Here are the plans for this year’s Passion Weekend! Our house churches are encouraged to get together and pray on Thursday the 21st focusing on “Jesus as the Servant.” (Staff hopes to provide some suggested prayer plans for this). We’ll then be having a 6:30-8:00pm Good Friday gathering at Apex focusing on “Jesus as the Sacrifice” (see Apex Kids note below). Lastly, our normal weekend gatherings (at their normal times) will be the culmination and celebration of “Jesus as our Savior!”
Apex Kids & Students
Apex Kids will have normal classes on Easter Saturday and Sunday; however, there will only be limited kids ministry for Good Friday. If you want your child to participate in Apex Kids during the Good Friday service, limited spots are available… please register online ASAP by clicking the link below:
Click Here for Good Friday Kids Classes Registration
Apex Students will have no activities all day on Saturday or Sunday. This includes 56 Crew, 78 Ignition, and High School.
2011 Passion Weekend (Easter) at Apex
Apex Kids and Students Holiday Gathering Schedule
The holiday season is on the horizon and there will be a few schedule changes made in Apex Family Ministries to accommodate that time of the year. Changes during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s holidays are all posted below. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
- Thanksgiving Weekend
Saturday November 27, 2010
Apex Kids and Students, K – 12 do not meet
Apex Kids, Birth to 5 years old on regular schedule
Sunday November 28, 2010
Apex Kids and Students, K – 12 do not meet
Apex Kids, Birth to 5 years old on regular schedule - Christmas Weekend
Friday December 24, 2010
5pm Service: Birth to 5 years old will be open
7pm Service: Parents Center open
Saturday December 25, 2010
No Gathering
Sunday December 26, 2010
Apex Kids and Students, K – 12 do not meet
Apex Kids, Birth to 5 years old on regular schedule - New Years Weekend
Saturday January 1, 2010
Apex Kids and Students, K – 12 do not meet
Apex Kids, Birth to 5 years old will be open
Sunday January 2, 2010
Apex Kids and Students, K – 12 do not meet
Apex Kids, Birth to 5 years old on regular schedule
Comparing Doctrines of Religions with the Gospel of Jesus
Chad Osborne, Director of High School Ministries at Apex, teaches in the following four recordings. Throughout the Summer of 2010, Apex High School students have been going through a series studying the doctrines of other religions and comparing them with the gospel of Jesus Christ. This content is great for students of Jesus of ALL ages.
The purpose of this is to strengthen students’ understanding of biblical doctrine while studying some unbiblical doctrines that have been formed and are relevant in our culture. The goal is not to encourage students to become intellectually arrogant and to look to start arguments, but rather to equip and enable them to have a respectful dialogue with people from other faiths in hope of sharing the good news of the gospel. None of this content is meant to be an attack on people for their particular beliefs, but it does call into question the validity of certain doctrines and how they were formed.
Links to these resources in our library:
Comparing Roman Catholicism
Comparing Mormonism
Comparing Jehovah’s Witnesses
Comparing Islam
Summer Wrap-up Videos From September 10-11th Weekend Gatherings
Both of the below videos were originally shown in the Apex weekend gatherings on September 10th and 11th of 2010. Enjoy a second screening… or see them for the first time!
In the first video, three young Apexers share about their camp experiences from the summer of 2010. In the second video, the Stephenson family shares about their experiences serving the people of Pikeville, Kentucky.
Apex Kids & Student Ministries Updates
If you are the parent of a child or student (birth to 8th grade) or volunteer with Apex Kids or Student Ministries here are some things you NEED to know!
Updated: Apex Kids/Student Ministry Calendar for Birth to 8th Grade
January to April Trimester
Mar. 12 Studio 34 Pajama Purity Party - Same schedule as Feb 5
Mar. 21 Deadline for Summer Camp Deposit of 50.00
Mar. 26 March Manliness: Rescheduled to include grades 3 to 6
April 3-4 Easter: Guest David Cain shares Christ as he Juggles.
Apr. 17-18 Deadline to turn in Camp Scholarship Applications
Apr. 23 Partnering with Parents Event: “School Options for your Child”
May to August Trimester
May 7 KIDS TALENT SHOW!
May 8-9 Parent-Child Dedications during the Gatherings
May 22-23 Bump Weekend – Kids promoted to next class or grade: Special presentation about Courage from:”Phil and Friends”
May 23 Mandatory meeting about Camp 11am; Also Payment Deadline
May 29-30 Memorial Day-Begin Summer Schedule for Apex Kids & Students
June 14-18 Centri-Kids Camp for Grades 4 to 6 (Grade attended this past year)
June 19-20 Baptisms on Father’s Day weekend
JUNE 21-25 FIVE DAY FEST! (VBS) “High Seas Expedition” The Kickoff of our Summer “Growing” and “Going” emphasis for Kids in our House Church Regions:
SHINE: “SHARING HIM IN NEIGHBORHOODS EVERYWHERE”
1) Watermelon Parties: One day Backyard Gospel presentations in our House Churches from June to August.
2) Five Day Clubs: Week long Backyard, Park, or Playground Gospel presentations – at least one per region July and August.
July 19-23 M-Fuge Camp for Grades 7 & 8 (Grade attended this past year)
Aug. 28-29 Back to School Weekend at Apex
Preview of September to December Trimester
September Shoe Box Kickoff this month
October Parent-Child Dedications during the Gatherings
November Operation Christmas Child & Thanksgiving Family Service
December Community Outreach to Needy and Homeless
Apex Kids and Students: Parent Help Team (PHT)
Dear Parents: We are honored to minister to your children at our weekend Gatherings. We are glad to contribute to your efforts to “grow” your children spiritually- a partnership we willingly invest in and prepare for every week.
To enhance that partnership we are creating the Parent Help Team. The PHT includes all parents of children/students from Birth to 8th Grade who DO NOT CURRENTLY serve within Apex Kids-Student Ministries. Apex leadership is now requiring that you or your spouse serve in one of the following ways:
Guides:
Register and escort visitors to proper rooms-areas from Check-in desk
6 times a year or 4 times in one month
Gatekeepers:
Provide information and security in and around children/student hallways.
6 times a year or 4 times in one month
Helpers:
Assist teacher/leader in classroom or ministry area.
6 times a year or 4 times in one month
Inn Keepers:
Help clean rooms and sanitize toys
6 times a year
Registered Nurses:
Available during Gathering if needed
6 times a year
Why are we now requiring that parents who are not serving help?
1) To maintain and enhance a “Growing” environment that is consistent.
2) Provide needed help to those who are more fully committed to this area.
3) To more fairly involve families benefiting from Apex Kids Student Ministries
Go here to register, in the coming months a new church management system we are installing will also bring a new Kids/Student check in system with it. For security reasons, your child will not be in our system unless you have signed up to serve.
To all of those volunteers who are currently serving . . .
Dear Volunteers: Thank you for ministering to Kids/Students at our weekend Gatherings. We appreciate your contribution to the spiritual growth of our families and enjoy working with you on a regular basis here at Apex.
To acknowledge your consistent contribution we are identifying and organizing you as part of Apex Kids and Student Ministry Team. (AKSM) Very simply you are the people that serve our families on a regular basis.
Apex Kids and Student Ministry Team : AKSM
Ministry Team Serving Calendar:
1) Trimester One: January to April
2) Trimester Two: May to August
3) Trimester Three: September to December
Ministry Team Serving Level: Gold
1) Once a week all year
2) Once a week for one trimester
3) Once a week for two trimesters
Ministry Team Serving Level: Silver
1) Once a week for a month: Serving month on and month off
2) Once a week for a month: Serving 1 month in each trimester
3) Once a week for a month: Serving 1 month in two of the trimesters
Ministry Team Serving Level: Bronze
1) Every month 1 to 3 times
Please know that we have appreciated your service and only seek to acknowledge your faithfulness through the identification of service levels. The creation of the Parent Help Team is to let you know that we respect your effort by requiring all of our parents to more fully invest in our ministry.
Apex Kids and Student Ministry Leaders
What are Teenagers Asking about God?
A peak into Apex’s Student Ministry… Jason Wing asks Chad Osborne, one of Apex’s student ministry directors, an impromptu question about the questions that teenagers are asking about God. Both serious and funny.
East Asia Trip
The blog write-up I’m about to share with you was written by a leader of the East Asia missions trip. This team was sent by apex and consisted of several female students and a couple of leaders. Reaching the nations…here is their story.
-From Melanie Lane, Leader of Trip, July 31, 2009:
A team of 5 female students and 2 leaders arrived back from East Asia on Sunday July 26. They had the opportunity to go to a region where 71% of the people had never heard the Gospel of Christ. This region is located in a closed country, where it is illegal to share the Gospel. Every day the team was able to teach the resident students English and by investing in the students’ lives doors were opened to build relationships with the teachers.
One of the avenues for growth in this area is house churches. It is not safe for Americans to go to the existing house churches because their presence would draw a lot of attention to the local believers and put them in jeopardy. Therefore, one of the primary roles that Americans play when going to this area is teaching English to the younger generation. The younger generation is very receptive of Americans, and they want to learn English since it is viewed as an asset to a region if more people speak English. Teaching English opens doors for the Gospel of Christ to be shared. It is amazing that the doors are open to share with young people because as part of their culture, after they begin to earn income, they begin to take care of their parents. The parents then begin to depend on and respect their children. Children carry a lot of influence on their parents. There are many stories of young people coming to know Christ, and then their parents come to know him.
Story from the trip: One night we were having a Bible Study in our hotel room with 3 locals. After studying Ephesians 2:1-10, Sarah, a local English teacher, confessed that she wanted to give her life to Jesus and begin growing to know more about Him. We saw the look of surrender in her eyes! It was a beautiful moment. But before that moment of surrender in her life, a few things had been going on; several local believers had been sharing the Gospel with her, the previous team had shared with her about Jesus and given her a Bible, and many people were praying. We were just being obedient to sharing the Gospel and sowing seed. We were just one small part of the picture the Holy Spirit was painting in her heart.
Please be in prayer for our team as we are adjusting to being back in the states. Even though the trip is over the great commission still applies to our lives. And the things that our Father taught and convicted us on are not to be left in a different country. The journey of enjoying Christ continues…
For further information about this trip, please contact Melanie Lane at melanie.lane@apexcommunity.org. For further information about how you can become involved with Apex Missions, please contact Tab Green at tabatha.green@apexcommunity.org.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Where in the World: East Asia
Please come out in hear about what the Lord is doing on the other side of the world. Where in the World: East Asia will be May 15th @ 6:30 in the Theatre.
This summer a team of 2 adults and5 high school students will be going to East Asia to teach English and build relationships with the locals.
We will be sharing more details about the trip, how you can come alongside our team, cultural facts and food! We hope to see you there!
for more information please contact Amy Meredith, amy.meredith@apexcommunity.org