Congrats Class of 2012 - Ryan Paulson

This week we are honoring those from our youth group who are graduating from high school.  Today we honor Ryan Paulson.  Ryan has been a part of Bayside since he was a wee little lad.  He grew up in the church and has been a part of youth group since entering 6th grade.  He is also involved with CEF and serves in many different areas in our church.  He plans on attending UWS in the fall.  Good luck Ryan!  We'll miss you!

Look through the past posts of the blog for previous seniors.  And check back the rest of this week for more seniors to come!  Congrats Class of 2012!

-PT

Congrats Class of 2012 - Zach #2

This week we are honoring each of our seniors in the Bayside youth group.  This is their last week of school!  Superior High School graduation is this Saturday!

Today we honor Zakk Grandahl.  Zakk has been a part of our youth group for about 4 years now.  He originally came as a friend of the Caspers and eventually became a regular part of your youth group.  Soon after he started bringing his sister and brother along and now they too are a regular part of youth group.  Zakk plays guitar and has been a part of the youth group worship team for the last year.  He is undecided about his near future, but would like to go into the musical instrument building business.  Best of luck Zakk!  We will miss you!

Check back all week long as we honor each of our seniors on the blog!

-PT

Seniors last week - Congrats Class of 2012

Well it has finally come.  The last week of school for the seniors of Bayside youth group.  Congratulations to the Class of 2012!  As graduation day approaches (SHS graduation is this Saturday the 2nd) we will be honoring each of our seniors from youth group.

Today we honor Zach Brookmole.  Zach has been a part of Bayside youth group for 7 years since his family moved here from California.  He is an active member of our youth worship team as well as the Bayside Baptist Church praise team.  He is a beast at playing the bass, both rock style and classical style.  Zach will be attending UWS next fall to pursue a degree in music.  Best of luck Zach!  We will miss you!

Check back all week as we honor each of our seniors on the blog!

-PT

No SR HIGH youth group on Sunday, May 27

We will not be having SR HIGH youth group on Sunday night, May 27.  Due to the Memorial Day holiday weekend.  We hope you have a nice weekend and enjoy the extra day off school.

We will meet again for SR HIGH youth group on Sunday, June 3.  And we will continue to meet all summer long on Sunday nights from 6:30pm-8:00pm.  Also, those finishing 8th grade will now be invited to come to SR HIGH youth group since they are entering 9th grade next year!

See you all on the 3rd!

-PT

Last night of JR HIGH and AMP

Tomorrow is our last night of the school year for JR HIGH and AMP.  We will be taking a break for the summer and start meeting back up on Wednesday nights after school starts back up.

Since this is the last week of the school year, we are going to celebrate with a party and PRIZE NIGHT!  If you are in 5th-8th grade you do not want to miss it.  We have several prizes, enough for everybody to go home happy.  And if you win a big prize you might jump for joy like Jaycie (above) did!

See you tomorrow night!

-PT

Top Ten Reasons to Stay Pure

We just finished a great study in SR HIGH youth group on Song of Solomon.  The study looked at relationships and we even talked about sex!  Through this study we learned some very important Biblical principles and viewpoints on relationships, dating, marriage and sex.  During the last session we talked about purity.

Here are the top ten reasons to stay pure:

1. Sexuality prior to marriage violates scripture
2. Premarital sex violates another person
3. Premarital sex violates the purpose of your own body
4. Premarital sex violates the command for self-control
5. Premarital sex violates your testimony
6. Premarital sex violates the church
7. Premarital sex violates your parents
8. Premarital sex violates your future marriage
9. Premarital sex violates good health
10. Premarital sex removes your boldness.

These are really good points and standards to think of when it comes to relationships, dating, and sex.  If you ever have a question about any of these topics, please contact Pastor Tom or one of the youth leaders.  We can get you answers, we can get you help, we can pray for you.  Please let us know.

-PT

SR HIGH Night at the White House - FRIDAY!

That's right!  Night at the White House is back!  All students in 9th-12th grade are invited to Pastor Tom and Sarah's house this FRIDAY night from 7pm-10pm.  We are going to have a fun time.

We will have snacks, games, videos, wii, Garrison and Josiah will be there, and a whole lot of fun.  Also, we are hoping to recognize and honor the rest of the seniors that we didn't get to during the retreat.  It will be a great night.  We hope you can make it.

Friday, May 18.  7pm-10pm.  SENIOR HIGH Night at the White House.  See you there!

-PT

We WILL have SR HIGH youth group on Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

Just wanted to let everyone know that even though it is Mother's Day, we WILL still have SR HIGH youth group.  We will meet at the normal time, from 6:30pm-8:00pm.

Hope to see you there!

-PT

Youth Group this summer

We want to let everyone know what is happening with youth group this summer.  So here goes:

SR HIGH will continue to meet all summer long on Sunday nights from 6:30pm-8:00pm.

AMP will not be meeting for the summer.  The last night of AMP will be Wednesday, May 23.

JR HIGH will not be meeting for the summer.  The last night of JR HIGH will be Wednesday, May 23.  However, students who are finishing 8th grade and going into 9th grade next fall are welcome and invited to join us on Sunday nights for SR HIGH youth group during the summer beginning on Sunday, June 3.

We also are planning a major event for students at the end of the summer.  We will announce more details later, but this event will be for students that are going into 7th-12th grade next year.

If you have questions, let me know.

-PT

SR HIGH youth group

Just wanted to remind you all that we WILL be having SR HIGH youth group on Sunday night.  However, we will be meeting at Central Assembly of God church for the Superior Youth Rally.  The event is from 6:30pm-8:00pm.  Rather than meeting at Bayside we are just having everyone go straight over to Central.  So we'll meet you there.

For the youth rally we will have worship (led by our very own youth worship band), games, a special message from Jim Hogan, testimonies and ice cream!

Hope you all can make it!

-PT

Youth Leader Profile - Cody Casper

Cody Casper is our featured youth leader for the month of May.  Cody has been a youth leader since August and graduated from our youth group one year ago.  He helps out on Wednesday nights with games and also is a 9th grade small group leader.  Cody is the youngest of the 4 Casper boys and works as a dishwasher at Grizzly's.

Here are some of his favorites:
Food - Tacos
Cereal - Reese's Puffs
Candy Bar - Snickers
Snack - Doritos w/ Top the Tater
Color - Green
Movie - The Marine
TV Show - Iron Chef
Teams - Ravens and Heat
Verse - Philippians 4:13
Heroes - John Cena and his parents!

Take a moment this month and tell Cody thanks for being a youth leader.  We love ya Cody!

-PT