few days left on vacation!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
My vacation has been great I have written alot of messages. We will start the year off with a vision message. We will talk about being an unstoppable middle school ministry. I am looking forward to getting back to warmer weather.

Togetherness

There is something special about just being with family. As I was driving home yesterday I don't think that I could have gotten there fast enough. I was so excited about being with my family. We were standing around the table holding hands praying for the meal that was so great. Togetherness, I don't even know if that is a word but i like it. There is always something about being with you family.. Togetherness!!!

cold huh???

So last night as i was leaving the church I realized that it was getting cold. I woke up this morning again it was 30 degree. That is crazy. Houston and 30 degree don't normally go together. I guess we are getting in the Christmas spirit. The only thing we need is some snow and we will be doing great. Happy Christmas!!!

Sorry

I haven't blogged in a few days. Things have been crazy around here. You know trying to finish the budget and also get the first 3 weeks of the year planned since we take the last Sunday of the year off. I will be posting some pictures from the Christmas party. Merry Christmas!!!

The weekend!!

Welp, the weekend has came and gone. We had a Christmas party for our sunday morning program.
Attendance was above average.
Volunteers was below average.
It was overall a great Christmas party.
Jessica did a great job putting everything together. Its great to have a team to work with. The Christmas party was a great event to end the year of middle school ministry. Sunday afternoon we went and did a service project and that was a blast. I know that our kids loved it. We are done with Sunday morning in middle school for 2007.

What are you practicing? (part2)

Silence

“Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning
if he holds his tongue” Proverbs 17:28

I think in the world that we live in is extremely loud and crazy, and there is
always a ton going on. We often forget silence. Take sometime and go to a
place where there is no one and just seek God's voice and listen to him. The silence can reveal his plans for you...
What are you Practicing?

What are you practicing? (part3)

Prayer

“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit and boldly the word of God” Act. 4:31

I think of the fact that we have to remember to pray, to talk to God. Daily, I am
reminded of how powerful pray is. When we look at the world that we live in we see that it
uses communication a lot. Last week I got my cell phone bill and I noticed I
talked over 3000 min. or 50 hrs. That is unbelievable! I quickly professed my shock and in the same
breath I asked myself "How much did I talk to God?" We should always be reminded of the power of prayer and how important it is to take time to speak to God.
In James it said like this “ The prayer of a righteous man is
powerful and effective.” James 5:16b

What are you practicing?

What are you practicing? (part1)

I just wanted to spend a few days talking about "What are you practicing?" I
am not talking about sports or band, but about different things that will
help you with your spiritual walk. We will be talking about these things for the next few days.

The first thing I want to talk about is Journaling. It's not just a "girl thing."
I think we should all spend some time writing down our thoughts. Its something I use when I am
stressed, and it will give you, like it does me, a chance to take a look at what God is doing for you.
Spend sometime writing in a notebook it will help and bless you.
What are you practicing?

Recap weekend!!

The weekend has come and gone!! We had a great weekend! We started 3 services for the christmas holiday season.
Attendance was below average!
Volunteers was average!
Speaking was average!
We finished our series called "At the movies" it has been a fun series. We will finish the year with a Christmas Party. Times goes by fast when you are having fun.

People are crazy?!

I often wonder why people think that Christians are weirdos and then I am reading someone else's blog and come across a video like this. You have to check at this video about I35.
Check here

I would love to hear your comments on this. Is I35 in the bible?

Have a great weekend!!!

DREAM

I was in the ATL- for NYWC and one thing that I picked up was a shirt that said, “DREAM.” I had been looking at it and checking out. I ended up buying it and at that point I begin to think to myself, “When was the last time that I just sat a dreamed?” I had this feeling like we live in a day and time that every minute is accounted for. We feel like everything in life just has to be perfect and we forget to just simply dream because we might miss out on something. Maybe you should sit back, grab a latte and DREAM!

Speaking at FCS

I have been thinking a lot about what I do and how I am impacting the middle school age group. I spoke at a local middle school for a program called “FCS” (fellowship of Christian Students), formerly Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I had already prepared a talk, and for some reason I was doubting it. They introduce me and for a brief moment I was speechless. I told the kids that I was going to give them a chance to ask me any question they wanted to. I soon saw teachers with looks of horror. The questions were great and I wound up talking about John 4, which offered great information for me to speak on.

Current Reading

Have you ever picked up a book and started reading it....decided to
start another book in the process....and just for fun decided to see if
you could read three books at once? Well, that's me right now! I am
currently reading UNchristian, The New Breed, and Make it Stick. I
started The New Breed and just can't put it down. The book talks about
the new generation of volunteers. If you are in any kind of volunteer
leadership role, I would strongly suggest you picking up this book.
It's a GREAT read.

relational ministy?

If you are in ministry you hear this term use a ton. I guess my question
is what is relational ministry? Is it a bunch of programs that bring lost
kids in and share the word of God?
I think that relational ministry goes a lot father then that. I think that
it is getting into their life and investing in them. It means meeting them
where they are currently in their lives. In the last few weeks I have had the opportunity of taking a few kids out to eat and I found more joy in that then I have ever in a Sunday
night program. Sitting across the table and sharing a meal goes farther than
anything I can ever do on Sunday morning. Going to there sporting event, school lunches and
meeting with them in a small group setting... that is relational ministry. What
are you doing to get inside their world and on their turf? I remember growing up and
I can't remember one message that my youth pastor said but I can tell you the times we hung out. I think that we have to figure out how to do relational ministry since Sunday morning programming is only going to go so far in the lives and memories of the students we teach.
Something to think about?