ACTIVATE Parent Cue

This weekend we have 83 students registered for our theEDGE ACTIVATE, our overnight retreat at Metropolis/Chaos/ActionCity.  This retreat has two purposes:

1. To facilitate an opportunity for students to build relationships with other students and adults at theEDGE in an environment that gets students away from church and the stresses and pressures of life.

2.  To help students discover the central theme and purpose of the Bible as God restoring creation to Himself through Jesus and to put it into action. 

Session #1 (Friday Night):  Like any good book, students will not understand a story in the middle of the story without knowing the central theme and plot of the book.  Friday night we will look at the whole story from Genesis to Revelation (and beyond) using the plot elements of The Creation, The Fall, The Rescue and The Restoration.

Session #2 (Saturday Morning):  Now that students know the central theme and plot of the Bible, they will be able to understand how each of the stories in the Bible connect to and are a part of the whole story.  We'll look at how every story in the Bible points towards Jesus and The Rescue.

Session #3 (Saturday Evening):  Now that students know how the stories of the bible fit into the whole story of the bible, they will be able to look at their part in the story.  Students will first understand their part of the story and then decide what they are to do their part of the story.  ACTIVATE!

Parent Cue/Action Point:  Students will be introduced to the whole story of the Bible using a resource called "The Story."  This is a resource that walks through the plot elements of the Bible: The Creation , The Fall, The Rescue, and The Restoration.  Go HERE to read the story for yourself and to know exactly what your student will learn this weekend.  Read The Story together and then  try to repeat all of the main elements of The Story in your own words. 

They also have a free iphone app called "The Story" so if you or your student has an ipodtouch or an iphone you'll be able to keep The Story with you.

Read The Story and share your thoughts and ideas (in the comment section below) of how you can incorporate learning and talking about The Story in your family.