Archive - March, 2009

SCC – Norton/Concordia Kansas

March 24, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

On March 14th, Kyle, Kaylin, Julie, Val and I traveled to Norton Kansas to visit the Norton Christian Church and the youth minister, Mike Sander.

Sunday morning, I was able to teach a lesson titled, “Who is God?” that dealt with how we view God, and comparing Him to ourselves.  Each student wrote down aspects of themselves and then compared them to the description of God in Isaiah 40.

God won.

I then was able to share a bit about the college, then went straight to helping with the Children’s Church there.  After Church, we went to the “Rock” youth center in Norton for pizza and college discussion with high school students, which went well.

Then we were off to Concordia, Kansas…

Along the way we went through several towns with odd names… the oddest we found on the map was Men, Kansas.  Nice.

Upon arriving at Concordia, we went to the First Christian Church to help set up for the VBS we were to help with.

After a good night’s rest, we started VBS.  The program we went through was called Studio Go Game Show, which talked about how God called people to Go and do something, such as Go Lead, Go Tell, etc.

I was the “game show host” named Wade Winalot, and had a terribly ridiculous wig… the kids loved telling me how bad my hair was and that I should take off the wig.  That last sentence sounds like they were mean… but they weren’t… sniff.

Basically we would have an introduction time, with songs and a few game show games, then head off to 4 different stations to learn about the Bible story of the morning, then a closing show with Wade Winalot, Coach Armstrong (Kyle) and Professor Wordsmart (Julie).  Then we’d have lunch and start all over again in the afternoon.

It was a great program, and we had a lot of fun.

On Wednesday, we had the final session and then headed back to Scottsbluff.  We arrived Wednesday evening, and I began to prepare my next trip, which was to Lewistown, Montana… which will be the next post.

I want to say a big thank you to everyone who helped us along the way, with food, shelter and both of the Church’s – Norton Christian Church and First Christian Church in Concordia.  Special thanks to Mike Sander and Crystal Paredes for working with us to come down and for allowing us to serve beside them.

in Christ,

Isaiah

Praise

March 6, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Psalm 113

1 Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD! 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore! 3 From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised! 4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! 5 Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high, 6 who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? 7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, 8 to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people. 9 He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children.  Praise the LORD! - (ESV)

Throughout this day I’ve seen moments when I need to give God praise…

Take some time to stop and praise the one who set the sun in motion, who is high above the heavens and who is always in control…

Praise the Lord!

in Christ,

Isaiah

We get busy, and we forget who we really are. We get hurt, and we forget who we really are. We find ourselves in the midst of trials, and we lose ourselves – forgetting who we are. But our identity in Christ is power.

March 4, 2009 in quote with 0 Comments

We get busy, and we forget who we really are.

We get hurt, and we forget who we really are.

We find ourselves in the midst of trials, and we lose ourselves – forgetting who we are.

But our identity in Christ is power.
Arron Chambers – Remember Who You Are

SCC – Visiting the Bayard Youth

March 2, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Last Wednesday I traveled to Bayard, Nebraska to visit the youth of the Bayard Christian Church.  I was there to teach a lesson, share about the college and hurt Chris, er… I mean to lead some games.

The best part about visiting Bayard was sharing stories from our time at SCC.  Chris, the Youth Minister, was my roommate in college.  I was able to share my story, of how Chris helped me get out of my shell, and some funny stories about waking up.  One involved a metal hanger, yelling Chris’ name and well… I think you can figure out what happened.

After the lesson and story, we played various games of tag.  I love tag – it requires no extra supplies… just youth and room to run.  We played varitions of Everyone’s IT, one of which was called Ninja Tag (my favorite).  In Ninja tag, you are allowed to be tagged three times, but each time you are tagged, you have to cover the wound with one of your hands.  Thus, after 2 times, you’re relegated to a purely defensive stance, but it is fun.

We also played a version called Rooster tag, in which you are allowed to only stand on one leg, and are only tagged out when the leg you are holding up touches the ground.  This version ended rather quickly, mostly because of a painful incident involving Garrett’s knee and Chris’ back.  I tried not to laugh.  Really!

Anyway, it was a fun trip to Bayard and I enjoyed visiting with the students.  So, now I pose a question:

What’s your funniest youth group story?

in Christ,

Isaiah