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NEW SITE...PLEASE SAVE NEW LINK!!!

2011-09-06T21:08:00.000-07:00

Grad Videos 2011

2011-06-05T07:21:00.000-07:00

Student Ministry News May 26, 2011

2011-05-27T08:31:00.000-07:00

NEWS!!!!!!!!!

2011-04-28T19:25:00.001-07:00

Devotionals...

2011-04-11T07:50:00.000-07:00

There are a ton of options for teen devotions. To be honest my favorite devotional is the Bible and using one of the methods we talked about yesterday, but I use other tools as well. Here are a few tools I have either used or recommend.

A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life
A Godward Life: Book Two One Hundred and Twenty Daily Readings
Studies on the Go: The Philippians, Colossians, First and Second Thessalonians
Studies on the Go: John
Studies on the Go: Romans
Studies on the Go: Proverbs
Creative Times With God: Discovering New Ways to Connect With the Savior (Simply for Students)
The Message//REMIX Solo: An Uncommon Devotional

12 Ways to Study God's Word...

2011-04-11T07:39:00.005-07:00

Here are the different ways we talked about this Sunday. This is not an exhaustive list but a good start. Enjoy!

The Devotional Method
This method sets the foundation for all of the others. If application is the ultimate goal of how we’re to interact with the Bible, then this method may be the most important for our spiritual lives. It involves taking a passage of Scripture and prayerfully meditating on it until the Holy Spirit provides a concrete application. It’s so important that it’s a part of every other method I teach.

The Chapter Summary Method
This may be the easiest of the Bible study methods to use, and you need very few extra biblical resources to do it effectively. Using the method, you’ll get a general overview of a chapter. You can use the method to systematically go through God’s Word or you can pick various chapters that are of interest to you.

The Character Quality Method
We’ve all got areas of our lives that need work. Using this Bible study method, you can work on positive character qualities that you need to improve (such as honesty, humility, and diligence) and negative ones you need to avoid (such as pride and greed). Unless you really understand a character quality, you’ll never be able to develop it in your life. Through this method you’ll focus on one character quality, look at how biblical characters lived it out, and look for ways to build the character trait into your own life (or avoid it).

The Thematic Method
This study method involves taking a biblical theme (like interceding for others or “the hand of the Lord”) and asking no more than five predetermined questions of the relevant biblical texts. This is another Bible study method that requires few reference tools, with a Bible and a concordance being the most important ones. It’s a great method to use when you’re preparing a Bible study or mentoring someone. It’s also a nice first step before digging into a more thorough topical study.

The Biographical Method
This one is pretty self-explanatory. It involves picking a biblical character and studying his or her life as presented by Scripture. But it isn’t just about storing information on the person. The reason you study biblical characters is to see why they were spiritual successes or failures. Once you discover that, you can either emulate what made them spiritually successful or avoid what made them fail. With more than 3000 biblical characters, this form of Bible study offers an almost endless supply of opportunities.

The Topical Method
In many ways this is like the thematic study, only more extensive. When studying the Bible topically, you typically attack a broad subject in Scripture (or in a specific book of the Bible)—like prayer or sin. Also, unlike a thematic study, you ask every question you can muster. What you get at the end is a broad idea of what the Bible (or a book in the Bible) says about the topic.

The Word Study Method
Many of the great doctrines of Scripture revolve around a single word, such as grace, atonement, or faith. This study method allows you to focus on what some of these words mean in the original language. The method requires more reference books than the other studies, because you’ll need sources to be able to uncover the meaning of the biblical words in the original languages. The method is based on two things. First, the meaning you find from a word must be based on the original languages. Second, context must give you the ultimate meaning of the word you’re studying, not the English translation.

The Book Background Method
This method helps you get a good feel for the background of the biblical passage or book you are studying. You do it by focusing on understanding the history, culture, geography, and political events surrounding the passage. Of course, this method is highly dependent upon collecting quality Bible study reference tools.

The Book Survey Method
In chapters 9, 10, and 11 of Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods, I explain three methods that are best understood as a whole. In the book survey method, you get a telescopic view of a book of the Bible. By doing this step first, you understand how the pieces of the book fit together. It helps you ensure that you won’t mistake the forest for the trees when you study the book further through the next few methods.

The Chapter Analysis Method
Next, you focus your study on a particular chapter from the book you just surveyed. Through this method you’ll look carefully at each paragraph, sentence, and word in the passage you are studying. As you study the chapters of the Bible in this way, you’ll limit outside help and ensure that you’re getting your won insights on Scripture.

The Book Synthesis Method
This is the natural conclusion of this set of methods. After you’ve looked at the book as a whole and then analyze the different chapters within it, you’ll conclude by putting the book and all of the insights you’ve gained back together again. It’s a particularly important step after you’ve torn the book apart in the chapter analysis method.

The Verse-by-Verse Method
In the 12th method you take a particular verse of Scripture and study it in detail by asking particular questions, looking at cross-references and paraphrasing each verse. You can either use this study to work systematically through a passage or combine it with the topical method to look at all of the Scripture related to a topic.

StuMin News: March 11

2011-03-11T06:15:00.001-08:00

SENIOR HIGH SPRING BANQUET!

2011-02-28T09:44:00.000-08:00

March 19 from 9am-6pm!

Cost is $40

Questions? Call Student Ministries at 815-877-7046

MANDATORY All Staff Meeting!

2011-02-21T15:18:00.000-08:00

MANDATORY!

ALL STAFF MEETING

THIS Sunday, February 27

12-2pm

Meet in the Senior High Room

Lunch Provided

Questions?

Call Student Ministries @ 815-877-7046

SUMMER MISSIONS TRIP to Ukraine!

2011-02-07T09:15:00.000-08:00

Ukraine Parent/Student Meeting

Sunday, February 13

2:15-3pm

Senior High Room

Questions?

Call Student Ministries @ 815-877-7046

UNCOMPLICATED - Feb. 12, 2011

2011-02-04T13:47:00.000-08:00

Uncomplicated Purity Conference

February 12, 2011

9am-4pm

First Free Church

TOTALLY FREE! Get your FREE ticket here at the church!

www.uncomplicated.tv

No Church Wednesday February 2

2011-02-01T18:50:00.001-08:00

Our church will be closed tomorrow due to Stormzilla. All morning and evening activities are canceled. No element :(

CBL CANCELLED TONIGHT!

2011-01-31T14:45:00.001-08:00

CBL is CANCELLED TONIGHT because of the snow!

The Gathering!

2011-01-20T08:54:00.000-08:00

Attention ALL Girls!

The Gathering starts THIS Sunday from 12-2pm (One week only)!

All Senior High Girls meet in the Senior High Room

Lunch Provided

SNOWCAMP ARRIVAL!

2011-01-17T12:38:00.000-08:00

Follow www.twitter.com/elementhsm for updates from Brandon on arrival times!

They should be back by 6pm!

SNOWCAMP 2011 THIS WEEKEND! STILL TIME TO SIGN UP!

2011-01-10T09:14:00.000-08:00

SNOWCAMP 2011 - January 14-17

Cost is $160!

Sign up ASAP!

HOME GROUPS START SUNDAY, Jan. 9!

2011-01-05T12:17:00.000-08:00

Groups start THIS Sunday, January 9 from 12-2pm!

TXT:JANUARY 2011

2011-01-04T15:36:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-22T08:14:00.000-08:00

Reminder!

There is no element until January 5th!

Merry Christmas!

CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS FRIDAY!

2010-12-13T09:18:00.000-08:00

WINTER CALENDAR!

2010-12-08T13:12:00.001-08:00

CBL TEAMS HAVE BEEN POSTED...

2010-11-26T21:57:00.000-08:00

Click here to see the roster.

StuMin News: November 22, 2010

2010-11-23T05:59:00.000-08:00

REMINDER!

2010-11-22T11:15:00.000-08:00

element will NOT be meeting THIS week, Wednesday, November 24th!

CBL - LAST OPEN GYM TONIGHT!

2010-11-22T09:15:00.000-08:00

Last Open Gym tonight from 6-7:30pm!

First games start next week, Nov. 29! Cost is $50.
Questions? Call 815-877-7046