Baggage Check...

While there will be no Student Ministries services the next two weekends, Dec. 23/24 and Dec. 30/31, beginning Jan. 6/7th we embark on a new journey. We will be starting a new series in Student Ministries called "BAGGAGE CHECK" to deal with the junk that we all carry in our lives, and together we will look to God to help, and heal us as we become real and authentic with each other. Make sure you and your friends don't miss this powerful series as we discover the life that God has intended us to live, as we release our junk and "Check our Baggage..." into God's care.

Jan. 6/7 - "Who Me?" (Dealing with Denial)
Jan. 13/14 - "Above the Influence" (Overcoming Addictions)
Jan. 20/21 - "Re-Record the Tapes" (Escaping Emotional Baggage)
Jan. 27/28 - "I'm Not Special" (Overcoming Depression)

Here Come the Snow Trips!!

Hey Students! We got two of our biggest events of the year coming up! Don't miss out on our winter extravaganza events! Be sure to sign up for either of these events at 42 on Saturday nights or at the Spark on Sunday morning! Be sure to get your parents to fill out the permission slips and put down the deposit. Be sure to invite your friends to jump in on the fun as well!

Here are the details:

Jr. High - SNOWFEST 2007
Feb. 23-25, 2007
Afton Alps in Minnesota
Cost: $199 ($50 deposit due at registration, entire balance due on or before Feb. 18th)
Come by the Student Zone for a registration form, and to get signed up!
Any questions call Kurt at 515.987.9595 ext. 134 or Katie at 515.987.9595 ext. 133

High School - WINTERFEST '07
March 20-24, 2007
Winter Park in Colorado
Cost: $399 ($100 deposit due at registration, entire balance due on or before Feb. 18th)
Come by the Student Zone for a registration form, and to get signed up!
Any questions call Kurt at 515.987.9595 ext. 134 or Jake at 515.987.9595 ext. 135

LIFE 360!

Hey everyone! Don't miss out on the new series in Student Ministries starting this Sunday, October 22nd at both the Waukee and Ankeny campuses!!

Life 360 will be a powerful series on life, friendships, money, risk, identity and faith. Be sure to attend all six weeks to get your raffle tickets for a chance to win an XBOX 360 and other sweet prizes! Thats right! Every week that you attend, you will receive a raffle ticket for the XBOX 360. Bring a new friend and you will receive an extra ticket that week, and your friend will receive 5 tickets! So the more friends that you bring the more tickets you earn! Good luck! Even if you don't win the XBOX 360, you will learn about yourself, your friends and God and be able to experience Him in a more real way, so you wont want to miss it! Hope to see you this weekend! It's going to be amazing!

Help out with the Fall Festival!

Hey students! What are you doing on October 27th? Oh... well this is better than that!

Come and help out with the Fall Festival at Point of Grace! The Fall Festival is a community outreach event for families with elementary age children and we need your help! You will be leading carnival games (the real deal!) for the kids from 6:30-8:30p and to thank you for your help we will feed you pizza dinner before and you will get to play on the inflatables after the Festival! Also as a thank you we will throw an outrageous Halloween Party for the Student Ministries on Halloween Night! You won't want to miss out on any of the fun!

If you want to be involved either email Kurt at kurt@pointofgrace.com or sign up this weekend at 42 or The Spark, and then show up Friday night, October 27th at 5p for pizza!

Please attend dressed up in costume, however we ask that what you wear is appropriate for little children, so nothing gross, scary or scandalous. Thanks so much and we will see you there!

LIFE GROUPS KICK OFF PARTY!

Hey Everyone!
You will not want to miss the Life Group Kick Off Party!! It's this Wednesday night, at 7 pm in the Student Zone! There will be free food and games and worship, and you will find out who is in your Life Group with you! You will not want to miss it! If you have not signed up for a Life Group yet, ITS NOT TOO LATE! There is still time to get plugged in and invest in your spiritual life. We really hope that you will get in a Life Group because we believe that spiritual growth happens best in community and we want all of you to get connected!!

Again here are the details:
LIFE GROUP KICK OFF PARTY
Wednesday, October 4th @ 7 pm
Student Zone @ POG
Don't forget to bring your sign up card with a Parent signature or Drivers license number!

See you there!

Kurt and Katie

Big Week For Us...

Check this out...


This was a big week for Point of Grace! We were featured in an article in Des Moines "CityView" Magazine on megachurches in the MidWest. Jeff Mullen, our lead pastor was interviewed and there were a ton of pictures, all but one, of our church in the article. You can view the article here. Super cool!

Also, the Student Ministry was featured in Waukee Today and The Dallas County News showcasing our ministry for young families in our area. Pretty sweet for the first two months! Its exciting that the community is seeing us as a movement of hope for students and families in the Des Moines area. Nothing like some free publicity!

CRUD WARS! - Sept. 17th 5-7p

ATTENTION ALL JR. HIGHERS!!
Don't miss this big event! For those of you who don't know, CRUD WARS is a huge, team-based food fight! You and your friends will not want to miss this!! Bring clothes that you don't care about getting dirty... because you will get dirty!! When we are done with the food fight, we will rinse off and have pizza dinner. This event is designed for you to bring new friends to so please bring some new faces! Remember, its free with a new friend, or cost $5 if you come alone. You can get your permission slip at church or at the event. DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS ONE!


CRUD WARS!!
Sunday, Septmeber 17th 5:00 - 7:00p
@ Point of Grace Church
$5 or free with a new friend

Got more questions? Call Kurt at 515.987.9595 ext. 134 or Katie at 515.987.9595 ext. 133. See you Sunday Night!

NEW SERIES STARTING SEPT. 9th & 10th

DON'T MISS THE NEW SERIES CALLED THE ESSENTIALS!
Sept. 9/10th - ENTER
Sept. 16/17th - MERGE
Sept. 23/24th - CONSTRUCT
Sept. 30th/ Oct. 1st - ACCESS
Oct. 7/8th - ELEVATE

We will be discussing why we do what we do. There will be great music, fun activities and FREE FOOD throughout the series, so be sure not to miss any of the five weeks, and bring your friends out to experience the fun too!!

The Countdown Has Begun!

STARTING THIS SATURDAY (9.2.06)!!
Don't miss out on the fun, excitement and encouragement of 42. We will have fun activities, great music and FREE FOOD, so invite your friends and don't miss out!! See you Saturday!

No Wednesday Night Meetings!

This Wednesday (August 30th) we will not have any meetings! With the first full week of school and the big STUDENT MINISTRY LAUNCH coming up on the Septemeber 2nd and 3rd, we wanted to give students and families time to relax and get their schedules worked out.

42 will be on Saturday night September 2nd starting at 5:30 pm and Jr. High Small Groups are taking a break until October. Repeat, there will be no meetings this Wednesday night.

Fair and Pool Party

ATTENTION STUDENTS!
Be sure to come and check out the cool "End of Summer" Events we have for your grades!



MIDDLE SCHOOLERS (6th-8th):
Pool Party at the Scott's!
Friday, August 18th - 4:30 - 8 PM
FREE FOOD, GAMES AND POOL TIME!
Dress in your favorite Luau costume and don't foget sunscreen!
(New freshman may attend this event as their last event with the Middle School Ministry...)

Directions to the Scott's: 9505 Catalina Circle, Johnston
Take the NW 86th Street exit for Johnston, pass the Wynsong Theaters and continue to head north for approximately 4 miles. Pass NW 62nd Street (road closed sign) and continue on passed Beaver Creek Elementary School on the left (or west) side of the road. Go to the entrance for Green Meadows North housing development, which has a brick entrance with a sign, and turn left (west) off of NW 86th St. onto NW Newgate Dr. It is a curvy road, and follow it up until you see NW 95th Court on the right and the next left is NW 95th Street. Turn left (or south) on NW 95th St. and the next stop sign is Catalina Circle. The house on the corner of NW 95th St. and Catalina Circle. Look for signs and balloons along the way!

Contact:
Kurt's Cell 949.254.0231
Katie's Cell: 805.705.7250
Scott's House: 515.986.4118




HIGH SCHOOLERS (9th-12th):
Iowa State Fair Trip!
Wednesday, August 16th - 10:0 AM - 6:00 PM
Meet at the church at 10 am and be ready for some fun!
It's special Midway day!
$25 get you into the fair and free rides all day!
Bring extra money for food and any other carnival games!
We will be back in time for 42 at 7:00 PM...


If you have any questions about these events, call Kurt at 515.987.9595 ext. 134 or Katie at 515.987.9595 ext. 133 or email at kurt@pointofgrace.com and katie@pointofgrace.com. See you there!

Programs!

HEY EVERYONE!
Dont miss out on all the fun activities we will have going on for the rest of the summer... Only 3 weeks left so lets make the most of it!

High Schoolers:
Don't miss 42! Every Wednesday night at 7 pm at the church for the rest of the month!
In September it will move to Saturday nights! Stay tuned for more information on that change...

Iowa State Fair Trip! We will be getting a group together to go on "Ride Day" to the Iowa State Fair. More info. coming soon!

Middle Schoolers:
Don't miss Ignite! Every Sunday Morning at both 9:00 and 10:30 am we have a program designed specifically for you Middle Schoolers! Filled with creativity, media and fun, its a place to experience friends and God! Don't miss out!

End of Summer Pool Party - August 19th at 4:30 pm. Pool, Games, Fun and Sun! All soon-to-be 6th through 9th graders at invited! Look for more details coming soon!

CRUD WARS!! You dont know what it is yet, but you wont want to miss it... BIG THINGS HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER!

BEYOND THE YEARBOOK!

Attention Students:
Don't miss the next three weeks at Point of Grace! Starting Sunday, Sunday August 6th for Jr. High, and Wednesday August 9th for High School, we will be exploring how you can make a name for yourself this year at school. You wont want to miss the exciting things in store as we explore how to live BEYOND THE YEARBOOK!

BEYOND THE YEARBOOK: a 3 week series
August 6th - 23rd, 2006

SO EXCITED!!

Hey kids!

We are so excited to be here! We look forward to many fun memories with you all! Be sure to check back often for up to date info. on Student Minstries as we will be having a ton of activities between now and school starting! Ok well, we will see you on Sundays and Wednesdays!

Kurt and Katie

Hey Everyone!

This is Kurt and Katie and we are so excited to move out to Iowa and meet all of you! We cant wait to see all the fun things God has in store for each of you! Feel free to email us with any thoughts, questions or comments at kurt@pointofgrace.com or katie@pointofgrace.com. We would love to hear from you.

If you would like to get to know us better, check out Kurt's Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/kduggleby. Look forward to seeing you all in a few days!

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