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.

MIDDLE SCHOOL TUBING
THIS SATURDAY AUGUST 12

FORM AND INFOMATION CLICK HERE
Medical Release Form Click Here

As you see, there is a new look to the salemstudents.com website. Some of you will love the look, some will not, some of you don't really care what it looks like just as long as you can do what you need to do. So why the change? Well, we will be able to work faster and serve you better by having it "inhouse". We will be having many audiocasts along with videos. We will also have many picture galleries for you to enjoy and select pictures to download. We have seen that one of the biggest uses of the site in the past was for downloading forms. We will be able to have forms in an easy to find spot.

By the way, EVERY STUDENT needs to fill out the new 2006-2007 medical release form and drop it into Brandon's drop box. Put your name and grade on the envelope and drop it in the box ASAP.

Parents: please take a look each month at our parent link page. We hope that this tool will assist you in bringing up your children.

I have realized that I have been able to link specific pages in this blog to the new site, this is something that we were not able to do in the past.

This Blogs existence will have much to do with you, the reader. Please make comments and let us know that you are reading and that you want us to continue the blog. As you have seen, the site look has changed, but the address is still the same. Our overall desire with this change is to serve you better this year online and this change will help us to achieve this. -Marc

We will be using this audio blog feature to keep you informed on how things are going while we are away on trips. Just click on the play button.

We hope that you are having a great first week at school. Just wanted to see if there have been any funny things happen to you so far. Let us know by commenting. This will also let us know if you are reading.


See you at HS and MS ROCK Wednesday August 9th.

HS in the Rock House
MS in the Fellowship Hall

We're back to the land of the living. As many of you have so kindly pointed out to us over the past few weeks, the student site has been experiencing technical difficulties and has been unavailable for viewing. However, we are pleased to announce that regularly scheduled programming has continued.

Give us a few days to update our information and "get our junk together" and we'll be back 100%. Check back soon - we'll have the DNOW videos and pictures posted.

Later.

SKI TRIP!
We hope you've all recuperated from our recent excursions to Winterplace, WV and Maggie Valley, NC. We had a blast...but we want to hear what you've got to say. Leave a comment and let us know what your favorite experience of this year's MS or HS Ski Trip was. I took the picture posted above on our HS Ski Trip - it's of Johnny Patterson as he was snowboarding down a double black diamond slope.
Also, look for pictures coming soon to the gallery at salemstudents.com.