LEading Students to know and follow JEsus
Whoever you are, everyone is welcome at First Students! First Students gives 7th-12th grade students the opportunity to get connected with a group of people their own age who are growing closer to the Lord each day. We want to see students know and follow Jesus Christ! First Students is a place for teenagers to deepen their relationship with Christ while simultaneously growing their relationships with others!
We're pre-registered for FUGE 2026!
Centrifuge Camp 2026 will be here before we know it. Stay tuned for updates throughout the year!
Dates: June 8-12, 2026
Cost: TBD
Location: SBU, Bolivar, MO
Ages: Students who have completed 6th-12th grade.
Dates: June 8-12, 2026
Cost: TBD
Location: SBU, Bolivar, MO
Ages: Students who have completed 6th-12th grade.
FIRST STUDENTS - WEEKLY PARENT EMAIL
We send out an email to our parents each Wednesday! If you would like to be added to the email list, send a message to tim@fbcsiloam.com! Here is the latest edition:
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Upcoming Events
Punkin’ Chunkin’- October 19th - We need students to help serve our community at our Punkin Chunkin Event! (Families can help too!). Students can sign up to serve from 4-5pm or 5-6pm that day! Let us know if you want to sign up!
Fields of Faith - October 22nd - We are going to Fields of Faith next Wednesday instead of our regular Midweek service. Fields of Faith is a night of worship and testimonies on the Siloam Springs High School football field. Gates open at 6:30 and the event starts at 6:45. It is planned to be over around 8:30. Please drop off and pick up your students at the football field. We will NOT be taking a bus from the church this year. Students are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit on!
October’s Theme Night - Costume Night - Oct 29 - Our next theme night is October 29th! Wear your best costume and come ready to worship the Lord together!! Students who wear costumes will be entered into a drawing for a gift card!
Laser Tag - November 9th - Save the date! We will leave around 12:30pm and return around 5:30pm. The cost of laser tag will be covered! Your student will just need money for lunch! Have your student sign up on the sign up sheet in the student center!!
Midweek 10-15
This week, we are in wrapping up our final session in our Little Sins series. I hope this series has challenged our students to consider the weight of sin in God's eyes and for them to pursue righteous living through a relationship with Jesus. In this session, we’re looking at envy and how it can distort our view of God, ourselves, and others.
THINK:
Envy can quickly steal our joy, rob us of our gratitude, and distort our view of God. When we try to find contentment in our circumstances or by comparing ourselves to God, we end up on a path of life that never finds fulfillment. Envy often leads us to compare ourselves to others, and we end up feeling like we have less, we’ve been overlooked, or God is holding out from us. We hope that we will all be people who find true joy in God and trust that He provides what we need.
READ:
James 4:1-3 says, “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”
ASK:
Use the questions below to ask your student questions about the truths from our series. Look for ways to share personally, bring encouragement, and create a space for meaningful conversations.
• Why is it so easy to compare ourselves to others? Do you catch yourself being envious of others? Why?
• What are some ways you can live with gratitude instead of comparison?
PRAY:
Pray for your student this week that they would:
• Have contentment in what God has given and trust Him for daily needs.
• Not fall into the trap of comparison and be confident in their self-worth and identity found in Christ.
SMSG 10-19
This week’s lesson is about “Jacob and Esau.” The temptation Rebekah and Jacob faced is actually very common. Basically, we all want to get life’s good stuff. But we don’t trust God to provide it in His time, by His power, and in His way. Sometimes the “good stuff ” isn’t really good, and we want it anyway. Other times, the “good stuff ” is truly good. But if we get it by acting outside of God’s will, we corrupt it. whether or not God answers our prayers the way we think He should, we know that God keeps His promises regardless of our sinful nature. And we know that God has promised He will work out all the details to benefit us and glorify Himself.
Lesson Overview: God has a plan, and that plan is bigger than we can imagine. His plan includes us, personally. Unfortunately, our sinful nature makes us desire to be our own god. As new Christians, we often struggle between wanting to have the good stuff God wants for us and still wanting all the worldly stuff we think will make us happy. We want to realize God’s blessings for our lives and do His will in the world—but we strive to achieve these on our own. The lesson of Jacob and Esau is simple to grasp intellectually but much harder to actualize in our everyday lives. Simply stated: God is God, and we are not.
What We Want Your Teenager To Learn: See how God is faithful to His plan of redemption and grace in spite of our sinfulness and rebellion. Realize that they can have faith in the plans of God, who acts out of His great grace for our good and His glory.
What We Want Your Teenager To Do With What They’ve Learned: Define what it means to them to surrender their life to God’s leading and live a life trusting that God will keep His promises even when it seems that He won’t.
Scripture Passages We Studied:
Genesis 25:19-28; Genesis 27:1-45; Romans 8:26-28
Please Take A Few Minutes This Week To Read These Passages.
NEXT STEPS...
During the next week, as you engage in conversations with your teenager, remember that one way that will help them to understand and apply what they have learned is to explain it to someone else. Use the following questions to guide your conversation:
• You talked in youth group about how badly Jacob wanted his father’s “blessing.” What do you want so much that it seems impossible for you to wait for God to give it to you?
• How does it make you feel when you read in Romans that God works all things for your good and His glory? (Allow your teenager to express whatever emotion they are feeling.)
• What experiences have you had that help you trust that God will keep His promises?
Thank you for all you do. As a parent, you are the primary spiritual influence in the life of your teenager, and they desperately need you. I’m praying for you! If you have any questions or if I can help with anything, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
Tim Conley
Student Minister
FBC Siloam Springs
tim@fbcsiloam.com
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Upcoming Events
Punkin’ Chunkin’- October 19th - We need students to help serve our community at our Punkin Chunkin Event! (Families can help too!). Students can sign up to serve from 4-5pm or 5-6pm that day! Let us know if you want to sign up!
Fields of Faith - October 22nd - We are going to Fields of Faith next Wednesday instead of our regular Midweek service. Fields of Faith is a night of worship and testimonies on the Siloam Springs High School football field. Gates open at 6:30 and the event starts at 6:45. It is planned to be over around 8:30. Please drop off and pick up your students at the football field. We will NOT be taking a bus from the church this year. Students are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs to sit on!
October’s Theme Night - Costume Night - Oct 29 - Our next theme night is October 29th! Wear your best costume and come ready to worship the Lord together!! Students who wear costumes will be entered into a drawing for a gift card!
Laser Tag - November 9th - Save the date! We will leave around 12:30pm and return around 5:30pm. The cost of laser tag will be covered! Your student will just need money for lunch! Have your student sign up on the sign up sheet in the student center!!
Midweek 10-15
This week, we are in wrapping up our final session in our Little Sins series. I hope this series has challenged our students to consider the weight of sin in God's eyes and for them to pursue righteous living through a relationship with Jesus. In this session, we’re looking at envy and how it can distort our view of God, ourselves, and others.
THINK:
Envy can quickly steal our joy, rob us of our gratitude, and distort our view of God. When we try to find contentment in our circumstances or by comparing ourselves to God, we end up on a path of life that never finds fulfillment. Envy often leads us to compare ourselves to others, and we end up feeling like we have less, we’ve been overlooked, or God is holding out from us. We hope that we will all be people who find true joy in God and trust that He provides what we need.
READ:
James 4:1-3 says, “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.”
ASK:
Use the questions below to ask your student questions about the truths from our series. Look for ways to share personally, bring encouragement, and create a space for meaningful conversations.
• Why is it so easy to compare ourselves to others? Do you catch yourself being envious of others? Why?
• What are some ways you can live with gratitude instead of comparison?
PRAY:
Pray for your student this week that they would:
• Have contentment in what God has given and trust Him for daily needs.
• Not fall into the trap of comparison and be confident in their self-worth and identity found in Christ.
SMSG 10-19
This week’s lesson is about “Jacob and Esau.” The temptation Rebekah and Jacob faced is actually very common. Basically, we all want to get life’s good stuff. But we don’t trust God to provide it in His time, by His power, and in His way. Sometimes the “good stuff ” isn’t really good, and we want it anyway. Other times, the “good stuff ” is truly good. But if we get it by acting outside of God’s will, we corrupt it. whether or not God answers our prayers the way we think He should, we know that God keeps His promises regardless of our sinful nature. And we know that God has promised He will work out all the details to benefit us and glorify Himself.
Lesson Overview: God has a plan, and that plan is bigger than we can imagine. His plan includes us, personally. Unfortunately, our sinful nature makes us desire to be our own god. As new Christians, we often struggle between wanting to have the good stuff God wants for us and still wanting all the worldly stuff we think will make us happy. We want to realize God’s blessings for our lives and do His will in the world—but we strive to achieve these on our own. The lesson of Jacob and Esau is simple to grasp intellectually but much harder to actualize in our everyday lives. Simply stated: God is God, and we are not.
What We Want Your Teenager To Learn: See how God is faithful to His plan of redemption and grace in spite of our sinfulness and rebellion. Realize that they can have faith in the plans of God, who acts out of His great grace for our good and His glory.
What We Want Your Teenager To Do With What They’ve Learned: Define what it means to them to surrender their life to God’s leading and live a life trusting that God will keep His promises even when it seems that He won’t.
Scripture Passages We Studied:
Genesis 25:19-28; Genesis 27:1-45; Romans 8:26-28
Please Take A Few Minutes This Week To Read These Passages.
NEXT STEPS...
During the next week, as you engage in conversations with your teenager, remember that one way that will help them to understand and apply what they have learned is to explain it to someone else. Use the following questions to guide your conversation:
• You talked in youth group about how badly Jacob wanted his father’s “blessing.” What do you want so much that it seems impossible for you to wait for God to give it to you?
• How does it make you feel when you read in Romans that God works all things for your good and His glory? (Allow your teenager to express whatever emotion they are feeling.)
• What experiences have you had that help you trust that God will keep His promises?
Thank you for all you do. As a parent, you are the primary spiritual influence in the life of your teenager, and they desperately need you. I’m praying for you! If you have any questions or if I can help with anything, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
Tim Conley
Student Minister
FBC Siloam Springs
tim@fbcsiloam.com
