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Earn $ for Summer Missions

Interested in earning money for Summer Missions 2012?  

Sign up to help with the Choir Christmas Banquet!

Wednesday, Dec. 14

6-9 p.m., in the FC

Sign up starting now at the kiosk in the FC foyer!  Spots are limited so sign up soon!

Questions?  Contact Jessica at jstone@ridgecrestbaptist.org.  

December 2011 Calendar

411 Nov. 27

rbcstudents Family Meeting Podcast

Want to check out the podcast from the rbcstudents Family Meeting on July 31, 2011? Check it out here!

We are having a family meeting!

We are calling an rbcstudents family meeting! Sunday, July 31, 6:30-7:30 p.m., FC. We'll look at what God is doing through mission trips and CAMP, as well as talk about Ridgecrest news. The family meeting is for both parents and students.

Julie

The 411 for June 17, 2011

CAMP Day 2 Recap

CAMP Day 1 Recap

CAMP Update #2

7:30 a.m., July 14

Email from Nate:

CAMP-ers have water activities at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., & 3:15 p.m. today. Tonight's message is "The Kingdom of God is for Anyone" (Mark 5:21-40). Please pray for safety and salvations!

To get daily updates and prayer requests, text Nate at 417.569.7888; tell him your name and that you are praying for CAMP.

Julie

CAMP Update #1

Great news! Our CAMP-ers have made it to Windermere and are preparing for their pool party. Please ask God to open hearts and ears and to give way for the Holy Spirit to move this weekend.

Questions?

Julie

Did you miss the CAMP parent meeting?

Here is the link to listen to the meeting!

Leadership Summit is Aug. 11 and 12!!!

Leadership Summit 2011 is Aug. 11 & 12, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost for Ridgecrest members is $75 by July 12 or $105 after July 12. To receive the discount, you must use registration envelope found at kiosk. Please note: If you are a leader at Ridgecrest Baptist Church, please contact me for details about an added possible discount.

Need an LS buddy? We'll save you a seat!

To download the full version of Jeff Manion's Leadership Summit 2010 talk, visit willowcreek.com/JeffManion. Enter code: JfMnDLn3. Click the link and choose to open or save file.

Questions?

Julie

The 411 for July 3, 2011

Jamaica Update

The Jamaica team landed in KC on schedule.  They are in route to Ridgecrest Baptist Church right now!

Nate

Jamaica Team

Everything is going great!  The team is tired but in good spirits! They cannot wait to be home!

Nate

Leadership Summit is Aug. 11 & 12!!!

Leadership Summit 2011 is Aug. 11 & 12, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost for Ridgecrest members is $75 by July 12 or $105 after July 12. To receive the discount, you must use registration envelope found at kiosk. Please note: If you are a leader at Ridgecrest Baptist Church, please contact me for details about an added possible discount.

Need an LS buddy? We'll save you a seat!

To download the full version of Jack Welch's Leadership Summit 2010 talk, visit willowcreek.com/JackWelch. Enter code: JcKDLrW2. Click the link and choose to open or save file.

Questions?

Julie

The 411 for June 26, 2011

Leadership Summit is Aug. 11 & 12!

Leadership Summit 2011 is Aug. 11 & 12, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost for Ridgecrest members is $75 by July 12 or $105 after July 12. To receive the discount, you must use registration envelope found at kiosk.

Need an LS buddy? We'll save you a seat!

To download the full version of Christine Caine's Leadership Summit 2010 talk, visit willowcreek.com/ChristineCaine. Enter code: CrTnDL1c. Click the link and choose to open or save file.

Questions?

Julie

The 411 for June 19, 2011

I'll Need You, Dad.

"I'll need you, Dad, to point me toward Christ when no one else will."

Ladies Conference w/ Lisa Bevere

Awaken Who You Were Created To Be
Ladies Conference with Guest Speaker Lisa Bevere

Friday, June 24
6:30 to 9 p.m.
Worship Center
Cost is $15

Tickets available at CPO or Ridgecrest Baptist Church.

For more information, please call our receptionist at 887.2317.

The 411 for June 12, 2011

Update: No BASH or After Party Wednesday, June 15!

Update #2: Good News about the 1 Mile MT. If you want to serve this week, contact James and ask about the day-to-day plan. If you haven't signed up but want to help for the day, pay $5, bring a lunch and serve others with us. Check the 1 Mile MT schedule, located at rbcstudents.blogspot.com for daily details.

Questions?

Julie

a PSA from Sean Lea.

A special message to rbcparents from Sean Lea. Do yourself -- and your students -- a favor. Talk to them about shoe wetting and sign them up for CAMP.

Register online here.

Questions?

Julie

To be thankful.

The 411 for June 5, 2011

Houston MT Update #3

Hello, Houston MT Missionaries:

This is what you need to know today, right now, about next week’s (!) mission trip to Houston, Texas.

: It’s going to be hot and humid, no doubt.
: We have a meeting on Sunday, 6:30-9 p.m. In the Ridgecrest Room.
: The first 20 minutes of Sunday’s meeting is for PARENTS AND STUDENTS.
: Attendees, come to meeting with Apartment Ministries planned and prepared. Bring supply lists, not supplies.
: Parents, contact Ms. Lynn Boone, 417.818.5248, regarding food.
: TUESDAY, June 7, be at church by 7:30 a.m. to load bus. We leave at 8 a.m.
: Eat before you arrive at church on Tuesday!
: If you are not already praying about this trip, the people we’ll meet and the ministries we are working with, start now.

This will also be posted at rbcparents.blogspot.com. Our summer devotions series premiered last Wednesday night at BASH. Follow along at rbcdevotions.blogspot.com. For Church To Go links, visit rbcstudents.com.

Questions?

Nate Bock

Teens and Sexting

Dr. Drew recently devoted time on his HLN show to sexting. Click here for a link to radicalparenting.com, one of the featured websites on the show. You'll find a couple of blog posts, as well as facts regarding teens and sexting.

Julie

The 411 for May 29, 2011

Houston MT, Update #2

Dear Houston MT Missionaries:

We seem to be having on-and-off email issues at Ridgecrest. Below, please find the email that Nate has been trying to send you for the past few hours. The only part that is missing is the information about the Boone house. Because of privacy issues, we don't want to publish directions to their house or their address or their phone number. I'm sure the Boones would prefer this over a bunch of strangers showing up for supper one evening.

Please email Nate or Julie for more Boone information.

Julie


Team,

I’ve attached a photo tour of the Houston MT (photos below). You’ll see the front of the Mosque, the Buddhist temple, a possible apartment complex ministry site, the kitchen at the Faith Center and bedrooms at the Faith Center. I hope this gives you some idea of where we are going!

Scheduling...
We will leave at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7. You can arrive as early as 7:30 a.m. to load the bus. This will help us get to Houston by the evening hours so we can shower at Houston’s First on the way to the Faith Center. Please pack a carry-on bag with needed shower items.

Apartment Ministry...
I’ll send you an additional email with assignments to have ready for Sunday night’s training.

Training this Sunday...
Training is at the Boone house. We will start at 6:30 p.m. and be done at 8 p.m. Please arrive between 6:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. so we can start right away. Weather permitting, please wear clothes similar to what you will wear for the apartment ministry while in Houston.

Prayer...
Please pray for the students and sponsors going on this trip. Pray for safety, spiritual growth and preparation. Pray for those who we will minister to in Houston. Pray for our bus drivers, their families and safety for all.

Check the blog at rbcparents.blogspot.com.

Nate

10 Things Submission is Not

by Jennifer Smidt

1. Simply or singularly a marriage issue
Submission is God’s design. It is a reflection of the interaction within the Trinity. Whether single or married, submission is a core heart issue revealing one’s dependence upon God. For a wife, it demonstrates her willingness to yield to her husband’s lead in obedience and belief of God’s covenant to her.

2. Degrading
Women have been lured into believing that submission is somehow humiliating. It does not bestow second-class status. It was Christ’s glory to submit to his father’s plan of redemption for his children; it is a wife’s glory to submit to God’s plan of provision and protection for her life

3. Silent
When submission is depicted as voiceless oppression, both men and women lose. God declared that men need help and to leave them without our prayerful input is to deny them help – the very thing God declared they need. Submission uses her voice to speak words of grace and life into her husband’s life.

4. Fearful
A fearful woman will have a very hard time submitting to her husband. A fearful woman isn’t actively trusting God with her life which makes entrusting a man with your future nearly impossible. Submission to Christ frees a woman from fear as she rests in God’s character and provision for her delivered through her husband.

5. Joyless
A joyless wife is an ungrateful wife. Submission says, as Jesus did, “Not my will but yours be done.” There is great joy found in doing the will of God. Even in the most difficult of circumstances, joy bubbles out of a heart that is thankful to God for who he is and what he gives.

6. Stifling
When submissive women are portrayed as stunted or limited in their freedom, they are being lied about. Submission is a safe place of protection where we are able to express our gifts and creativity for the glory of God and benefit of our marriages.

7. Dumb
It is not a dumb thing to do, nor does it make you dumb. There is no “I get to check my brain at the door because he is in charge" thinking as the world often portrays. Submission is the response of an intelligent woman who knows her Bible and believes that God’s design is best.

8. Weak
Submissive women are not mousy. They will not settle for doormat status. The posture of submission is strength willingly placed under the authority of another. Our husbands need our best. Our best is the power that comes from Christ alone as we depend on him to embody Christlikeness to our men.

9. Automatic
A submissive spirit does not kick in the moment you say, “I do”. It is a heart response that all women begin to cultivate as we submit to Christ first. Wives will have their hearts exposed in the area of submission to God. A wife who submits cheerfully and graciously to her husband will always have at her core a heart knelt in submission to Christ.

10. Self-Focused
A truly submissive heart doesn’t need to be concerned with taking care of herself. The submitted heart does not ask, “What’s in it for me?” but rather, “How can I serve God and my husband with my life?”

Houston MT Update #1

Dear Houston MT missionaries:

Check your email inbox in the next few days for your latest news and updates from Nate. I can tell you, in my "Dancing with the Stars" host voice, that the departure time has been confirmed. Departure time on June 7 is 8 a.m. We will begin loading buses at 7:15 a.m.

Five about Houston, Texas
1. Houston is the fourth most populous city and is among the youngest populations in the nation.
2. More than 80 languages are spoken in the Houston area.
3. Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world.
4. Houston boasts more than 8,000 restaurants, which represent more than 35 countries and American regions.
5. Apollo 13 was filmed in Houston, as was Armageddon, RoboCop 2 and Terms of Endearment

See houstontx.gov and visithoustontexas.com for more

Questions

Julie

The 411 for May 15, 2011

Senior Recognition Sunday

Dear Parents of soon-to-be Graduates: Senior Recognition Sunday is May 22. Click here for more information, including a downloadable questionnaire form and how to submit your student's photograph.

ALL submissions are due May 9!

Julie

Shop. Buy. Support.

Our annual Garage Sale Fundraiser is June 3 and 4 in the FC. All proceeds help students participate in summer | MISSIONS, CAMP, etc.

Drop off items at Ridgecrest, entrance "K":
May 11, 5-6 p.m.
May 14, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
May 18, 5-6 p.m.
May 21, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
June 1, 5-6 p.m.

Garage Sale in FC:
June 3, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
June 4, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fathers: Tough and Tender

The 411 for April 10, 2011

Evening of Enchantment

Evening of Enchantment, our prom for individuals with disabilities, is May 20 at 7 p.m. in the beautiful FC. rbcstudents and rbcparents are invited to serve. Dress up, doll up and dance the night away with folks from the Southwest Center for Independent Living.

Our first meeting is Sunday, April 10, 5-6 p.m. in the FC Foyer. We'll sign up for assignments and committees AND make the prom favors. Last year was an amazing time had by all. Let's up the ante, eh?

Julie

The 411 for April 3, 2011

5 Ways to Make Your Kids Hate Church

by Thomas Weaver. Lead Pastor of Logos Community Church. McAllen, Texas.

5 Ways to Make Your Kids Hate Church

1. Make sure your faith is only something you live out in public
Go to church... at least most of the time. Make sure you agree with what you hear the preacher say, and affirm on the way home what was said especially when it has to do with your kids obeying, but let it stop there. Don’t read your Bible at home. The pastor will say everything you need to hear on Sundays. Don’t engage your children in questions they have concerning Jesus and God. Live like you want to live during the week so that your kids can see that duplicity is ok.

2. Pray only in front of people
The only times you need to pray are when your family is over, holiday meals, when someone is sick, and when you want something. Besides that, don’t bother. Your kids will see you pray when other people are watching, no need to do it with them in private.

3. Focus on your morals
Make sure you insist your kids be honest with you. Let them know it is the right thing for them to do, but then feel free to lie in your own life and disregard the need to tell them and others the truth. Get very angry with your children when they say words that are “naughty” and “bad”, but post, read, watch, and say whatever you want on TV, Facebook, and Twitter. Make sure you focus on being a good person. Be ambiguous about what this means.

4. Give financially as long as it doesn’t impede your needs
Make a big deal out of giving at church. Stress the need to your children the value of tithing, while not giving sacrificially yourself. Allow them to see you spend a ton of money on what you want, while negating your command from Scripture to give sacrificially.

5. Make church community a priority... as long as there is nothing else you want to do
Hey, you are a church going family, right? I mean, that’s what you tell your friends and family anyways. Make sure you attend on Sundays. As long as you didn’t stay up too late Saturday night. Or your family isn’t having a big barbeque. Or the big game isn’t on. Or this week you just don’t feel like it. Or... I mean, you're a church-going family, so what’s the big deal?

A VIAnnouncement!!!

A VIAnnouncement: One of our rbcstudents donated $55 so that someone else can attend DNOW 2011. Let's not take this lightly! Who do you know that needs to hear Sam's message this weekend? Call Julie at 885.5232 for details.

DNOW 2011

Dear rbcparents

DNOW is this weekend, April 1-3. Cost is $55. Parent Meeting is Wednesday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. in the Ridgecrest Room

If you haven't registered your student, or if you know students who haven't registered, we urge you to help them make the commitment to participate.

Our mission is for students to know Christ and to make Him known. Yes, we have invited a great speaker to join us. Yes, we are excited about the band. Yes, we are making sure we have enough good eats for the weekend. Yes, we have sweet decorations for the FC.

What we want, though, is for students to come to love Jesus. Whatever we have planned, whatever we do, whomever we have asked to lead, it's all in hopes that something will trigger a student's heart to choose Christ as his/her savior.

Find registration forms in the FC foyer, download here or use our new online registration.

sneak a peek at Ryan Matthews' testimony.

Questions?

Julie

The 411 for March 27, 2011

The 411 for March 20, 2011

DNOW Early Bird Registration Rates END Sunday

Dear rbcparents: Our DNOW 2011 Early Bird Rates END Sunday, March 20. Cost TODAY is $50. Cost MONDAY is $55. See the difference? Imagine all the things you could buy with that extra $5. $5-Dolla Footlongs, anyone?

Registration forms can be found in the FC and Worship Center foyers, of course. BUT they can also be downloaded. And -- are you sitting down? -- you can also sign up via online registration. I'm not kidding!

Questions? Let me know. Otherwise, enjoy this short promo featuring Miss Courtney Brewer.

Julie

The 411 for March 13, 2011

Online Registration

Dear rbcparents:

Nate Bock premiered the news yesterday during the video promo for DNOW. Today, we are excited to announce our new ONLINE REGISTRATION for DNOW, summer MISSIONS and CAMP!

To use the new feature yourself, go to ridgecrestbaptist.org/rbcstudents. Online registration AND downloadable forms can be found in the right-hand column.

Questions?

Julie

The 411 for March 6, 2011

The 411 for Feb. 27, 2011

The 411 for Feb. 20, 2011

A Story of Coupons

Dear rbcparents:

Sometime last year, I decided coupons could save me a lot of money. My family has used coupons my entire life, so I'm not sure why this was an epiphany for me. Nevertheless, since that fateful day, I don't leave home without them. That's a lie. I do leave home without them. It's irritating. I think they are in my purse, but, alas, they are chillin' on the counter. I digress.

1. coupons.com : my favorite site for food coupons. It also has non-food items.

2. smartsource.com : another good site for food and some non-food coupons.

3. groupon.com : hot-right-now site. Offers certificates for area businesses 50 percent off.

4. halfpriceozarks.com : local site for local 50 percent off certificates.

5. 417mag.com : 417 Magazine offers a daily 50 percent off certificate for local businesses.

6. couponcabin.com : great source for online discounts.

Want more? Let me know.

Julie

The 411 for Feb. 13, 2011

The 411 for February 6, 2011

The 411 for Jan. 30, 2011

Weather and Services

Dear rbcparents:

If you believe weatherpeople, you probably expect some sort of winter storm to make itself at home in our area the next few days. (-4 degrees with -20 windchill, anyone?) To help alleviate some stress for pre-planners, I want to give you a number. Write this down: 417.887.2317. This number is the main line for Ridgecrest Baptist Church. When services are canceled church-wide (due to, say, a blizzard), a message will be left on this line telling you so. Therefore, if the roads are a little snowy Wednesday, you can call 417.887.2317 and check for cancellations.

Thinking ahead,

Julie

summer | MISSIONS: Freddie Hill, sponsor

Mr. Freddie Hill, above in the blue shirt, is dad to seniors Miss Brooke Hill and Miss Brittany Hill and has been a sponsor on multiple summer MISSIONS trips. Though no official, scientific poll has been taken, folks no doubt would agree that Freddie is an utmost asset. Below, he shares with us how "sponsor" isn't another name for "babysitter" and why parents should consider saying, "yes," to the opportunity.

Q: Outside of the student ministry, have you been involved in other mission trips? If so, please tell me briefly about them. Do you feel missions is a big part of your life?

A: I have not been involved in other mission trips outside the student ministry, but I want to continue to be involved in missions, as I feel it should be a large part of my/our lives.

Q: What influenced your decision to be part of student ministry mission trips?

A: I wanted to experience missions with my daughters.

Q: What doubts, if any, did you have?

A: The volume of work to be done in the amount of time we had to do it, but God was in control, and we always accomplished what we set out to do and more.

Q: Adults, for the most part, participate in student ministry mission trips as sponsors. Sponsors have the responsibility of keeping an eye on students. Because of that, some might think that adults aren’t as involved with the mission aspect of mission trips. How did your experience compare with that mentality?
A: I was very involved from the planning stages to hands-on. Having to keep an eye on students never hindered my participation.

Q: What are some memories you have of the trips? What did you enjoy?
A: Seeing the students working hard, doing a good job, and reaching out to others. Getting to know the students and seeing them grow spiritually.

Q: From your experience, why would other parents want to serve as sponsors during student ministry trips?
A: Because whatever you might think is more important will quickly become unimportant when you spend time with the students and watch them serving others with joy and the desire to please God.

Julie Johnson