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Valentine Banquet with the Youth

January 20, 2012

BECAUSE YOU ARE SPECIAL, Legacy youth would like to invite you to our annual Valentine Banquet Sunday Feb. 12, at Temple Baptist Church. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the banquet will start at 5:30 p.m.
This is an opportunity for us to show our appreciation to you for your support that you have given us prayerfully and financially through out the year.

We so appreciate our church family and we want to serve you this special night of the year. We will have a silent auction that evening following a delicious meal and a very special dessert provided by Cindy and Tim Smith. We will begin the evening with live entertainment from members of our youth group. We will have singing, skits, and poem reading.

On Sunday morning Feb. 12, you will be able to buy your tickets for the silent auction before and after church. On Sunday evening starting at 5:00 p.m. you will be able to buy your tickets for the silent auction before the banquet begins at 5:30 p.m.

Legacy youth group would be honored to have your attendance this very special evening. In closing we would like to share this scripture with you. Psalm 100:4-5 “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.”

Youth Ministry is a Battle!

December 12, 2011

This profession, or calling, isn’t for the faint of heart. Although some people are envious of us “Games and pizza every night, Sign me up!” those perceptions are usually far from accurate. Few of us youth leaders coast through life playing Xbox 360 and eating pizza. Youth ministry is a spiritual battlefield for the hearts and minds of God’s children. So much is at stake. Our war isn’t with young people who make poor decisions or with parents who refuse to get involved; it’s with the Enemy himself. 1 Peter 5:8 says “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” We will lose battles and be shaken to the core, but we will not give up and we will fight for the souls of our youth. We want to share with you the names of our youth who attend Wednesday nights. We feel privileged that these youth come to our youth group. We as leaders are asking you to pray for these kids. That for God to move in their hearts and in their family lives. Pray for them to have a desire to come on Sunday mornings. We are truly in a battle for their lives! 1.) Daniel Hufford-6th grade, 2.) Kyla Green-7th grade, 3.) Kenny Rodriguez-7th grade, 4.) Savannah Krivanek-7th grade, 5.) Corbin Stumm-7th grade, 6.) Tanner McCarty-7th grade, 7.) Ava Vollertson-7th grade, 8.) Aaron McCorkindale-8th grade, 9.) Brian Hufford-8th grade, 10.) Kimmy Peterson-8th grade, 11.) Dane Smith-8th grade, 12.) Nigel Kucera-8th grade, 13.) Bri Rose-11th grade, 14.) Megan Nason, 15.) Jessi Smith, 16.) Cord Suess, 17.) Bobby Orzechowski

Youth News for October

September 19, 2011

Legacy Youth Group is being busy these days! We have several things planned for the youth group, but most of all we see God moving in the hearts of young people. 1 Timothy 4:12 reads” Let no man despise the youth and look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

Our prayer for the youth is for them to have a closer relationship with Jesus and set the example before their friends and family, and to not be ashamed of being a Christian before their peers.

Aug. 27th we took the youth to “Rock the Range” in Denver. What an amazing time we experienced. Franklin Graham spoke 3 different times during the event. Hundreds of people gave their hearts and lives to our Lord Jesus! We experienced the move of God in the midst of our young people. God is truly an “Awesome God”.

In the next 6 weeks we will be fundraising for our Awaken Conference for the girls in Colorado Springs. We will be selling cards and having bake sales. We would appreciate your support financially and prayerfully.

Calendar of Events
Oct. 2 Bake Sale following Church Services
Oct. 19th Hay Ride – Depart Youth House at 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 26th Fall Festival Party at Youth House 6:30 p.m.-8:00p.m.
Oct. 31st Trunk N Treat at church parking lot 5:00p.m. -7:00p.m
Nov. 11th-13th Awaken Conference New Life Church Colorado Springs CO

Please call the numbers below if you have questions pertaining to any event.
Vickie Kilmer Home: 539-6208 Cell: 719-239-8125
Ron McCarty Home: 207-4143 Cell: 719-659-9167
Roxanne McCarty Home: 207-4143 Cell: 719-221-8905

Change! Change! Change!

August 9, 2011

Legacy Youth Group is going through some changes right now. We actually started implemented changes within the youth group back in Jan. of this year. Before we share with you some changes that have taken place and that are taken place, Legacy Youth Group want to acknowledge and gratefully thank Tim and Cindy Smith for their 4-5 years of service to Legacy Youth Group. They have given numerous hours of work and dedication to our youth group and provided spiritual training and growth to and for our youth group. Words cannot express how much we love and appreciate their devotion to our youth group and to us. We know that they were doing this because God called them to be the leaders for this period of time for our youth group and we thank to them so much. We also know that God is calling them to leave and go forward with him to do his will and his work so that God will be glorified. Like Tim shared with the youth group he and Cindy are not leaving us or the church they are being led in a different direction. They will be greatly missed by all of us.

Now back to changes that have taken places! In January, we leaders felt led of God to implement changes within the youth group and instill godly changes in the kids. As we prayed and started compiling these changes we felt led to ask a younger persons advice so we called upon Kyle Clark to help us come up with these changes. I won’t go through the list of changes we wanted to implement but I will give you a few examples. We felt the youth needed to be taught to respect and show honor to each other. We felt the youth needed to be taught to respect the leaders and those in authority over them. We felt the youth needed to be taught to respect Gods property which is the Youth House where we meet. Kyle was very gracious to help us leaders implement these changes to the kids, but he also told us leaders “be prepared for opposition” from the kids. Nobody likes change, not even young people. When the youth were presented with the changes that need to take place within the youth group and within themselves, all I can say is they were not happy campers. We shared with them that this would change them into the young men and ladies of God, and that God would want them to be. Needless to say, Kyle left and went to IHOP (not the pancake place) and left us leaders with the challenge to pray for God to change our hearts towards the kids and for us to pray daily for the kids. We started praying every day for every youth in our youth group and for each other. I will tell you we had many trials that came against our youth group but we continued to pray and pray we did. We gradually started to see changes take place and before we knew it the kids went from having the head knowledge to having the heart knowledge of what God was wanting from them. Today all the changes that we put before them at the first of the year is habit to them now. God has brought all of us a long way from the beginning of the year. The respect that the kids have for each other and for the leaders and for the youth house has come from God changing them and changing us the leaders. God has so blessed our youth group in so many ways!

Another change we always welcome is having Kyle Clark home from IHOP (not the pancake place). He has been with our youth group for a month now. He has been teaching us new praise and worship songs, which we have so richly enjoyed. He has brought a new freshness to scriptures and his lessons have been so encouraging to all of us. We have learned a lot from Kyle and we are always so blessed when he comes back to our youth group. Here again change has taken place within our hearts. God brought Kyle back to us for a short period of time for refreshing and renewing our spirits. Thank you so much Kyle. We love you so much! We are so amazed at how Kyle is allowing God to use him and grow him in many areas and then come back and share with us.

In closing this is change for me since this is my first article that I have ever written for the Temple Trumpet. I am thankful for all the changes God has brought into my life and Legacy Youth Group in the last seven months. We as leaders share with the youth, Legacy Youth Group is not our youth group but it belongs to them but most important it belongs to God. As long as we put God first he will bless our youth group. One thing we also share with the youth is even though as people we will go through changes in our life. Some we might like and some we might not like but one thing is for certain God never changes. The bible says in Malachi 3:6 “For I am the Lord, I change not. Praise God he never changes!!”

Lastly we have new leadership positions in Legacy Youth Group and I want to acknowledge them now. Ron McCarty Assistant Youth Director, and Roxanne McCarty Youth Leader.

In Christ Service,
Vickie Kilmer
Youth Director

Rock the Range

August 3, 2011

Legacy Youth Group is planning a trip to Denver for Franklin Graham and “Rock The Range”. This is a new event for Denver and the itinerary is still being set. There will be plenty of kid friendly activities planned and performances by Lecrae, The Afters and the Almost. The message that evening will be by none other than Franklin Graham. Check out the details at rocktherange.org

Nail Jell-O to a tree

April 11, 2011

We have a plaque that hangs in our kitchen. It is words of wisdom given to Cindy and me by my mother. The plaque reads “Raising a teenager is like nailing Jell-O to a tree. “

This is a reminder that the teenage years are not easy for kids or parents. Nor is it easy for those who work with teenagers. The past three months have been quite a challenging time for all of us who work with our youth group. New problems and challenges have come up that we have never faced before. Click to Continue »

Aquire the Fire 2011

March 16, 2011

“…they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations…”

Acquire The Fire’s “Collision—Mend The Broken” tour is confronting life’s collisions head on with a message of hope and restoration to this young generation.

Collisions.

They happen all the time. It’s part of our human experience. At some point we all run into something that devastates us.

Countless people live in broken families with broken hearts. Everywhere people are used, abused, ridiculed, rejected, ignored, and abandoned. This generation is bombarded with pornography, sex, depression, cutting, suicide and helplessness. These injuries leave permanent scars—scars that you may never see.

Restoration.

Young people from coast to coast will hear that God wants to comfort, heal, and put them back together. Although the enemy continues to steal, kill, and destroy, Jesus binds up the brokenhearted, proclaims freedom to the captives, and releases prisoners from the darkness.

We’ll address these collisions—pornography, same sex attraction, cutting, depression, and brokenness—and God will restore it!

Will you be made whole?

When: April 29-30, 2011
Where: Denver Coliseum
Cost: $35
($30 if you helped with banquet)
Check out what bands will perform and who will speak in Denver.

Please see Vickie or myself right away if you would like to attend.

For more information call 719.539.2412 or visit acquirethefire.com

Download participation forms
Youth Medical Release Form
Youth Participation Form
Parents Letter

EVENT SCHEDULE

FRIDAY
6:00 PM Doors Open
7:00 PM Worship
8:15 PM Session 1
9:15 PM Break
10:15 PM Dismiss

SATURDAY
8:00 AM Doors open
8:30 AM Worship
9:00 AM Drama
9:30 AM Session 2
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM Session 2 part 2
12:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Worship
2:30 PM Drama part 2
3:00 PM Session 3
5:30 PM Dinner
6:30 PM Doors Open
7:00 PM Worship
7:50 PM Drama part 3
8:20 PM Session 4
9:00 PM Closing
9:15 PM End

Songs are a funny thing

March 1, 2011

Songs are a funny thing. They move us in ways that words or pictures cannot. They can instantly transport our feelings to another place or time. Sometimes we sing songs but were not sure of the meaning of the words. Take for instance the old time Christian Hymn
“Bringing in the sheaves,
Bringing in the sheaves,
We will come rejoicing,
Bringing in the sheaves.”

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Valentine’s Banquet 2012

January 31, 2011

BECAUSE YOU ARE SPECIAL, Legacy youth would like to invite you to our annual Valentine Banquet Sunday Feb. 12, at Temple Baptist Church. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the banquet will start at 5:30 p.m.
This is an opportunity for us to show our appreciation to you for your support that you have given us prayerfully and financially through out the year.

We so appreciate our church family and we want to serve you this special night of the year. We will have a silent auction that evening following a delicious meal and a very special dessert provided by Cindy and Tim Smith. We will begin the evening with live entertainment from members of our youth group. We will have singing, skits, and poem reading.

On Sunday morning Feb. 12, you will be able to buy your tickets for the silent auction before and after church. On Sunday evening starting at 5:00 p.m. you will be able to buy your tickets for the silent auction before the banquet begins at 5:30 p.m.

Legacy youth group would be honored to have your attendance this very special evening. In closing we would like to share this scripture with you. Psalm 100:4-5 “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.”

Dare 2 Share

November 4, 2010

Its once again time for Dare 2 Share. A youth conference in Denver on November 19-21, 2010. Tickets are limited so see Tim Smith or Vickie Kilmer if interested.

The Un-Tour
Conference is coming to Denver!
Un-cool Un-afraid Un-leashed
Speakers Greg Stier and Zane Black
Music from “Shane & Shane” and “Clear Vision”

About Dare 2 Share
Dare 2 Share is a ministry equips teens to relationally and relentlessly reach their generation for Christ. D2S also conducts nationwide youth evangelism training conferences. The events are structured for students in junior high and high school, ranging from 12 to 18 years old. Regardless of gender or denomination, D2S teaches from a Christian perspective. D2S is based in Denver, Colorado and has impacted the lives of more than 300,000 teens since 1991.

For more information go here!!