12:13 Class Rules Need to use the bathroom? Ask a parent volunteer Need handouts from last week? Need to borrow a pen? Loan us a shoe and we will loan you a pen! Need to talk with a friend? Before/after class, but not during

Enjoying the ride of your life! 12:13 Series – September/October 2010

Riding The Middle School Rapids Class 3: Mind Bender Class 4: World Wide Wipeout Class 5: Body Blow Class 5: Relationship Riptide

The Middle School Mind Thinks more logically and abstractly Asks hard questions Loves to catch adults’ mistakes Debates anything and everything

Twisted Logic A cloud is 90% water. A watermelon is 90% water. Therefore, since a plane can fly through a cloud, a plane can fly through a watermelon.

Cat & Mice Five mice — Mindy, Marty, Muriel, Mabel, and Mike — were nibbling the cheese on the kitchen table, but Whiskers the cat chased them back into their hole. Muriel Mouse made it back third, and Mike Mouse was fourth. Mabel Mouse was after Mike, and Marty Mouse was not second. Which mouse was first, and which was last?

Fast Food Sally, George, and Frank were picking up their orders — a burger, a plate of fries, and a slice of pizza. "Who ordered what?" asked the man at the counter. George said, "I didn't order the pizza." The boy who ordered the fries said, "Oh, I thought you did." That was all the man at the counter needed to know. Who got each order?

New Thoughts, New Temptations Disrespect Independence Stubbornness PRIDE

Watch Out! “Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not go unpunished.” (Proverbs 16:5)

Go To Your Guides Scripture (Hebrews 4:12) Holy Spirit (Psalm 139:23) Parents (Proverbs 13:20)

Go To The Gospel “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing…” (Philippians 2:5-7)

…And Use Your Head! “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your MIND.” (Matthew 22:37)

Starting Point 2010 and forward 14 chairs podium Table for water/OJ table Table for coffee/food Starting Point 2010 and forward