Our theme for the year is YOU ARE KNOWN. Our goal is to help students realize their identity is found in Jesus Christ and nothing else. They are known by God, and that means they can put their trust in someone that will never fail them. This journey will take us through the entire book of Romans. To make Romans a little more understandable, we've divided it up into FOUR series over the year. A COMMON GROUND is the first of the four series. Sprinkled throughout the year, though, are lessons specifically designed to help students see how each series gives information about our Identity in Christ.

These evenings will be more "sermonette" nights from Pastor Josh. There will not be much discussion, so prep will not be necessary for adults. However, if you'd like to know the topics of discussion, you can see them below.

SEPTEMBER 12 - DG LAUNCH/YOU ARE KNOWN INTRODUCTION

To be known by someone means an accepted vulnerability. We can put a mask on and trick anyone into believing we're something we're not, but for Jesus... he sees behind the masks. For Jesus, he doesn't need an invitation into your vulnerability. He already KNOWS you. It's up to us to embrace this vulnerability and let Jesus into our lives. If we are to know who we are, we must begin by understanding there's someone who knows us better than we know ourselves.

OCTOBER 31 - YOU ARE KNOWN AS RIGHTEOUS

The Common Ground Paul puts us on is that we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. We're all depraved (morally corrupt), and desire to worship something other than God. Because of this, we are unrighteous, unholy and not worthy of being in God's Presence. This is what we've spent the past two months learning in Romans. But praise be to the Lord, through the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ we have been made righteous!