Merry Christmas from UpStreet!

We want to wish all of you a merry Christmas! 2008 has been an amazing year on UpStreet. This blog will be on a bit of a break since things are so crazy this time of year, but we want you to know how much we appreciate you. Thanks for all you do to serve [...]

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Thankful for our storytellers!

We wanted to give a special shout-out to our amazing UpStreet storytellers. Thanks for all you do to communicate the Bible in an engaging, unforgettable way!
Coming up this Sunday, sharing about Feast Days in the Bible, we have:

Jenny, 9:00 Cafe
Ron, 9:00 WarehouseWendy B., 9:00 FactoryElizabeth, 11:00 CafeContessa, 11:00 WarehouseBetsy, 11:00 Factory

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Gratitude!

Our Big Idea for the month of November is gratitude! We had a lot of fun kicking off the month with a crazy game show – “Thanks or No Thanks.” Not only that, we learned what the Bible has to say about thankfulness:
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
-1 [...]

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What God is doing in Spain!

On Monday night, an excited team of UpStreet staff representing all three campuses of Buckhead, North Point, and Browns Bridge, along with our own amazing UpStreet volunteers from Buckhead, will start our journey to Sevilla, Spain… and we can’t wait to go!
We are partnering with the amazing and courageous founders of East Park Church to [...]

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Wow!!

Last week we had 500 kids on UpStreet! As a staff, it has truly been a JOY to watch all of our teams in action. Not only do we have more kids than ever, we have more volunteers. We encourage you guys to make an extra effort to get to know your teams. Consider grabbing [...]

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And We’re Off!

Thanks, everybody, for an amazing Promotion Sunday! We had 476 kids on UpStreet – wow!
It was a lot of fun to see all the new volunteers on both the small group and large group side, connecting and working together with your new teams. And, of course, it’s great to have our veterans back as well!
The [...]

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Promotion Sunday is COMING!!

Hi Guys!!
Summer Craze 2008 has come to close. We had a great summer learning to “Take it in and live it out”. A HUGE thank you to everyone who served this summer!!
We are SO excited to get the 2008-2009 year started on UpStreet!! We have more volunteers than EVER (almost 300!!), THREE Large Group environments, [...]

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See you at Kick-Off on 8/3!

Summer Craze is finishing up in the next couple of weeks. We’ll be talking about shining God’s light for all the world to see… AND seeing which grade is the grand champion from all the crazy games. Thanks for all your help serving this summer!
We’re also really excited about Kick-Off, Sunday, 8/3 from 12:30-2:00. You’ll [...]

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What’s the greatest commandment?

That was the question on 7/6 at Summer Craze. We learned that we can show God we love Him by loving other people. Before we got to the Bible lesson, though, we played a really fun game where small group leaders and kids got to work together – Skater Boy!

Each grade had one kid and [...]

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God’s love is BIG and STRONG and LOUD!

It’s hard to believe we’re halfway through Summer Craze! 6/29 was an awesome day on UpStreet. We learned the story of the prodigal son – God’s amazing love and forgiveness. We also heard that God loves us so much that He sent His Son for us. You might say God’s love is BIG and STRONG [...]

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