FUSED SUMMER PLANS

As summer is fast approaching we wanted to make you aware of upcoming events that FUSED will be sponsoring.



ROAD TRIP Details

Students will spend the week serving the hurting and less fortunate in multiple cities, and engage in worship and teach times through out the week. We will also have free time through out the week at our various destinations.

The cost for the week is $270. The cost covers everything needed for the week except personal items, and extra money for food on our fun day. All purchases are non-refundable. Please plan cautiously. The only way to recoup funds will be to find another student to fill your spot. Funds will then need to be transferred between participating parties. Quest will not refund any money.

Road Trip is an amazing opportunity for students to experience loving other people while experiencing Jesus’ love for them, and you won’t want to miss being a part of what God does in and through students during this week!

Parent Meeting:

We will have a Parent Information Meeting this Saturday, June 5th at 5:00 in The Chapel. This will give you a chance to ask questions as well as register your student. Each Trip has availability for 45 students once we reach 45 students will be placed on a waiting list.



Middle School Road Trip

Road Trip is a 5-day event for middle school students. Any student who will complete 6th–8th grade this spring is invited to attend.

All students will leave from our Lexington campus at 3pm June 27th and depart to destinations that are secret to the students. We’ll return early morning (1AM ish) of July 2nd.

REGISTER NOW at www.questcommunity.com/FUSED


High School Road Trip

Road Trip is a 6-day event for High school students. Any student who will complete 9th–12th grade this spring is invited to attend.

All students will leave from our Lexington campus at 8am July 12th and depart to destinations that are secret to the students. We’ll return after lunch on July 17th.

REGISTER NOW at www.questcommunity.com/FUSED


ICHTHUS 2010
Fused will be going to Ichthus on June 16th. We will not have our regular FUSED night as we will be taking a group of students to Ichthus. The cost is $8 if registered by June 9th and covers transportation to the event.

After June 9th the price increases to $10. We will leave Quest at 4:30pm and return at 11:30pm.

If you would like to register your student you can register on Wednesday nights until June 9th.

The line up for the night is; Matthew West, Newsboys, & Toby Mac.

If you would like more information please contact Tanya Peters or at 763-229-5471

Thanks,

Brad & the FUSED Team

THE SECRET LIFE OF A DATING TEENAGER

Dating is the single most unyielded part of a single person’s life. This means it is the area that we tend to fight back against leadership and somehow feel that we have the expertise to handle this one alone. Dating is the source of fun in our teenage years and is also the source of large amounts of pain, scarring, and hurt. This past Wednesday, FUSED had a chance to laugh about how awkward dating is, sing along with some great music, and dive into signs that might be evidence that we are not ready to date. We believe dating is this great gift that God has given us, but just like any gift there is a right time to open it and a right time to keep the gift in the box. As we talked about dating we talked about some of the lies of dating, the hurdles in dating, and the pitfalls in dating. As we talked about signs that we need to keep the gift locked up, we helped lead the students in 3 ways that they can know that they are ready to date with the TRUTH that always it is their choice (Within the boundaries that their parents set) when they start dating.

Three Ways You Know You Are Ready to Date

   1.  You Are Willing To Date In Community –

  * Not withdrawing, coupling off, becoming isolated, by always having to be together and/or alone
  * Letting a leader into leading you in your dating -- I Cor 6:12 – people have become a slave to dating, the pursuit of relationship – leaders in your life can help you see the danger signs – you can’t do this alone – you will mess up – You may not like you hear and it is always your choice
  * Run from hiddenness – bring it in the light, living in the light, if you are fighting let people give you advice in your dating it may be a sign that you don’t want to be known in it– John 3:19-21
  * If you are asking the question how far can we go – you probably are not ready to date

     2.  You Know Who You Are –
  *If you don’t know who you are, you probably will let this other person dictate who you are – your choices, your likes, where you hang out, where you go, what you say, what you do physically.
  *If you don’t know who you are maybe because of something that has happened in the past or what someone said to you, you will be messed up.
 * If you need a gf or bf to feel complete, you probably are not ready to date.
 * If your bf or gf will not influence you to treat other people including your parents with disrespect the you might be ready to date
 * Are you comfortable and secure with who you are? If you are insecure, tentative in your identity you should probably not date.

       3.  You Know Who Is In First Place in Your Life –
 *Love God, Love Others Matthew 6:24, Luke 10:27 It is not fair to put someone in that position – they have no ability to be in that position.
 *If you have a tendency to put the person you date in the number 1 slot in your life, you are setting yourself up to be hurt and to put them under a weight that they can’t handle – seriously no matter how cute they are or how mature they are, they can not handle the pressure of being your number 1.

 

ROAD TRIP 2010

Wow, we are getting excited about ROAD TRIP 2010 -- our summer trips for students.  We have all new routes, all new adventures planned for this year.   Here are some of the details:

What is Road Trip:  Road trip is a trip where we load students on buses and we go to different cities serving the poor, homeless, or needy.  Each day or two we drive to a new city with new adventures.   This trip is designed to stretch students in their comfort zones, give them a chance to experience Jesus in different ways and potentially give them chances to share the hope and peace of Jesus through their actions and words.   Also throughout the trip we will add special surprises of fun and laughter.

Dates:
Middle School (2009-2010 Middle Schoolers)-June 27-July 1 -Cost $270
High School  (2009-2010 High Schoolers) -- July 12-17 -- Cost $270

REGISTRATION:  An official registration packet will be coming out shortly, but here is a heads up -- A $50 deposit reserves your spot on the bus.  We will fill one bus up for each trip and then have a waiting list until we have enough for the second bus.  First ones to reserve their place get their seats reserved -- STAY TUNED for when registration opens!

Can't wait for a summer that will open the doors for what Jesus has for us NEXT!

SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER

We are excited for our new series that is titled -- THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER -- Last Wednesday we dived into what it looked like to have secrets that are below the surface of our lives, that no one knows about and how those secrets can end up subtely defining our lives.   We had a chance to look at how Jesus' offer is to take those hidden things, those weighty things from us, so that we can be free to be who we were always intended to be.   Loved the kickoff of this series, way to go students -- way to lead out!

This Wednesday we tackle the topic THE SECRET LIFE OF THE TEENAGE FAMILY where we will look at living in families that are great, frustrating, difficult, or downright impossible and give direction in how our families don't have to define our future, but instead set us up to be exactly what Jesus intends us to be.   No matter your family situation, plan on coming for some fun, lots of laughter and a piece of hope to make living with your families even better.

SUMMER TRIP DATES ANNOUNCED!

Hey FUSED, in case you missed it this week, here are the summer trip dates!

Current Middle School students -- June 27 - July 2
Current High School students -- July 12-17

Get ready for an amazing week of fun, serving, and experiencing God in radical ways.  Cost and more information to be released soon!

ONSLAUGHT RETREAT RECAP

Wow, just getting back from an amazing ONSLAUGHT retreat where we got to epxerience some crazy stuff from drill sergeants, dog food, flares, chain saws, dance parties, and random activities.   But more importantly we got dive into what it mean to let the ONSLAUGHT of God's love pour into and through us.  12 students humbled themselves and gave their lives to Christ.  We had some amazing memories and we will not be the same because of what Jesus has done for us.  Get ready fo the ONSLAUGHT of God's love to hit the Lexington student community!   Check out this site for pictures of the retreat.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1370483175279&ref=mf#!/pages/FUSED/123842254081?ref=ts

FUSED -- The ONSLAUGHT Begins

ONSLAUGHT

Onslaught is from the German to mean: a furious attack or assault. FUSED is inviting our students into the ONSLAUGHT, not into a war, or vicious physical attack, but to be invited to be a part of the Onslaught of hope and love that Jesus wants to give to our schools, families, and community. We got a chance to look at who God has used in the past in making a difference in this world. We started by looking at David in I Samuel 17:4-7, 32-51. He was a young teenager who was not qualified or trained to fight and in fact couldn’t even carry the weight but he trusted God that God would help him and because of that God used him to rescue his whole country and to conquer the enemy.

It took one guy to start the onslaught, one guy, who was probably the least likely guy ever to be in this battle. What could God be calling you into to influence your school, your family, your community.

• TRUTHS from David about your life
       o He knew His life mattered and that safe and nice wasn’t the
           plan for him I Peter 2:9
       o He was confident that God was bigger than the giant or fear
           in front of him I John 4:18
       o He didn’t look at the things that seemingly disqualified him or
           slowed him down.
       o You have to pick to face your giants and to lay down your
           extra weight to experience God fully.