IABC Youth Group, 4505 Ingalls Avenue, Pascagoula, MS (2026)

09/20/2023

It’s Wednesday, that means it’s time for our youth to get together for some peer to peer fun and fellowship!
Tonight is week 2 of a 8 week series. Tonight they will be discussing from the book of Genesis, the good the bad and the ugly from the story of Adam and Eve.

09/19/2023

***Announcement***

Wednesday September 27th there are 2 events taking place.
See You At The Pole and a flag retirement ceremony that evening.

See you at the pole is a time of prayer when students meet at their school flagpole, before school, to lift up their friends, families, teachers, school and nation to God. It is student led, initiated and organized. If you have a child in school and they do not have anything planned for this event, please reach out. I’d be more than happy to guide them on how to put this together.

That same night our youth group will be hosting an American flag retirement ceremony. During this ceremony they will learn how to properly dispose of our flag and retire it honorably by tearing it according to her stripes and burning them. They will learn what each stripe means and the significance of retiring a torn, faded or tattered flag honorably.
Everyone is invited to attend and if you have a flag that needs to be retired, please bring with you. If you cannot attend but are in need of retiring your flag then we will have a drop box outside the church front doors between the hours of 10am-2pm the rest of this week and Monday-Wednesday next week. Feel free to drop it off and we will make sure it is retired properly for you.

May God bless America and shed His grace on thee!!

09/13/2023

Join us tonight for IABC’s Oasis Youth from 6-7:30. We will be starting a new series called THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

In this series, we will be looking at the Bible. But there’s ONE problem!

The Bible is not the easiest book to read. Partially because it was written by people who lived thousands of years ago and spoke a different language than we do. And partially because the stories and events found within its pages are often messy and sometimes unsettling. Which is why A.A. Milne, the dude who wrote the Winnie the Pooh books, said, “The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, and disbelief—call it what you will—than any book ever written.”
For many people, the Bible has become an obstacle to their faith.
Why?
Because they can’t reconcile a good God with all the bad things and ugly things found in His Word. But, when we learn to read the Bible wisely, we start to see how God uses all of it, the good, the bad, and the ugly, to tell a beautiful story about His relentless pursuit of broken people. And that’s not just true of the story of the Bible. It’s true of our lives too.
We all have gone through good things, we’ve had to put up with bad things, and we’ve suffered ugly things that we wish never happened. But God is so good and so loving that He uses all of it, the good, the bad, and the ugly, to weave a story of grace and redemption in our lives too.
That’s what this series is all about. Looking at the weird and wild parts of the Bible to highlight the goodness of God, who is and always will be a master storyteller.

09/09/2023

Tonight is movie night for IABC Oasis youth. Starts at 6pm and we will have nachos and popcorn. Phones must be silenced and put up before they begin.

09/06/2023

It’s time to get that fellowship going again!
Our doors are WIDE OPEN for everyone tonight and every Sunday!
Join us this evening for our new monthly Wednesday night fellowship supper and prayer meeting @ IABC Family Life Center. Dinner will be spaghetti and meatballs served with bread. We begin @ 5:45. If you haven’t already signed up, that’s ok, we still want you! $1 per person!

BUT WAIT THERES MORE 😊

Every Wednesday from 6-7:30 we offer youth group. We’ve decided to not call ourselves IABC youth group and give them a name with some real purpose and a mission. After all, they are important and they ARE the future leaders of THE Body of Christ, the church. So from now on we are Oasis Youth and this is who we are.

Protecting the future by Building tomorrow's leaders- that's why Oasis exists.
Oasis Youth sends a message of acceptance, courage, and pride in being a Christian, reminding young people that they are not alone and that their voices matter. Today’s youth need a place to unwind, relax and not feel the pressure or the hustle and bustle of our world. Here is where they can open up, ask questions, and get a true biblical discussion about things that they are actually dealing with at this age and in our oh so fallen world!
At Oasis Youth we strive to help them grow in faith, lead in faith and inspire others to Jesus! Today’s youth are the next generation of leaders for the church, THEY ARE IMPORTANT! Our youth need more than just a Sunday service once a week so bring them to Oasis Youth- where fun meets purpose!
We may not be a large group but we aim to transform lives and communities even if it’s one youth at a time!
Hope to see you on Wednesdays @ OASIS Youth, Ingalls Avenue Baptist Church Family Life Center 6-7:30pm

Oasis youth- where fun meets purpose.

BUT WAIT, THERES MORE! 😊

Beginning this Monday September 11th from 6-7:30 we will be doing CenterShot (making Christ the center of our lives) in the gym for 6 weeks for archery classes.
Fee is only $25 per person/child/youth. This is a great program to not only teach them this skill but also teaches patience, perseverance and focus. You can register online @ vbsmate.com/IABCPascagoulaMS
$25 fee will be collected at first class. No worries if you can’t register online, we would LOVE to still have you if you show up.

It’s Wednesday folks, let’s get connected to our church! Love you all!

09/03/2023

Good morning IABC youth! Matthew 11:28-30 has a lot of meaning in a couple short verses. Here’s a little breakdown for you to read over but there’s much more than just this to it. Looking forward to seeing you at church this morning so you can get the others parts of it.

Come, Take, Learn, Rest

How can we submit to the Savior’s yoke? The answer is found in the command “to learn from me.”
He is calling us to serve, but we work and serve in the strength which He gives. We are called according to His purpose. He is always there beside us pulling the weight for us, if we will only yield our lives to Him. The only time the load becomes overbearing is when we try to take over and do the pulling, or handle the load ourselves.
Many of us call ourselves “disciples” but do we have the right? We have responded to Him as our Savior, we have come to Him, but when He seeks to slip the yoke around our necks to join Him, well, we resist, we back off, we refuse to truly listen and submit to His Word and acknowledge His authority.
We really refuse to trust in His gentleness and goodness. We look at the yoke and think it does not fit when in reality, it is designed perfectly for us in that it is designed to make us like Him, but also because it is tailor made for us.
The world has changed a lot. The world has been neglecting its soul. And smartphones, and social media, and everything else that has come along in the name of progress, has not helped this at all. Carl Jung said that “people will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.” And when we don’t face our soul, and take care of our soul, it affects every other aspect of our life eventually.
But Jesus does not just invite us to take up his yoke. He invites us to learn from him. If we are going to find rest for our souls, it will be through learning from Jesus.
He wants us to take his yoke and learn from him. A soul at rest, in other words, is not a mind at rest. And one of the ways to find rest for our souls is to continue learning from Jesus. Through Sunday School, Worship, through our daily Bible reading and devotions, through fellowship with all, we continue to learn from Jesus. And by imitating his example, we can continue to learn from him. Spending quiet time alone with God. Putting away our distractions and going somewhere quiet enough to listen for God’s still small voice. That is what Jesus did. And we can learn from him to do this ourselves.

Join us for Sunday school at 9am and service at 10:15.

08/16/2023

It’s almost that time!! We have some exciting stuff that we’ll be planning, deciding and choosing for youth tonight. We need everyone’s input so hope to see you there! If you can’t make it then reach out so we can get all the info to you. Next week I will be cooking dinner for the group so make sure you show up hungry 😋

08/06/2023

The Lord’s Prayer is a prayer Jesus taught His disciples after they asked Him how they should pray.
The disciples had watched Jesus pray, and when He had finished, they asked Him, “Lord, teach us how to pray as well.” (Luke 11:1)
And Jesus responded with a prayer that we now call, the Lord’s Prayer.
However, the Lord’s Prayer was never meant to be a prayer we should recited word-for-word, as if these specific words, in this specific order, have some sort of power and influence of their own.
Instead, the Lord’s Prayer was meant to be a guide, or a template, for how we should structure our own prayers. Think of the Lord’s Prayer meaning as a wonderful tool Jesus gave us to provide insight into what’s truly important to God when we pray.

Join us this morning for Sunday school at 9am and service at 10:15.

07/26/2023

Hey everyone! We were so happy to see all of you in church on Sunday and can’t wait for tonight!!

“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” 1Timothy 4:12.

Being a young Christian today is something really incredible. In the middle of a dark and evil world, you can shine as a light! But as young people we experience temptation – we are definitely very drawn by our lusts. Luckily for us we are fully equipped to overcome every single temptation!

07/23/2023

Why do we deadbolt our doors at night? Why lock our cars or windows or computers? With threats of injury and loss everywhere, we learn to love personal security above anything else. Jesus values security too. The New Testament authors do not portray him as reckless or blind to our reality. But when he joins us in this painful world, he still chooses to live with love for God and others above anything else, even when doing so includes suffering, injury, and loss.
Is Jesus just a unique hero doing something no one else can? Or is he showing us a way to live on Earth right now?
Is Jesus offering a new way to keep our instinctive value for personal security above all else? Or is he saying we should stop thinking about securing food, clothing, and shelter altogether because the Kingdom is here?
OR, is he inviting people to see that God’s Kingdom is here and available—teaching us to practice ways of life rooted in strong love for God and others?
The story about the early Church in Acts 2 gives us a glimpse of people compelled by love and living in the ways of Jesus. They’re living in God’s Kingdom while also surviving in our world.
The story describes them as a community of people choosing to help each other live together in the way of their King. It’s a life marked by selfless giving and freedom from fearful self-preservation. The New Testament’s gospel accounts show us how Jesus encouraged his followers to receive life as an ongoing gift from God and to live as a gift, or grace, toward others.

Join us this morning for Sunday School at 9am and service at 10:15.

07/20/2023

FYI & Info for Saturdays Serve and Swim day.

These are some of the things that will be available for us to do at Presleys Outing besides swimming. If you want to fish please bring your gear, we have a couple of the guys that will be fishing.

-Lunch and dinner will be provided. We will have sandwiches for lunch and grilling shish kabobs for dinner at the lake.

-Please bring a towel and proper swim attire. (Girls will need a one piece swimsuit or shorts and tshirt)

-We will have permission slips available the morning of in case someone did not get one yet. But, they will need to be signed by parent or guardian before you can load up into the van.

-$15 will also need to be turned in before loading up into the van as well. This will cover lunch, dinner and entrance fee.

-All youth must attend the community service from 8am-11am in order to travel with us to Presleys Outing from 11:30am-5:30pm. We will leave directly from community service to the lake and will not be returning to the church until 6pm.

If anyone has any questions please reach out to us. Looking forward to our first SERVE & SWIM day together!

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