If you want a Salem Hoodie (hooded sweatshirt) please sign up on the bulliten boards. The cost is $25. We will not order them untill we reach 24 paid hoodies. Make checks payable to Salem Baptist Church and please include "hoodie, attention Marc" in the memo line. Drop checks in Brandon's office door. These will make great Christmas presents.

We will have Middle School Core Sunday, October 29. We have been having a great time together going deeper with God and each other. I have really seen great growth in our students this year! Please continue to pray for our Core time. If you have not be apart of CORE, don't worry, all are welcome, come join us!~Marc

The messages from COLLISION are now ready for you to listen and download. Click Here.

We had a great middle school retreat this weekend. The talks from Collision will be online soon at salemstudents.com. Let us remember that Jesus has collided with us by His grace not only to give us salvation but also to give us a purpose to collide with the world by telling them of His glory.

If you are a follower of Jesus Christ and have not been baptized and would like to be, please contact Marc and Brandon so they can talk with you about this significant act of obedience. We will be having student baptism night November 12, 2006.

Marc Lewis for middle school students marcusjlewis@gmail.com
Brandon Stanley for high school students bstanley@salemchurch.net

This Sunday, October 8th, all youth (6-12 grade) will be meeting under tent 2 at 9:00am for Sunday School. We will then meet with the church under the big tent for worship.

We will not have Rock Wednesday night 9.27.2006.

Please join us at Eagles Landing Baptist Church for our See You at the Pole Rally.

Be dropped off about 6:45 and picked up no later than 8:30. Look for Me and Brandon.

e-mail marc at marcusjlewis@gmail.com if you have any questions.

~Marc

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We will meet next week at Eagle's Landing Baptist Church for the See You at the Pole Rally. Be there by 7:00pm and be picked up around 8:30pm. For more information e-mail marc--marcusjlewis@gmail.com or call the church office770.957.4543

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Proverbs 1:10

This is just a reminder for us to follow our good shepherd Jesus and not sinners. Sinners will entice you, they will tempt you, do not give in. The way of sin offers great pleasures but leaves off the painful results. Sins and Satan's untimate goal is to kill, steal and destroy. Let us not be fools. We must look to Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, for abundant life. Jesus can give us true pleasure and joy as we follow God's ways. Consent in faith to Christ every day. Believers, are you following Jesus or the ways of the world? Do not let your "friends" lead you into sin, but you lead your friends to Christ. Be the leader and let them consent to righteous ways. ~marc

Just a reminder that MS Core will meet this Sunday, September 10th at 6:30pm in the Rock House. All middle school students are welcome, even if you have not signed up yet you can come. We will finish about 7:45pm. Come find out about Core and Core-groups this year. You will not want to miss it! Bring your devotion book from Sunday School. ~Marc Lewis marcusjlewis@gmail.com

Middle School Fall Retreat--Collision--

Registration is Open! Don't miss out this Year

Special Speaker: Adam Walker www.askingy.com

Download and print out your Fall Retreat Form and 2006-2007 Medical Release Form* from
www.salemstudents.com

*If you went on the Tubing trip to Helen then we have your form. We need one a year for every student.

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AudioCasts. These are weekly talks for you to listen to if you miss MS Rock or just want to listen again. Parents, I encourage you to listen and talk with your kids/students about the message. Feel free to give me feed back.

MS Rock Messages are now online. (click here)

Picture from last weeks MS Rock message

Time Alone With God

This week we are starting our new Quiet time/devotional book. This book will last us through the year. This is one of six books that we will be using with our students over the years. The students will learn a lesson in Sunday school and then have Monday through Friday to study God's Word using this book that will help them to understand even more. They will have the opportuninty to talk with each other about what they are learning in Core groups. For information about HS Core groups contact Brandon. For MS Core groups contact Marc . For more information about these books please check out studentlifebiblestudy.com . Students, please use these devotions, we believe they will help you to see Jesus more clearly and fall in love with Him. Parents, please talk with your students about their time with God and encourage them in this life changing discipline. We will be praying for you!! ~Marc

Today around 4:30pm April Grant went to be with Jesus to rest in His strong and mighty arms. She was not a member of Salem but came to MS Rock a few times last year with friends from Salem. She and her family are members of a local church. Please be praying for Mr. and Mrs. Grant and her older sister. She was at a homeschool get together with many of her friends. I am not sure of the details of her death but we do know she had a heart condition. ~marc

"He will allure her
He will pursue her
And call her out
To wilderness with flowers in His hand"

(lyrics from shane and shane acres of hope)
taken from Hosea 2:14-16

MS Tubing down the hooch in Helen.

It was fun!

Remember:

...the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong;

and you shall be like a watered garden,

like a spring of water,

whose waters do not fail.

Isaiah 58:11

Middle School and High School Rock have kicked off the new year with a great first Wednesday turnout!! Don't forget to invite your friends next week. And watch out for crazy cows out there.