rbcstudents Small Groups: Sunday, December 16th

We had a wonderful day this past Sunday with your students! We started the day off by looking through the book of Matthew and learning about worshiping God and not ourselves at Christmas.  Christmas can be a tricky time when it comes to avoiding materialism.  American culture makes the Christmas season so much more about possessions and presents than it does the real message of Christmas.  This is a time for us to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. 
We also LOVED getting to carol and swap gifts with everyone at Switch House!  Who could ask for a better way to end your weekend than singing Christmas songs together and getting "awesome" White Elephant gifts? Hopefully your students got some great presents. :)
We hope you and your students had as great of a day as we did on Sunday and we hope they got a lot out of what we taught.

rbcstudents Small Groups: Sunday, December 9th

What a lovely day we had yesterday with rbcstudents.  We began our series called "The Trouble With Christmas".  It's easy to have a "commercial mindset" when it comes to Christmas.  The world has commercialized Christmas in so many ways over the years.  When someone asks us what we think of when we hear the word "Christmas", what is our response? Usually we respond with things like  Christmas trees... or sugar cookies... or presents.  But what about Jesus? Isn't He the reason we celebrate Christmas? This is exactly what we talked about yesterday.  After decorating our "human Christmas trees" with shaving cream, gum drops, and tinsel, Nate & James began the discussion of how we have commercialized Christmas and how we need to remember why it is that we celebrate this holiday. We hope all of your students enjoyed yesterday's lesson and are excited for the rest of this series! Have a great week & try to stay warm!

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