Wednesday, March 31, 2010
it's spring!!!!
The Student Connection will be migrating up to the middle school tonight to serve the AP community with some praise music. Every year we are part of the youth service at Holy Week. Come to the MS old gymnasium at 7pm for the Good News and some good music!!!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
In Case Anyone Cares!
Hello and welcome to the first post in a long time. I'm sure everyone has just been filled with sorrow that I haven't been writing. As you all know this is a busy time of year and youth directors are not immune to the shuffle. We spent Christmas at my Grandmother's house in Morning Sun, Iowa. It was delightful as always to be treated like a king and eat like there won't be another meal in the rest of the year.
Our little Josie had her tonsils out on December 12th. Anyone who's little one has had a similar experience knows what an ordeal that is. She did well the first day and since then she's been very whiny and has grown very accustomed to being waited on hand and foot. It will be a difficult transition for her back into paupery when she's done healing. Finally, today she didn't need pain medicine for most of the day. Praise the Lord that she is improving.
I will be departing from Chicago on Tuesday the 29th headed to Guatemala. I am very excited to see my good friends the McCauley's and Hanken's. It will definitely be different not to be around my family for 10 days. Hopefully I can get my SKYPE set up so I can see them a couple of times through the week.
With my trip I hope to gain an idea of what mission opportunities there are down in Guatemala. I hope that in the near future we will be able to take a small group of young people down there to visit and to minister to the people there. This trip will give me a chance to see what kind of work is available for us to do in Jesus' name while we're down. It will also give me an opportunity to thaw out from all of the winter weather we have been dealing with here. Hopefully my plane is able to depart normally. Please pray for me a safe and profitable journey.
With that I'll close my first update in a while. Thank you all for your support and prayers this year. I look forward to serving the youth of A-P again in 2010. God bless!
today-January 9: NOTHING GOING ON, I WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY
Jan 10th, 2010: 180 at 630pm
Jan 13th, 2010: Early Herd 330pm-500pm
Regular Herd 630pm-810pm
Our little Josie had her tonsils out on December 12th. Anyone who's little one has had a similar experience knows what an ordeal that is. She did well the first day and since then she's been very whiny and has grown very accustomed to being waited on hand and foot. It will be a difficult transition for her back into paupery when she's done healing. Finally, today she didn't need pain medicine for most of the day. Praise the Lord that she is improving.
I will be departing from Chicago on Tuesday the 29th headed to Guatemala. I am very excited to see my good friends the McCauley's and Hanken's. It will definitely be different not to be around my family for 10 days. Hopefully I can get my SKYPE set up so I can see them a couple of times through the week.
With my trip I hope to gain an idea of what mission opportunities there are down in Guatemala. I hope that in the near future we will be able to take a small group of young people down there to visit and to minister to the people there. This trip will give me a chance to see what kind of work is available for us to do in Jesus' name while we're down. It will also give me an opportunity to thaw out from all of the winter weather we have been dealing with here. Hopefully my plane is able to depart normally. Please pray for me a safe and profitable journey.
With that I'll close my first update in a while. Thank you all for your support and prayers this year. I look forward to serving the youth of A-P again in 2010. God bless!
today-January 9: NOTHING GOING ON, I WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY
Jan 10th, 2010: 180 at 630pm
Jan 13th, 2010: Early Herd 330pm-500pm
Regular Herd 630pm-810pm
Monday, November 30, 2009
IT was a Success! God be Praised!
We made it! Friday afternoon 20 students and 3 chaperones began our adventure to Cedar Rapids. Friday evening we served supper, Thanksgiving style, to the Celebrate Recovery group at the CR Refuge Church on Blair's Ferry. We were then allowed to worship with this bunch of men and women who are recovering from different addictions and struggles in their lives. It was really a very interesting experience. It was great to see people so hungry and grateful for the grace that comes from Jesus Christ.
After the worship service we were able to attend a concert at The Refuge by the rock band Jeshua Fire. They played a blend of worship songs and their own tunes in a hard rock style. It was fun to have a different kind of worship experience with the young people. When the concert end we headed for the friendly confines of Veteran's Stadium, the home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels.]
I have a very kind brother who works for the Kernels and allowed us to use the facility as our residence for the weekend. The girls occupied the home locker room and the boys got the lowly visitor locker room, not that we are complaining at least our TV worked. The biggest hit of the weekend was the batting cage in the basement of the stadium. We didn't use it for batting practice, but for epic dodgeball battles. Aside from our service work, dodgeball consumed a good portion of our weekend.
We awoke Saturday morning and after breakfast headed back CR Refuge to help a gentleman clean the building. The kids worked very hard and in a matter of a few hours had the place looking pretty sharp. We are very thankful to the Refuge for letting us help out and enjoy their company.
Saturday afternoon we split our group in half. The high school young people went to Mission of Hope, Cedar Rapids' homeless shelter. The younger kids headed back to the stadium. The high schoolers spent the afternoon cleaning and organizing the Mission. The 8th graders split into two groups at the stadium. One group helped the grounds crew finish up some fall field maintainance and the other group picked up trash and did odd jobs.
In the evening on Saturday we had the pleasure of going to Catch 419 in Marion. Catch 419 began as a young ministry for high schoolers and now has changed gears to work with college students. The building is right of the square in Marion and resembles the Student Connection in the way that it is set up. They have tables and chairs for kids to chat at. They also have several computers for young people to use the internet. The pool table and airhockey table were also big hits. We had supper and then had a small music concert for the kids. All in all it was a fun evening of Christian fellowship.
We retired from Catch 419 at around 930pm and returned to the stadium. The fun was only just beginning. The entire group played a game of Sardines which is much akin to hide and go seek. This lasted almost two hours and was a lot of fun. At around midnight we began what turned out to be a dodgeball marathon. The marathon lasted well into the morning and we finally stopped at about 330am. I haven't been so exhausted in quite a while.
Sunday morning came quickly after our late night. We had our own worship service in the suite section overlooking the stadium. Some of the young people shared their experience of service and we sang praises to the Lord and thanked Him through prayer for our safety. When church was through we packed up, cleaned up, and headed for Coral Ridge Mall.
I had forgotten that this is one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. I was pleasantly surprised to see that our fairly large group of 23 people would blend in quite easily with the enormity of the crowd at the mall. We spent our time there shopping, but the most fun was had at the ice skating rink. Several students and my wife and self spent most of the afternoon skating. None of us had a lot of experience on the ice so it was an exciting experience. No major injuries to report thankfully, but I'm sure some of them woke up a little bit sore this morning.
Finally, at 4pm we heading back for Aplington a tired and happy group. We had a lot of fun this weekend but I think most importantly our young people have seen that there is a lot of work to do here locally. We were able to serve in Jesus' name right in our own backyard. I think the kids really enjoyed the time we were able to spend together and they were looking forward to another project. Thanks to the Lord for the growth and safety he gave us through this weekend.
SCHEDULE
monday nov 30: nothing, no praise band
tuesday dec 1: nothing to report
Wednesday dec 2: 330pm Early Herd done at 530pm; 630pm Herd done at 810pm
thursday dec 3: nothing
Friday dec 4: nada
Sat dec 5: nunca
Sunday Dec 6: 180 at 630pm
Wed Dec 9: EARLY HERD @130pm-330pm; HERD 630-810pm
After the worship service we were able to attend a concert at The Refuge by the rock band Jeshua Fire. They played a blend of worship songs and their own tunes in a hard rock style. It was fun to have a different kind of worship experience with the young people. When the concert end we headed for the friendly confines of Veteran's Stadium, the home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels.]
I have a very kind brother who works for the Kernels and allowed us to use the facility as our residence for the weekend. The girls occupied the home locker room and the boys got the lowly visitor locker room, not that we are complaining at least our TV worked. The biggest hit of the weekend was the batting cage in the basement of the stadium. We didn't use it for batting practice, but for epic dodgeball battles. Aside from our service work, dodgeball consumed a good portion of our weekend.
We awoke Saturday morning and after breakfast headed back CR Refuge to help a gentleman clean the building. The kids worked very hard and in a matter of a few hours had the place looking pretty sharp. We are very thankful to the Refuge for letting us help out and enjoy their company.
Saturday afternoon we split our group in half. The high school young people went to Mission of Hope, Cedar Rapids' homeless shelter. The younger kids headed back to the stadium. The high schoolers spent the afternoon cleaning and organizing the Mission. The 8th graders split into two groups at the stadium. One group helped the grounds crew finish up some fall field maintainance and the other group picked up trash and did odd jobs.
In the evening on Saturday we had the pleasure of going to Catch 419 in Marion. Catch 419 began as a young ministry for high schoolers and now has changed gears to work with college students. The building is right of the square in Marion and resembles the Student Connection in the way that it is set up. They have tables and chairs for kids to chat at. They also have several computers for young people to use the internet. The pool table and airhockey table were also big hits. We had supper and then had a small music concert for the kids. All in all it was a fun evening of Christian fellowship.
We retired from Catch 419 at around 930pm and returned to the stadium. The fun was only just beginning. The entire group played a game of Sardines which is much akin to hide and go seek. This lasted almost two hours and was a lot of fun. At around midnight we began what turned out to be a dodgeball marathon. The marathon lasted well into the morning and we finally stopped at about 330am. I haven't been so exhausted in quite a while.
Sunday morning came quickly after our late night. We had our own worship service in the suite section overlooking the stadium. Some of the young people shared their experience of service and we sang praises to the Lord and thanked Him through prayer for our safety. When church was through we packed up, cleaned up, and headed for Coral Ridge Mall.
I had forgotten that this is one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. I was pleasantly surprised to see that our fairly large group of 23 people would blend in quite easily with the enormity of the crowd at the mall. We spent our time there shopping, but the most fun was had at the ice skating rink. Several students and my wife and self spent most of the afternoon skating. None of us had a lot of experience on the ice so it was an exciting experience. No major injuries to report thankfully, but I'm sure some of them woke up a little bit sore this morning.
Finally, at 4pm we heading back for Aplington a tired and happy group. We had a lot of fun this weekend but I think most importantly our young people have seen that there is a lot of work to do here locally. We were able to serve in Jesus' name right in our own backyard. I think the kids really enjoyed the time we were able to spend together and they were looking forward to another project. Thanks to the Lord for the growth and safety he gave us through this weekend.
SCHEDULE
monday nov 30: nothing, no praise band
tuesday dec 1: nothing to report
Wednesday dec 2: 330pm Early Herd done at 530pm; 630pm Herd done at 810pm
thursday dec 3: nothing
Friday dec 4: nada
Sat dec 5: nunca
Sunday Dec 6: 180 at 630pm
Wed Dec 9: EARLY HERD @130pm-330pm; HERD 630-810pm
Monday, November 23, 2009
Turkey Time and We Love Jesus(I try to put Jesus in the title because it makes the ads more appropriate)
Happy Halloween, I mean Thanksgiving. It's time to eat to near bursting in remembrance of how thankful we are that the pilgrims sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and Pocahontas married Samuel Adams to for the Alliance Defense Fund thereby starting the war of 1812 in which Francis Scott Keye wrote the lyrics to Labamba... wait... I might have this a little bit wrong. Anyway... where was I... Oh yes! WE ARE THANKFUL, not because of white meat or dark meat, or football games after everyone is too stuffed to move. WE ARE THANKFUL, not because mom made food to feed 60 and there's only 12 people at dinner, although leftovers are good. WE ARE THANKFUL that we serve a risen Savior and he has provided for us abundantly in this nation. The 'separation of church and state' people can paint it anyway they want, but there is no getting around Thanksgiving being a Christian holiday. It gets glossed over with all of the food, football, and food, but really this is a time to be thankful to our Creator God, who made us and everything we will overconsume on Thursday. So don't forget to the HIM and praise HIM. God is good. LET's EAT!!!
STUDENT CONNECTION SCHEDULE
monday-delivered 37 cartons of shoeboxes to Hammond Ave Brethren church
tuesday-hopefully buying supplies for the trip to CR on a 'date' with Annie, YAY! putting an offer in on the house of our dreams(well that might be stretching it)
wednesday-NO HERD OR EARLY HERD, sorry, school's out so I'm out, but I'll probably still be there getting ready for the weekend
Thursday-Thankgiving-eating a lot, Thanking the Lord, eating more, combination of watching football and sleeping, then eating again
Friday-LEAVING FOR CEDAR RAPIDS, BE AT STUCO AT 3pm TO LOAD UP!!!
5pm-Serving at Celebrate Recovery at CRREFUGE church, 1810 Blairs Ferry Rd
6pm-Leading Celebrate Recovery Worship
9pm-REFUGEROCK service, I call it BIKER CHURCH
12AM-lights out at the Kernels Stadium
Saturday-
830am-Breakfast
900am-Clean up at CRREFUGE church
12pm-Service work somewhere in CR
7pm-Concert at Catch 419 in Marion, The BEN DUNEGAN 3
10pm-head back to Stadium and maybe watch a flic on the Jumbotron, maybe, sleep in some cardboard boxes, maybe
Sunday-
830am breakfast
930am-our own worship service at the Stadium
1030am-clean up our mess
1100am-leave for Coral Ridge Mall and do some ice skating
when we get bored we'll come home, probably around 7pm
any questions call me.
PEACE OUT BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
adam
STUDENT CONNECTION SCHEDULE
monday-delivered 37 cartons of shoeboxes to Hammond Ave Brethren church
tuesday-hopefully buying supplies for the trip to CR on a 'date' with Annie, YAY! putting an offer in on the house of our dreams(well that might be stretching it)
wednesday-NO HERD OR EARLY HERD, sorry, school's out so I'm out, but I'll probably still be there getting ready for the weekend
Thursday-Thankgiving-eating a lot, Thanking the Lord, eating more, combination of watching football and sleeping, then eating again
Friday-LEAVING FOR CEDAR RAPIDS, BE AT STUCO AT 3pm TO LOAD UP!!!
5pm-Serving at Celebrate Recovery at CRREFUGE church, 1810 Blairs Ferry Rd
6pm-Leading Celebrate Recovery Worship
9pm-REFUGEROCK service, I call it BIKER CHURCH
12AM-lights out at the Kernels Stadium
Saturday-
830am-Breakfast
900am-Clean up at CRREFUGE church
12pm-Service work somewhere in CR
7pm-Concert at Catch 419 in Marion, The BEN DUNEGAN 3
10pm-head back to Stadium and maybe watch a flic on the Jumbotron, maybe, sleep in some cardboard boxes, maybe
Sunday-
830am breakfast
930am-our own worship service at the Stadium
1030am-clean up our mess
1100am-leave for Coral Ridge Mall and do some ice skating
when we get bored we'll come home, probably around 7pm
any questions call me.
PEACE OUT BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
adam
Monday, November 16, 2009
Tshirts are coming, sometime!
Finally getting our order finalized for tshirts. Let me know if you want one, and more importantly pay me $12. Otherwise I'm just taking care of stuff around here. I am very excited that boys basketball starts today. GO FALCONS! Here is the schedule for the week...
MONDAY: NADA for students, board meeting at 7pm for the board, if you're not on the board, don't come, you'll be bored!
Tuesday: 6pm Praise band practice
Wed: Early Herd meets, well, early, due to early out. Come down right after school and we'll be done at 330pm, if you're not acting like a dork you can stay here until your folks pick you up when they get off work because I'll be here anyway. However, if you are breaking things and being naughty then I will ask you politely to leave and then lock you out.
Herd meets at regular time of 630pm. door opens at 6pm. we are going to be either having movie night or going to the gym for the whole time just to change things up a little and give your minds and your youth director a break. it'll be an extra lot of fun so make sure to bring your friends that don't usually come.
Thursday: nothing
Friday: All State music festival
Saturday: I'm going to the Nutcracker (yay, not really, i'm not a big fan, but my Mom wants me to go) Josie's birthday party, one of many!
Sunday: 180 at 630pm. we'll do something fun I hope.
that's all I have for this week. make sure to read the Eclipse article this week to keep us with what's going on and stop back here for up to date information. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!
MONDAY: NADA for students, board meeting at 7pm for the board, if you're not on the board, don't come, you'll be bored!
Tuesday: 6pm Praise band practice
Wed: Early Herd meets, well, early, due to early out. Come down right after school and we'll be done at 330pm, if you're not acting like a dork you can stay here until your folks pick you up when they get off work because I'll be here anyway. However, if you are breaking things and being naughty then I will ask you politely to leave and then lock you out.
Herd meets at regular time of 630pm. door opens at 6pm. we are going to be either having movie night or going to the gym for the whole time just to change things up a little and give your minds and your youth director a break. it'll be an extra lot of fun so make sure to bring your friends that don't usually come.
Thursday: nothing
Friday: All State music festival
Saturday: I'm going to the Nutcracker (yay, not really, i'm not a big fan, but my Mom wants me to go) Josie's birthday party, one of many!
Sunday: 180 at 630pm. we'll do something fun I hope.
that's all I have for this week. make sure to read the Eclipse article this week to keep us with what's going on and stop back here for up to date information. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!
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