FacePlant Summer Kickoff
.
On June 19th, we had our FacePlant Summer Kickoff. It was a combined Middle School and High School youth group meeting where headlining worship band, "Shines Like Stars," led us in some awesome worship. There were close to 100 in attendance. Our "FacePlant" house worship band (me and Jackson) started off the night with a few songs. We also had cool raffle ticket give-aways including FacePlant beanies, "Facelant" and "Shines Like Stars" CDs and an iPod Shuffle. Then "Shines Like Stars," coming all the way from Southern California, played a high energy set of both original and borrowed worship songs. Young people gathered around the front of the stage and worshipped God in their own way, including head banging and dancing. Please check out the FacePlant Summer Kickoff 2007 video found on this blog. It was an awesome night.
.
High School Summer Camp
.
From June 28th to 30th, a group of 17 of our FacePlant High School students and staff attended summer camp. This year, we had YD Adventures ran our summer camp. We stayed in tents at the Wasco County Fairgrounds. On the first day of camp, we endured a lower ropes/challenge course where we experientially learned about faith and team dynamics. On the second and third days we rafted down two different legs of the Deschutes River. It was an awesome time. We also did other various activities including a trip to an old cemetary where we pondered our lives and what kind of legacy we would leave behind. Our camp theme was : "SURVIVOR: Dead in the Water, Safe in the Boat." We focused in on three aspects of our commitment to Christ:
.
DAY #1: HAVE WE EVER COMMITTED OURSELVES TO CHRIST?
.
2 Corinthians 13:5, "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you - unless, of course, you fail the test."
.
DAY #2: WILL WE CHOOSE TO COMMIT OURSELVES TO CHRIST?
.
Joshua 24:15, "But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, shoose for youselves this day whom you will serve...But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
.
DAY #3: WILL WE STICK WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO CHRIST?
.
Luke 9:62, "Jesus replied, 'No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
.
One of the highlights of High School Summer Camp was that two young people who were not yet committed to Christ invited Christ to come into their lives. We also had 3 more conversions on a Tuesday night and 1 more conversion on a Thursday night earlier in June. Through the end of June that makes 60 new believers since the beginning of 2007 and 140 new believers since FacePlant Ministries started in the beginning of 2006. PRAISE GOD!!! Please check out the FacePlant High School Summer Camp 2007 video on this blog. More cool stuff to come at FacePlant Ministries this summer.
.
Christian Young
Youth Pastor
No comments:
Post a Comment