Filed under: YouTube Videos | Tags: animals, art, cowboys, dogs, herding, lisa, mona, sheep
thanks josh collesano for “tweeting” this. i love it.
for all you iPhone users out there. iShoot is a must have App. $1.99 will buy you endless amounts of joy.
*NOTE: “Mashinator” is yours truly. I am dominating this round.
Filed under: Church | Tags: Church, creative, God, josh collesano, ministry, northridge church, school, sunday, teenagers, velocity, weekend
has it been a week since i last posted? wow.
well. this last weekend was quite busy. it started friday. velocity decided to do the 30 Hour Famine that world vision hosts. me and 35 other velocity staff and students started fasting around 7:00a on friday. we got together, had some worship, played some games, slept at the church, served in detroit, then ended the fast at 1:00p saturday afternoon. thanks to anne gardner we had a kickin’ “traditional” african meal. overall we raised over $4,000 for world vision to help feed kids in africa.
then came velocity.
i gave the talk on “who do you say jesus is?” it was based off of peter’s confession in matthew 16:15 – “You are the Christ, son of the living God.”
for a creative element, we had two students spray paint both positive and negative views of jesus on to a large piece of muslin fabric (see pic) … after the talk, the band did three worship songs from behind the fabric…it was a powerful night of confession and worship of who jesus is.
Filed under: Blogs, Church | Tags: Church, creative, high, northridge church, red letters, sunday, teenagers, velocity, weekend
saturday was a relaxing day. another one of those day that no work has to be done (on my part). I took some time to read crazy love (haven’t finished it yet). in MI it was a sunny 55 degrees (F) outside, so that made for a more cheerful attitude than usual. tony tice spoke at northridge church saturday night…i enjoyed being challenged on being a person of truth 100% of the time.
sunday was a long day. bill and i drove to the birmingham campus of kensington community church. it was a great experience. northridge is launching our first regional campus in saline, mi. so it was great to see how other churches are doing the whole multi-site gig.
this pic is of the junior high group [breakaway]. they meet right outside of the cafeteria
this is the main auditorium [where the big people go to church]
*all pics were taken with my iPhone*
sunday night we had velocity. it was a blast. bill brought the talk – the main point was god gives rest. whoa! did our students need to hear this one!! i guess if bill and i are honest though, the talk was designed for him and i. we have been going and going…we need to find rest in the God we’re serving!
i’m excited about teaching this next sunday. the topic? “who do you say jesus is?” gonna be sweet.
Filed under: Blogs, YouTube Videos | Tags: beatbox, flute, gadget, inspector, jarrett, mario, song, stevens, youtube
jarrett steven’s blog made me aware of this guy. first up…mario theme song
next…none other than inspector gadget.
Filed under: YouTube Videos | Tags: blanket, box, drive, leadership, love, ministry, poor, pro, rich, team, velocity, wood
our ministry had a blanket drive last november. the student leaderhship team built a box to put all the blankets in. it was a kickin’ box. so much so i almost didn’t want to get rid of it. but alas…we did. enjoy this fun little snippet of 3 people destroying a well-built wooden box.
Filed under: Polls | Tags: book, diety, eternity, God, the shack, trinity, william, young
there’s been a good amount of “grass roots” talk about this book. personally, i’ve not read it. but what do you think? vote below.
sorry for the cheesy header…i had to. but seriously. wow. “no line in the horizon” is definitely worth the buy.
psalm 119:135 – make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees (TNIV)
i find that I want the first part (God’s favor on my life), but I tend to ignore the second part (learning God’s ways). i wonder if the first part comes without the second part?
psalm 119:45 – i will walk about in freedom, for i have sought out your precepts (TNIV)
it seems that in order to walk in freedom (and one could argue, have God’s favor), i must be seeking God’s “precepts” … his ways, not mine.
Filed under: Blogs, Church, YouTube Videos | Tags: announcement, ball, northridge, paint, sunday, velocity
this past sunday night we showed this announcement video. we got the idea from josh griffin…thanks a lot buddy.
