Parents Update: January 2010

By Pastor Poncho, December 22, 2009

Dear Parents!

Merry Christmas!!!! We hope you are enjoying a restful, peaceful week full of great family memories as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ! What a wonderful time of year!

Here are a few things that have been going on at GU this last month:

We have been preaching a series called “Shout Out” for the month of December talking about living a life that shouts out about the greatness of our God! It is so amazing to take some time as we end out this year to reflect on what God has done in our lives. And, to take that message of hope to the people all around us!

On the last Wed of the year (Dec 30), we will have a special “Shout Out” service to pray, worship & celebrate Jesus!

Starting January 6th, we will be diving into a new series called “Pursue”. We are launching into the New Year with passion & intensity as we pursue Jesus more in our lives. We will be handing out a new “Pursue journal” on January 6th that our leaders & young people will be able to use that includes a Bible reading plan, prayer card, and all sorts of tools to help each of us go deeper in our personal devotional time. Also, starting January 7th, we will be encouraging all of the young people in GU to join us in a one-month “Media fast” to prepare our hearts for all God wants to do in 2010. During the media fast, we encourage all young people to fast from listening to secular music, watching movies or TV, social networking websites, web surfing, video games, etc. in order to re-focus our hearts & minds on Jesus. And, we encourage everyone to spend extra time reading the Bible & in prayer & worship! It’s going to be an amazing month!!!

We also have our GU conference coming up January 28-30 and February 4-6. Please visit our website at

Thank you again for everything you do & especially for being great parents! We are so happy to partner with you to see God do great things in the lives of your young people! Call, text, email or Facebook us if you have any questions, thoughts or concerns.

 God bless you & your family! Merry Christmas!!!