River Stone Students Updates

Escalate is coming up quick, so please get your student signed up! Escalate is our yearly discipleship weekend and this year, we will be studying Galatians 5 together. Students will have the opportunity to worship through song and teaching together, as well as have small groups emphasizing prayer. If possible, please have your student signed up by this Sunday.

The $40 will cover food, activities, and a shirt. We need shirt sizes and a head count to confirm host homes, so please register your student if they plan to go!

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Ready is a two-day youth conference hosted at Spurgeon College in Kansas City. This is a high school only event and is $100 per student. That cost covers tickets and food for Friday night and Saturday. This conference is teaching-heavy, and will include at least five large group sessions in less than two full days, so please prepare your students for that. This is a wonderful experience for students excited about sitting under strong, expository preaching. We want to ensure that students are prepared to listen and grow at this event, so we will create a study guide over the theme. We are asking families to walk through this study guide and complete it before signing up.

The deadline to signup for Ready is Wednesday, November 20 so that we can get the early bird rate. And because this is a third-party event, we are requiring up front payment by that date. Registration will open in the coming weeks.

I recognize that this event will not be for everybody! It is one of our more expensive outings and you know better than us whether your student will be able to grow from a more mature conference. If you have questions about the financial requirements, please reach out. We don't want students not going because of the cost.

I want to thank Rico Lanier for preaching last week, along with our entire team for stepping up for me while I was out of town. This week, we will continue in our series Meant For Good, studying the life of Joseph. We will study Genesis 43, where the brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin as Joseph demanded. Joseph is putting the brothers to the test, as they have not yet discovered that the man dealing harshly with them is their brother.

I would encourage you to study this passage with your student this week in preparation for Wednesday! As always, MDWK goes from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. We can't wait to see your student there!