2010 Brings New Times to LIFE Groups

If you are not plugged into a LIFE Group the year 2010 is a great time to get connected! We will have two new LIFE Groups beginning on 1.10.10 in the 9:00am hour. Middle School 6th-8th grade will be one and High School 9th-12th will be the other. The 10:15am hour will still have the LIFE Groups that currently meet at 9:30am and the 11:30am hour will still have the Middle School LIFE Groups that currently meet at 11:00am. If you have any questions about the transition please call the Student Ministry Office or email students@ewestwood.org.

Student Ministry Christmas Party

Student Ministry Christmas Party

at AREA 51

Wednesday, December 16th

One hour only! 6:15pm-7:15pm

Free Pizza, drinks and cookies!

Invite your friends!

This will be the last Wednesday night worship until January 6, 2010!

High School Fall Retreat Deadline is Approaching

Don't forget to sign up for the High School Fall Retreat this week!

Deadline is Sunday, November 8th. The cost is $60.

Call the Student Ministry Office for more information!

MS DNOW in Review

Middle School DNOW was a blast! There were several students that rededicated their lives to Christ and will be baptized in the next couple of weeks.

High School Retreat

High School Fall Retreat

November 13-14, 2009

Shocco Springs

Cost: $60

Join the High School Ministry of Westwood Baptist Church for an exciting weekend at Shocco Springs. This will be a great opportunity to hang out with all of your friends, experience authentic worship, engage in God's word, and enjoy the great outdoors. The topic of discussions for this year's fall retreat is what the Bible has to say about being a man and being a woman. Our main text of scripture will be from the book of Genesis and is sure to provide some eye-opening insights and truths for your life. The cost of the retreat is $60 and includes room , 2 meals, low ropes course, and conference fee. You can pick up a registration form at the Information Desk located in the Atrium, LIFE Groups or at AREA 51. Please turn in your registration form along with payment before November 8th. If you have any questions please call the Student Ministry Office at 664-0122 x216.

Early Registration Ends!

Don't Forget this Sunday is the last Sunday to sign up for Middle School Disciple Now for the low cost of $45. Starting Monday, September 21 the price goes up to $50. You must include your payment with your registration form in order to get the cheaper price. You can pick up and turn in your registration form at the Information Desk located in the Atrium, in LIFE Groups or at AREA 51. If you have any questions call the Student Ministry Office at 205-664-0122.

Middle School Disciple Now

MS Disciple Now

October 16-18, 2009

Grades 6-8

Cost:$45 until Sept. 20th; $50 afterwards

Disciple Now is a weekend for you to connect with your friends and the adult leaders of our student ministry, as well as an opportunity to grow deeper in your personal walk with Christ. We will have an inspiring time of worship and Bible study at AREA 51 then leave to discuss the messages at host homes. Our speakers for the weekend will be Pastor Les Hughes, Rick Swing and Micah Millican with worship being led by Kevin Derryberry and students from our worship band. In addition to worship and Bible study, Saturday afternoon will be filled with a time of sports and games at Veteran's Park. You don't want to miss this awesome weekend, so invite all of your friends and sign up! You can pick up a regisration form at AREA 51, LIFE Groups or the Information Desk located in the Atrium. If you have any questions please call the Student Ministry Office at 664.0122.

High Attendance Wednesday

Get ready to invite all of your school friends to High Attendance Night on Wednesday, August 26th at AREA 51!





Middle School (grades 6-8) will start at 6:15pm


High School (grades 9-12) will start at 7:30pm



There will be music, drama skit, games, and an evangelism message brought by Pastor Micah!

There will also be FREE pizza and drinks served between the 2 services! Call the Student Ministry Office if you have any questions!

Fall Schedule Begins August 12

School starts this week and the Student Ministry at Westwood returns to its fall schedule!

Middle School Inside Out Bible Study

Grades 6-8

6:15pm to 7:15pm at AREA 51

High School 121 Bible Study

Grades 9-12

7:30pm to 8:30pm at AREA 51

Wednesday's are fun at AREA 51! There is ping pong, basketball, foose ball, video games, a coffee shop with milkshakes (only $1) not to mention the awesome time of worship with the student praise band and Micah's message.

The shuttle will begin also on Wednesday, August 12th and will leave the main campus at 6:05pm and will return after the Middle School service. The shuttle system is mainly for students whose parents volunteer in AWANA Clubs. If you have any questions call the Student Ministry Office or email students@ewestwood.org.

High School Core Group Returns August 23rd!

High School Core Groups will be doing a book study, Going Public with Your Faith, by William Carr Peel, TH.M. and Walt Larimore, M.D. This study will help you to become a spiritual influence at work and school. Core Groups will start on Sunday, August 23rd, 6:00pm-8:00pm. The girls will meet at the Enloe's home and the boys at the Horton's. The cost of the book and food will be $15. You can purchase your book starting August 2nd during LIFE Groups or at AREA 51 during the week. Sign up sheets will be available this Sunday, July 26th, during LIFE Groups. The facilitators for Core Groups will be Shirley Stone for the girls and Jeff Long for the guys. Get ready for an exciting study!

New LIFE Group Curriculm Starts August 9th-REVERB

We will have available for purchase a devotional book that will go along with our Sunday morning lessons in LIFE Groups. We would like to encourage every student to purchase this book to help them have a better understanding of what they are learning. "REVERB-Our Lives Echo in the World" will help answer the questions, what God's mission is for you and what it means to be a part of it? Each chapter of the book corresponds with a specific 6-week course of Student Life Bible study's REVERB study. These chapters are designed for you to work through at your own pace. From time to time your teacher might encourage you to work on specific activities. But for the most part, this book is designed for you to work through on your own.

You will be able to purchase the devotional book on Wednesdays at AREA 51 or at LIFE Groups on Sundays. The cost is $13.00. Please make checks out to Westwood Baptist Church.

Welcome Micah Millican

Westwood Student Ministry welcomes new Student Pastor Micah Millican and his wife Laurie! Make plans to come to AREA 51 on Wednesday and meet Micah and Laurie and their son, Daniel!

Summer Camp Reports

Camp was a BLAST!!!! On June 12th sixteen of our middle schoool students hopped on the bus immediately after VBS and headed to Shocco Springs Conference Center in Talladega, AL. The camp speaker was Adam Robinson who talked to the students about FLIPPING their lives around to live for Jesus.

We also had an awesome time of worship led by Chris Orr. There was also time for small groups Bible study time and just having quite time by yourself. Fun was had by all in spite of the rain storms!

On June 19th, thirty-six high school students boarded busses in route to beautiful Gatlinburg, TN. Louie Giglio was the camp speaker and preached on the meaning of true worship and FLIPPING the way you worship and live your lives for Jesus. The praise and worship was led by Steve Fee and you could really feel the presence of God in the convention center that week. The students had the pleasure of having Micah Millican, our new Student Pastor, at camp with them a couple of days. We had groups that played ultimate frisbee, tag football, waded in the river at the park and a group that even went hiking in the Smokey Mountains. Thanks to all the adults that went to make this weekend one to remember.

Summers @ AREA 51

School is out, swimming pools are open, and hopefully the sun will shine soon!

"ONE" Bible Study Returns

Wednesday, May 27

6:30pm-7:30pm

Grades 6-12

@ AREA 51

The shuttle will not run during the summer but will resume in August when we return to our normal hours.

This is a great time to invite your school friends to come for a time of praise and worship!

VBS Student Orientation is Wednesday, May 27

at 7:30pm at AREA 51 immediately after "ONE" Bible Study!

You must be present to recieve a coupon for a free VBS t-shirt!

Senior Class 2009

Amazing Race Event for Seniors!

We had 9 seniors that participated in The Amazing Race Event on May 9th the race got off to a fast start .....

with Courtney W. winning the race and receiving a $100 visa gift card to help with college expenses. Thank you Mrs. Di for cooking a wonderful meal.

Senior Recognition was on Sunday, May 17th and we had 40 seniors that participated and were recognized in the 11:00 am service.

Congratulations to the Class of 2009!

May God bless you in the next phase of your lives!

Welcome Upcoming 6th Graders!

Westwood's Movin' Up Night

for Upcoming 6th Graders is

Wednesday, May 6th

6:15pm-7:20pm

@ AREA 51

We would like to invite new 6th graders and their parents to visit our middle school "Inside Out" Wednesday night Bible study. This will be a chance for your student to experience what Wednesday nights will be like and get them ready to attend in the fall. Parents will meet with Jay Gordon, our Pastor of Small Groups, upstairs while your student will participate with our current middle school students in worship. This will allow you a chance to address any questions that you might have with your student moving off campus on Wednesdays. If you would like more information please call the Student Ministry Office at 664-0122. We look forward to seeing you this Wednesday.

Be a Volunteer for VBS!

Sign up to help at Vacation Bible School this Summer!

The date is June 8-12 from 9:00am-12:00pm!

We need at least 40 more high school students to assist our crew leaders!

Don't wait to sign up; even if you say "I already know who I will be working with." I still need you to sign up! You can sign up at the Information Desk, LIFE Groups or at AREA 51! If you are unable to get to any of these areas you can always call the Student Ministry Office. Remember you will get to use the hours you work for your community service hours next school year!

Spring Break with World Changers

Just because we didn't go to Mexico didn't mean that we could not do mission work. We just kept it close to home. Around 30 students got together to work with World Changers, Monday -Thursday, during Spring break to work on Mr. Hatter's home. We had to scrape off the old paint in the rain on Monday but the good Lord gave us clear weather and sunshine the rest of the week while we painted, made minor repairs and planted flowers. Below are pictures from the week if you didn't get to go.

Student Life Summer Camp

Middle School Student Life Camp

Shocco Springs-Talladega, Alabama

June 12-15

Leaders: Pastor-Adam Robinson; Worship-Chris Orr

Cost:$275

High School Student Life Camp

Gatlinburg, TN

June 19-23

Leaders: Pastor-Louie Giglio; Worship-Fee

Cost: $285

Camp theme this year is "FLIP"

High School DNOW

On January 23-25 there were 57 high students students that attended Disciple Now. We met at AREA 51 on Friday night and traveled to Church at Brookhills for Student Life Tour. The theme was "Live Love" based off of John 13:35. JESUS SAID THEY WOULD KNOW US BY OUR LOVE. BUT DO THEY?

The speaker was Stuart Hall and the worship leader was Kristian Stanfill. After a late night at the host homes on Friday night students returned to Church at Brookhills for session 2 and had a afternoon off for free time. Everyone had an awesome time. Saturday night the students returned to AREA 51 for a concert by Joey Seales and some of Mrs. Di's fantastic cooking. Be watching for details for Student Life Summer Camp!!!

Normal Schedule Resumes

We hope that you all had an awesome Christmas and happy New Year. We are gearing up for a great 2009 and want you to be a part of it. We will resume are normal schedule on Wednesday nights starting January 7. The shuttle will run for students of AWANA workers as usual.


Middle School (Grades 6-8)

6:15-7:30 PM

High School (Grades 9-12)

7:30-8:45 PM