Jr. Highers, we will be having an activity tomorrow afternoon - Saturday, June 21st - from 4-8 p.m. We will be having a Scavenger Hunt and other games. We will also have dinner and some time in God's Word.
This event is FREE! - no cost for you. Feel free to bring friends with you. You will need a Medical Release Form for this event if you haven't filled one out yet. You can get one by using the link on the right hand bar of this blog page.
Hope to see you there!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
What do you think?
I received this article via email earlier today. I thought I would post it up as I thought it was rather interesting. I was wondering what some of your thoughts would be on this.
This article is by Ingrid Schlueter
Posted: 06/17/2008
Wingclips.com reports that the top movie clip download by pastors for use in their sermons is from Horton Hears a Who—that has been the top clip every week for the last three months. Dr. Seuss is apparently growing in popularity as sermon fodder. The thrilling true stories from Holy Scripture are no longer enough to hold even adult attention in church, but Dr. Seuss evidently meets the need.
Our family attended a Thanksgiving eve service at a local church one year. We were visitors, and we appreciated the readings, the Thanksgiving hymns and the prayer. The church was heavily attended by faculty from the denomination’s local college and seminary, and the place was full that night. The pastor finally ascended the very large pulpit, looked out into the audience with the intense glare of someone with a serious message to proclaim. A hush fell over the congregation. He gripped the sides of the pulpit. His opening words were:
“I do not likegreen eggsand ham!
I do not like them,Sam-I-am.
You do not like them.
So you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may, I say.
Sam!If you will let me be,
I will try them.You will see.
Say!I like green eggs and ham!
I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!
And I would eat them in a boat.And I would eat them with a goat…”
The theme of the ten-minute crowd-pleaser message was “taste and see that the Lord is good. If you avoid God like green eggs and ham, you’ll never know what you’re missing. Give God a taste.” An exit sign never looked as good as it did that night.
Are there moral lessons in many fairy tales and stories? Of course. But when did church become a place for “moral lessons?” We have the whole counsel of God in our hands, the inerrant, powerful, authoritative Word of God, preserved down through the ages by God’s sovereign hand and the faithfulness of those who paid many times with their own blood. Why is that precious book not sufficient?
Why? Because nobody wants rich meat any longer. They want to be entertained and regaled with childish cartoons. They want to see movie clips of Spiderman, The Hulk, Sex in the City, and whatever other garbage the world is doling out. They want cute moral lessons from dancing vegetables on Sunday morning, not the true meat of the Word for grown-ups in Christ. With the persecution of believers that is coming to the West, Horton Hears a Who is not going to cut it.
Interviewing Richard Wurmbrand and Christo Kulichev, two pastors who suffered incredible torture and imprisonment in Romania and Bulgaria, it was clear to me that their knowledge of the Word was what got them through their suffering. The promises of God provide the only key to escaping the dungeon of despair in our own lives.
Let those who want silly elephants teaching them on Sunday morning carry on with their cartoons. But let those who desire a deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ feed deeply from the true meat of the Word. It alone can sustain us in the one true faith.
Okay - so what do you think - agree or disagree?
This article is by Ingrid Schlueter
Posted: 06/17/2008
Wingclips.com reports that the top movie clip download by pastors for use in their sermons is from Horton Hears a Who—that has been the top clip every week for the last three months. Dr. Seuss is apparently growing in popularity as sermon fodder. The thrilling true stories from Holy Scripture are no longer enough to hold even adult attention in church, but Dr. Seuss evidently meets the need.Our family attended a Thanksgiving eve service at a local church one year. We were visitors, and we appreciated the readings, the Thanksgiving hymns and the prayer. The church was heavily attended by faculty from the denomination’s local college and seminary, and the place was full that night. The pastor finally ascended the very large pulpit, looked out into the audience with the intense glare of someone with a serious message to proclaim. A hush fell over the congregation. He gripped the sides of the pulpit. His opening words were:
“I do not likegreen eggsand ham!
I do not like them,Sam-I-am.
You do not like them.
So you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may, I say.
Sam!If you will let me be,
I will try them.You will see.
Say!I like green eggs and ham!
I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!
And I would eat them in a boat.And I would eat them with a goat…”
The theme of the ten-minute crowd-pleaser message was “taste and see that the Lord is good. If you avoid God like green eggs and ham, you’ll never know what you’re missing. Give God a taste.” An exit sign never looked as good as it did that night.
Are there moral lessons in many fairy tales and stories? Of course. But when did church become a place for “moral lessons?” We have the whole counsel of God in our hands, the inerrant, powerful, authoritative Word of God, preserved down through the ages by God’s sovereign hand and the faithfulness of those who paid many times with their own blood. Why is that precious book not sufficient?
Why? Because nobody wants rich meat any longer. They want to be entertained and regaled with childish cartoons. They want to see movie clips of Spiderman, The Hulk, Sex in the City, and whatever other garbage the world is doling out. They want cute moral lessons from dancing vegetables on Sunday morning, not the true meat of the Word for grown-ups in Christ. With the persecution of believers that is coming to the West, Horton Hears a Who is not going to cut it.
Interviewing Richard Wurmbrand and Christo Kulichev, two pastors who suffered incredible torture and imprisonment in Romania and Bulgaria, it was clear to me that their knowledge of the Word was what got them through their suffering. The promises of God provide the only key to escaping the dungeon of despair in our own lives.
Let those who want silly elephants teaching them on Sunday morning carry on with their cartoons. But let those who desire a deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ feed deeply from the true meat of the Word. It alone can sustain us in the one true faith.
Okay - so what do you think - agree or disagree?
Valentine's Dinner 08'
Obviously Valentine's Day was a few months back. However, in an effort to "catch up" on a few things, I want to blog about our Valentine's Dinner this past year. We started doing Valentine's Dinner in 2006. It started out for just youth parents, then last year we included youth grandparents in the mix and we did so again this year.We had 27 youth and siblings involved in the dinner. We had 29 parents and grandparents who attended.
Brittany oversaw the kitchen workers and they did a great job with our menu - Tuscan bruschetta, cruncy romaine tossed salad, classic lasagna with French bread, and "heart" warming applie pie cookies with vanilla ice cream.
Kitchen crew in full swing
Preparing the "Heart" Warming Apple Pie Cookies
Those youth not involved in the kitchen were involved as MC, Photographers, setup, servers, and cleanup. Many also performed in different musical ways throughout the night. I think we had a special music number just about every 5 minutes for the hour and a half dinner.
Our MC, Matt - and no he is not keeping reservations for the men's restroom
Here are 2 of our photographers; I wonder where the other one is?
Setting up tables
Servers preparing to enter the dining room
Bring out the food!
Johnny providing some "atmosphere"
A lot of work went into making the night a success. Ryan Anderson helped out in a huge way as he helped to direct the setup, servers, and cleanup. Everyone did a great job and I think the parents and grandparents had a great time.
Ryan was very hungry after all the hard work
Most of the youth, parents, and grandparents
Having fun!
And Brittany is already getting recipe ideas for next year...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
A NEW POST!!
So very sorry that it has been so long since anything new has been posted here at the CBC Youth blog. I have not done a great job at keeping this blog up and if you read previous posts you will see that this is something that takes place consistently. Usually, though I go on a rampage and post 3-4 posts all in one day - well not today, but I do want to say that I will try to update this a bit more often than every 6 months or so.It is not like nothing has been happening to blog about - Valentine's Dinner, Quizzing Competition, Jr. High activities, Sr. High activities (including a Lock In), Spring Workday, Awana Awards including 2 Citation Recipients - Brad and Melinda, Seniors Graduating, SBR Camps going on, Summer Wednesdays starting (we are studying Philippians) and lots of other stuff. Maybe I'll try to catch up on a few.
So we'll see what happens from here and I'll try to keep you updated better from now on.
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