The 4 for 6-21-09

Here are your top four youth announcements for this week:

1. Come hear me preach tonight @ 6. Learn from Psalm 13 about what to do when God is silent.

2. No The TRiP planning tonight.

1. Cookout this Saturday @ the Burke’s farm. Meet at the church @ 5 PM. Guys bring a 2 liter drink, girls bring a side item or dessert

1. Hug your dad today.

crazy beards from last month

Winners from the International Beard Contest:

Edwin's Corner

Here is a funny video from camp.

Wes' Week for 6-14-09

What I am working on

Preparing for The Trip, designing a youth brochure, playing laser tag, preparing sermon for Sunday night, celebrating Father’s Day with a new kid, and maybe a little disc golf.

The Flip

Student Life camp was great. Even though I am a Fuge veteran, I was impressed by Student Life. The camp we went to was for middle school only. So our 28 people were joined by 500 other middle school crazies. Lots of students made decisions and God did some big things while we were there.

Currently Reading

Still reading “Let the Nations be Glad” by John Piper. (90% done)

Finished God wants to save Christians by Rob Bell. I have always been a Rob Bell fan. Really enjoyed this book, not as good as his last two, but still good.

Reading “Following Jesus into College and Beyond” by Jeff Baxter (80% done) I am getting ideas from this book for our new Senior SS class we are starting in the fall. When SS promotes in the fall, we are going to make a Senior coed SS class. It is going to be part regular SS, part college prep. We will teach the students how to survive/thrive as Christians in college.

Untouchables

Our current Wednesday night sermon series is called “The Untouchables.” It is dealing with topics that are uncomfortable to talk about so most people do not even touch them. During our four weeks we will be talking about Homosexuality, Death, Prejudice, and Disability.

The 4 for 6-14-09

Here are your top four youth announcements for this week:

1. Summer Wed schedule 5 PM-yHOT, 6 PM-Trip, 7-PMOpen Gym.

2. The TRiP planning tonight at 4:30 in the student worship center.

1. Super fusion tonight @ 7. Ultimate Frisbee and then ice cream at TCBY. Meet at church bus @ 7, be back by 9:30.

1. Laser Tag this Tuesday @ Ultra Zone in Pigeon Forge. Meet at church @ 6 PM. Cost is $10. RSVP

Hiking the Chimneys

Had a great hike with Amillio and Rachel on Thursday. Haven't hiked the chimney tops in about 10 years. I always forget how hard it is to hike. You ascend over 1300 feet in less than 2 miles. A land-sand blocked the easy path to the top, so we had to do a little mountain climbing to reach the summit. Some what dangerous, but we made it safely. What a view from the top. We have an amazing creator God.

still more

more pics from camp

camp day 2 recap

Great day yesterday. Worship was amazing again. Last night was compassion night. We meet a kid from kenya who grew up in the slums. He talked about Compassion International and all the good they are doing worldwide. I got to tell the kids about Emily and mine first child. Her name is Keeletha Loudchen from Haiti. We started sponsoring her when we got married. We have got to watch her grow up for the last 10 years. Several of the girls got some children to sponsor.

camp day 2

It is now day 2 at camp and everything is going well. Getting ready to go to rec. Got wet yesterday now it is time to scale a wall.

even more pics from camp

more pics from camp

First Day of Camp

We have officially finished our first day of camp and things went great. Even though it rained most of last night;Worship was tremendous: great drama, great music, great videos, and a awesome message. We learned that we the Jesus said follow me 38 times in the Bible. It is great to believe in Jesus and trust in Hm to be your Savior. But He alos needs to be our Lord. Someone who directs our actions daily. In the Lords prayer, Jesus prayed for God's kingdom to come to earth. A relationship with Jesus is not about waiting for heaven. It is about daily living with God. It is a relationship that we can have with Him NOW. We are now looking forward to our second day; our first full day. Pray Psalm 5 over us today. "In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait it expectation." God is going to do great things today. We are just waiting to see what.

pictures from camp

First night of camp

We have arrived at Student Life Camp. Everything is going great. Pictures to follow. Pray that lives will be changed.