APRIL 9, 2021 VOL.2 NO.14
IN-PERSON & ONLINE WORSHIP OPTIONS AVAILABLE
Please join your worship with ours! Choose from an array of worship experience options, knowing that in-person @ygchurch worship no longer requires reservations. Click the above icon or here for the current community health guidelines. Our online options are on Facebook LIVE and our church online platform. Also, UG Talks is on YouTube.
PROTECTING YOURSELF WHILE PROTECTING OTHERS
A discussion by AdventHealth of the latest findings and recommendations. Ciick the above icon or here for the full Adventist Review article.
SOCCER BALL SABBATH
You’re invited to bring a new soccer ball to church this Sabbath, April 10th. Ethan Francis will be collecting them as part of our partnership with FEMA and Texas Conference Youth & Young Adult Ministries. Click icon above for more information.
CARTER BLOOD DRIVE // APRIL 10TH // 10AM-2PM
Calling all super heroes! The Texas blood supply is at its lowest level in decades. Please consider donating blood and save lives. The Carter BloodCare Mobile Unit will be in the church parking lot, Saturday, April 10th from 10:00AM - 2:00PM. Click the above icon or here to schedule your appointment. [This is a PLUS ONE opportunity.]
THE CALL: ALL IN
YGCHURCH // SATURDAY // 10:00AM CST
Rest On Us, Champion, Worthy, God I Look To You, Resurrecting #WorshipSet #Apr10 10:00AM CDT, fb.com/ygchurch #ForTheSakeOfTheCall #ygchurch
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THE CALL
In what ways is GOD calling us? Do we recognize His voice? What is our response?
"My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." –John 10:27 [NLT]
Join Younger Generation Church in their series, "The Call," Saturdays, 10:00AM [Central], fb.com/ygchurch #ForTheSakeOfTheCall #ygchurch
YG LIFE // SATURDAY // 11:00AM CST
Immediately following YG’s worship experience, don’t miss out on the after party, YG LIFE. Always entertaining and informative with everything YG—including upcoming attractions and intriguing guests—then of course, concluding with a live prayer session with your requests and praises. Don’t miss YG LIFE, this Saturday, 11:00AM CST! Find us on Facebook LIVE and on our church online platform, live.ygchurch.com
REVIVE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED APRIL 14 & 28
Due to the reconstruction in the church, Revive Community Care is partnering with Tarrant County Food Bank to mobilize an all-outdoor food pantry in the coming weeks and months. There will be multiple opportunities to serve as a volunteer, as we recover from the flooding that impacted our church.
Please click here to fill out this form if you would like to lend a hand and volunteer! Someone from our Revive Community Care team will contact you with further information!
THE DOORS // FRIDAY, APRIL 16 // 7:00PM CST // ARLINGTON ADVENTIST CHURCH
The Burton Academy Theater Department is proud to present The Doors, an original play by Devin Anavitarte. Join along as Peyton journeys through her past, grapples with mental health issues, and ultimately learns that her Creator is the only One who can see her through.
FINANCE FOR THE FUTURE // APR 22 // 7PM CDT
Dr. Richard M. White, CPA, CGMA,MBA provides young professionals with sound and critical financial strategies to better understand how to navigate their lives through the current environment to better secure a sound and healthy financial future. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn basic financial strategies, and gain an in-depth understanding of personal finance as it relates to cash management, wealth building, personal taxes and retirement before 55. The hosts will utilize over 30 years of experience in personal financial management, tax planning wealth building at an early age to demonstrate how money can work for you.
Registration is now open at AdventistYoungProfessionals.org/southwest. Registrants will receive access to an interactive experience via Zoom; the workshop will also be streamed to Adventist Young Professionals’ Facebook page.
CLASS OF 2021
Calling on all coming graduates this year! Click the above icon or here to complete an information form to help @ygchurch celebrate you!
THE PLUS ONE CHALLENGE
Your invitation matters! There are ample opportunities to introduce your friends, family, neighbors, classmates and co-workers to your faith. Your challenge/mission is to make a simple invitation to at least one person; Invite them to things you already like to do and to places you already like to go. Invite just one--Plus One. It's a great place to start.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
DEEP CALLING JOURNEY // APRIL 23 - MAY 1
Save the date and begin to invite your peeps to this hybrid, interactive, community experience. Elevate Community Fellowship and Younger Generation Church are joining forces to call all generations into a deeper walk with GOD and each other. Click the below icon or here to register for this free event and receive your gear for the journey. For more information contact Pastor Kayla Goodman and/or Pastor Danny Verdugo.
BAPTISM CELEBRATIONS SLATED FOR MAY 1ST
If you have interest in being baptized or wish to recommit your life to Jesus through re-baptism, we would love for you to join celebrations set for the first weekends of April and May. Click the above icon for more information or contact Pastor Kayla Goodman and/or Pastor Danny Verdugo.
PURSUE GOD
THE GOD I USED TO KNOW
The older we become, the more crazy life seems to get. In fact, it quickly starts to feel like we're drowning. In an effort to stay afloat, we begin to rely on ourselves more and more, forgetting about the power of the God we grew up learning about.
Our God does not operate in a box and He is not limited like we are. He is able to do more than we could ever ask or imagine. There is simply nothing He cannot do. It just takes us to acknowledge that and lean into His promises. After all, it isn't Him who drifts, but us.
We pray Adventist Young Professionals’ book, The God I Used To Know, touches your walk with God in a way you haven't experienced before. You are precious and you have a Father who sees yesterday, today and tomorrow. Trust He is still working for you. Click the above icon or here to order your copy today.
Last weekend’s message by Pastor A Allan Martin, The Call: GOOOOOOOOOAL!
THE CALL: GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
From Revelation to Resurrection to Rebirth: The purpose of the whole Passion was to give you the choice of paradise.
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. –Romans 10:9 [NIV]
38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” –Luke 23:38-42 [NIV]
As you encounter Jesus, what is your response to Him?
Should you choose rescue, all of Heaven rejoices. Really!
EXPERIENCING GOD
Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God by Henry T. Blackaby is a beneficial and easy to comprehend devotional guide affording the Christ-follower a Biblical template for the discipleship journey. Click the above icon or here for various resources associated with the book.
THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
The Purpose Driven Life is a 40-day devotional guide that affords a basic template for the life of a disciple. It's YG Church's preferred discipleship primer for beginning the Christ-following journey. Click the above icon or here to review the variety of devotional resources available.
EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY
ADVENTIST YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUPS
Small groups make a huge difference! This program is bringing people together and creating communities. Current group leader, Jaren Humphreys, said of the program,
“I have loved every second of leading a group with AYP! It has enhanced my spiritual life; being able to meet with like-minded people and create a space to talk about God has been huge. This has been phenomenal for me during COVID-19; it has given me a community that I would not have otherwise.”
Since the program’s start in October, it has grown to 13 groups with nearly 100 active group members. Many members are involved with more than one group because of the blessing it has been in their lives. Click the above icon or here to join a group today!
Don’t have experience with leading small groups? Feeling underqualified? Kasondra Reel had never led a small group before joining AYP but she didn’t let that stop her,
“I’m new to the whole small group thing. I didn’t really know what to expect. But diving into some deep God stuff with other people who are caving God as intensely as I am is so exciting. My group just started and we all expressed our excitement for the weeks to come. I am looking forward to every minute and discussion we have.”
Join Jaren and Kasondra and become a group leader! Email me at groups@adventistyoungprofessionals.org for more information! Looking forward to hearing from you!
This program is making a difference in the lives of group leaders and members everyday! It is connecting people from all over the globe, from the US to the Philippines, to Zimbabwe, to the Netherlands; it is bringing community to people in a time when it is most needed and hardest to find. Brian Solis said, “Community is much more than belonging to something; it’s about doing something together that makes belonging matter.”
I hope you check out the existing groups and get involved in this growing community!
—Kelly Payne
AYP Vice President & Executive Secretary
groups@AdventistYoungProfessionals.org
From Adventist Review
FREE ACCESS TO RIGHTNOW MEDIA FOR ALL OUR MEMBERS!
Our digital ministry library, Rightnow Media, offers tens of thousands of video-based Bible studies at your finger tips. Contact Pastor Tom [tom@arlingtonadventist.com] to gain access to our RightNow digital Bible study library.
DEEPEN YOUR DEVOTION: JOIN A LIFEGROUP!
Our desire is to see your relationship with GOD become even more vibrant and deep. There is a wide array of community-building LIFEgroups for you to consider and join. There are meaningful spiritual resources to take advantage of. Start today and take your next step in devotion to Christ Jesus. Click the above icon or here for more details.
INSPIRE HOPE // SHARE GRACE
SOCCER BALL SABBATH
FEMA has reached out to the Texas Conference Adventist Community Services for support. They are requesting Soccer balls to entertain the more than 13,000 kids under their custody. Our goal is to collect and donate 500 Soccer balls by Monday April 12th, 2021.
Here are serveral ways of doing it!
1. Bring a new soccer ball to church Sabbath. Ethan Francis will be collecting them for us.
2. Buy a ball and mail to: Texas Conference Attn Youth Department, 1211 W HWY 67, Alvarado TX 76009
3. Donate $15.00 to purchase a ball. Calling with a Credit Card information to 817-790-2255 Ext 2202 or email at youth@txsda.org
BE A VOLUNTEER! ALL AGES WELCOME!
A great way to serve our community is through volunteering! All ages. As a family. With your friends. In areas you love. In new ways. On stage. Off stage. — ALL are invited to volunteer at Younger Generation Church. It’s not only a wonderful way to serve in ministry, it’s also one of the best ways to foster relationships. Sign up today, volunteer.ygchurch.com
THE BACK STAGE STORY: YG & GLOBAL YOUTH DAY 2021
Last month YG led tens of thousands of Adventist young people around the world in worship, but it almost didn't happen. Click the above icon or here for the full behind-the-scenes story!
#CHOSEN UPDATE FROM COLLINS OF WORLD VISION
Last year, many of you joined in the World Vision initiative and were #Chosen as sponsors by our children in Zambia. Collins Kaumba with World Vision Zambia recently provided an update to Kelsey Guerrero, Bernie & Christina Anderson, and our pastoral team. Click the above icon or here to enjoy hearing about the progress.
REVIVE COMMUNITY CARE: WE ARE HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER
Inspire those around you with the hope of grace by volunteering with Revive Community Care! Participate and refer those in need, revivecommunitycare.com
NEEDED: DIAPERS & WIPES
Diapers of all sizes and baby wipes are donations that are needed and deeply appreciated. Many of the community families we serve have babies and small children. Please drop off your donations into the church foyer collection bins OR in the office during business hours. Click the above icon or here to find out more information from Heidi Jackson, our Revive Community Care director.
MAKE UP SOME BLESSING BAGS
Often as we are driving in the DFW Metroplex, we will encounter homeless individuals panhandling at the traffic intersections. While any donation is sure to be appreciated, a blessing bag could provide valuable essentials, especially for homeless women. Find at the YG highbar tables in the lobby, bags ready for you to take and and checklist included to help you assemble blessing bags and to have them handy in your commuting vehicle. Click the above icon or here to obtain a copy of the blessing bag checklist.
YOUR GENEROSITY MAKES @YGCHURCH GROW, GLOW, & GO
We invite you to support @ygchurch financially. As you bless YG, our young adults overflow that blessing into our community and into the world. Your tax-deductible donation helps YG grow, glow, and go. Thank you. Click the above icon or here for ways to give.
How does your support overflow into the world? Click here for @ygchurch stories of overflow.
GRATITUDE
THANK YOU
Thank you to our whole church family for stepping up and leaning in as we shared appreciation with healthcare frontliners! Special shout out to Cafe 23:5, Burton Adventist Academy, DFW Fil-Am Pathfinders, Arlington Seventh-day Adventist Church and @ygchurch for coming through! You all rock!
Younger Generation Church is the vibrant young adult ministry of the Arlington Seventh-day Adventist Church.YG's mission is to deepen our devotion to Christ Jesus through:
• Pursuing INTIMACY with God
• Experiencing COMMUNITY with each other
• Inspiring those around us with the hope of GRACE