This is just like our church (except, of course, we have chairs instead of pews).
Friday, May 21, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Digital Derby Car Rally
Last night our youth group had a car rally--we had a blast!
It was a scavenger hunt of sorts: the teams had an hour to drive around town and take digital pictures from a list (e.g. team stuffed in a phone booth, being eaten by a bear, trapped in an elevator, etc). When the points were tabulated, the Low Riders edged out the Pink Cadillacs by 18 points for 1st place.
At the end of the evening we saw slide shows of all the teams' pictures. Below are some favorites, along with their category from the list:
Take a picture of your team...
...caroling at a house that has Christmas lights up.
...saluting a flag.
...being run over by a jet.
...in a trash bin.
...all on one playground swing.
...having your arm swallowed by a mail box.
...staging a gun fight with bananas at a grocery store.
It was a scavenger hunt of sorts: the teams had an hour to drive around town and take digital pictures from a list (e.g. team stuffed in a phone booth, being eaten by a bear, trapped in an elevator, etc). When the points were tabulated, the Low Riders edged out the Pink Cadillacs by 18 points for 1st place.
At the end of the evening we saw slide shows of all the teams' pictures. Below are some favorites, along with their category from the list:
Take a picture of your team...
...caroling at a house that has Christmas lights up.
...acting out a Shakespeare scene.
...imitating Benjamin Franklin.
...pretending to throw a team member into a river.
...saluting a flag....being run over by a jet.
...in a trash bin.
...all on one playground swing.
...having your arm swallowed by a mail box.
...staging a gun fight with bananas at a grocery store.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Wedding
Our humble New Hope building enjoyed its first ever wedding this weekend! Ashley Holter married Dylan Leach on Saturday, and her best friend Devita took some really nice pics, a few of which I've copied below! Dewey performed the ceremony, and I was privileged to do some music. May God bless this newly married couple!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
More Downloads Available
Dewey's message from last Sunday is now available online, as well as a couple new music recordings: Glorious Day (from Easter Sunday) and Sparrow (from March 28th). Check them out!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Ministering to the Deaf
I just read a fascinating article about ministry to the deaf entitled Do You Hear What I Hear? by Jeremy Weber. It highlights a video ministry to the deaf (Deaf Video Communications), but it also gives some very interesting information about this virtually unreached group of people. Some quotes include:Language and cultural barriers have left the deaf a veritable unreached people group right in America's midst. Christian deaf ministries estimate that only 1 percent of American deaf children will attend church as adults. Less than 7 percent will ever have the gospel presented to them in a way they can understand.
"Ninety-five percent of deaf children are born into hearing families, but only 10 percent of parents learn enough ASL to have a conversation beyond 'pass the salt' and 'be quiet,'" said Marshall Lawrence [founder of Silent Blessings Deaf Ministries]. "When parents have limited signing skills, it's daunting for them to teach their children about Jesus or Moses." Lawrence tells of a 6-year-old deaf girl who long refused to participate in dinnertime prayers despite her mother's ASL translation. After the girl saw a deaf boy signing his prayers on a deaf ministry video, she excitedly signed to her mother, "Mommy, Jesus knows sign language!" Now she insists on praying at every meal.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Sermons online
Now that the busy Easter season is over, I've finally uploaded Dewey's sermons from March 21 and 28 to our website's downloads page. These are both great messages, and both got a terrific response from those who heard them live--give them a listen!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)