October 4, 2026 • 1 Minute Read
Super Smash Bros Tournament
Game on. On November 1st, we will be having a Super Smash Bros. Tournament. Be prepared to play some Super Smash Bros., enjoy snacks, and decompress. 📅 Sunday, November 1, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
📍 The Loft Add to the fun by dressing up as your favorite Super Smash Bros character!
October 4, 2026 • 1 Minute Read
On This Day: October 4th
Week Six: Radical Love Widens Ephesians 3: 14-21 This week, we explored the idea that God’s love is too big for any one person to understand on their own. It takes a community to begin to grasp God’s love. Keep the discussion going at home: What is something you understand better because you talked about it with someone else? Who helps you understand complicated ideas?
October 4, 2026 • 1 Minute Read
On This Day: October 4th
Week 1: Dead Romans 6: 1-4 Big Idea: Your old life doesn’t get fixed; it gets buried. Following Jesus doesn’t fix our lives, it gives us new life. This series goes through what Romans 6 says about baptism and the transformative power of following Jesus. Physically, baptism is the act of being immersed in, and then coming out of, water. But baptism is much more than a physical event; it has spiritual and symbolic significance. We can be dead to sin, raised with Christ, freed from sin's control, and alive to God. How would you define the word “grace”? How should God’s grace impact the way we live? 📅 Sunday, November 1st | 5:00 p.m.
📍 The Loft Teens - come to win or just have fun on Sunday, November 1st starting at 5:00 p.m. at our Super Mario Bros. Tournament. Come dressed as your favorite character for a chance at a prize.
October 3, 2026 • 1 Minute Read
CIY 2027
CIY 2027 DATES AND LOCATIONS REVEALED! Mount Moriah, Sinai, Carmel, Olivet, Zion, Calvary. There has always been something mysterious about mountains. The air up there is thinner, but somehow the space between heaven and earth feels thinner, too. Mountains are places where people go to meet with God, and what happens up there changes everything. From the top of a mountain, you can see the world below in a whole new way. But here’s the thing: we’re not supposed to live our whole lives up there. At CIY in 2027, we’re climbing to the mountaintop to listen to Jesus. And he’ll show us how to really live life— HERE BELOW CIY MIX | Middle School 📅June 14 - June 18, 2027
📍 Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX CIY MOVE | High School 📅June 28 - July 2, 2027
📍 Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX CIY FLASH SALE: NOVEMBER 15, 2026 Full registration cost $474 per teenager. Snag our lowest registration price of the year ($325) by registering and paying in full by November 15, 2026! Make sure to subscribe to get notified when registration opens!
September 27, 2026 • 1 Minute Read
On This Day: September 27th
Week Five: Radical Love Reveals Ephesians 3: 1-13 Here is the big idea from Connect: the church is a living example of radical love. We are called to be the visible proof of what God’s love looks like. Keep the discussion going at home: Does the way you treat others accurately portray what you believe? How do you know? Who has been an example to you of love? 📅 Sunday, October 4, 9:00 AM
📍 The Patio Adults – our parent breakfast is Sunday, October 4. We'll share what we've been teaching, where we're headed, and how you can stay connected to your teenager's spiritual life without losing your mind.
September 27, 2026 • 1 Minute Read
On This Day: September 27th
Week 9: Self-Control Galatians 5:22-23; 2 Peter 1:5-8 Big Idea: Self-control is the Spirit-produced ability to say no to what controls you. We usually think of self-control as our ability to force ourselves to do hard things, willpower. When the Holy Spirit produces self-control in us, it frees us from the things that want to control us and allows our lives to be shaped by God. What kind of person do you become when self-control is actually growing in you? 📅 Sunday, October 4, 9:00 AM
📍 The Patio Adults – our parent breakfast is Sunday, October 4. We'll share what we've been teaching, where we're headed, and how you can stay connected to your teenager's spiritual life without losing your mind.