Challenge PLUS 2012 | Lake View Church

Challenge 2012 is designed for 9th through 12th grade Christians, as opposed to being an outreach to non-Christians. The purpose of the conference is to enlarge student's vision of the resurrected Christ and therefore walk in the fullness of a resurrected life in everything, everywhere, everyday, forever.

The first part of ChallengePLUS is the EFCA National Youth Convention, which is being held this year in New Orleans, LA beginning July 1-6, 2012 (We will leave June 30th). Each day students will experience great worship, challenging speakers, and opportunities for ministry outreach in New Orleans.
Once the convention is over, the students will take part in a short-term mission trip in New Orleans in conjunction with Urban Impact from July 6-12. Students will help out with day camps, sports camps, kid's recreation and a service project. We are asking students to complete an application in order to participate.

These applications can be picked up at the church office.

Students Costs
Conference Fee $400
Mission Fee $550
Total Student Cost $950

Leaders Costs
Conference Fee $200
Mission Fee $500
Total Leaders Cost $700

Conference Fee Deadlines:
~~February 28—Conference Deposit $275 and application due to church office. (Payable Online)~~
March 31st- Remaining Conference Fee $125 due (Not Payable Online)

Mission Fee Deadline:
April 1- fundraising letters will be sent out to collect for the missions portion of the trip.
April 30 $275 of missions trip due
May 31- Remaining missions balance $275 due

Location of the Conference:
New Orleans Morial Convention Center is located in downtown New Orleans at 900 Convention Center Boulevard.

Location of Hotel:
Students and leaders will be staying at one of 4 hotels located within safe walking distance of the Convention Center. Hotel details will be posted as soon as it is booked.

Main Stage Gathering

The Gathering brings the whole body of 5000-6000 participants together for a time of energizing and reflective worship music along with powerful prayer and a captivating message. We will unpack the “all things are new” theme by teaching through the book of Colossians. Students will be challenged through what they see, hear and experience in the Gathering.

The Huddle

Immediately following each morning Gathering, there will be a time for your ministry to get together. You may also utilize time after evening rallies for The Huddle. The Huddle is a great chance to help your group apply the lessons of the conference and to develop a response to the challenges you will hear during the week. This time allows you to do a variety of things: review the morning Gathering, pass on information from Youth Worker Update, do group building activities, plan your options for the rest of the day, and spend some time in prayer with your group.

Afternoon Options: 1-5pm everyday

Challenge is more than an event. It’s an invitation to a way of life. The afternoon options will allow your students to be involved in hands on ministry, take a training session that will equip them for life and ministry and/or do some recreational activities. All are designed to give your students time to interact, partner and learn side by side with each other and your adult leaders. Take time to plan how you will use your afternoons to the benefit of your students and your ministry.

Ministry

Ministry opportunities continue to be a highlight of our Challenge conferences. Groups are sent out to ministry in various ways:

Prayer: The two primary forms of Prayer Ministry will be participating in Prayer Stations and Prayer Walking.

Prayer Stations allow opportunities for students to engage people of the community in non-threatening ways.

During Prayer Walks, students partner with local churches and church plants to provide needed prayer support for spiritual breakthrough in a targeted community. Training for all prayer ministry is provided at the conference.

Service Projects: These projects mobilize groups to serve with their hands, muscles, and servant hearts. Projects will include: partnering with Urban Impact to renovate their new property, working with TouchGlobal in Katrina Rebuild projects, partnering alongside church plants, local churches, and city organizations, or engagement with Love Moves, the Challenge international project.

Caring for People: These ministry opportunities focus on ministering directly with people. These opportunities require intentionality, interaction, and compassion. Projects will include day camps or sports ministry alongside Urban Impact and other ministries, outreach projects, ministry to the homeless, and Intentional Acts of Kindness.

Sharing: We will mobilize your group to minister in a specific environment created for sharing the Gospel. The environment could be in conjunction with a local church or may include street evangelism within a strategic context and location. This category will require faith, boldness, intentionality, and interaction. Training will be provided.

Training

Challenge 2012 has at its core disciple making. The training workshops are designed to equip students in practical skills they need to live Great Commission lives in a Great Commandment way. This year, our goal is that not only will there be great individual training workshops, but students can also choose to be part of a specific “track” that will provide hands-on labs with outreach opportunities during the week where students can put into practice what they learn and then come back to discuss what they learned.

Recreation

Challenge 2012 will have a variety of team recreational events held during four different afternoons. There will also be plenty of individual recreational activities making use of the green spaces and local site.

Conference Project

The community of New Orleans will be impacted by Challenge 2012 in conjunction with EFCA Start Churches, EFCA Southeast District and TouchGlobal. Challenge 2012 would like to jump-start a church planting movement in New Orleans. Challenge will do this by giving money received in our conference offering, participating in community projects to raise awareness of the church planters, and raising awareness in the neighborhoods of the church plants and the planters with acts of kindness and service projects. Why not do an extra fundraiser for the church planters of New Orleans?

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