So here is part two of this awesome weekend...
Cameron (One of the students who went to Florida with me) and I got into a heated discussion about Football...mostly college football but we did discuss the NFL a bit. He seems to think that his team (Miami Dolphins) is a much better team than my Detroit Lions. Maybe I would agree with this, BUT NOT THIS YEAR. I am so stoked about how well my Lions are doing. Granted they may not win the Super Bowl this year, but at least they have a winning season.
Cameron also seems to think that someone South Carolina is a better team than Michigan. Okay, people...yes, they lost to App State at the start of the season! However, that was months ago! AND App State were Division II champs... The only reason they are Div II is school size, so people please!
Okay, quick run down of highlights from the weekend.
-Universal Studios rocked!
-NBA city is a great restraunt
-I have recently become a Tennessee Volunteers fan, just because the played them dumb Fighting Chickens (South Carolina)
-Michigan won...
-Clemson won...
-South Carolina lost and is no longer ranked!! Cameron I told you Michigan would be higher ranked!
-Florida lost
-Detroit Lions beat Chicago Bears
-Cameron gave an awesome message last night to our youth group..."How to Honor Your Parents"
-We had a great crowd of students and parents for our "Parents Just Don't Understand" series
-I am excited to we are going to two services at church real soon...WE NEED THE SPACE, we are growing!
-We are kicking off two student services this sunday...Middle School will be meeting at 5pm and High School will be meeting at 6:30...whoooooo hooooo!
-We had a great crowd in our morning worship experience-I know, because I had to count!
-I am still in need of several volunteers for student ministry, and I know Janet, our children's director, needs a bit of help too!
Wow, that's a lot! It's been a busy weekend and this week is going to be even better.
Check back later this week to see what God has been saying to me through the book of Acts.
October 29, 2007
The Weekend UPDATE (part 1)
I must say it has been an incredible weekend.
My weekend actually started out on Thursday afternoon. I picked up three of the guys from my youth group and kidnapped them (okay with their parents permission). We headed down to my in-laws house in DeLand, FL. It's about a 4.5 hour - 5hour drive from Charleston. It was a great trip, a little rainy, but good.
On Friday we headed to Orlando to spend the day at Universal Studios Florida! This has to be one of my favorite places in the States. I love movies, and an entire theme park dedicated to some awesome stimulating visual effects and great rides is my idea of fun! Plus an added bonus, there were hardly any lines! I seriously think the longest line we stood in was only about 12 minutes.
We headed back to Charleston on Saturday and had a great conversation about church and youth group. One of my jobs as a youth pastor is to develop fully devoted followers of Jesus. And part of that means getting these guys to think outside of the box when it comes to church. My question for them was if you weren't a Christian and never have stepped in a church what would draw you? Tough question huh? Well what would your answer be? Send a comment and lets get some discussion on that.
I really want to do our youth group totally different and want it to draw teenagers every week...so how do we do that? Any ideas?
My weekend actually started out on Thursday afternoon. I picked up three of the guys from my youth group and kidnapped them (okay with their parents permission). We headed down to my in-laws house in DeLand, FL. It's about a 4.5 hour - 5hour drive from Charleston. It was a great trip, a little rainy, but good.
On Friday we headed to Orlando to spend the day at Universal Studios Florida! This has to be one of my favorite places in the States. I love movies, and an entire theme park dedicated to some awesome stimulating visual effects and great rides is my idea of fun! Plus an added bonus, there were hardly any lines! I seriously think the longest line we stood in was only about 12 minutes.
We headed back to Charleston on Saturday and had a great conversation about church and youth group. One of my jobs as a youth pastor is to develop fully devoted followers of Jesus. And part of that means getting these guys to think outside of the box when it comes to church. My question for them was if you weren't a Christian and never have stepped in a church what would draw you? Tough question huh? Well what would your answer be? Send a comment and lets get some discussion on that.
I really want to do our youth group totally different and want it to draw teenagers every week...so how do we do that? Any ideas?
October 25, 2007
Mickey Mouse...here I come!
Today I am heading down to Florida, actually to Orlando by the way of DeLand. I'm taking a couple of my Sr. High guys (who are great leaders) down to hang out for a couple days. Although we aren't going to see Mickey we are going to spend tomorrow at Universal Studios/Island of Adventures.
I'm pretty pumped about hanging out and I love Universal! One thing that I will be doing is challenging thise guys to step up! Step up on whom they are bringing to church, and step up their serve! I believe we a group of students in our youth group that could change everything we do...they could totally set our group on fire!
Anywho, I need to go pack!
More later on this weekend.
I'm pretty pumped about hanging out and I love Universal! One thing that I will be doing is challenging thise guys to step up! Step up on whom they are bringing to church, and step up their serve! I believe we a group of students in our youth group that could change everything we do...they could totally set our group on fire!
Anywho, I need to go pack!
More later on this weekend.
October 16, 2007
My wife is a FAT HOT woman!
My wife is a FAT & HOT woman!
Seriously! I wake up in the morning and I am just in awe of this beautiful woman next me, so why in the world would I call her FAT?
Well, you see as a teenager my pastor told me, "Jeremiah," in his thick Mississippi accent, "Ya, need to merry you a FAT woman!"
I was like, "Dwyndl (aka Bro. D), what in the world are you talkin bout? Why in the world would I marry a fat girl? I want a fine, skinny, hazel eyed, brown haired hottie!"
He just laughed and explained that he was not talking about weight, but he was talking about a Faithful and Available and Teachable woman.
Almost 5 years ago, I was introduced to this really awesome young lady who played basketball for Taylor University Fort Wayne. She was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, very attractive woman, but not really my type. However, there was something about her that really made me weak in my knees and so we struck up a friendship. She really did become one of my best friends. And through our friendship I realized what Dwyndl meant by Faithful Available and Teachable. Cyndi was all of these. I always knew I wanted a HOT girl, meaning that she was Holy Outrageous and Trustworthy. With Cyndi, I got this too.
We started dating January 6, 2004. I knew I couldn't live without this woman.
This past May, I married my best friend, the love of my life, my FAT HOT girl!
They say that the first year of your marriage is the toughest, but let me tell you that these last five months have been the greatest months of my life! I think I have not only grown more as a man, but as a man of God, a friend, and just a better youth pastor.
Here are a few of the top reasons why Cyndi is essential to me:
She encourages me like no one ever has, or could for that matter
She is one of the few people that I can actually lose myself in talking to.
I can just sit and stare at her all night long
She challenges me every day! In many ways you will never know, but she even challenges me spiritually.
She makes me laugh uncontrollably (like tickle me Elmo uncontrollable.)
I could never imagine life without her
She backs me up, even when I'm wrong
She corrects me with love
She smiles at my stupid hyperactivity
She is patient, even when I'm not
She completes me
She is God fearing, God honoring, God focused, HOLY, OUTRAGEOUS, and most of all trustworthy.
Cyndi, your the best friend I could ever have. Thank you for sharing my secrets, and being the love of my life, but most of all for being Jesus to me!
I Love You...
You know as a kid I never really understood what it meant to love.
I heard the word I love you all the time in my house. My parents said it to me, my parents said it to each other, and I even said it back to them and my sister and brother. I love you, I heard it all the time, but I never knew what it meant.
I never really knew what love was until I was about 12 years old. I was 12 when my life, was literally saved. You see I was sick,I had this disease that was killing me. Not many people knew about it. But, I was given a gift. At 12 years old, I discovered that someone else decided to give me life. Why? Because He loved me!
The disease that I was infected with was sin, and Romans 3:23 tells us that all of us have it. "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Because of this disease called sin, I was heading for a place of death, a place called Hell. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death,"
Well, I didn't want this disease anymore and so I searched for a cure, and I found one. Actually, I found the only cure for this disease that there is, His name is Jesus. The rest of Romans 6:23 states, "but the gift of God is eternal life through JESUS CHRIST our Lord."
You see, Jesus died so that I may have life, so that you may have life, and I discovered this at 12. Without this love I would still be heading towards death, but now I have a hope of eternal life.
Love is a word that describes an action, a verb. I love you actually means I would die for you, not matter what. No matter who you are, no matter what you did, and if you were the only one in the world, I would still do it! I LOVE YOU, these were Jesus' non-verbal words as He died on the cross, and rose from the dead! He loves you, will you accept it?
I heard the word I love you all the time in my house. My parents said it to me, my parents said it to each other, and I even said it back to them and my sister and brother. I love you, I heard it all the time, but I never knew what it meant.
I never really knew what love was until I was about 12 years old. I was 12 when my life, was literally saved. You see I was sick,I had this disease that was killing me. Not many people knew about it. But, I was given a gift. At 12 years old, I discovered that someone else decided to give me life. Why? Because He loved me!
The disease that I was infected with was sin, and Romans 3:23 tells us that all of us have it. "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Because of this disease called sin, I was heading for a place of death, a place called Hell. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death,"
Well, I didn't want this disease anymore and so I searched for a cure, and I found one. Actually, I found the only cure for this disease that there is, His name is Jesus. The rest of Romans 6:23 states, "but the gift of God is eternal life through JESUS CHRIST our Lord."
You see, Jesus died so that I may have life, so that you may have life, and I discovered this at 12. Without this love I would still be heading towards death, but now I have a hope of eternal life.
Love is a word that describes an action, a verb. I love you actually means I would die for you, not matter what. No matter who you are, no matter what you did, and if you were the only one in the world, I would still do it! I LOVE YOU, these were Jesus' non-verbal words as He died on the cross, and rose from the dead! He loves you, will you accept it?
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