High School Students

High School Students

Event
09/18/19

Evangelism Night at 9/19 Student Impact

Location: The Warehouse (31200 Solon Road, Solon OH 44139)
Start Time: Thu 19, Sept. 2019, 7 p.m.
End Time: Thu 19, Sept. 2019, 9 p.m.

Dear Parents of High School students,

This Thursday we are having an evangelism night at Student Impact. As you may remember, we did this last December on the final Thursday of our series on “Sharing Jesus.” I was encouraged and amazed by the stories and reflections I heard after that night was over, about how God used those conversations to share the good news of the gospel with unbelievers, while also lighting a fire in our student’s hearts to share their faith with others. Because of this, we want to make these evangelism nights something that we do 1-2 times a year as a group. For those who are unfamiliar with what we did last December, we want to send out this email to inform you exactly what we will be doing this Thursday night: 
  
Students will arrive at 7:00pm like usual, but at 7:30 we will depart from the Warehouse, sending small groups to separate locations (Pinecrest, Beachwood Mall, Downtown Chagrin Falls, Solon Park, and Legacy Village). Upperclassmen and underclassmen will mix up in groups, travel in the adult leader’s vehicles to these various locations, and will be within the visible supervision of their adult leaders at all times. When the students arrive at their locations, they will walk around in groups of 2-3 and attempt to engage people in spiritual conversations, looking for opportunities to share their faith and the good news of the gospel. We are also giving them copies of The Gospel of John and 'The Story' tracts that you’ve seen around the church. The students and adult leaders will do this for 45-60 minutes, and then head back to the Warehouse before 9pm, discussing their experience during the car ride back.

I would ask that you encourage your high school student to participate in this event. I fully acknowledge (and have acknowledged all throughout the course of our series) that evangelism is hard. It’s uncomfortable, it’s awkward, and for some of us it is one of our worst fears. However, I have also expressed to our students that evangelism is not an option for some Christians, but an obligation for all Christians. Jesus has called all disciples to go and make disciples of all nations, teaching them who he is and what he has done (Matt. 28:18,19) and the primary way that God saves people is through using our words and our witness for Jesus Christ (Rom. 10:13-17). I hope that you share this conviction with me and that you will encourage and exhort your high school student to participate in this event, praying that God would use these conversations to save unbelievers, but also that He would use this event to create a desire for evangelism in the hearts of our students.  

Thank you for your support and your prayers. Please feel free to call or email me if you have any questions or concerns about Thursday.


Email: dschillero@parksidechurch.com
Cell Phone: 216-659-6198
 
For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed?
And how are they to believe in him in whom they have never heard?
And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
And how are they to preach unless they are sent?
As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 
Romans 10:13-15