Please R.S.V.P to Brian Arthur Lampe at 414-915-3211 or email Brianandtracey@tds.net before September 10th, 2009. $5.00 to help cover beer and a variety of brats. Please bring a dish to pass. This is an enjoyable, entertaining, and enlightening evening.

Dinner and Discussion
WHAT MEN ARE SEEKING?
1) Meaning or purpose in life.
2) Understanding of who God created them to be.
3) Solutions to their everyday problems & difficulties.
4) To know God—who he is & what he means to them.
5) Men’s ministry that touches them where they are.
6) Friendships that are built on trust & that will last.
7) Help with family issues.

Advancing God’s Battle Plan!
We believe this can be accomplished in part, through the encouragement of men meeting together with other brothers on a regular basis “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17). Encouraging a journey that inspires us how to live a life of authentic manhood motivated by the Gospel of Christ! October 17th 2009 Fearless Faith Workshop Milwaukee, WI. Details can be found at
CEO-ministries.com

Even though this is a natural response it is also a dangerous place
if you continually dwell there. There is certainly sin and evil in the
world and no one is exempt from its effects, but also we don’t know
the all encompassing will and plans of God who is working to restore
all people and all things to perfection through Christ!

Maybe God is letting things happen for us, so we can grow closer to
Him through our faith in His Son, our Savior!

God is with us when we are suffering or have feelings of being
abandoned. When we submit our life to Him through our Savior Jesus, we
share in the power of God’s love, comforting grace as well.

Please join us on:

October 10th 2009 in Red Wing MN

October 17th 2009 Milwaukee, WI

Attached here is our brochure outlining the upcoming 2009 Fearless Faith Workshop.

Click here for a brochure featuring the workshop schedule and sign-up for the October 17th Milwaukee workshop.

You will be challenged, inspired and encouraged as a Christian and as
a leader of Christians. When several hundred creative WELS leaders
gather around God’s Word and share their ideas, that’s what we expect
to happen!

The conference will be held Thursday, November 5 through Saturday,
November 7, 2009 at the Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel and Convention
Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Lampe’s will be presenting on
November 5th at 4:30 P.M-5:45 P.M, and on Saturday November 7th 2009
between 8:45-10:00 A.M

For a full description of each presenter/topic, click C&C
program.bw.pdf for efficient black/white printing or C&C
program.color.pdf for full color viewing printing.
Check out their Website (www.churchandchange.org) for further details.

“This conference is shaping up to be the best ever!”
Pastor Ron Ash
Chairman, The Center for Church & Change

Hope to see you all there!

4:30 P.M Arrive Lakefront Brewery beverages, snacks, and munchies
5:30 P.M Chicken is served
6:30 P.M Connect with Christ
7:00-10:30P.M P.M Cards, yard Jarts and Bocce ball

Please make time to join us as we explore through a casual, safe, and fun atmosphere a few of the strands that connect our faith and life in Christ. Regain your vision and renew your heart motivated by the gospel message of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Please R.S.V.P by July 20th to Brian Arthur Lampe

For the flyer with addresses and contact info, click here.

Please R.S.V.P to Brian Arthur Lampe at 414-915-3211 or email Brianandtracey@tds.net

Bring $5.00 to help cover the beverages and meat. Please bring a dish to pass.

Click Here for more info.

True, teens do experience real life. Pregnancies, addictions and empty spiritual homes are experiences all too real to teens. So real that it affects them for the rest of their lives. The affects are so large because that bubble burst. Bubbles are good for baths, protection, and may even provide a safe, or sterile environment to learn that formula to ease teens into adulthood and responsibility. But life, adolescent life, spiritual life shouldn’t always be in a bubble.

What inadvertently has happened is our youth are growing in their faith but it is often outside of the church family. When these youth grow into adulthood, very often the transition into the church family doesn’t happen and these now young adults are lost to the church. Maybe you too have heard other ministers describe youth ministry as “orphaning structures.” Why do your youth disappear after confirmation, or graduation?

It is because the now young adult’s only connection to the church hasn?t been grown. Fear plays a huge part in the success of or failure of youth ministry.

Fear of what?

Fear of being laughed at, not accepted, rejection, etc?..

What causes the behind youth ministry to be fixing what is broken, when in fact the ministry was never broken at all.

My wife Tracey and I have rescued dozens of teens through Christ from making bad choices, cutting, drinking, drug use, parent teen relationships, and bringing them closer to their Savior Jesus. This was not accomplished through a curriculum, or by becoming substitute for the church. Our volunteer efforts encouraged parents since most of the latter do not provide the spiritual direction and accountability that their children need.

But there is a problem here: kids take their cues from their family, not from their youth ministers. God’s plan was for the church to support the family, and for the family to be the front-line of ministry within the home.

Teenagers may glean some truths and principles from youth leaders, but the greatest influence in their lives will remain their parents.” “What are youth ministries doing to serve families? They are too busy to serve, and Mom and Dad are okay with this.

You may have parents who feel intimidated by your talented youth worker so they only drop their youth off for the youth meetings and do little else in the area of spiritual training?

Or have you had parents complain about the talented youth worker because he/she is not teaching their children the way they or the Pastor?s would like?

It is time to bring the parents back into youth ministry.

It is also time to bring the entire church family back into youth ministry.

How you do this can take many forms. This is a working resource adding new ideas and new resources from people who are trying out this new youth ministry model. We are here to help and inspire.

Brian Arthur Lampe
Tracey Lampe
CEO Ministries