And the winner is...

So, we finally have decided on what our Youth Tshirts will look like. Here is the winning shirt:

The front says "Rooted in Christ; Growing in Him". The back is the verse Colossians 2:6-7 and under that it says Central Bible Church Youth.

Now we just have to get them ordered. So if you are interested in having one of these Tshirts and haven't signed up for one, find me at church or leave a comment here with your size (S, M, L, XL). The shirts will cost you $5.

Thanks again to Elisa for a great job designing this shirt. We might see this design again in future posts about the youth room renovations.

Your Favorites

All right, so I have recently added some music to this blog for you to enjoy while you read about what is going on. I have included about 30 songs so far; I can include up to 100 - not that I will, but I could. These 30 (besides Toby Mac and Switchfoot - those are two I know the youth like) are songs I enjoy. I realize that not everyone likes the same music as me - surprise, surprise.

So if you come to this blog and have a favorite Christian song or two that you would like me to include in the playlist, leave me a comment, and if they have it available I will add it. Then when you come here you can go to the bottom of the page and click on the song you like.

By the way, this is a free playlist. If any of you are interested in making one and adding it to your blog or facebook or something, just follow the link off the bottom of the playlist and get started. It is pretty cool.

Enjoy!

SHEETROCK!!

The renovations continue and now the sheetrock is up. Its up, its taped, and its floated. The process continues... Here are some pics:

Stay tuned for more updates.

Youth Tshirts

A few weeks ago, Elisa approached me about having a CBC youth Tshirt. I told her that I would consider it if she made it. So she wasted no time. She took a youth brochure home and the very next day at VBS came up to me with her ideas.

The theme for the youth ministry is "Building a Framework on the Foundation of Christ". One of the verses in the brochure is Colossians 2:6-7: "So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him, ROOTED and BUILT UP in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." (NIV).

So Elisa came up with the thought for the shirt to be "Rooted in Christ; Growing in Him" for the youth. I must say that I loved it. She wanted to use a tree with some cool roots for the image, but also a tree that was full of life representing that fruit was being produced. So she set out to draw that tree herself and did a great job.

After a couple of weeks of her working on the designs and fonts on a really cool website, and going back and forth with her on ideas, we narrowed it down to two designs and colors and took a vote last night at Bible study.

Here is design 1:

Front: Tree graphic with the verse

Back: Well, I won't insult your reading ability by typing it out

Here is design 2:

Front: Tree graphic with the motto

Back: Verse and "Central Bible Church Youth"

And these are the 2 colors to choose from. After a poll of quite a few people it seems that design 2 is leading the voting and that the grayish color is also leading. We still haven't polled everyone, so we'll have to wait and see.

Thanks Elisa for a great idea and a great job with all the work. And she has gotten it here in about 2 weeks. We'll let you know what the final decision is.

Renovation Update

Okay, work has resumed on the youth room.

The walls have been cleaned to get rid of the mold that was growing in some areas. They have also been painted in those areas that had a problem with a paint that is supposed to prevent future molding - hopefully it works.

In addition the studs have been put up over the existing block walls as we will be sheet rocking those walls - that will definitely make it easier to hang things.

So here are some more pictures of the latest work:

I'll try to keep you posted on further advancements in the process.