Free resources for youth pastors, small group leaders, etc:
1 – Imago Dei – Image.mp3
1 – Imago Dei – Image (HS Handout).pdf
1 – Imago Dei – Image.ppt
1 – Imago Dei – Image (notes).doc
1 – Imago Dei – Image (service order).doc
1 – Imago Dei – Image (small groups).doc
What exactly is the image of God? What is it about humanity that images Him? What does “image” even mean? This new sermon series is going to answer those questions and many more about this tough theological issue. We believe that the answers are both practical and life changing! This is the start of a month long series that gets into who we are as humans, why we are created as males and females, and how we live out our humanity best for Jesus.
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CBSM San Diego Mission Trip for High School: July 7 – 14
CBSM High Schoolers (9th – 12th grades) will be hitting up San Diego, CA for a seriously awesome mission trip. For the past few years, we’ve gone to San Diego to team up with Pastor Chuck Rheam and CenterPointe Church. They are a church plant right around 5 years old. We get to go in, do a VBS (Vacation Bible School) for all the kids in their community, share Jesus with them, and then just watch God do huge things in their lives. The trip will cost around $750 (including airfare and everything). So make sure to get this date reserved on your summer calendar, CBSM High School. We’d love to have you go with us. We’ll get you more information real soon!
CBSM Beach Camp for Middle School: June 4 – 9
CBSM Middle Schoolers (6th – 8th graders), we are taking you to the the BEACH this summer! That’s right, we have reserved half a a huge beach retreat center just for us. It has a pool, sand volleyball, basketball, bunk beds, etc ready for us! What will we be doing? I’m so glad you asked! In the mornings, we’ll be reaching out to the community and sharing Jesus with all the kids around. In the afternoons, we’ll be hitting up the beach and pool. In the evenings, we’ll be worshiping Jesus and learning more about how to be missionaries with His gospel. This will be our 3rd year to do this Beach Camp, and I can guarantee you it is life-changing, ridiculous fun, and you’ll never want to leave. The cost will be around $300. Go ahead and get the date reserved on your calendar, and we’ll get you more info on it real soon!
CBSM Super Bowl Parties: Sunday, February 5
On Sunday, February 5, 2012 our Super Bowl Parties will be put together by all of our small groups. So make sure you either talk to one of our CBSM Small Group Leaders, to one of our CBSM students involved in our small groups, or feel free to contact me to find out where all the different parties will be at. We want all of our students to attend and bring a friend. If you’re a guest or visitor that’s been coming to CBSM, we definitely want you to be a part of it all!
And by the way, the middle School and high School small group that has the most in attendance at their party will get a free Krispy Kreme doughnut breakfast with chocolate milk, Milo’s sweat tea, and coffee in their small group the Sunday following the Super Bowl.
Following Jesus: As His Disciples (John 1:35-51)
Free resources for youth pastors, small group leaders, etc.
5 – Following Jesus – Disciples (mp3)
5 – Following Jesus – Disciples (handout).pdf
5 – Following Jesus – Disciples (ppt).ppt
5 – Following Jesus – Disciples (notes).doc
5 – Following Jesus – Disciples (small groups).doc
The two deepest, most radical, and power-packed words that Jesus ever said were, “FOLLOW ME!” Jesus never called us to be “Christians” or just “believers.” Jesus called us follow Him as His disciples. Anyone can check the Christian religion box today, and even the demons believe and tremble (James 2). So what’s the difference in a disciple? John 1:35-51 talk about many different aspects of Jesus’ disciples. We absolutely loved this study as a student ministry, and we hope you will, too!
TRAFFICKED: CBSM Against Teenage Trafficking
You’ve most likely seen the movie “Taken” before. If not, is a powerful movie of an American, teenage girl getting kidnapped in Paris by a sex and drug trafficking ring. It has come to our attention that there are numerous teenagers living in our area (Huntsville, AL) that have been trafficked to here. We have been informed that they have been moved here from American cities and foreign countries for the purposes of sex and drug trafficking. We want to do whatever we can to stop it, prevent it, and minister to those teens who have been involved in it. This Saturday at 11am, we are going to hear from Lynn Caffery who is running “The Studio” in Huntsville that reaches out to these teens. We are looking forward to hearing her story, vision, ministry, and heart. You are more than welcome to join us in our student building at 11am for this urgent ministry.
Here’s the letter we sent our CBSM parents concerning this opportunity:
Teen Trafficking Parents Letter.doc
2012 SMT’s: Student Ministry Teams of CBSM
Our SMT’s are teams that CBSM students join in order to do ministry on a weekly basis. We strongly believe in spiritual giftedness, serving, and ministering through the church and for the glory of Jesus! We believe that God has given every teenager gifts, talents, and abilities that they are naturally good at. Through salvation, God redeems those gifts, talents, and abilities to for the use of His kingdom (Eph 4:1-11). We believe that every teenager should be using their giftedness specifically through the church (Eph 4:12). Lastly, we believe that every gift, talent, and ability should be used fully for the glory of Jesus (Eph 4:13-16). We want our teens to be bored if they aren’t serving Jesus in some specific way that reflects their giftedness. Lastly, We want our teens to understand that our ministry will not be as excellent, fruitfull, smooth, or cool without them using their giftedness for Jesus through CBSM.
Every semester we go over “how to discern their spiritual giftedness” with our students, and we announce all the different teams that they would get to serve on. They pick their teams, make their commitment to serve, and get on board for the rest of the semester.
Here are the 2 documents of our SMT’s for both Middle and High School
Middle School SMT Line-Up: SMT Spring 2012 MS Breakdown.doc
High School SMT Line-Up: SMT Spring 2012 HS Breakdown.doc
Following Jesus: Through His Temptation (Luke 4:1-13)
Free files for youth pastors, small group leaders, etc:
4 – Following Jesus – Temptation (mp3)
4 – Following Jesus – Temptation (handout).pdf
4 – Following Jesus – Temptation (ppt).ppt
4 – Following Jesus – Temptation (outline).doc
4 – Following Jesus – Temptation (small groups).doc
My guess is that Christians normally think Jesus was a cheater when it came to temptation. Most Christians seem to believe that Jesus never gave into temptation because He is God. While its true that He was and is fully God, Jesus resisted temptation totally out of His humanity as He was filled with the Spirit. Jesus could not have sinned because He’s God, but Jesus did not sin because He was the perfectly obedient man. Jesus gave us incredible insight on how to resist and fight against temptation. Warning…this is a deep sermon, but I promise it will give you life-long and life-changing principles to battle against temptation for victory like Christ, through Christ, and for Christ.
KTL 2012: Training Teens to be Preachers and Teachers
“KTL” is CBSM’s opportunity to training teenagers on how to preach and teach the Word of God. For whatever crazy reason, God has blessed us with teenagers who are called into ministry, guys who are called to be pastors, girls who feel called to be missionaries, and both who feel called to simply teach God’s Word throughout their lives in different settings. This could be Bible studies, Sunday school classes, discipleship classes, or even family devotions at home when they become fathers and mothers. Whatever the calling, we want to equip them to know God’s Word, interpret God’s Word rightly, apply it correctly, and learn how to deliver it for people to hear clearly.
KTL will meet on Sunday nights from 8:00 – 9:30pm. Our main sessions over about 3 months will be how to see Christ clearly in each passage, how to see the gospel centered in each passage, how to discern the main truth from each passage, how to get the main application out of each passage, how to illustrate a lesson well, and how to introduce and conclude when you’re teaching and preaching.
Every study must fill out a KTL application form, turn it in, and be accepted. We will begin this Sunday night at 8:00pm and meet in the student building.
Here is the application form:
KTL SPRING 2012 App and Schedule
Here is what a KTL class session sounds like:
KTL 2011 – 01 – Preaching Christ (mp3)
Following Jesus: In His Baptism (Matthew 3:13-17)
Free files for youth pastors, small group leaders, etc:
3 – Following Jesus – Baptism (mp3).mp3
3 – Following Jesus – Baptism (handout)
3 – Following Jesus – Baptism (ppt)3 – Following Jesus – Baptism (outline).doc
3 – Following Jesus – Baptism (small groups).doc
3 – Following Jesus – Baptism (service order).doc
Do we really understand why Jesus HAD to be baptized? Jesus did not need to be baptized to identity with us, but we need to be baptized to identify with Him. Jesus was baptized to fulfill the faults of the nation of Israel, and to identify with His coming death and resurrection. The way we are baptized communicates our belief in God’s judgment for sin, Jesus’ death for forgiveness, and Jesus’ resurrection for eternal life. We don’t get baptized to be saved, but we get baptized because we are saved. But for those who refuse to be baptized, they may be showing that they aren’t truly saved. To find out more about Jesus’ baptism and a fuller understanding of baptism itself, check out this CBSM message.
