YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

Last night was our final night of basketball for 2012! We a great turnout and wrapped up our time talking about the Character Matters trait of empathy - putting yourself in someone else's shoes... two of our guys took it literally. We also talked about the real meaning of Christmas? "Jesus - who is this man?"

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sunday December 16, 2012
Lesson: Chapter 12: The Trials of a King
Bible Passages: 2 Samuel 11-2; 18-19; 1 Chronicles 22; 29; Psalms 23; 32; 51

Homework:
Join the Story:
Pick ONE of the following questions and create a response:
1. In which character or part of the story do you see yourself?
2. When have you been driven by impulse to do something wrong?
3. How did this story challenge or inspire you to live differently?

Create a sketch, collage, poem, prayer, journal entry, or song.

YOUTHQUEST CHRISTMAS BANQUET

On Friday, we had our annual Christmas Banquet. This year, we had a special emphasis. It was also the pledge banquet for our church's capital campaign. Currently, we are trusting God to raise 3 million dollars to build a 10 million dollar community like-centre church.

We had some great food (potluck style) and made many relational and financial pledges. The youth pledged almost $7000 over the next 2 years for the campaign.

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sunday December 9th, 2012

Lesson: Chapter 11: From Shepherd to King

Discover more from the story: 1 Samuel 16-18, 24, 31, 2 Samuel 6, 22, 1 Chronicles 17, Psalm 59

Homework: 
Join the Story
Pick ONE of the following questions and create a response:
1. In which character or part of the story did you see yourself?
2. Has there been a fear or challenge in your life that seemed impossible to overcome?
3. How did this story challenge or inspire you to live differently?

Create a sketch, collage, poem, prayer, journal entry or song.

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

Between both sessions and our student volunteers, we had over 60 boys out last night! Our Character Matters trait of the month is "Empathy" - We strive to sense and appreciate the emotions of others, to "stand in their shoes." We demonstrate appreciation of and concern for their feelings. We try to understand issues from their perspective, even though we may not agree with them personally.

CORNERSTONE'S PLEDGE BANQUET

We had an incredible celebration on December 2nd. It's was Cornerstone's pledge banquet to raise money for our capital campaign. Our vision is to build a community-like centre as a place of worship and as a gift to the community.

The youth were heavily involved. They served in the StarKids children's ministry so that all the adults could be in the service, they did a balloon raffle, operated various booths, set up the banquet hall and even did a flash mob!!!

We were also treated to an international meal and the ethnic sounds of Krystaal - a band from Africa.

JUNIOR HIGH RETREAT!

On Friday November 23 we left Markham to embark on a weekend journey to Muskoka for our annual junior high retreat!

We had a ton of fun, engaged in great worship and were challenged by the speaker. It was a great time to continue to get connected with God, each other and ourselves.

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

On Wednesday November 21st we had another full house!!! We continued our talk about the Character Matters trait of honesty - We behave in a sincere, trustworthy, and truthful manner.

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

On Sunday November 18th we had a chance to review the past few lessons from our curriculum, "The Story." We also spent some time working on a special surprise for Cornerstone's Pledge Banquet December 2nd!

YOUTHQUEST SENIOR HIGH

On Friday November 16th, we continued our book - Kingdom Experiment. We talked about our experiments from chapter 4 and started chapter 5, "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy."

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

Tonight we continued talking about the Character Matters trait - Honesty, "We behave in a sincere, trustworthy, and truthful manner."

Congrats to our MVC's (Most Valuable Character) of the night.

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

Topic: Standing Tall, Falling Hard - Saul (Chapter 10)
Passages: 1 Samuel 1-4; 8-13; 15
Homework: Join the Story

Pick ONE of the following questions and create a response:

1. In which character or part of the story did you see yourself?
2. If you could cry out to God and ask him for anything, what would it be?
3. How did this story challenge or inspire you to live differently?

Create a sketch, collage, poem, prayer, journal entry, or song.

JUNIOR HIGH YOUTHQUEST

Tonight we started meeting at Markham Village Community Centre to give us some more room. We helped out the Pledge Banquet by folding some napkins and cutlery. We did our cup stacking competition and we went over our challenges from chapter 2 of the Kingdom Experiment. We finished our time by reading the intro to chapter 3 and choosing our challenges for the next month.

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

Tonight we had a full house - and new pinnies! We started talking about the Character Matters Trait of honesty.

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

Topic: The Faith of a Foreign Woman
Bible Passages: Ruth 1-4

Homework: Join the Story
Pick ONE of the following questions and create a response:
1. In which character or part of the story did you see yourself?
2. Describe a time when you felt like an outsider.
3. How did the story challenge or inspire you to live differently?
Create a sketch, collage, poem, prayer, journal entry, or song.

SENIOR HIGH YOUTHQUEST

Yesterday we continued our Kingdom Experiment. We talked about what we did from chapter 3, then we had a discussion on chapter 4.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." (Matthew 5:6)

Over the next two weeks, our high school students will choose an experiment to do. We're world changers!!!


We also had our own cup stacking championships!

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

Tonight we cancelled the program so that we could have a leader's meeting. We had some deep discussions about mission and vision in an effort to continue developing the program. We also had a chance to showcase our new pinnies.

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sunday October 28, 2012

Topic: A Few Good Men... and Women
Scripture: Judges 2-4, 6-8, 13-16

Homework: Join the Story
Pick ONE of the following questions and create a response:
1. In which character or part of the story did you see yourself?
2. Have you ever felt as though you were stuck in a destructive or rebellious pattern?
3. How did this story challenge or inspire you to live differently?
Create a sketch, collage, poem, prayer, journal entry, or song

JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH YOUTHQUEST - LASERQUEST!

On Friday we went to Laser Quest in Richmond Hill. It was a great time with 40 people participating. Our next outing is a retreat. 

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

We had an absolutely full house with over 60 boys in the gym! We finished out our talks for the month with responsibility being our topic. Congrats to our MVC's (Most valuable character) of the night.

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

Topic: The Battle Begins
Scriptures: Joshua 1-2; 6; 8; 10-11; 23-24
Homework:  Join the Story

Pick ONE of the following questions and create a response:
1. In which character or part of the story did you see yourself?
2. Have you ever felt as though you were fighting against great odds?
3. How did this story challenge or inspire you to live differently?
Create a sketch, collage, poem, prayer, journal entry, or song.

SENIOR HIGH YOUTHQUEST

On Friday our seniors had some good, deep discussion about bullying and the unfortunate story of Amanda Todd. We also took time to see what we could do to change the world. We signed up for next year's 30 hour famine, talked about Me to We http://www.metowe.com/  and did chapter 2 of "The Kingdom Experiment"

YOUTHQUEST BASKETBALL

Tonight we had a full gym with over 50 boys!!! Congrats to our MVC's (Most Valuable Characters) who showed responsibility on and off the court.

FOOD FESTIVAL

FOOD FESTIVAL

Food Festival

JUNIOR HIGH SUNDAY SCHOOL

Chapter 6: Wandering 
Scriptures: Numbers 10-14; 20-21; 25; 27
Deuteronomy 1-2; 4; 6; 8-9; 29-32; 34

Homework: Join the Story
Pick ONE of the following questions and create a response:
1. In which character or part of the story did you see yourself?
2. What are you thankful for? Have you ever been ungrateful for something you received?
3. How did this story challenge or inspire you to live differently?
- Create a sketch, collage, poem, prayer, journal entry, or song.

CORNERSTONE'S FOOD FESTIVAL

Today was our annual food festival. There was lots of food, and it was all for a good cause (profit was donated to Opportunity International - helping the less fortunate in developing countries).
http://www.opportunityinternational.ca/

We also had several youth participating whether by the youth bake sale, baby-sitting or performing in the talent show. It was a great night! The bake sale alone raised $116!

JUNIOR HIGH YOUTHQUEST

Last night we switched locations! We met at Rouge River Community Centre to give us more space. We played some classic youthgroup games and continued work on the Kingdom Experiment. We shared our experiments from chapter 1 and started working on chapter 2. We also wrapped the cookies we basked for the Cornerstone Food Festival. A busy night!