Refuel: Doors in the Connect Space open at 5:00 PM. Youth dinner will start at 6:00 PM. REFUEL youth service will start at 6:30 PM. The night will consist of fellowship, dinner, worship, student specials, games, and interactive messages from Student Pastor, Ryan Nelson.

From the desk of Ryan Nelson,

The desire of my heart is that the Church today would know what they believe and why so that one day, when they leave Church on Sunday, they will continue to genuinely follow Christ rather than conform to the world.  The Lord has laid it on my heart to help people understand what it means to become a disciple, so they know what it looks like to follow Christ and pick up the torch of faith to continue the Great Commission.  

Mark Twain once said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.”  I want all people to have assurance that Jesus, the Christ, is their “why”.

For the last half century, our country has taken on several key philosophical beliefs that have led people from the Truth of the Gospel into false religions.  These false religions are not just the obvious, such as Atheism or Agnosticism, but subtle forms like relativism and man-made idioms.  Unfortunately, those worldviews make it hard for many to even feel a need for Christ because they create their own reality and beliefs that are basically the same as paganism. People who create their own reality are no different than the idol worshipers of the Bible; the only difference is that our post-modern culture and most of our Church worship the idols they have created in their minds.  The reality is that our young adults and youth are our future, and teaching them to understand ultimate Truth is key to what the future of the Church will become. God’s Word reveals how we are to remind children of the essential nature and purpose of God in life and that God’s Word is dependable, reliable, and absolute Truth.  His word shows us how to know and relate to God and how to optimally function in this world that He has given us.  Christ is the only way to true life.

Get Refueled,

Ryan Nelson

Student Pastor

REFUEL / DOORS OPEN 5:00PM / CONNECT SPACE AT EMMANUEL ENID