes to words like "belief", "righteousness" and "salvation," our understanding makes a huge difference in how we live our Christian faith and how we view God. So we're going to take a look at these commonly used words and figure out not only what they mean today but what they meant to the writers of the Bible thousands of years ago. And, in doing so, our aim is to let these new definitions teach us more about all God has for us and wants for us. In other words, over three weeks we are going to take what may have been lost in translation and recapture and rethink it in a way that could transform us in ways we never imagined. Here's what topics we're going to cover during the next three weeks. We're praying for God to reveal incredible things during this series. You don't want to miss it!

Week One: Refining the Relationships

Belief is a word that we use often in the Christian faith. We talk about believing in Jesus. We talk about believing in the Bible. We talk about believing in God's church. But what if we are just scratching the surface when it comes to our understanding of belief? What if instead of simply believing in Jesus, we started to believe Jesus? Believe who He says He is and believe what we read about Him in the Bible. WHat if we saw the word "belief" as having more to do with a person and less to do with a set of statements or ideas? In this session, we look at the word "belief" in light of who Jesus says He is. We turn the tables on a belief that resonates with facts and instead resonates with the person of Jesus Christ.

Week Two: What Matters Most

We all believe in righteousness. For some, righteousness is a lot like fairness. For others, it is the definition of how to live without messing up. Whatever our definition of righteousness, if we haven't made it about the state of our own hearts, we've missed it altogether. While God has provided us with His Word to help us understand how He wants us to live, His purpose isn't for us to work at being better Christians on the outside alone. He wants our lives in line with Him on the inside. When we get our hearts right with God, our actions follow and we have the power to impact the world around us. We get to be a part of God's bigger story of restoration, in our own lives and in other's. True righteousness begins when we line our hearts up with God's heart.

Week Three: Save Me

What do most of us think of when we hear the word "salvation"? Maybe for some it's heaven. For others, it may be the fear of hell. And for others it may be Jesus' face on a get-out-of-jail-free card. But what if there was more to it than just guaranteeing a future destination we don't know that much about? It could be salvation is more about healing and help, not just once our lives are over, but in the here and now. Salvation is God's plan to bring us to a place of restoration so that He can lavish His love on us as we walk through the difficulty, joy and pain of everyday life. Salvation is available to us in the middle of our parent's divorce, as we are struggling through our relationships, when our hearts are broken and even when life seems to be going great. Salvation is about letting God take us where He has planned for us to go, not just when life is over, but right now, in this very moment. Salvation isn't just about being saved for the future, but being saved for the present.

Save the Date(s)

Dominican Republic Mission Trip:

June 18th - 27th

Switch Beach Trip: July 9th - 13th

Cost: $199