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.