“A dusty Bible belongs to one who has a dirty heart”

Today has been a great start to what we are praying is a great week.  Right out of the gate tonight God hammered all of us with the reality that we haven’t spent nearly the time in His Word that we must.  Shawn McBride was fantastic and challenged us all to be less consumed with [...]

From Urban Hope to Momentum

We have arrived…unpacked…stuffed hundreds of folders…and found our beds.   It’s been a good day!  The folders we stuffed were for the Momentum Adult staff.  They will all receive their folders at the staff meeting that happens tomorrow evening when everyone arrives.  We are excited to see the rest of the youth group along with Matt, [...]

Day 2

Today was a great day!  We had a good time at camp and all the students recognize that their campers are feeling more comfortable with them.  This is positive in many ways and makes Kidz Camp much more enjoyable for everyone.  There are also some challenges that go along with that too.  Most of our [...]

Pictures from Day 1

Here are some of the pictures taken from day 1. At this point the day is half over. Tonight’s plan is dinner (5:30) and then Little Cambodia after that.

We Have Arrived

We got in last night around 11:45. The trip went well. All the pick up and drop off connections went well. We begin today with breakfast at 8:00 and then some orientation stuff with the Urban Hope staff. Then after lunch the kids come. Please be in prayer for the day camp today! I’ll post [...]

The Worst Ever

So I was talking with a good friend today, Tyler Shick, today and we determined together that I am the worst blogger in the history of the world.  It has been since last September that I last blogged anything.   Which is why the fact that  people still check out my site is nothing short [...]

Ministry Tools

So in the spirit of Mark Artrip I decided to add to his already long list of Ministry Tools and Resources. Planning Center Online is a tool that I use every single day…no exaggeration included. I use it to plan our Student Ministries programs and our Worship Services. Here is a list of some of [...]

2 More Reasons to Celebrate

Last night at Youth Group we wrapped up a 3 1/2 part series entitled “Baby?”. The original plan had been to take the 4 weeks in December that we’d have Group and look at the 4 different pictures of Jesus that we are given in the Gospels. I say that it was only a 3 [...]