Costume Party

JHM is hosting our 2nd annual costume party! This is a good opportunity to bring friends, dress up, and have an insane amount of fun! There will be prizes for top costumes. No need to register. Just show up!

Thanksgiving Boxes

JHIGH,

Below is the list for the Thanksgiving boxes. The list is seperated by last names. I know that God can do some great things for through our ministry and I am excited to see how many items the JHIGH can raise.

Make sure to bring your items to your Home Group or on Sunday morning.

Last names beginning with the following letters bring...

A-F
cereal
rice
towel
pinto beans
juices (bottled or boxed)
dish soap

G-L
oil
cookies
toilet paper
salt
crackers
toothpaste
conditioner

M-R
garlic salt
shaving cream
oregano
cleaning supplies
cumin
laundry soap

S-Z
sugar
shampoo
flour/corn flour
pasta
bath soap
canned tuna
deoderant

This is going to be awesome!

Photos from the 6th Grade guys home group

2nd Devo with Doug

It’s now officially time for the 2nd annual DEVO with Doug! It’s hard to believe but it’s probably going to be even better than the 1st one! (at least I hope) This Sunday was the first week of CHOCTOBER!!!! And I think I speak for everyone there, that it was RIDICULOUS! We had a bunch of crazy games including a chocolate milk chugging competition that Crespo DOMINATED! And a make your own chocolate milk game where students poured chocolate syrup and milk into a cup (and all over Ronnie and Destiny’s faces!) and then stirred up with a spoon that was in there toes! I’m actually still disgusted by the fact that I drank that and you guys put your feet into that milk! EWW I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth! We watched a hilarious video by the skit guys and finally Heather taught about how God wants to chisel everything out of our lives that isn’t for Him.

This really got me thinking about how in Ephesians 2:10 it says “for we are God’s masterpiece”. That’s pretty cool huh? God created everything, he created the oceans, the forests, and every single beautiful thing in nature, and he calls us his masterpiece!! He calls jacked up people that are never “cool” enough, or “pretty” enough his masterpiece?!?! That is hard for me to wrap my mind around. One of God’s favorite things to do is create. Think about it, every single day he decides to create more people. He doesn’t have to, there are plenty of people on this planet. Doesn’t he ever get bored with that? I know I would! But no he keeps on creating because he is an artist, and what does every artist want out of their artwork? They want it to be a masterpiece. God wants to chisel every part of us that are sinful and every part of our lives that don’t honor him. We will always have sin in our life because we are humans, but God wants us to give all that up to him and let him transform us. The second part of that verse Ephesians 2:10 is “created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” What kind of good works is he calling you to do? What needs to be chiseled out of your life?

Love you guys,

Doug

Girly "Serve the City" BBQ

Here are a few photos from the last Girly serve the city event. The JHM girls and leaders did a great job. If you want to see more photos check out the Cornerstone Junior High facebook profile!

1st ever DEVO with Doug!

What up Jr High! I’m really excited because this is my first official Devo with Doug, which will be my weekly entry on the blog! I will be recapping all the craziness in the junior high service, and what God has been showing us through the teachings. Yesterday we played a game answering a bunch of random and quirky questions and Joe’s and the 7th grade boys won (even though they totally cheated). We also continued our “grow” series with an awesome guest speaker named Ryan, who talked about how pain brings growth. He used the image of a “diamond in the rough” to explain how through all the rough things in life there is a diamond that will come out of it. I don’t know about you guys but it seems like to me that a lot of people that I truly care about are going through a really rough time right now. There are so many things that are going on that are making me ask God, "Why are you letting this happen?"

Do you ever find yourself frustrated with God, and can’t figure out why there is so much pain in this world? I just want to let you guys know that this is totally healthy and normal!

I want to encourage you guys that none of the pain or problems in your life are in vain. There is a purpose for every single one of them. Romans 5:2-5 says “we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character and character hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.” God wants to teach you something through every difficult situation in your life, and he wants to develop you into Godly men and women who will grow in perseverance and in character. He wants to be that diamond in the rough, and wants to teach you something about himself or about yourself. The pain that I have been going through recently is seeing so many of my friends struggling really badly through life and realizing that I cannot be the one to bring them the comfort they need. What I believe God has been showing me is that it’s not my job to have all the answers and that I cannot comfort them the way they need to be comforted. Only HE can! All I can do is continue loving them and trying my hardest to be there for them.

So what is God trying to teach you? What does the Bible say about the problems you’re facing?

As a junior high staff, we love you guys more then you could ever imagine and we hope and pray that you guys feel comfortable coming to us to help you figure out these questions.

Love you guys,

Doug

"GROW"

Here is the video from the opening of our grow series!

CHOCTOBER!!!

It is finally here. The moment you have all been waiting for.... CHOCTOBER!!! For the rest of the month every game we do is going to involve chocolate in some way. Don't miss this week as we have the sweetest morning of the year! Special shout out to our friends at Saddleback church who came up with the idea!