All students, parents of students, and adult leaders involved, attending, or sending kids to this year’s summer camp needs to be present.  We’ll send you home with important camp-week info: what to bring, what NOT to bring, when to be there, etc.  See you there!

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• Master of ceremonies – Steve Hill
• Sound techs – Thyran Thiry and Monte Madison
• Media – Michael Grizzaffi
• Videographer – Ken Verheecke
• Concessions - Leonne Seevers and Cheryl Goldammer

Thanks so much to all of the talent, volunteers, and the voters who came out to support.  Together, you helped us raise just over $1,000 to support the student ministries of Destiny!

TOP THREE WINNING ACTS:

1st Place: the Astin family
2nd Place: Nick Reid
3rd Place: dance team featuring the Alyea’s, the Larimers, Shelby Reid, and Sarah DeWitt

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Elevate Student Ministries will be selling cold drinks and candy bars all weekend long.  Students interested in getting financial help towards their camp balances (due next Sunday, the 13th) can contact Pastor Deanna for a time-slot to serve.  Look for the green table in the foyer just outside the childrens’ ministry room…

Click here for event post with downloadable forms and more information.

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I previewed this video to a friend on the West Coast earlier this week.  His reaction?  “Awesome! I wish he was MY pastor!” LOL!

If you are not familiar with this annual event, the Elevation Talent Show is an entertaining mix of talent, fun, and laughs.  Several acts audition and compete for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prices.  The audience gets to place votes for their favorite acts with cash or check at the intermission and after the show.  All proceeds benefit the teenagers of Elevate Student Ministries.  It’s a great event all around!

Seriously, though, if you haven’t set up an audition time with Pastor Deanna yet, today is your last day.  This is the last week she is doing auditions for the event.  Hurry!

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The services are open to the public: Wednesday, May 12th @ 7:00 PM and Thursday, May 13th @ 7:00 PM.  Be there!

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Part of the title in this series is a play on words.  Pastor Deanna and I (Shawn) really love Destiny and the teens at Elevate Student Ministries.  We LOVE this place!

The real idea behind this series, though, is that God hasn’t designed us to experience life alone. We were created to have friends and relationships who help us pursue God’s purposes and plan for our lives.  Friends  who walk alongside us through good and bad times.

This series is designed to turn our attention toward the importance and benefits of healthy friendships. As we pursue and develop deep friendships, we are helping to create community and reflect God’s love to the world around us.

We are going to examine the rewards of having high-quality friendships, consider ways to encourage oir friends, and grasp the dangers of gossip. The end-goal is to help all of us make healthy friendships a high priority in our lives, just as it’s a high priority to God.

Here’s how we see it breaking down:

Week 1: Quality vs. Quantity (Proverbs 27:17)
Week 2: Encourage, Encourage, Encourage (1 Thessalonians 5:11)
Week 3: How to Ruin a Great Friendship (Proverbs 16:28)

Other videos to watch from this year’s Good Friday Service:
- “Healing is in Your Hands” (dance) and Mob Scene (sketch)
- “When God Ran” (human video)
- Good Friday Worship

Several students were involved in the human video on Easter Sunday, also: “Holding Our for a Hero”