Gideon enjoys treasure hunting with me and so today we made a quick stop on the way home from an errand to grab one (while Kathee and Hope stayed in the car).
To date I've found 80 caches, but more are on the way!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Geocaching!!!
I'm hooked on geocaching. Basically, geocaching is treasure hunting with a handheld GPS. There are over 1,500,000 caches worldwide, with one in at least every country of the world. I started doing it as an opportunity to get outside and spend time with my family. It has now blossomed into a ministry tool as I've taken multiple kids from the youth group. A few weeks ago I took my high school guys RIOT group caching.
Gideon enjoys treasure hunting with me and so today we made a quick stop on the way home from an errand to grab one (while Kathee and Hope stayed in the car).
To date I've found 80 caches, but more are on the way!
Gideon enjoys treasure hunting with me and so today we made a quick stop on the way home from an errand to grab one (while Kathee and Hope stayed in the car).
To date I've found 80 caches, but more are on the way!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Gideon Dancing
So I have had the song Slumber, by the band Needtobreath stuck in my head for two weeks, it seems. Gideon asked me to play this song five times in a row on Friday (not sure why it's stuck in my head). Here he's dancing to it. Had I been quicker I'd have gotten way better dancing footage. I suppose this is what I looked like when Mom played the Ricky Tanner record with The Wells Fargo Wagon- I couldn't help but dance. I love our boy!!!
Hope Springs Eternal
I took these pictures on Saturday before the Huskers played. I think she's pretty cute!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Gideon Goes Grocery Shopping
Yesterday Gideon said he was making a grocery list. Asking what was on the top of his list, he responded, "going to HyVee to get a small decaf coffee and a large iced latte." Wow, this can't be a good state of affairs?!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
March 11 Catalyst Information
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday- Dinner @ the T’s and The Following- 6:00-8:00PM
Next Wednesday- Catalyst- 6:30-8:00PM
Next Thursday- Moldova Prep Meeting- 6:00-8:00PM
Check syllabus for due assignments
Next Saturday- Wednesday Night Adult Leader Meeting- 9:00-11:00AM
March 25- Mission Trip Payment Due
April 3-4- High School to Dare2Share Conference in Chicago
$100 per person. We leave Friday @ 3:30PM, return Sunday morning @ 1am.
$100 Covers conference, hotel, and food!
There will be more information coming on this activity. Due to the large
amount of money, we may be canceling this activity.
TEACHING
Scripture focus: John 18:12-27
This week we will be focusing on Peter and how by rejecting the promises of Psalm 1 ended up not being able to withstand the onslaught of the world and then soon thereafter the actual denial of Christ. Because Peter was walking with the crowd as they followed Jesus to Annas’ house (walking in the counsel of the wicked), then by standing in the path of sinners by hanging out with the crowd around the fire in Annas’ courtyard, and then even sitting in the seat of scoffers (see Luke 22:55), Peter ends up going so far as to taking a courtroom-type oath that he isn’t one of Jesus’ followers and doesn’t know Him.
I will be challenging the teens to take stock of their life.
1- Is your whole manner of life pleasing to the Lord?
2- In what ways have you been walking by, standing in, and sitting with sin in your life?
3- In what do you delight? The word of God or the things of the world?
4- Who are you allowing to influence your life?
5- What results are you seeing? The blessing of God or the destruction that comes with wickedness?
My take-stock question will be “are you living more like Sandy Simon (Simon means “he who hears” which I’m going to use in the sense of always listening to others opinions) and is unable to stand on his own or like Rocky Peter (Peter means rock) who was able to withstand the onslaught of the world and stand firm in Christ?
QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR CHILDREN
1. From Psalm 1:1, what are some of the ways you have seen people come to harm by not delighting in the (law of) the Lord?
2. How is meditating on His law day and night more than just thinking?
3. How does curiosity and sinful desires lead a person to go from walking, to standing, to sitting (from Psalm 1:1)?
4. What is one thing we can pray about right now?
Thursday- Dinner @ the T’s and The Following- 6:00-8:00PM
Next Wednesday- Catalyst- 6:30-8:00PM
Next Thursday- Moldova Prep Meeting- 6:00-8:00PM
Check syllabus for due assignments
Next Saturday- Wednesday Night Adult Leader Meeting- 9:00-11:00AM
March 25- Mission Trip Payment Due
April 3-4- High School to Dare2Share Conference in Chicago
$100 per person. We leave Friday @ 3:30PM, return Sunday morning @ 1am.
$100 Covers conference, hotel, and food!
There will be more information coming on this activity. Due to the large
amount of money, we may be canceling this activity.
TEACHING
Scripture focus: John 18:12-27
This week we will be focusing on Peter and how by rejecting the promises of Psalm 1 ended up not being able to withstand the onslaught of the world and then soon thereafter the actual denial of Christ. Because Peter was walking with the crowd as they followed Jesus to Annas’ house (walking in the counsel of the wicked), then by standing in the path of sinners by hanging out with the crowd around the fire in Annas’ courtyard, and then even sitting in the seat of scoffers (see Luke 22:55), Peter ends up going so far as to taking a courtroom-type oath that he isn’t one of Jesus’ followers and doesn’t know Him.
I will be challenging the teens to take stock of their life.
1- Is your whole manner of life pleasing to the Lord?
2- In what ways have you been walking by, standing in, and sitting with sin in your life?
3- In what do you delight? The word of God or the things of the world?
4- Who are you allowing to influence your life?
5- What results are you seeing? The blessing of God or the destruction that comes with wickedness?
My take-stock question will be “are you living more like Sandy Simon (Simon means “he who hears” which I’m going to use in the sense of always listening to others opinions) and is unable to stand on his own or like Rocky Peter (Peter means rock) who was able to withstand the onslaught of the world and stand firm in Christ?
QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR CHILDREN
1. From Psalm 1:1, what are some of the ways you have seen people come to harm by not delighting in the (law of) the Lord?
2. How is meditating on His law day and night more than just thinking?
3. How does curiosity and sinful desires lead a person to go from walking, to standing, to sitting (from Psalm 1:1)?
4. What is one thing we can pray about right now?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
February 18 Catalyst Information
Parents, please note that at the bottom of the Catalyst Announcements is a new heading entitled Moldova Mission Trip Announcements.
CATALYST ANNOUNCEMENTS
THIS WEEK
Wednesday- Catalyst- 6:30-8:00pm
$10 for 30 Hour Famine due!
Thursday- Dinner and The Following (Peer-to-Peer Ministry Introduction)– 6:00-8:00pm
Friday– 30 Hour Famine. Stop eating at 1:00pm on Friday. Meet at church @ 5pm. We break the fast at 7:00pm on Saturday with a meal. You’re free to head home at 7:30pm
NEXT WEEK
Wednesday– No Catalyst due to Ash Wednesday service @ 7:00pm
Thursday- Dinner & The Following (Peer Ministry)-6:00-8:00pm
MOLDOVA MISSION TRIP ANNOUNCEMENTS
February 21– 7:30pm– Make up bake sale items
Please have your parents bring your bake goods to church at 7:30pm (at the
end of the 30 Hour Famine) so we can put the bags together for sale on
Sunday. Please bring between 4 and 5 dozen cookies per participant.
February 22– 11:00-2:30pm- Café and Bake sale
The café will be open from noon till 2pm. We will set up during second
service.
February 25– 12:00pm– 2nd payment of $200 is due
March 5– 6:00-8:00pm– Moldova Prep Meeting (make sure all your homework is finished)
March 8– 12:30-3:30pm– First Mission Trip Social @ Isaac’s house.
CATALYST SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
This week I am tackling John 17 in its entirety. Due to the children going tubing, we have almost the entire church at our disposal. So, I have created a cross-church relay race as part of my teaching. I (God) will be determining 3 to 4 team captains (Jesus) to carry out each part of the relay. The captains, like Jesus, will have to know their team (disciples) very well. The captains will not be given what each part of the race, just that one room focuses on memory work, another on Bible concordance work, etc.
My point in this relay, is that God gave Jesus the authority over everything. And we are going to be looking at how Jesus used that given authority. He didn't overpower, manipulate, cooerce, but used it to show the Father's (and His) love and to command them to love others. The reason I'm focusing on this is that as I study through John 17, I count the word GIVE (or variations of the word) all over the place.
I'm going to be tying in the relay with the passage by: 1- I gave the captains authority to decide how best to use their team. What those captains say will go. The kind of authority they use with their team can be used to encourage their team to success (and carry out the commands with enthusiasm and love) or to pound down their team into submission through power and control.
I am going to AGAIN being keying in on the amazing love Jesus showed his disciples and followers in His prayer for God's glory and their protection and success.
Here are some questions you may ask your child:
1- how is the authority Jesus displayed different than what is often shown in the world?
2- In Jesus' prayer, He prayed for protection, sanctification, unity, and future glory for his disciples. Why do you think Jesus chose those things specifically to pray for His disciples?
3- Jesus notes that the Father sent Him into the world many times in John 17. How does this give Jesus authority in the world? How does Jesus sending us into the world give us authority?
4- How are we to use that authority?
5- What things can we pray about right now?
CATALYST ANNOUNCEMENTS
THIS WEEK
Wednesday- Catalyst- 6:30-8:00pm
$10 for 30 Hour Famine due!
Thursday- Dinner and The Following (Peer-to-Peer Ministry Introduction)– 6:00-8:00pm
Friday– 30 Hour Famine. Stop eating at 1:00pm on Friday. Meet at church @ 5pm. We break the fast at 7:00pm on Saturday with a meal. You’re free to head home at 7:30pm
NEXT WEEK
Wednesday– No Catalyst due to Ash Wednesday service @ 7:00pm
Thursday- Dinner & The Following (Peer Ministry)-6:00-8:00pm
MOLDOVA MISSION TRIP ANNOUNCEMENTS
February 21– 7:30pm– Make up bake sale items
Please have your parents bring your bake goods to church at 7:30pm (at the
end of the 30 Hour Famine) so we can put the bags together for sale on
Sunday. Please bring between 4 and 5 dozen cookies per participant.
February 22– 11:00-2:30pm- Café and Bake sale
The café will be open from noon till 2pm. We will set up during second
service.
February 25– 12:00pm– 2nd payment of $200 is due
March 5– 6:00-8:00pm– Moldova Prep Meeting (make sure all your homework is finished)
March 8– 12:30-3:30pm– First Mission Trip Social @ Isaac’s house.
CATALYST SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
This week I am tackling John 17 in its entirety. Due to the children going tubing, we have almost the entire church at our disposal. So, I have created a cross-church relay race as part of my teaching. I (God) will be determining 3 to 4 team captains (Jesus) to carry out each part of the relay. The captains, like Jesus, will have to know their team (disciples) very well. The captains will not be given what each part of the race, just that one room focuses on memory work, another on Bible concordance work, etc.
My point in this relay, is that God gave Jesus the authority over everything. And we are going to be looking at how Jesus used that given authority. He didn't overpower, manipulate, cooerce, but used it to show the Father's (and His) love and to command them to love others. The reason I'm focusing on this is that as I study through John 17, I count the word GIVE (or variations of the word) all over the place.
I'm going to be tying in the relay with the passage by: 1- I gave the captains authority to decide how best to use their team. What those captains say will go. The kind of authority they use with their team can be used to encourage their team to success (and carry out the commands with enthusiasm and love) or to pound down their team into submission through power and control.
I am going to AGAIN being keying in on the amazing love Jesus showed his disciples and followers in His prayer for God's glory and their protection and success.
Here are some questions you may ask your child:
1- how is the authority Jesus displayed different than what is often shown in the world?
2- In Jesus' prayer, He prayed for protection, sanctification, unity, and future glory for his disciples. Why do you think Jesus chose those things specifically to pray for His disciples?
3- Jesus notes that the Father sent Him into the world many times in John 17. How does this give Jesus authority in the world? How does Jesus sending us into the world give us authority?
4- How are we to use that authority?
5- What things can we pray about right now?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Catalyst Information for February 11, 2009
Catalyst Announcements
February 11, 2009
THIS WEEK
Wednesday- Catalyst- 6:30-8:00pm
Thursday- No Dinner of The Following
Sunday– Junior High to stand at the table for 30 Hour Famine.
NEXT WEEK
Wednesday- Catalyst- 6:30-8:00pm
$10 for Famine due
Thursday- Dinner & The Following (Peer Ministry)-6:00-8:00pm
Friday-Saturday– 30 Hour Famine
DOWN THE LINE
March 6– Pizza and Nerf Wars
April 3-4– High School to Dare2Share Conference
Moldova Mission Trip Announcements
February 11, 2009
Take Note of What’s Coming Up
February 12– 6:00-8:00pm– Mission Trip Preparation Meetings Info Meeting
We will meet for supper, prayer, devotions, hand out your binders and books, and discuss the structure and expectations for the Thursday night preparation meetings.
February 14– Valentine’s Banquet serving.
We have been asked by the Congregational Life committee to help serve at the Valentine’s banquet. Work times are 5:15-8:30pm, please wear dark pants/skirt and button up shirts. We will help serve the meal, refill water, etc. Funds from the offering will be evenly divided amongst those who serve at the meal.
February 22– 11:00-2:30pm- Café and Bakesale
The café will be open from noon till 2pm. Please make 4 to 5 dozen cookies/bars.
We will set up during second service.
February 25– 12:00pm– 2nd payment of $200 is due
Also– I have created a Facebook group for Moldova. Please make it a habit to check that group page as I and we are updating things on that almost daily. I will also use that to update you to upcoming things. If you have questions or can’t come to something, let me know ASAP!
February 11, 2009
THIS WEEK
Wednesday- Catalyst- 6:30-8:00pm
Thursday- No Dinner of The Following
Sunday– Junior High to stand at the table for 30 Hour Famine.
NEXT WEEK
Wednesday- Catalyst- 6:30-8:00pm
$10 for Famine due
Thursday- Dinner & The Following (Peer Ministry)-6:00-8:00pm
Friday-Saturday– 30 Hour Famine
DOWN THE LINE
March 6– Pizza and Nerf Wars
April 3-4– High School to Dare2Share Conference
Moldova Mission Trip Announcements
February 11, 2009
Take Note of What’s Coming Up
February 12– 6:00-8:00pm– Mission Trip Preparation Meetings Info Meeting
We will meet for supper, prayer, devotions, hand out your binders and books, and discuss the structure and expectations for the Thursday night preparation meetings.
February 14– Valentine’s Banquet serving.
We have been asked by the Congregational Life committee to help serve at the Valentine’s banquet. Work times are 5:15-8:30pm, please wear dark pants/skirt and button up shirts. We will help serve the meal, refill water, etc. Funds from the offering will be evenly divided amongst those who serve at the meal.
February 22– 11:00-2:30pm- Café and Bakesale
The café will be open from noon till 2pm. Please make 4 to 5 dozen cookies/bars.
We will set up during second service.
February 25– 12:00pm– 2nd payment of $200 is due
Also– I have created a Facebook group for Moldova. Please make it a habit to check that group page as I and we are updating things on that almost daily. I will also use that to update you to upcoming things. If you have questions or can’t come to something, let me know ASAP!
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