December Announcements

Hey gang,

It's Christmas time and we've got some stuff coming your way in terms of events, holidays, and club that we want you to be aware of as we head in to the break.

There will be NO CLUB the weeks of December 18th and 25th because of Christmas break. We will be back in action the first week of the new year with a group dinner. More details on that to come!

Academy Awards are coming up on January 27th and we want YOU to be there! Interested in filming a video? Talk to Michael or Meredith and let them know!

Y'all have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year! See you in 2012!

Meredith and Michael

ANNOUNCEMENTS :: week of oct. 31st

Hey West U -

We hope y'all had a great Halloween! We loved seeing y'all out on Friday night at the Middle School HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR and trick-or-treating last night! Check out some good info for this week and don't miss the pictures on our media page!

WEDNESDAY:

OCM AT YELLOWSTONE! We're finally able to go back after their Fall Break, so meet us at WUUMC at 3:30pm on Wednesday and come hang out with the coolest little kids in Houston! We will get back to the church at 5:30.

THURSDAY:

No theme. Yes to CLUB. 7-8:30pm at WUUMC. It's going to be awesome. Be there. Bring your friends. Don't miss it!

SAVE THE DATE:

December 2nd. MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCK-IN. best.night.of.your.life. Prepare yourself.

The Truth About When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Think about your life, think about the people in your life. I bet you can pick out a time when something bad happened to someone that you loved and cared about. You can't understand why, and to be honest you can't understand why a God who loves us would ever do that to someone who was so good.

The reality is this: None of us are really "good people". Sure, by the world's standards we may be good compared to others, but are we truly good? No, we aren't. We aren't good people because we broke off our relationship with God in the Garden, we sinned against God. The only person who was ever good, and is the absolute standard of goodness, is Jesus. He came to restore the broken relationship that we had with God because of our sin.

Sometimes we hurt when bad things happen to the people we care about. Sometimes we are angry, and we mourn, and we cry out and ask God why. Those are all completely natural emotions. Remember, Christ came and lived among us. We don't have a God who is unable to sympathize but one who experienced hurt and pain and loved and lost and every range of human emotion (Hebrews 4.14-16) . We can boldly approach the throne of grace and seek love and solace and comfort in the presence of God because of what Christ has done for us.

In my 24 years, I have loved and lost and hurt and mourned and celebrated. I have questioned God, I've sought answers, and it always comes back to this verse in Proverbs:

Proverbs 3.5 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding ...

This isn't always an easy verse to think about, and it certainly isn't what you want to do when you're hurting or confused, but the Scriptures are always true. We must "know and rely on the love God has for us" (1 John 4.16) and trust that his love covers all lack of understanding on our part. The truth is that we may never understand why people we love and care about go through, but we can rest in the promise that God loves us, and loves that person, more than we could ever possibly imagine. We live in a world of brokenness and pain because of our sin, but thanks be to God that his love covers that sin and that one day we can live with him forever in Heaven!

-Meredith

ANNOUNCEMENTS :: week of oct. 17th

MONDAY :: MS Club @ West U Methodist

WEDNESDAY :: NO OCM ... but come to our planning party for the middle school main event! Meet at West U Methodist at 3:30 (same place as we meet for OCM) and help us plan the middle school event!

THURSDAY :: HS Club @ West U Methodist

THEME OF THE WEEK ::

ANNOUNCEMENTS :: week of oct. 10th

Hey West U! It's COLUMBUS DAY ... so in honor of Columbus and all things America, you won't want to miss out on the theme this week:

OCM: Don't miss out on Yellowstone this week. It's our last one for two weeks because of school holidays, so don't miss your chance to come love on and hang out with our favorite kiddos!

Small Groups: Interested? Missing out? Talk to Meredith or Michael. We've got groups that meet every day of the week, from breakfast to dinner time - so we've got one for you!