Shopping for Camp

If you've had the opportunity to go to a Christian youth camp while a kid, you know how incredibly awesome it is. But this next Monday, I've got the distinct honor to go to youth camp as a youth pastor!! My very first youth camp with the kids in my youth group! Today I'm spending time shopping for supplies! Wow, what a blessing...

Today's Thought

Ministry is like a football game. 60,000 people watching while 22 people do all the work

Kudos to Jason Williams

One of the greatest sins in the church is we have made it ok to sit and do nothing and call yourself a Christ-follower.

A Missionary Family to Pray for

Jones Family to Mexico- Click here for their site.

Laminin- Check this one out!

Ministry Idea

So, one type of business that is great to tap into for ministry opportunities is Mom and Pop business'. A local small pizza place (popular around here) has partnered up with our church. Our pastor plows his parking lot when it snows and so we've gotten to know him and his wife over the last little while. When we have our launch service, the owner has agreed to let us paste flyers onto the top of his pizza boxes! Every pizza that is sold for a week before our launch will have a flyer inviting that customer to our church! How awesome is that? He's not charging us anything. Use this idea! There are other idea's as well and I'd love to share them. Do you have any idea's for me? I'd love to hear them

Ministry Update

A bunch of you have asked me how the ministry is turning out up here! Well, last Wednesday we had the most kids at youth group we've had thus far, 15. All are going to camp with us next Monday so I'm looking forward to being able to minister to them. No update on the new church building yet. We may not know anything until early September. Our biggest need right now is a music pastor. Um, other than that, things are going as planned. We had a low number on Sunday but a lot of families were out of town, including the pastor (and my Rachelle :(  )   Anyway, the job search is still unsuccessful. Keep that in your prayers please (bills are beginning to mount.)