So Pastor Bob posted about how he was given a book to read by Pastor Steve and how he wants to be respectful to him and get it done and blah blah blah. If you read his blog he would make it seem that he was given a personal assignment to read a book. no no. We were all given books to read. So really Bob is just coping out. I'm just sayin....
So my friends (Sarah, Clyde, Betsy, and Rachael) have given me grief because they want me to make sure that I write about Jesus. Tonight in junior high we talked about Mark 16:15 Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. I think the Greeks should have translated gospel into GREAT NEWS instead of GOOD NEWS. The fact that we no longer have to go to hell the fact that we never have to be seperated from God.
Lord, Thank you for the cross. I will never understand your love. Thank you.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
But Wait it's not a Wednesday.
The planets have aligned in such a way that has caused me to be a bloggin on a Monday morning. Aparently my pastor of worship, Mr. Bingo-Bongo himself has decided that people win blog wars by who posts on any given day or who posts the coolest thing? I guess that makes sense in some way, I think it's a guy thing that forces us once we make up a game to then come up with how to determine the winner and loser. At any rate, as long as I post just about every day and don't constantly go to the youtube well I think I will win. Or lose because who blogs every day?
This past weekend the high school youth group (WHICH MEETS ON SUNDAY NIGHTS AT 6:30 AT WINDY CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH) went on our annual all nighter BREAKAWAY! We go see a wolves game, (they lost) then we saw a band and heard a gospel message then went bowling, then to this huge open gym/pool fitness joint, then to this fun world place with goKarts and laser tag and video games. It was a lot of fun as always, though it was a super long night. What was cool about the trip was that we invited the 8th graders of our Junior High program (WHICH MEETS ON TUESDAY NIGHTS AT 7:00 PM ALSO AT WINDY CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH) to come out and join the high schoolers on this trip as a way to ease their transition into the high school youth group. I think they had some fun, and they got to see what the high school youth group is like and what they are getting themselves into.
With this addition to our high school group for the next few weeks we are going to be looking at unity, what it means what it is and why as Christians we are called to it. I think the New Testament church had to deal with this issue a lot as they had to learn how to take Jews and Gentiles and put differences and cultures aside and do church. This is alot of what we will be dealing with in high school group now that the 8th graders are officially members of the high school group as well. It'll be interesting to see what the group begins to look like as we start to head to the summer.
Please pray for both the junior high and high school ministries as we see the year coming to a close and we look to set the kids up for victory during the summer months and how we can best support and encourage them in their walks, even though there is no regular ministry for them.
i think I win today bob.
On and I'm on chapter 4. Boo Yah.
This past weekend the high school youth group (WHICH MEETS ON SUNDAY NIGHTS AT 6:30 AT WINDY CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH) went on our annual all nighter BREAKAWAY! We go see a wolves game, (they lost) then we saw a band and heard a gospel message then went bowling, then to this huge open gym/pool fitness joint, then to this fun world place with goKarts and laser tag and video games. It was a lot of fun as always, though it was a super long night. What was cool about the trip was that we invited the 8th graders of our Junior High program (WHICH MEETS ON TUESDAY NIGHTS AT 7:00 PM ALSO AT WINDY CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH) to come out and join the high schoolers on this trip as a way to ease their transition into the high school youth group. I think they had some fun, and they got to see what the high school youth group is like and what they are getting themselves into.
With this addition to our high school group for the next few weeks we are going to be looking at unity, what it means what it is and why as Christians we are called to it. I think the New Testament church had to deal with this issue a lot as they had to learn how to take Jews and Gentiles and put differences and cultures aside and do church. This is alot of what we will be dealing with in high school group now that the 8th graders are officially members of the high school group as well. It'll be interesting to see what the group begins to look like as we start to head to the summer.
Please pray for both the junior high and high school ministries as we see the year coming to a close and we look to set the kids up for victory during the summer months and how we can best support and encourage them in their walks, even though there is no regular ministry for them.
i think I win today bob.
On and I'm on chapter 4. Boo Yah.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
CHALLENGE!
So my super cool girlfriend got me a book by Mark Drisscoll for Valentine's Day. The book is Vintage Jesus. Pastor Robert Hedge of Windy City Community Church fame also has the book and wants to read through it so starting Friday the two of us are going to have a race to see who can get done with it first. Bob has a two chapter head start so I gotta catch up before Friday.
Anyone who owns the book or wants to join the race can do so.
Anyone who owns the book or wants to join the race can do so.
Well It's about that Time
As Pastor Bob-O made mention to me this morning this is my usual every two weeks during shared office time post.
I don't really have anything deep or insightful to share with you all so I think I am going to cop out and pull a Bob (aparently I want to start a war) and just post a video. Enjoy
I don't really have anything deep or insightful to share with you all so I think I am going to cop out and pull a Bob (aparently I want to start a war) and just post a video. Enjoy
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Washed Clean
I have been lacking on updates and I apologize. I do have a really cool piece of information to tell you. I went to Camp Awana a few weeks ago for Solid Ice the high school co-ed weekend. During the weekend I got to hang out with some of my camp friends I don't see very often. It was alot of fun. The cool story I want to share is that two high school kids from my youth group accepted Jesus as the savior and became Christians. That made the weekend a success. I think of it now because I was out doing window washing today on a new account. (If you are in the need of a new piano check out Steinway of Chicago in Highland Park.)
This building's windows hadn't been washed in a long time. I've been keeping my eye on the building as it was getting rented out. In washing the windows today I saw just how scummy they were. One of the cool things I love about my window washing jump is the instant gradificaiton of making a dirty window clean. Very few jobs have the kind of results where you can instantly see the fruits of the labor. As I was washing the windows and seeing the dirt come off I was thinking alot about the thing that God has been putting on my heart lately and that is to rediscover the gospel daily. What I mean by rediscover the gospel is to every day stop and really dwell on the grand scale of love and mercy that we have received from God through the cross. The amazing gift we have been given through the cross blows me away and I don't want to forget it. God has washed us clean and made us new and shiny. And he continually does it, even when we get dirty and full of sin, all we have to do is ask for forgiveness and he makes us clean.
This all seems kinda rambling but I've been very excited about my new brother and sister. I hope that this entry has reminded you if you are a Christian that God is awesome and loves you and the gospel is amazing and we can NOT gloss over it.
Much love and blessings,
Tim
This building's windows hadn't been washed in a long time. I've been keeping my eye on the building as it was getting rented out. In washing the windows today I saw just how scummy they were. One of the cool things I love about my window washing jump is the instant gradificaiton of making a dirty window clean. Very few jobs have the kind of results where you can instantly see the fruits of the labor. As I was washing the windows and seeing the dirt come off I was thinking alot about the thing that God has been putting on my heart lately and that is to rediscover the gospel daily. What I mean by rediscover the gospel is to every day stop and really dwell on the grand scale of love and mercy that we have received from God through the cross. The amazing gift we have been given through the cross blows me away and I don't want to forget it. God has washed us clean and made us new and shiny. And he continually does it, even when we get dirty and full of sin, all we have to do is ask for forgiveness and he makes us clean.
This all seems kinda rambling but I've been very excited about my new brother and sister. I hope that this entry has reminded you if you are a Christian that God is awesome and loves you and the gospel is amazing and we can NOT gloss over it.
Much love and blessings,
Tim
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