13 Days Remaining

13 days Remaining!!!

The Heroes are still ahead of the Crusaders.

The top 10 individuals right now are in order:

1. Eddie Arreola (Same)
2. Sean Belknap (Same)
3. Mandie Tippit (Moved from 5 to 3)
4. Paul Serrato (Same)
5. Hillary Prewitt (Moved from 3 to 5)
6. Seth Prewitt (Same)
7. Andrea Tippit (Same)
8. Ariel Tippit (Same)
9. Daniel Lamb (Same)
10. Beth Hart (Same)

Great job everyone. Remember services and events this week are:
Wednesday, February 17th (Love Conquers All )
Sunday, February 21st (Sunday School)
Sunday, February 21st (Sunday Morning Service)
Sunday, February 21st (Deliver Gifts to Widows)
Sunday, February 21st (Sunday Bible Study)
Sunday, February 21st (Sunday Night Service)
Sunday, February 21st (Hamburger Supper)

Several of you are not far off. Keep working on bringing people and make sure you are at church. Don't forget to let me know if you are tithing. Also, make sure to leave comments on facebook and respond to the blogs.

Is Your Mind Stayed on God?

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You —Isaiah 26:3

Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved? Starvation of the mind, caused by neglect, is one of the chief sources of exhaustion and weakness in a servant’s life. If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. There is no reason to wait for God to come to you. You must turn your thoughts and your eyes away from the face of idols and look to Him and be saved (see Isaiah 45:22 ).

Your mind is the greatest gift God has given you and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. You should seek to be "bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ . . ." ( 2 Corinthians 10:5 ). This will be one of the greatest assets of your faith when a time of trial comes, because then your faith and the Spirit of God will work together. When you have thoughts and ideas that are worthy of credit to God, learn to compare and associate them with all that happens in nature-the rising and the setting of the sun, the shining of the moon and the stars, and the changing of the seasons. You will begin to see that your thoughts are from God as well, and your mind will no longer be at the mercy of your impulsive thinking, but will always be used in service to God.

"We have sinned with our fathers . . . [and] . . . did not remember . . ." ( Psalm 106:6-7 ). Then prod your memory and wake up immediately. Don’t say to yourself, "But God is not talking to me right now." He ought to be. Remember whose you are and whom you serve. Encourage yourself to remember, and your affection for God will increase tenfold. Your mind will no longer be starved, but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright.

4 weeks Remaining!!!

The Heroes are ahead of the Crusaders.

The top 10 individuals right now are in order:

1. Eddie Arreola (Same)
2. Sean Belknap (Same)
3. Hillary Prewitt (Moved from 8 to 3)
4. Paul Serrato (Moved from 7 to 4)
5. Mandie Tippit (Moved from 3 to 5)
6. Seth Prewitt (Same)
7. Andrea Tippit (Moved from 4 to 7)
8. Ariel Tippit (Moved from 5 to 8)
9. Daniel Lamb (Moved from 10 to 9)
10. Beth Hart (Moved from 11 to 10)

Great job everyone. Remember services and events this week are:
Wednesday, February 3rd (Love Conquers All )
Sunday, February 14th (Sunday School)
Sunday, February 14th (Sunday Morning Service)
Sunday, February 14th (Deliver Gifts to Widows)
Sunday, February 14th (Sunday Bible Study)
Sunday, February 14th (Sunday Night Service)

Several of you are not far off. Keep working on bringing people and make sure you are at church. Don't forget to let me know if you are tithing. Also, make sure to leave comments on facebook and respond to the blogs.

New Info!!

Update!!!!

After three weeks.

The Heroes are ahead of the Crusaders by 24 points.

The top 10 individuals right now are in order:

1. Eddie Arreola (Moved from 2 to 1)
2. Sean Belknap (Moved from 1 to 2)
3. Mandie Tippit (Moved from 4 to 3)
4. Andrea Tippit (Moved from 3 to 4)
5. Ariel Tippit (Same)
6. Seth Prewitt (Same)
7. Paul Serrato (Same)
8. Hillary Prewitt (Moved from 9 to 8)
9. Kendall Prewitt (Moved from 8 to 9)
10. Daniel Lamb (Moved from 14 to 10)

Great job everyone. Remember services and events this week are:
Wednesday, February 3rd (Love Conquers All Begins)
Saturday, February 6th (I Love Jesus Banquet)
Sunday, February 7th (Sunday School)
Sunday, February 7th (Sunday Morning Service)
Sunday, February 7th (Super Bowl Party and Service. This event will count as attending a service and an event)

Several of you are not far off. Keep working on bringing people and make sure you are at church. Don't forget to let me know if you are tithing. Also, make sure to leave comments on facebook and respond to the blogs.

Update!!!!

After two weeks in the Octagon the Crusaders are leading the Heroes by 21 points.

The top 10 individuals right now are in order:
1. Sean Belknap
2. Eddie Arreola
3. Andrea Tippit
4. Mandie Tippit
5. Ariel Tippit
6. Seth Prewitt
7. Paul Serrato
8. Kendall Prewitt
9. Hillary Prewitt
10. Macks Prewitt

Several of you are not far off. Keep working on bringing people and make sure you are at church.

Visitors, Vistors, Visitors!!!!!!

Great job everyone. Keep inviting people. 24 visitors in the last two weeks.

AMAZING!!!!!

Am I Looking To God?

Look to Me, and be saved . . . —Isaiah 45:22

Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, "Look to Me, and be saved . . . ." The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make us look to God, but His blessings tend to divert our attention elsewhere. The basic lesson of the Sermon on the Mount is to narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. "Look to Me . . . ."

Many of us have a mental picture of what a Christian should be, and looking at this image in other Christians’ lives becomes a hindrance to our focusing on God. This is not salvation— it is not simple enough. He says, in effect, "Look to Me and you are saved," not "You will be saved someday." We will find what we are looking for if we will concentrate on Him. We get distracted from God and irritable with Him while He continues to say to us, "Look to Me, and be saved . . . ." Our difficulties, our trials, and our worries about tomorrow all vanish when we look to God.

Wake yourself up and look to God. Build your hope on Him. No matter how many things seem to be pressing in on you, be determined to push them aside and look to Him. "Look to Me . . . ." Salvation is yours the moment you look.

Standing up for Truth!!!!

Read this article from msnbc.com. Think about how you might stand firm in your faith when others fall away.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30438969/

The Voice of the Nature of God

I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ’Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’ —Isaiah 6:8

When we talk about the call of God, we often forget the most important thing, namely, the nature of Him who calls. There are many things calling each of us today. Some of these calls will be answered, and others will not even be heard. The call is the expression of the nature of the One who calls, and we can only recognize the call if that same nature is in us. The call of God is the expression of God’s nature, not ours. God providentially weaves the threads of His call through our lives, and only we can distinguish them. It is the threading of God’s voice directly to us over a certain concern, and it is useless to seek another person’s opinion of it. Our dealings over the call of God should be kept exclusively between ourselves and Him.

The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God. But when God brings me into the right relationship with Himself, I will be in the same condition Isaiah was. Isaiah was so attuned to God, because of the great crisis he had just endured, that the call of God penetrated his soul. The majority of us cannot hear anything but ourselves. And we cannot hear anything God says. But to be brought to the place where we can hear the call of God is to be profoundly changed.

Old Youth Photos

Disciple Now 2008


SOAR 2008

January / February Teams

Paul Serrato - Captain
Eddie Arreola - Assistant
Savannah Berry
Tina Belew
Chelsea Roton
Hillary Prewitt
Kendall Prewitt
Trey O'Brien
Jon Rush
Sean Belknap
Daniel Lamb
Jennifer Lamb
Lacey Davis
Prissy Berry


Mandie Tippit - Captain
Andrea Tippit - Assistant
Ariel Tippit
Kasey Villanueva
Megan Brand
Ashley Brand
Seth Prewitt
Macks Prewitt
Haley Huddleston
Shelby Norman
Beth Hart
Naomi Vik
Cameron Bowman
Kara Lundy


Let the games begin!!!! It starts this Wednesday, January 13th.

Youth Draft!!!

What is a Youth Draft?
Coaches/Captains will be selected or volunteer to manage a team. They will alternate picks as in a Sports Draft by picking other youth to be on their team. People will get credit for being at services, events, bringing their Bible, etc. Teams will compete to beat the other teams.

How Long Does it Last?
For two months the teams will compete to win the matchup. After two months, new coaches/captains will be selected to start new teams.

What is the Purpose?
To help increase our youth ministry, spiritually and numerically, we are challenging the youth department to reach out to friends, classmates, family, and others and bring them to church. By doing so we pray that these new people will develop a relationship with Christ and become active members of our youth ministry.

What is the Grand Prize?
The winners will go out to eat as a team for FREE!

SMAC (Sunday Morning After Church)

This Sunday, January 10th, we will be going to Pancho's after the morning service. We will then come back and play games and have our Youth Draft. Bring money for Pancho's, games, and clothes for Sunday night service. Be prepared to stay for the 6:00PM service.