February 28, 2010
Naive, Mocker, or Fool!
Marty did a great job tonight teaching our high school students about wisdom. He asked the question, are you a fool, mocker, or are you wise?
We’ve spent the last three weeks really digging into Proverbs to help them understand how to make good, wise decisions.
Pray for our students. Now is the time for them to learn how to be wise.
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February 24, 2010
Free Credit…um, I mean Gospel Report
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February 21, 2010
Not Finished with Me Yet
Julie Y. got this song in my head this morning and now I can’t get it out! 
Enjoy!
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February 20, 2010
Killer Marriage Tips
You’ve heard of what not to wear? Well, how about what not do say in marriage? Guys, watch this closely!
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February 19, 2010
Milt and Ralph lay some wisdom on us!
Milt did a great job teaching this past Sunday at NEXT - How not to be a fool!
Ralph also did a great job beginning our junior high series, “Getting to Know Jesus.”
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February 18, 2010
Olympians for Jesus
Austin has become a huge Shaun White fan and now wants to be a professional snowboarder! Kelly Clark is a Christian and has been sharing her faith.
Chad Hedrick is a speed skater and he competed in the 2006 Olympics. He has since become a Christian and he talks about how his faith in Christ has totally changed his perspective about competing.
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February 15, 2010
Videos from Sunday
We used several music videos during the morning yesterday focusing on God’s Father Love for Us.
“How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” by Stewart Townsend was our pre-service music:
I used “Hurry Home” by Jason Michael Carroll during the sermon:
The post-service music was ““How He Loves Us So” by the David Crowder Band.
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February 14, 2010
Videos from Sunday
We used several music videos during the morning yesterday focusing on God’s Father Love for Us.
“How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” by Stewart Townsend was our pre-service music:
I used “Hurry Home” by Jason Michael Carroll during the sermon:
The post-service music was ““How He Loves Us So” by the David Crowder Band.
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February 14, 2010
The Father’s Love Letter
I ended the sermon this morning with a video called, “The Father’s Love Letter.” After the service, many people asked where they could get the video. It is on You Tube. Send it on…
How great is the Father’s Love that He has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that’s what we are! - I John 3:1
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February 12, 2010
Conformity
Kimmy Frailey is one of our junior high students who attends Cross Roads on Wednesday night. She is an amazing girl who is a very gifted writer.
Here’s a poem she wrote called “Conformity.” I think she gets it that the world wants to tell her she’s not “enough” but she’s not going to listen to those lies.
Great job Kimmy!
CONFORMITY
I’m breaking free
of this conformity
of what to watch on TV
and to always agree
Who defines what’s “in”?
I say forget chagrin
Get past being thin
and find beauty within
You don’t need blue eyes
with stick thin thighs
you don’t need zero as a size
or have to get all the guys
Don’t worry if you don’t always impress
if your hair is a little less
and if your not perfect, don’t stress
because inside? We’re all a mess
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February 10, 2010
Souper Bowl Party 2010!
Enjoy the sights of Souper Bowl Party 2010. We had lots of food. Jake Cunningham shared his testimony and did a fantastic job! Michelle Anderson passionately shared about our Netz campaign. The team executed perfectly. It was a good night. BTW, the last picture is of the cake that Kristy Cotter made. She is an amazing “cake artist.” If you need a creative cake, she’s the one to call!
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February 07, 2010
A Passionate Plea
Just got home from the Souper Bowl Party. It was a fantastic night and much love and thanks go to Juli, Marty, Kristi, Ken. Kara, Milt, and Ralph (is making more!) for planning the night beautifully. I’m actually going to do another post that gives the details and some pics but I had to share with you a poem that Michelle Anderson wrote. Her heart has been broken by the havoc Malaria causes in Africa and has been become an outspoken leader in our Netz for Africa campaign. She shared information about how we can buy a mosquito net and send it to Africa for $10 then she read a poem she wrote for the night. It was a holy moment as Michelle read through tears and nearly a hundred students and adults sat in stunned silence. I’m so thankful for what God is doing in Michelle’s heart. May He do it in mine as well!
A child’s tear streaked face
A disease we love to hate
Yes, I too was watching that video.
You might even give some change in hope
A little part inside you thrives, getting
Some Where, chaning lives.
But that was just a second, maybe two
The reviews are back and the star is you.
You’ll forget about this speech not too long…
Now hear me right, I do not mean to criticize.
I’m just here to help open your eyes.
A week goes by, yeah time sure flies.
You wake up late. It’s almost eight
Rush off to school, the one you hate.
Complaing cuz your stomach Growls.
You grumble cuz they hog t.v.
Never get to watch what you want to see.
All this time in Somewhere Else
People are Lucky if any food’s on the shelf.
Lives are Struggling, Ending, Pushing Forward.
Faith in Heaven
All they can look toward.
Hope the best for tomorrow
Rain or shine.
He’s got a wife, a mother, two daughters, a son.
Barely enough rice to just feed One.
On Top of That inside his Shack.
The beds seem to always be under attack.
He worries about them Night and Day
No nets to keep the tiny Killer away
Every night down on his knees
” Save my babies, Lord, please.”
He begs for One more day.
God don’t take his children away.
This man works harder than the day is long.
For what, to find his loved ones gone?
Because he can’t afford a doctor’s bill?
Not like they could provide even A pill
A shot
A vaccination
God there’s Crisis in the African Nation!
People too poor to fight a preventable disease.
Lord!
You said you loved the least of these?
I know we can’t help where we are born
But we need the mindset that Less is More
We all have struggles, I have No Doubt
but we havethe supplies to help Our Family out
Family?
You’re most likely thinking, “I don’t know people Over There”
Family?
How?
Now the Truth with You I’ll Share.
Same Air
Same Sun
Same Sky
Same Creator
How can we Ignore Our Brothers now
When we might See them Later?
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February 06, 2010
We are far too easily amused!
“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased!” - C.S. Lewis
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February 04, 2010
A Good Question from Francis
A youth pastor once asked Francis Chan, author of “Crazy Love” and “The Forgotten God” :“What would your church (and the worldwide church) look like if everyone was as committed as you are? If everyone gave and served and prayed exactly like you, would the church be healthy and empowered? Or would it be weak and listless?”
What would be your answer? You convicted yet?
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February 01, 2010
For Better or For Worse…for 78 years!
Maxine and I have been married for 17 going on 18 years. Well, we only need 60 more years and we will be married as long as the Lampes of El Paso. That’s right, they’re about to celebrate their 78 wedding anniversary! 78 years of for better for worse, in sickness and in health, till death do they part.” They’ve been married longer than most people have been alive. They take their vows seriously and have some really good genes. Bill Flick has written a great little story on this couple. I love his line, “Ever noticed some of the best stories in life are those that really aren’t stories, just life?”
Congrats to Charles (100) and Lois (97) for 78 years of marriage on Feb 16 (they were married Feb 16, 1932). Thanks for being faithful in a world that could use a few more examples!
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