DNOW, which stands for Disciple-Now, is an in-town weekend retreat full of fun, interactive and exciting games, biblical teaching, small-group discipleship, and awesome fellowship with students 6th-12th grade! The majority of the event will take place at FBC Blakely, but students will be staying in host homes with students of the same gender and general age as well as at least two leaders. We are so excited for DNOW this year, and can't wait to see how the Lord uses it for His good!

DNow is for all students in 6th-12th grade for the 2024-2025 school year.

• Invite your friends to be a part of DNow! The student who has the most friends attend will win $100!!!

• A themed Bible study throughout the weekend:
  • 4 Worship and Teaching Sessions
  • 4 Small Group Sessions
  • 4 Personal Devotion times
  • Fun Games & Activities throughout the weekend
  • An Interactive Student Book
• Lodging, Transportation, and Meals
  • FBC Member Host Homes divided by age/gender
  • FBC Adult Volunteers will drive students between FBC & Host Homes
  • Dinner Friday
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Saturday
  • Breakfast Sunday

Dnow 2025's theme is called "Total Surrender."

We live in a world where surrender can be a dangerous practice. We think of surrendering as something that you do when you no longer have any reason to keep fighting. But when it comes to surrendering our lives to God, we gain far more than we ever had to lose in the first place. We gain the life-giving relationship that we could never have with God by our own power. We are given an eternity to spend with Him. We gain wisdom and comfort from God, who has an endless supply for His children.

In a world where surrendering seems like a weakness, we want students to see that surrendering to God is the most important thing that they can ever do. Over the course of Total Surrender, we are going to talk about the initial surrender of giving our lives to Christ. But why stop there? Surrendering our lives is not a one-time event, but a daily occurrence that requires faith and focus.

Jesus tells us that whoever loses their life for His sake will ultimately find it (Matthew 10:39). God’s desire for us to surrender to Him is not so that we would be left with nothing but rather that whatever we thought we had before could be replaced with the only thing that we will ever truly need: God Himself.

Tentative Schedule:
FRIDAY 5/2/25:
    5:30-6 PM: Check-In/Registration
    6:00 PM: Dinner
    7:00 PM: Session 1
    8:30 PM: Small Group 1
    9:30 PM: Fun & Games
    11:00 PM: To Host Homes for the night 
SATURDAY 5/3/25:
    9:00 AM: Breakfast @ FBC
    10:15 AM: Session 2
    11:30 AM: Small Group 2
    12:30 PM: Lunch
    1:30 PM: Activity
    6:00 PM: Dinner
    7:00 PM: Session 3
    8:30 PM: Small Group 3
    9:30 PM: Fun & Games
    10:30 PM: To Host Homes for the night 
SUNDAY 5/4/25:
    8:00 AM: Breakfast @ FBC
    9:00 AM: Session 4/SG 4
    10:30 AM: Worship
    11:30ish AM: Go Home