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TeenRock (High School) will officially launch the Fall Semester on Wednesday, August 25, 2010.

As an added bonus, this official launch will happen at the new St. John Campus in the Worship Center.  TeenRock will be meeting there from now on.

For those of you who are hearing about this for the first time, the St. John Campus is located at 500 E. St. John Street (at the corner of Duval and St. John on the West side of I35).  Students should arrive between 6PM and 7PM for food and fellowship.  Students from Reagan High School needing transportation can meet at Reagan where TeenRock volunteers and leaders will be available to transport.  

TeenRock will begin a little after 7PM and conclude before 9PM. 

Please help us in spreading the word and telling friends and families about this momentous occasion in Student Ministry at The Austin Stone Community Church.

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Hello,

Let me begin this announcement by saying thank you to everyone for such a great and exciting summer.  I know that when we announced at the beginning of the summer that there would be some changes and some adjustments to Student Ministry, we would be faced with some challenges but with every challenge has come yet another opportunity for us to trust in God to deliver us. 

With that, it gives me great joy to announce the latest string of changes.  While I hesitate to say that this will be the LAST change, it will be one of the most significant changes for a long time. 

For High School
Beginning Wednesday, August 4, 2010, TeenRock will change to its permanent time of 7PM.  We will still be meeting at Reagan High School.

On Wednesday, August 25, 2010, TeenRock will move from Reagan High School to the new Austin Stone St. John Facility.  We will literally be the first group to use the space for worship.  Don't let that fact pass you by.  Students.  The Next Generation.  Leading the charge. 

For pictures and an ongoing blog of the building process, please visit http://austinstone.org/stjohn

For Middle School
Middle School will continue to meet at the Austin High campus at 9AM on Sunday for the rest of the summer and into September.  The opening of the new building does have implications on Middle School Ministry and for more details on this, we ask parents to please attend the Parent Meeting on August 15, 2010 after the 9AM service. 

Blessings,
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The TeenRock High School team has been diligent in its preparations for our exciting move to Wednesday. We anticipate great things to come from this and we hope students and parents are as excited as we are.

This Wednesday, June 23, 2010, TeenRock (High School) will relaunch for the summer at Reagan High School at 8PM. Students should be prepared to for the typical "TeenRock Festivities" with a couple of surprises. Additionally, we will be continuing teaching from 1 John and Jimmy McNeal will be leading worship.

TeenRock is also excited about having student athletes from Total City Sports Camp (which starts this week) there as well. Total City Coaches are encouraged to come with their students.  

Everything starts at 8PM and we will be meeting in the Performing Arts Center at Reagan High School (look for the signs).  

We will continue to meet at Reagan throughout the summer. TeenRock Middle School resumes Sunday at 9am at Austin High School.

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Dear TeenRock Family,

Join me in welcoming Summer 2010!

I wanted to take this opportunity to keep a couple of things in front of you as we launch into the summer months.

First, thank you for your grace and patience as my team and I have taken some much needed time to rest and recharge. While some of the team is still on break for another week or so, some have trickled back in and begun focusing on what lies ahead. It's good to have a refreshed team ready to roll.

Second, I want to focus us all on some significant things happening in terms of missions.

• On June 6, our Middle Schoolers will be heading to Memphis, Tennessee to work with an organization called Service Over Self. The heart behind this endeavor is to work alongside an organization that is firmly entrenched in inner-city Memphis and glean whatever knowledge and experience we can to bring it back to Austin.
• On June 13, a group of students from Reagan High School will be heading to Kibera (one of the largest slums in Kenya) to serve at a school for the children in Kibera. It is worth noting that these students raised upwards of $50,000 to go on this trip and are truly embodying the hope of what we have always wanted to be as a student ministry. To be able to see God use students with very limited resources themselves impact the globe in this way has given us more joy than I could have ever dreamed of.
• In July, another group of high school students will be heading to the Dominican Republic to put on a [KEEP READING]

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Friends,

It has been an unbelievable semester in TeenRock. Lives have been changed; much has been learned; and there are great things still to come...I am certain of it. My hope and prayer throughout this semester has been that we would look back on the past year and say that the TeenRock ministry that stands today, stands not because of the hands and work of men but because of the Hand and the Work of God. I have also prayed that:

• The ears of men and women would not be tickled by the musings of man but that hearts and minds would be renewed by the Word.
• The hands of men and women would reach deep into the soil of a broken world seeking its restoration not out of obligation or civic duty but out of obedience to the call of Christ.

The Lord has been faithful to answer, and on behalf of my staff and team of volunteers, I would like to thank you for all of your prayers and support. Additionally, I would like to let you know of something coming up and ask for your continued prayers.

In the interest of preparation for the next season, the TeenRock team will be taking a brief hiatus. The reasons for this are:

• To take time to reflect and celebrate as a team what the Lord has done.
• To rest and be restored so that we continue to serve from a place of overflow.
• To prepare and plan for the upcoming Summer and Fall.

While this in no way halts the typical interactions and contact that our interns and volunteers have during the week with students, it does mean that we will not [KEEP READING]

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