Dads & Sons Small Group This Sunday at Shoal Creek

If you're a dad and you have a teenage son with whom you want to be on a spiritual journey, then you need to check out Shoal Creek's Dads & Sons small group that happens every other Sunday at 9:30am, in "The Attic" at Shoal Creek. A free breakfast of either pancakes or donuts will also be provided for anyone who attends.

Some comments from the dads that have recently attended:

"I really enjoyed it and so did my son. We really love that it is every 2 weeks and I am really looking to get even more out of it." 

"I thought it was a great learning experience I learned things about my sons that I never knew." 

"I have enjoyed the discussions that have been had in the meeting time and outside."

This Sunday's discussion will revolve around the words we use and the importance of "taming our tongue"--kind of relevant considering the circumstances, huh?

Shoal Creek Community Church Services 11/6

Not able to attend either of our Sunday services this morning? Or just want to check out what we do before you consider attending?

Then watch live right now, or catch up here later this week!

Week In Review

1. Coming Soon--HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SECTION In Auditorium on Sundays--Say "what"?! One thing that we want to improve on at Shoal Creek is doing a better job of connecting with the high school students that call Shoal Creek home. It may sound kind of crazy, and make you reminiscent of the college basketball or football games you used to go to, but, we are going to put in a high school student section in the back of the Auditorium on Sundays to experiment with creating space on Sundays that is unmistakably targeted at proving to HS students that we feel they are very special to us. However, we need help staffing this space once we get it put in. Would you be interested in helping our SC high school students feel like Shoal Creek is there home, and that there's a place for them, by contacting me.

2. What about a Mothers/Daughters Small Group at SC? We've had about 16 dads and sons doing an every other week small group now on Sunday mornings at Shoal Creek, and here's what some of them have had to say:

• "I really enjoyed it and so did my son. We really love that it is every 2 weeks and I am really looking to get even more out of it."
• "I thought it was a great learning experience I learned things about my sons that I never knew."
• "I have enjoyed the discussions that have been had in the meeting time and outside."

I've gotten interest from 4 other moms/daughters about trying to start something up for any teenage girl and their mom. Would you be interested? Could you contact me ASAP so we could get something going before the Holidays hit?

3. What is #Socktober!? Well, it's awesome, and our Buya students want to tell you why here.

4. Special Thanksgiving Communion Service Tuesday Nov 22nd, 6:30pm - Communions are a place where the air between Heaven and Earth is thin. Please join us with your whole family to experience musical worship, communion, and encounter God through some specifically designed interactive stations focused on the theme of learning to be thankful as we head into this holiday season. Please RSVP HERE, especially if you need childcare, which will be available for children up through 5th grade--as long as you indicate your need in the comments section.

Thanksgiving Communion Service at Shoal Creek

Where the air Heaven and Earth is thin.

Please join our Shoal Creek community as we turn our hearts inward, upward and outward in a Thanksgiving Communion service on Tuesday evening November 22nd.

We will be creating space in the Auditorium for anyone who wants to come and reflect on what God is saying to them through the bible, musical worship, and interactive "stations". The theme for the evening will be Thanksgiving, and we will be giving our community an opportunity to think about what God has done for us, and what that means for how we all will choose to live because of that.

Childcare WILL be available for 5th graders and younger. If you want to utilize our child care, please RSVP AT THIS LINK and reply in the comment section below with the names and ages of the children you will be needing childcare for.

There will be a decoration and setup night on Monday the 21st to help us create this spiritual experience, so if you would like to help us transform our Auditorium into something that is going to be really cool and impactful, please either reply in the comment section of the RSVP link.

What About A Mothers/Daughters Small Group At Shoal Creek?

You may not have heard, but over the past 8 weeks, our Dads/Son's small group has grown from about 6-8 regular participants, to 15-16! What has led to more dads and sons getting on a spiritual journey together, and why such growth?!

Maybe because of some of the reasons these dads have to say about what their experience has been like so far:

"I really enjoyed it and so did my son. We really love that it is every 2 weeks and I am really looking to get even more out of it."

"I thought it was a great learning experience I learned things about my sons that I never knew."

"I have enjoyed the discussions that have been had in the meeting time and outside."

What's stopping us from creating the same kind of growth for moms and daughters at Shoal Creek? 

Nothing really! All we need are some moms to reply to me that they'd be interested in learning how the dads have been leading over the past 8 weeks, so that we could create the same kind of spiritual discussion for moms and daughters to have together on a regular basis.

Would you (or your wife, if this is a dad reading this) want to help me get a Moms/Daughters small group going at Shoal Creek, so that moms and daughters can have some spiritual growth together in our SC community?

Could you please contact me so that we can pull the trigger and get this kind of spiritual and relational growth happening?

Socktober!

Socktober is a socially engaging way to solve a very specific problem--the physical needs of the 600,000+ homeless individuals and families living on the streets in the U.S.

As winter is almost on our doorstep (though you wouldn't know it from today's weather), donating clean, new, unopened packages of socks are a HUGE blessing to the individuals that are experiencing this kind of life.

Here's a link to the official #Socktober webpage if you want more details.

And here's Kid President telling you whats up about all this...

Would you donate clean, brand new, unopened socks to Buya THIS SUNDAY so that we can get these socks to the people that are going to need them very soon? Bring them to the Underground and give them to one of our leaders.

And here are our Buya Girls and Boys doing there best to spread the love for #Socktober...

Coming Soon - Shoal Creek High School Student Section In Auditorium

Say "what"?! 

One thing that we want to improve on at Shoal Creek is doing a better job of connecting with the high school students that call Shoal Creek home. It may sound kind of crazy, and be reminiscent of the college basketball or football games you used to go to, but, we are going to put in a high school student section in the back of the Auditorium on Sundays to experiment with creating space on Sundays that is unmistakably targeted at proving to our high school students that we feel they are very special to us. 

However, we need help staffing this space once we get it put in. Would you be interested in helping our SC high school students feel like Shoal Creek is their home, and that we value them enough to create a spot in the auditorium just for them? Please contact me if so, and we'll setup a time to talk in detail about the plan to make high schoolers feel as welcome and loved as possible on Sunday mornings at Shoal Creek.