The Way - Student Life Camp 08

Life is a journey full of choices. And everyone is going somewhere. Some take an easy path, the others a road less traveled. One leads to destruction, the other to life. Which way are you going?

People from all ages have had to decide how to deal with this choice. Back in the day- when the church was just getting started -before the word "Christian" was in the picture, people who followed Jesus were simply called "followers of the Way."

The disciples- the ones we know at "the 12," set the pace when they left their boats, nets, families and friends to follow Christ. They were obedient and they exemplified how believers are to follow. And that's how the movement began.

It was radical. And so it was described in Acts 19.23 "About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way."

What about you? Does your life's direction cause a disturbance? Or are you content to go with the flow? Jesus told the story in Matthew 7.14, "But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." He knows the challenge and has provided all we need to follow him.

The initial decision to follow Christ is pivotal without a doubt, but as long as we are in this world we are constantly deciding which nature to feed, what god to serve, which way to go. It's a process.

Student Life at The Beach will provide an opportunity to step back, check the landscape of life across the ages, evaluate where you are and how to walk in The Way today.

What to Expect

Student Life at The Beach is a God-focused experience that allows you the opportunity to worship while enjoying a laid-back beach environment. It brings together with other student groups in corporate settings that are fun-filled, energetic and life changing, but it also provides a lot of time for you to strengthen old relationships and create new ones within our group.

A full day at Student Life at The Beach begins with Morning Celebration, which brings students together to start the day with upbeat music, interactive drama that always involves students, and a word from the camp pastor that gives focus for the day.

Next is free time and small group time with our Student Ministry! It's an opportunity for our student group to spend the day enjoying some of the local attractions or hanging out in the sand and surf. We will also use this time to grow closer to each other as friends and Christians.

In the evening, everybody comes together again for Corporate Worship. It's a time for hearts and minds to focus on God through music, drama that is relevant, and a message that is full of truth, impact and meaning.

Late Nite follows with student participation, loud music, crazy games, daily videos, and student minister challenges that all combine to create an atmosphere made for energy and excitement!

When? Where? and how much?

Student Life at The Beach is June 26-30 in South Padre Island. The cost is $350 per student and a $50 deposit is required by May 11.

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Leading Us This Week

Gregg Matte is the teaching pastor of Houston’s First Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He is also the founder, a speaker, and previous director of Breakaway Ministries at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

Gregg is also the author of The Highest Education: Becoming a Godly Man and he is the executive producer of numerous praise and worship CD’s for Breakaway Ministries. With incredible leadership and a gift for speaking, Gregg is a great partner for Student Life and is sure to make an impact on your students.

Gregg and his wife Kelly have one son, Greyson, and live in Houston, Texas.

With his amazing ability to preach and teach God’s Word, Ben Stuart serves as lead speaker for Breakaway, a campus Bible study at Texas A&M University that draws thousands of students every week. Ben also serves as the executive director for Breakaway Ministries.

Ben’s experiences with youth and speaking include a season as youth pastor at a church in Spring, Texas, appearances at Houston’s Metro Bible Study, and guest speaking engagements at numerous youth events and conferences all over the nation. He is a Texas A&M graduate and is currently working to a complete a master’s degree in theology with an emphasis in church history at Dallas Theological Seminary.

Ben and wife, Donna, live in College Station, Texas.

Since 1991, Charlie Hall has been songwriting, traveling and sharing life with people in his hometown of Oklahoma City and around the word. Charlie is a singer-songwriter and worship leader who hopes to work beyond the old models of success, without spurning the community who has embraced him and his songs. He is part of Bridgeway Church and a leader in the Passion movement. Charlie and his wife, Kimberlyn, their two children live near downtown Oklahoma City.

His latest album, Flying Into Daybreak, captures many personal and communal themes that Charlie and the guys in the band are trying to espouse and live out, among their local communities, the Church and with one another. Renewing and encouraging local churches, engaging people of all ages in social justice action, widening hearts to see God at work in the whole world, spurring local artists on to imaginative and creative expression and offering songs of rest to those who are simply tired are some of the hopes of Charlie and his band.

For More Information

For more information about Student Life at the Beach contact Jimmy Fenwick, Director or Student Ministry at or 281.634.8912 or Jason Clarke, Student Ministries Intern at or 281.634.8913.