To our parents...

Just want to remind, or perhaps officially inform you of the up coming parent/student meeting. Below is all the "need to know"

When: Thursday, January 7th @ 6:30 pm

Where: Gangway (south end of CRPC)

Who: Parents and Students

What: Meeting to recap this past year and inform and explore this coming year

If you need more information, please feel free to contact the Student Ministries office. On behalf of all the Student Ministries, we are greatly indebted to you for your continuous support. We hope to see you all there!

* light refreshments will be served

For His Kingdom...

Back in the saddle.

So, today is my first day back. Amy and I spent the past 7 days in Tampa w/ her family - our family :)

We left town after a wonderful time of Christmas partying (Gangway style)! Both our Middle School and High School Christmas parties were fantastic! If you happened to have missed out on all the festivities, you can check out the pics on the Gangway Facebook page.

We had a great time in Tampa! It was awesome to spend so much time w/ the family! We hung out, shot BB guns, played catch, chased the dogs, slept a lot and went to see Sherlock Holmes.

Christmas was spectacular! I'm totally spoiled. We had a blast exchanging gifts and laughing together.

Now, I'm back and Dylan and I are busy preparing for the new year. So, if we don't see you between now and 2010...

HAVE A BLESSED AND JOYOUS NEW YEAR!!!

For His Kingdom...

Christmas Parties!!!

Tonight is the Middle School Christmas Party/white elephant gift exchange. I am super excited to see how it all turns out. We are going to have some games, some gifts and lots and lots of fun. So, if you have a Middle School student, send them out. It starts @ 6:30pm and goes to 8:00pm.

Tomorrow night is the High School Christmas Party/white elephant gift exchange. Hopefully it will be just as much fun as the M.S. one (maybe more - who knows). But, if you have a High School student, encourage them to come check it out. It starts @ 7:00pm and ends around 9:00pm.

I hope to see many students come and have a great time!

For His Kingdom...

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

Hello world! (Or, at least the few who happen upon this blog)

Below are a few upcoming events and important dates we here in the Student Ministries would like you to be aware of.

December 16th - M.S. Christmas Party (white elephant gift exchange)

December 17th - H.S. Christmas Party (white elephant gift exchange)

January 6th - Miami Heat B-Ball Game (M.S. & H.S.)

January 7th - Parent/Student Meeting (6:30pm)

January 17th - Vision/Volunteer Meeting (1:00pm)

We hope that this is beneficial to your own calendar planning.

For His Kingdom...

Decorate me O, Lord...

So, today I've been considering Christmas decorations for the Student Ministries. I've scoured the church and invaded many secret hiding places and prop stashes looking for extra decorations. So far I have come up with nothing. But, I have not lost heart for I may just slyly "borrow" some from the Fellowship Hall :)

However, as I have been looking for decorations I got to thinking about the whole process. We decorate our homes, work places and churches to show forth our Christmas spirit. In some way we want to show off how beautiful this world could be and how beautiful we can be. This, no doubt, is not the full intention of many. In fact, most people decorate for no significant reason other than it's just what is done this time of year. Yet, this is not the case for my wife, she decorates out of sheer joy for the season - and for her Lord!

So, as I contemplated this I wondered, is my life decorated? Does my life resemble that amazingly luminescent house that everybody drives out of their way to preview? Or, am I that house that has no lights, no decor, nothing? Have I become so caught up in the ways of the world that I have quenched the Spirit and I have a few bulbs out?

All of this caused me to go to the throne of Grace and ask, "Decorate me O, Lord!"

Just something to think about.

For His Kingdom...