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Happy Friday Dance Party #1

// September 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // free, fun, video

what can we say?  Blaine Hogan is one amazingly talented dude.  happy friday!

Happy Friday Dance Party #1 from blaine hogan on Vimeo.

ht adam

134′ above ground level

// August 5th, 2010 // No Comments » // fun, video, youth

IRON BABY

// May 28th, 2010 // No Comments » // fun, video

yep…don’t mess with this toddler…

ht the brillant chad swanzy

weekly wrap-up 2.28.10

// March 5th, 2010 // No Comments » // bible, events, fun

We were finally back for a typical program.  its been a crazy month or so.  Bryan had a great messy game chocolate marshmallow to open us up.  so the FUN FACTOR was excellent.  our two willing volunteers, dan and morgan took it all in stride.

Lesson Topic: it was good to be back in small groups and walking through our theme Finders Keepers: a focus on three stories Jesus told (Luke 15) to help us understand his passion for restoring our broken relationship with God – the lost sheep-the lost coin and the lost son.

We talked about how Jesus used parables as a powerful teaching strategy to communicate spiritual truths. In these three stories, Jesus revealed his compassion for those who are separated from God because of their sin (the lost), and showing the lengths he goes to in order to find them, and the joy he experiences when they’re found. We also talked about what it means to repent, and how God is always available to forgive and restore.

Here are some questions that reflect the discussion in our small group session:
Jesus was telling these parables to help us understand God’s heart those people who are still “lost” to him—how is your heart toward “lost” people similar to or different from God’s heart toward them? If someone has sought forgiveness for the same thing 500 times, did that person really repent?

What do you think?

How can you help a new Christian grow spiritually and develop a stronger friendship with Jesus?

We wrapped up the night with this video to help drive home the point  of living out this mission of compassion with Jesus.

Attendance: We had a few new faces.

Volunteer Involvement: we were missing a few….Small group leaders shared that they all had a great time. Really good conversation.

Dork Anthem…yep…

// February 24th, 2010 // No Comments » // fun

a tribute to some of us…

ht mark matlock

Limited Edition Rockin’ for Haiti t-shirt

// January 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // concert, events, fun

Limited Edition T-Shirt from Goat Denim. Order online now for $8 and you can pick it up at the door.
You’ll look fashionable in the audience, you’ll save a few $$ by pre-ordering, but most importantly you’ll make a difference in Haiti!
Cost will be $10 at the door.
click HERE to order.  thank you.

weekly wrap-up 12.20.09

// December 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // Music, WrapUp, band, concert, events, fun

this week was different than most…jingleball 09.  gave us a fun evening of hanging with some new musical friends.

Attendance: Excellent. many new faces and lots of fun.

Fun Factor: High.  Played a game called lick ‘em and stick ‘em (ht to www.ymnow.com) grateful for the willing volunteers.  (btw each week we do these games the raised hands to willingly subject themselves grows…not sure what’s up with that!)

added some craziness with the following jib jab cartoons that highlighted some of our volunteers.

Volunteer Involvement: Excellent.   Grateful for the many parents who stayed for the fun.

Student Involvement: Excellent.  VanGard was great and engaged the students.  Lots of creativity in the words and style of music.  The lyrics were solid with a biblical message.  their rendition of  the CHRISTmas tunes, joy to the world and winter wonderland added some cool variety to the evening. While waiting for the pizza to arrive Parker and some of camp new hope alumni led some crazy camp songs. it was an all around great night to end our year on.

silent monks…

// December 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Music, fun

this is simply fun… (oh yeah…don’t forget to stand…)

ht dennis beckner

syatp 09 – a wrap…well done!

// September 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // events, fun, syatp

well done! heard from several adults who have good memories…and the word was this year’s attendance of 52 (at last count) was the largest gathering. seems only appropriate as See You At The Pole celebrates its 20th anniversary.  grateful for the hawkins doughnuts from trish edmondson and the energy from the sumtra starbucks…some good nestle’s hot chocolate too.   once we got there andrew and luke’s leadership on music…all well done.

so what take away do you have?  leave a comment here.

btw, we’ll have craig’s video up soon.  much fun…thanks for making a stand.

WHAT? some ministry fun @ #d2s09

// July 8th, 2009 // No Comments » // carnival, d2s09, fun

WHAT? an afternoon in the park from tom roepke on Vimeo.

one of the teams from d2s09 spent the afternoon in the park ministering with lots of fun and laughter.