June 29, 2009 

Parents, 

Wow! June was a busy but great month in student ministries. Thanks to all of you who brought your families to our sexual purity class. I hope that this class was very productive in opening lines of communication in your family. I want to give a special thanks to Pastor Greg Hall for his work with us on this class. We still have copies of Every Young Man's Battle and Every Young Woman's Battle available for purchase for $10 in the student ministries office. Our students did a great job this month with our Sunday morning series as we walked through what it means to be eye, body and heart pure. 

This Sunday I'll be starting a new series on prayer. Please make every effort to have your student attend these very important and exciting Sunday morning services. Our regular schedule continues throughout the summer of 9:15-10:55 am Sunday mornings and 7:00-8:15 pm on Wednesday nights. 

July 15-19th is our summer mission trip to Portland. It would be great to have your student attend. We will spend time working at various projects throughout the city including time at food banks as well as outdoor work. Students also have devotional time, quiet time, as well as lots of spiritual and life training from our leaders and adults. Time and time again I have seen our mission trips change the lives of our students. If your student is already plugged into the group this trip will improve their relationship with others as well as draw them closer to God. If your student is not plugged in this trip is an EXCELLENT opportunity to get them plugged in with the group. We work very hard to help our students form healthy Christ-like relationships with each other on these trips while serving God. I will have a parent meeting on July 12th immediately following second service in the annex to give any last minute details of the trip to parents and students. 

As a follow up to our mission trip we'll head to the lake for a day on July 23rd for $15. This will include all food, transportation, boating cost, etc. As always with any of our events if you need financial assistance please let me know. I have scholarships available that can reduce the price of these events in special circumstances. 

One last note - I will be the speaker at the Los Angeles District Church of the Nazarene Jr. High camp July 6-10th. I would appreciate you keeping me in your prayers during this time as I'm speaking to and working with these students. 

As always if you have any questions or there is any way I can help you please don't hesitate to email or call! 

Pastor Joshua 
jlindley@salemnaz.org