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Our marathon summer at SWITCH has begun and we are looking down the barrel at several busy weeks ahead! If you’re like most families, your household is busy with activities no matter what time of year it is and it is so easy to get overwhelmed. Some of you may be thinking that summer was supposed to be full of hammocks, lemonade, and a good book, but unfortunately the reality of life woke you from that dream! Busy-ness isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it can lead you to miss out on God’s plan. I had a mentor tell me one time that we must learn to say no to some good things so we can have time for the best things. As July approaches, take time to stop. Breathe. Listen. Evaluate. Let Go. Trust. Pray. Scripture reminds us in Psalm 46:10 to “be still and know that I am God.” Maybe you’ve not taken the opportunity to rest in His presence and allow His power to overcome your anxieties. As we push the pause button on our lives, we’re able to gain perspective, hear from God, and see the value of saying no to lower things so we can say yes to the highest things. Speaking of the best things…our office made a decision regarding our Middle School Mission Trip to Frayser at the end of July. We’ve modified this trip to make it best meet our needs and the needs of our families. We’ll be doing our first ever M.S.R.A.O.K. Week (Middle School Random Acts of Kindness Week) July 28-31 (Wednesday –Saturday) from 9AM-Noon each day. The cost is free and the schedule is very flexible. Your child will learn service, humility, and compassion by performing acts of kindness, such as passing out popsicles and Powerade to local high school football and marching bands, working in a local food pantry, baking and distributing cookies to local businesses, etc. On Friday, the 30th, we’ll have a Sleep Over at the church beginning at 8pm and lasting until Saturday at noon! We’re excited about this change and can’t wait to see your middle schooler involved in ministry during MSRAOK. The deadline to sign up is July 18 and your child may register at www.switchmemphis.com. By His Grace, Jason P.S. Some of you are receiving the FLIP for the first time because you have an incoming 7th grader in the fall. Please read through our upcoming events and make sure you attend our parent meeting for incoming 7th graders on August 1st!

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Incoming 7th Grade Parent Meeting: August 1 @4PM

If you’ve got a child who’s about to be entering the 7th

grade, you need to be at this meeting! We’ll introduce

you to our Student Ministry, prepare you for what to

expect this coming year, and give you resources for

dealing with your soon-to-be teenager. The meeting

will be in the Rock.

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Sign up now for the email

version of The Flip! Just send

along your email address to

students@bartlettbaptist.org.

Random Acts of Kindness Week: July 27-31

We’re asking our middle schoolers to join us for a week

of showing the love of Christ to our city! We’ll be

baking cookies for local businesses, passing out

popsicles to local football teams and bands, working in a

local food pantry, and more! We’ll also have a sleepover

on Friday to end our week in style. This mission

experience is FREE, and students can sign up online at

www.switchmemphis.com. Sign up deadline is July 18.

Most Exciting Things

Happening in July

The 4th of July! Who doesn’t love a

good fireworks show?

Eclipse is here! (Okay, technically it

came out in June, but it was the

last day).

Student Camp at the Beach!

Enough said.

The Ramona series by Beverly

Cleary is coming to the big screen

in a new film called “Ramona and

Beezus.” Check it out July 23!

11th / 12th Grade Trip to Guate-

mala! Pray for our team as they

minister to the Pokomchi.

The finals of the World Cup are

finally here!

Student Connect Groups: August 15

For the last two years, we’ve desired to unify our

Connect Group offerings on Sunday morning. Currently

we only have 15% that attend our 8:15am Connect

Groups while the remaining 85% attend our 9:30am

Connect Groups. As we start our new Sunday morning

schedule on August 15th, we will begin offering only one

Connect Group time for students. Students at BBC will

have Connect Groups at 9am and participate in worship

during the 10:30am service.

Student Camp Celebration: July 18 @ 5PM

As part of our Super Summer Sunday Nites, we’ll be

letting the church experience some of what we did at

Student Life Camp at the Beach. We’ll share what we’ve

learned and how we’ve been challenged, and we invite

you to celebrate what God has done with us!

LOOKING AHEAD

July 4 // switch Sunday

July 6 // abs & putt putt

July 13-17 // student camp at the beach

July 19-25 // guatemala mission trip

July 20 // abs & bowling

July 27 // abs & evening olympics

July 28-31 // random acts of kindness week

August 1 // incoming 7th grade parent meeting

Tuesdays at 7pm—high school area bible studies

Wednesdays at 6pm—middle school bible study

(in the rock)

Culture CluesCulture CluesCulture CluesCulture Clues Summer a Risky Time for Teenage Drivers

Did you know that automobile crashes are the number one cause of

death for teenagers in the USA? Or that the most lethal period for

teenage drivers is between Memorial Day and Labor Day? Below are

some things to discuss with your teen to keep them safe on the roads

this summer.

• Risk taking: A crash can happen to you. And it's not just about you;

crashes affect other people.

• Unbuckled belts: Wearing a seat belt reduces your chances of being

hurt or killed in a crash by 45%.

• Speeding: One-third of teen fatalities involve speeding.

• Rowdy passengers: Adding one teen passenger to a vehicle increases

a young driver's crash risk by about 50%. With two or more teen pas-

sengers, the crash risk increases fivefold.

• Cell Phones: Focus on driving. Save the phone calls, text messaging

and other gadgets for after the driving is done.

• CD players: Research shows that adjusting the radio is the most com-

mon distraction for drivers 16 to 20.

• Nighttime cruising: Teen crash rates at night (9 p.m.- 6 a.m.) are

twice as high as daytime rates.

• Overconfidence: New situations, combined with inexperience and

overconfidence, result in crashes too often with young drivers.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-06-20-

teendrivingsafety_N.htm

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Bartlett Baptist Church

3465 Kirby Whitten Pkwy

Bartlett, TN 38135

901-333-3350

7/7 - Christmas in July

7/14 - No Meeting

7/21 - Lost

7/28 - No Meeting

8/4 - Heroes

Join us Wednesday nights at 6PM for the Flip—a Bible Study for our 7th-8th graders! We’ll have snacks, play games, and hear from God’s Word. Also, each week we’ll be basing the evening around different themes, so be sure to

check out the schedule!