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!
FUGE camp is coming soon!
Centrifuge Camp will be here before we know it. Follow the link to register your student!
Dates: June 9-13, 2025
Cost: $369
Location: SBU, Bolivar, MO
Ages: Students who have completed 6th-12th grade.
Dates: June 9-13, 2025
Cost: $369
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:
Upcoming Events
Summer Calendar 2025:
We will have a variety of events throughout the summer, including a few low-key Midweeks, a Naturals game, some random meetups, and more! Here’s a few key dates for now!
6/9-6/13: FUGE Camp
6/18: Midweek/Camp Recap
7/9: Midweek
7/12: Braum’s Meet-Up
7/23: Midweek
7/26: Meet-Up TBD
8/16: Naturals Game
8/20: Back 2 School Bash
VBS - June 23-27 - Students can be volunteers for VBS after they finish 6th grade! If you or your student would like to register as a VBS volunteer, please reach out to lisa@fbcsiloam.com. Also, be aware that the volunteer commitment is 8am to 12:30pm each day.
Sunday Morning Small Groups 5-18
Last Sunday, we continued in 2 Peter and briefly looked into Jude as well! At times, it may be hard for us to see the instructions of parents and family members as a form of protection. Though it may feel limiting, we might come to learn that they had our best interests in mind. The things we think will make us happy may actually hurt us. As members within God’s family, Peter and Jude instruct us to watch out for false teachers. Though these false teachers promise freedom and happiness, their path leads to emptiness and destruction. These passages remind us that we should be on guard against false teachers, knowing that it is the Lord who sustains us.
Scripture Passages We Studied:
2 Peter 2:1-3, 17-19
Jude 17-25
Next Steps . . .
Here are some questions to help guide you as you discuss this lesson with your student!
-How is Peter’s teaching different from that of the false teachers?
-What does freedom look like according to the false teachers? How would you describe true freedom?
-How can we learn to recognize whether teachings about God are true or false?
Sunday Morning Small Groups 5-25
This week, we are finishing 2 Peter, discussing how believers must live expecting Jesus’s return. Sometimes it’s hard to be patient. We don’t like waiting to hear if we successfully made the team, if we’re getting a gift we wanted, or if we got into the class or school that we applied for. We live in a time when we can get so many things immediately, so that makes patience particularly tough. In this week’s teaching, Peter will remind believers to wait expectantly on the Lord. Jesus promised that He would return, but many of us want to know: when? The Lord’s time frame is unlike our time frame, and we must choose to see this waiting period through the lens of God’s patience. Believers must live expecting Jesus’s return.
Please take a moment to read our Scripture passage for this week:
2 Peter 3:8-18
Next Steps:
Here are some questions to help guide you as you discuss this lesson with your student!
-How do verses 9-10 teach us about the Lord’s patience and justice?
-Read Revelation 21:1-4. How does this passage help you understand the future hope that Peter points us to?
-How can the promise of the new heavens and new earth give us hope in difficult times?
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
Minister of Youth
FBC Siloam Springs
tim@fbcsiloam.com
Summer Calendar 2025:
We will have a variety of events throughout the summer, including a few low-key Midweeks, a Naturals game, some random meetups, and more! Here’s a few key dates for now!
6/9-6/13: FUGE Camp
6/18: Midweek/Camp Recap
7/9: Midweek
7/12: Braum’s Meet-Up
7/23: Midweek
7/26: Meet-Up TBD
8/16: Naturals Game
8/20: Back 2 School Bash
VBS - June 23-27 - Students can be volunteers for VBS after they finish 6th grade! If you or your student would like to register as a VBS volunteer, please reach out to lisa@fbcsiloam.com. Also, be aware that the volunteer commitment is 8am to 12:30pm each day.
Sunday Morning Small Groups 5-18
Last Sunday, we continued in 2 Peter and briefly looked into Jude as well! At times, it may be hard for us to see the instructions of parents and family members as a form of protection. Though it may feel limiting, we might come to learn that they had our best interests in mind. The things we think will make us happy may actually hurt us. As members within God’s family, Peter and Jude instruct us to watch out for false teachers. Though these false teachers promise freedom and happiness, their path leads to emptiness and destruction. These passages remind us that we should be on guard against false teachers, knowing that it is the Lord who sustains us.
Scripture Passages We Studied:
2 Peter 2:1-3, 17-19
Jude 17-25
Next Steps . . .
Here are some questions to help guide you as you discuss this lesson with your student!
-How is Peter’s teaching different from that of the false teachers?
-What does freedom look like according to the false teachers? How would you describe true freedom?
-How can we learn to recognize whether teachings about God are true or false?
Sunday Morning Small Groups 5-25
This week, we are finishing 2 Peter, discussing how believers must live expecting Jesus’s return. Sometimes it’s hard to be patient. We don’t like waiting to hear if we successfully made the team, if we’re getting a gift we wanted, or if we got into the class or school that we applied for. We live in a time when we can get so many things immediately, so that makes patience particularly tough. In this week’s teaching, Peter will remind believers to wait expectantly on the Lord. Jesus promised that He would return, but many of us want to know: when? The Lord’s time frame is unlike our time frame, and we must choose to see this waiting period through the lens of God’s patience. Believers must live expecting Jesus’s return.
Please take a moment to read our Scripture passage for this week:
2 Peter 3:8-18
Next Steps:
Here are some questions to help guide you as you discuss this lesson with your student!
-How do verses 9-10 teach us about the Lord’s patience and justice?
-Read Revelation 21:1-4. How does this passage help you understand the future hope that Peter points us to?
-How can the promise of the new heavens and new earth give us hope in difficult times?
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
Minister of Youth
FBC Siloam Springs
tim@fbcsiloam.com
