This section contains various resources for those involved in the OPBC Youth. Lead by Jared M., they meet every Thursday Night along with other youth events throughout the year. These resources are vital for young men and women who want to learn how to grow in their relationship with the Lord.
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Thursday Meetings
Youth Events
2023
Christmas Youth Event 12-09-23 – Xavier on being separate
Christmas Youth Event 12-09-23 – Jordan on being prepared for the Lord’s coming
Thursday 11-30-23– Numbers Intro
Thursday 11-09-23– Leviticus Offerings 1-3
Thursday 11-02-23– Leviticus Outline
Thursday 8-31-23– Patterns: The Tabernacle
Thursday 8-31-23– Jacob
Thursday 9-14-23– The Books: Genesis 15-25
Thursday 8-31-23– The 15 Rules of Bible Study – pt 3
Thursday 8-24-23– The 15 Rules of Bible Study – pt 2
Thursday 8-17-23– The 15 Rules of Bible Study – pt 1
Thursday 4-27-23– Dating pt5: How to date
Thursday 4-20-23– Dating pt4: Genesis 24:15-21 – Principles on finding a spouse pt2.
Thursday 4-13-23– Dating pt3: Genesis 24:1-14 – Principles on finding a spouse pt1.
Thursday 4-6-23– Dating pt2: Should I date?
Thursday 3-30-23– Dating pt1: Marriage (Planned, Pictured, Purposed)
Thursday 3-23-23– Aaron Crust: Faith
Thursday 3-2-23– The Whole Armor of God: Prayer pt 4 – Prayer
Thursday 2-23-23– The Whole Armor of God: Prayer pt 3 – Intercession Supplication
Thursday 2-16-23– The Whole Armor of God: Prayer pt 2 – Intercession/Supplication
Thursday 2-2-23– The Whole Armor of God: Prayer pt 1 – Thanksgiving
Thursday 2-9-23– Drake: Three gifts that Christians can give to the world.
Thursday 1-26-23– Alex: What would you do if you could do anything for one hour?
Thursday 1-19-23– The Whole Armor of God: The Sword of the Spirit pt 3
Thursday 1-12-23– The Whole Armor of God: The Sword of the Spirit pt 2
Thursday 1-5-23– The Whole Armor of God: The Sword of the Spirit pt 1
2022
Thursday 12-29-22– The Whole Armor of God: The Helmet of Salvation
Thursday 12-15-22– The Whole Armor of God: The Shield of Faith pt 2
Thursday 12-08-22– The Whole Armor of God: The Shield of Faith pt 1
Thursday 11-17-22
– The Whole Armor of God: S.W.E.T. pt 5 – Finishing SWAGR
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“Wa” Memory Verses (at least one is required for the final test):
- Romans 6:23
- Rev 21:8
- Ps 9:17
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“G” Memory Verses (at least one is required for the final test):
- Romans 6:23
- Romans 5:8-9
- Heb 7:25
- Eph 2:8-9
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“R” Memory Verses (at least one is required for the final test):
- Romans 10:9-10,13
- 2 Pt 3:9
- 1 John 5:10-13
Thursday 11-17-22– The Whole Armor of God: S.W.E.T. pt 4 – SWAGR “S” overview and
mock-witnessencounter.
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“S” Memory Verses (at least one is required for the final test):
- Romans 3:10-12, 23
- Is 64:6
Thursday 11-10-22 – No Recording – topics covered are reviewed in the
nextrecording (11/17).
Thursday 10-20-22– The Whole Armor of God: S.W.E.T. pt 2 – The three steps to winning a
soul(sew – water – reap)
Thursday 10-13-22– The Whole Armor of God: S.W.E.T. pt 1 – The key to winning souls
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Memory Verses (at least one is required for the final test):
- Proverbs 16:1
- 1 Peter 3:15
Thursday 10-6-22– The Whole Armor of God: Righteousness
Thursday 9-29-22– The Whole Armor of God: Truth part 2
Thursday 9-15-22– The Whole Armor of God: Truth part 1
Thursday 9-8-22– Why we need the Armor of God
Thursday 9-1-22 – No youth group
Thursday 8-25-22 – ?
Thursday 8-18-22– Drake P. – Being Like Christ
Thursday 8-11-22– Communion
(Camp) Saturday 8-6-22– Dean Hayes – Where is the Lord God of Elijah
(Camp) Saturday 8-6-22– Chris Schmidt – Faithful Follower
(Camp) Friday 8-5-22– Dean Hayes
Thursday 8-4-22(Bible Study) – Dean Hayes – Old Testament stories
Thursday 7-28-22– How to win someone to Christ
Thursday 7-21-22– Jared M. – Discipline
Thursday 7-14-22– The Blessing of the Lord
Thursday 7-7-22– Unanswered Prayer
Thursday 6-30-22– Jon B. – The Prodigal Son
Thursday 6-23-22 – No recording
Thursday 6-16-22– Psalm 4
Thursday 6-9-22– Psalm 4
Thursday 6-2-22– What’s the Church for?
Thursday 5-26-22– Drake P. – Getting Roasted
Thursday 5-19-22– Why are you doing what you’re doing?
Thursday 5-12-22– What’s Written or What’s Right
Thursday 5-5-22– The Subtle Sower
Thursday 4-28-22– Jared M. – Currency of Care
Thursday 4-21-22– The Plans of the Wicked (Job 21:27-30)
Thursday 4-14-22– The House of the Wicked
Thursday 4-7-22– Truth from Proverbs 28
Thursday 3-31-22– Gospel of the Periodic table
Thursday 3-24-22– Fasting
Thursday 3-17-22– Psalm 12:8
Thursday 3-10-22– Psalm 12:5-7 – The Words of the Lord are Pure Words
Thursday 3-3-22– Psalm 12:3-4
Thursday 2-24-22– Psalm 12:2
Thursday 2-17-22– Psalm 12:1-2
Thursday 2-10-22– Romanus and the Child part 2
Thursday 2-3-22– Romanus and the Child part 1
Thursday 1-27-22– Crown of Glory
Thursday 1-20-22– Crown of Rejoicing part 2
Thursday 1-13-22– Crown of Rejoicing part 1
Thursday 1-6-22 – No Recording
2021
Thursday 1-7-21– Jared M. on Luke 19 and profitability
Thursday 1-21-21– Q&A – What are you trusting to get you to heaven?; Is it easier to be
aChristian today or when your parents were kids?; Do God’s standards
changebased off of where you find yourself?
Thursday 2-4-21– Drake P. – Hosea 10
Thursday 2-18-21– Do we have God given rights?
Thursday 3-4-21– Alex S. – Courage
Thursday 3-18-21– Q&A – Why is the LGBTQ community growing?; What is the proper way to
treatsomeone who has left the church?
Thursday 4-1-21– Jared M. on being desensitized to the cross
Thursday 5-27-21– Alex S. – Putting off to put on
Thursday 6-10-21– Q&A – Will we inhabit Mars?; Can an LGBTQ person be saved?; Is it ever
rightto lie?; 13 Principles to destroy America’s youth
Thursday 6-24-21– Jared M. on three enemies of a Christian
Thursday 7-8-21– Psalm 15 – Open Mic Night
Thursday 7-22-21– Drake P. on being goal oriented
Thursday 7-30-21– Senior send off (Sierra, Josh, Amanda, Addi)
Thursday 8-5-21 – [NO RECORDING]
Thursday 8-19-21– John 21:18-19 “How to Die”
Thursday 9-16-21– John 12:24 – Fruit from death
Thursday 9-30-21– Intro to the 5 Crowns
Thursday 10-14-21– ‘Prudence’ and the Judgement Seat of Christ part 1
Thursday 10-28-21– ‘Prudence’ and the Judgement Seat of Christ part 2
Thursday 11-18-21– Can God Furnish a Table in the Wilderness?
Thursday 12-2-21– Crown of Righteousness part 1
Thursday 12-9-21– Crown of Righteousness part 2
Thursday 12-16-21– Crown of Life
2020
Thursday 1-2-20– Am I faithful to God?
Thursday 1-16-20– Drake P. – What it means to be a quality Christian
Thursday 1-30-20– Opening ice breaker topics – A Biblical look at Kobe Bryant’s death
Thursday 2-13-20– The key to change – Joshua 24
Thursday 2-27-20 – [NO RECORDING]
Thursday 3-12-20– Alex S. – A burden
No youth meetings due to Coronavirus
Thursday 5-28-20– Defining “the last days”
Thursday 6-11-20– Defining “race”
Thursday 6-25-20– Curse, Cause, and Cure
Thursday 7-10-20– Senior Spotlight: Gloria C. and Maddy K.
Thursday 9-3-20– Psalm 51:10
Thursday 9-17-20– 2 Corinthians 4:17
Thursday 10-1-20– 2 Samuel 10:12
Thursday 10-15-20– How do you feel about death?
Thursday 10-29-20– Jonah 2:8
Thursday 11-12-20– Current Events Q & A
Thursday 12-3-20– Keeping God close
Thursday 12-17-20– Q&A – Will 2021 be a return to normal?; Will America have a second
civilwar? Would this make America better or worse?; Without the media, would
youknow we are in a pandemic?
2019
Thursday 1-3-19– Lessons from Pontius Pilate
Thursday 1-17-19 – 1 Kings 18 – Elijah and the prophets of Baal, and getting rid of sin
inyour life
Thursday 1-31-19– Bible study covering Matthew 15:11 and other principles
Thursday 2-14-19– 2 Samuel 11 – Dealing with an attitude of not wanting to serve God
Thursday 2-28-19– Luke 7:36-50 – Coming to Jesus as a sinner vs. a Pharisee
Thursday 3-14-19– Walking with God for a personal relationship
Thursday 3-28-19– 1 Samuel 28 – Dealing with our flesh
Thursday 4-11-19– The war against the flesh
Thursday 4-25-19– Dealing with gossip and cliques
Thursday 5-9-19 – Biblical perspective on music
Thursday 5-23-19 – Natural disasters in the world; Biblical perspective on music part 2
Thursday 6-6-19 – Biblical perspective on music part 3 – history
Thursday 6-20-19 – Biblical perspective on music part 4 – history continued
Thursday 7-4-19 – No meeting
Thursday 7-18-19 – Pre-camp song practice (no recording)
Thursday 8-1-19– Camp recap
Thursday 8-15-19– Biblical perspective on music part 5
Thursday 8-29-19– Biblical perspective on music part 6
Sunday 9-8-19 – Zach message in Wichita– summary of the Biblical perspective on music
Thursday 9-12-19– Biblical perspective on music part 7
Thursday 9-26-19– Establishing Biblical walls part 1
Thursday 10-10-19– Establishing Biblical walls part 2
Thursday 10-24-19– Establishing Biblical walls part 3
Thursday 11-7-19– Having no confidence in the flesh
Thursday 11-21-19– Proverbs 14:12 – Going God’s way instead of our own
Thursday 12-5-19– Psalm 78
Thursday 12-19-19– Nursing home Christmas Carol rehearsal
2018
Thursday 1-4-18 – “Greatness” in the sight of God
Thursday 1-18-18 – 1 Corinthians 13 – Charity
Thursday 2-1-18– Aaron C. – Psalms 1
Thursday 2-15-18– Leviticus 24:20 vs. Matthew 5:38. Being “cross-fit” (theme of camp).
Thursday 3-1-18– Carrying your cross for the Lord – Luke 9:23
Thursday 3-15-18– Discussion on school walk-outs; Loneliness
Thursday 3-29-18– Q&A – Pope Francis and Catholic Church saying there is no hell; God’s
7,000year timeline; a simple way of proving to God to someone; how to deal
withsomeone who believes you must be baptized to be saved; how to deal
withsomeone who says that God revealed himself to them in dreams
Thursday 4-12-18– Preparing for camp kickoff song
Thursday 4-26-18 – Speaking in tongues
Thursday 5-10-18– Evolution
Thursday 5-24-18 – Proverbs 1:32 – Prosperity in this life vs. prosperity for God
Thursday 6-7-18– Philippians 4:13 – Strengthening by our works as a Christian
Thursday 6-21-18 – 5 things social media has done to our society
Thursday 7-5-18– When Jesus got high on a mount
Thursday 7-19-18– Pre-camp singing and prayer meeting
Thursday 8-2-18– Post-camp prayer meeting
Thursday 8-16-18– Meditation
Thursday 8-30-18– Aaron C. – Character study of Peter
Thursday 9-13-18– Getting the victory over our flesh
Thursday 9-27-18 – Maintenance of our spirit (part 1)
Thursday 10-11-18 – Maintenance of our spirit (part 2)
Thursday 10-25-18– Maintenance of our soul
Thursday 11-8-18 – 1 Samuel 21 faith vs. fear
Thursday 12-6-18 – The 5 crowns at the Judgment Seat of Christ
Thursday 12-20-18– Jenny S. – Serving the Lord
2017
Thursday 1-12-17 – 2 Timothy 3:1-4 Part 3
Thursday 1-26-17 – 2 Timothy 3:1-4 Part 4
Thursday 2-9-17 – Genesis 3:6 – Preventing a comeback of the Devil in your life
Thursday 2-23-17 – Study on Islam
Thursday 3-9-17 – Youth Prayer Meeting
Thursday 3-23-17 – 1 Samuel 12:23 – The sin of ceasing to pray for people
Thursday 4-6-17 – James 5 – The 4 keys to prayer
Thursday 4-20-17 – Acts 16:19-34 – Using prayer to invite God into impossible situations
Thursday 5-4-17 – 2 Timothy 2:20-22 – being a vessel unto honour by fleeing youthful lusts
Thursday 5-18-17 – Joshua 4 – setting up a memorial to remember where God has brought you
Thursday 6-1-17 – Difference between spirits and ghosts; Joshua 6 recap
Thursday 6-15-17– Aaron C. – Joshua 7, the sin of Achin
Thursday 6-29-17 – John 12 – Jesus’s love for Mary, Martha, and Lazarus
Thursday 7-13-17 – Lot’s Legacy of Loss
Thursday 8-3-17 – Matthew 13 – Planting seeds in the hearts of men
Thursday 8-17-17 – Deceitfulness
Thursday 8-31-17 – Joshua 1 – Courage in the Word of God
Thursday 9-14-17 – Natural Disasters vs. God’s Judgment
Thursday 9-28-17 – Joshua 24, Philippians 4:8 – Serving God with your mind
Thursday 10-12-17– Justin P. – How God loves righteousness
Thursday 10-26-17 – Pyrrhic victories 1 Samuel 19:2 – Sometimes when you win, you actuallylose
Thursday 11-9-17 – Discussion over church massacre in Texas
Thursday 12-7-17 – The gift of sacrifice
Thursday 12-21-17– The history and misconceptions of Christmas
2016
Thursday 1-14-16 – New Years recap… 1 Kings 17:6-18 – trusting God with not just your
soul,but your life.
Thursday 1-28-16 – Asa character study
Thursday 2-11-16 – Tools God will use to grow us
Thursday 2-25-16 – Rule #1 to Bible study – Context
Thursday 3-10-16– Aaron C. – Rule #2 to Bible study – The 3 people groups in the Bible
Thursday 3-24-16 [NO RECORDING] – Justin Powers – Rule #3 to Bible study
-Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
Thursday 4-7-16 – Rule #4 to Bible study – The 3 applications of scripture
Thursday 4-21-16 – Rule #5 to Bible study – The 3 plans of God
Thursday 5-5-16 – Rule #6 to Bible study – God chose the exact words and events recorded
inthe Bible to teach us
Thursday 5-19-16– Rule #7 to Bible study – The invisible things of God are clearly seen by
thethings he made
Thursday 6-2-16 – Rule #8 to Bible study – There is no private interpretations of the
Bible;any “interpretation” must be from comparing scripture with scripture
Thursday 6-16-16 – Rule #9 to Bible study – The individual words are the key to studying
theBible
Thursday 6-30-16 – Rules #10 & 11 to Bible study – Don’t try to line up the Bible to what
youbelieve, always line yourself up to what the Bible says. And always give
theBible the benefit of the doubt
Thursday 7-14-16 – Rule #15 to Bible study – The importance of numbers in the Bible
Thursday 8-11-16 – John 6 – Giving God your basket
Thursday 9-8-16 – Luke 2 – “Losing Jesus”
Thursday 9-22-16 – Intro to Isaiah 53
Thursday 10-6-16 – Isaiah 53
Thursday 10-20-16 – Intro to study of conspiracies
Thursday 11-3-16 – Conspiracy study – The Illuminati, the New World Order part 1
Thursday 11-17-16 – Conspiracy study – The New World Order part 2
Thursday 12-1-16 – 2 Timothy 3:1-4 Part 1 – “The Last Days”
Thursday 12-15-16– Aaron C. – Steps to spiritual growth
Thursday 12-29-16 – 2 Timothy 3:1-4 Part 2 – Men being lovers of their own selves in the
lastdays
2015
Thursday 8-27-15 – Luke 16 and the “elder brother”
Thursday 9-10-15 – Luke 9 – the 3 excuses for not being a disciple of Christ
Thursday 9-24-15– Jenny S. character study on Jezebel
Thursday 10-8-15 – Review of article “11 NFL stars you didn’t know were Christian”
Thursday 10-22-15 – The 3 raptures in the Bible
Thursday 11-5-15 – Joshua 2 – What it takes for God to take his hand off your life as
aChristian
Thursday 11-19-15 – Luke 10 – Mary vs. Martha. A work OF God vs. a workFOR
God
Thursday 12-17-15 – New Years song practice