Amped Revamped!!!

A M P E D R E V A M P E D! ! !

Wednesday Nights we are starting a new study - a walk through the Old Testament.

Sunday Mornings we are starting a new study on Sunday Mornings also! We are going to go through the gospel - according to Mark!

Come join us Wednesday nights at 7PM- we have a fun game, awesome study learning about God's Kingdom throughout the Old Testament, and Small Groups - where we come together to apply our faith to everyday life.

Sunday Mornings start at 11AM. Join us in getting deep in to the Gospel, through the eyes of Mark!

Before and after service, come hang out in our newly revamped rec room - video games, beanbags, couches, surf movies, a snack machine - even hot chocolate! Its a great way to get to know your friends here at Amped.

Questions? Concerns? Suggestions? Email us at ampedoc@gmail.com.

Romans 9

Basically, Wednesday nighth was deep. We studied through Romans chapter 9 and talked about God's Sovereignty. Sovereignty is a word that means to have complete authority over something. And so when we say that God is sovereign, we are saying that God has complete authority over creation. His will will always be done in the end. The issue at hand is however, what about our free will? Since God wills things to be does he will certain people to be saved?

In the boys small groups we talked about Arminianism and Calvinism. Arminianism is the extreme belief that it is 100% our choice to be saved where as (on the other side of the spectrum) calvinism is the extreme belief that God elects certain people to be saved.

Here is a funny picture of a shirt that illustrates the differences between Arminianism and Calvinism.

The Musical Stylings of Amped Jr High!

We have an amazing new worship band!
The Lord has blessed us with some amazing talent!

Ty - Worship Leader (guitar/vocals

Alex - Guitar

Isaac - Bass

David - Drums

Madison - Vocals

We've also got the awesome talents of Josh, Aaron, Ryan and Matthew that grace our stage with their awesome beats. :)

We are so excited about our new band! If you are interested in joining or helping out with the band, feel free to contact Ty, or any other of the Amped staff.

Running low on Meat and Potatoes? I think not.

Weird. My first post on the Amped Blog!

Last night Matthew reviewed Romans up to the first half of chapter 5. It's been a while since we've had a Wednesday night service (we were SO running low on Meat and Potatoes), so it was a great refresher to get back into things.

Matthew reminded us that the first 3 chapters of Romans were written to reveal to us that we are all sinners. Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

Then we talked about how important it is to keep reading! We are all sinners, but Romans 5:8 says "But God demostrates His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." We have hope in Christ's sacrifice. We are saved!

These concepts may seem so elementary to our Christian faith, but it's so important that we remind ourselves of who we are in Christ and who He is to us.

As Amped Jr. High starts off this new year, we came together under the purpose of uplifting one another and bringing others into the knowledge of Christ. We sat down the last night of Elevate and brainstormed our vision for this year. As a group, we decided that we want Amped to continue to grow. We came up with some new and exciting plans for 2008.

I encourage you all to pour your heart into Amped Ministries, just as all of us crazy leaders strive to do. Together, we can accomplish great things for Christ.