The earth is shaking underneath our feet here at FacePlant Ministries. It could be the sound of skaters landing huge kickflips off of our half-completed fun box or the sick tweaked-out method airs off of our newly donated quarter pipes. Maybe it's the sound of a hundred young people at skate church on Thursday night crying out to God in unison, saying, "Forgive me Jesus." It might be our Tuesday Night High School group on their faces (literally) before God committing themselves to God as the Holy Spirit falls in power. All of these things are happening as a result of God moving in huge ways at our Whipple Creek campus. And believe me, His tremors are being felt throughout Vancouver, Washington and beyond.
From Outdoors to Indoors. As the weather is changing and the rain has come, we have to make some changes at our Thurday night skate church. Our 150 skaters, bikers and spectators (that's right, we're up to 150) have been congregating in our parking lot. The rain and lack of light is forcing us to bring this God-thing that has exploded overnight indoors. Now we are in the middle of designing our indoor skatepark which should be partially completed by next fall, but at least for the wet season, we have to do something. So we had this crazy idea of temporarily bringing our skate church into our main sanctuary on Thursday nights while renovations are being made in preparation for the permanent move from Alki. So check this out: Friends and families of FacePlant skaters and spectators are donating plywood to place over the carpet in our main sanctuary to skate on. This not only solves the rain and lack of light issues, it helps us contain these youth to make it a safer place for skate church. We will have a live band (our very own Jackson Jackson with yours truly) kick off our indoor celebration on Thursday, November 9th. He will be selling his newly released CD, "Paseo Padre" with some of the proceeds going to FacePlant Ministries.
From Foyer to Living Room. As an extension of the overall vision, mission and purpose of Whipple Creek Church, FacePlant Ministries is seeking to create relevant environments to bring our youth from spiritual infancy to spiritual maturity. Our Thursday night skate church is a very seeker-friendly "foyer" environment. We keep the message pretty short and "milky" due to the diversity in our group of mostly non-churched. But it is a great place to get the youth "in the door." Our Tuesday night Middle School and High School groups are more of an in-depth "living room" environment. We pray, worship, have more "meaty" Bible discussions and break into small groups. Please pray that we can successfully bring our youth from the "foyer" into the "living room." One way we are doing this is by raising the bar with our sponsored skaters and bikers. In order to remain sponsored by FacePlant Ministries, they must attend Tuesday night Middle School or High School group as well as have three weekly entries in their "Real Life Journals."
Couple of quick announcements. Halloween happens to fall on a Tuesday night this year. So Tuesday, October 31st, we will be having an alternative to Halloween event called "Fear Factor" based on 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." Middle School and High School will be combined for this event from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Also our FacePlant stickers ($1), helmets ($6) and T-shirts ($15) have come in and are being sold on Thursday nights. We also have an updated list of our sponsored skaters and bikers:
A-TEAM: Victor Elizondo, John Mason, Kyle McClellen, Josh Newton, Collin Whalen, Robbie Naumann, Kyle Smith and Blaine Strachan.
B-TEAM: Curtis Christensen, Boomer Gasaway, Jake Misener, Wayne Purdy, Travis Reeder, Mick Reeder, Jakoda Taylor, Dakota Wawrzyniak, Brandon Clymer, Codie Cardon, Jake Lain and Lauren Swift.
BMX BIKE TEAM: Eric Mullen, Logan Brewster, Garett Thayer, Hawk Platt, Kyle Gustin, Quinn Wells and Sean Lamar.
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!!! Also here are the 1st place through 3rd place winners of our September 14th skate competition:
A-TEAM: 1st Place: Josh Newton. 2nd Place: Kyle McClellen. 3rd Place: John Mason.
B-TEAM: 1st Place: Curtis Christensen. 2nd Place: Travis Reeder. 3rd Place: Jakoda Taylor.
UNSPONSORED: 1st Place: Blaine Strachan. 2nd Place: Trevor Knowles. 3rd place: Nick Polette.
BMX BIKERS: 1st Place: Garett Thayer. 2nd Place: Chris Eaton. 3rd Place: Quinn Wells.
GOOD JOB FELLA'S. Our next skate and bike competitions will begin Thursday, November 16th. Trophies and other prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. So practice up.
Christian Young
Youth Pastor
From Outdoors to Indoors. As the weather is changing and the rain has come, we have to make some changes at our Thurday night skate church. Our 150 skaters, bikers and spectators (that's right, we're up to 150) have been congregating in our parking lot. The rain and lack of light is forcing us to bring this God-thing that has exploded overnight indoors. Now we are in the middle of designing our indoor skatepark which should be partially completed by next fall, but at least for the wet season, we have to do something. So we had this crazy idea of temporarily bringing our skate church into our main sanctuary on Thursday nights while renovations are being made in preparation for the permanent move from Alki. So check this out: Friends and families of FacePlant skaters and spectators are donating plywood to place over the carpet in our main sanctuary to skate on. This not only solves the rain and lack of light issues, it helps us contain these youth to make it a safer place for skate church. We will have a live band (our very own Jackson Jackson with yours truly) kick off our indoor celebration on Thursday, November 9th. He will be selling his newly released CD, "Paseo Padre" with some of the proceeds going to FacePlant Ministries.
From Foyer to Living Room. As an extension of the overall vision, mission and purpose of Whipple Creek Church, FacePlant Ministries is seeking to create relevant environments to bring our youth from spiritual infancy to spiritual maturity. Our Thursday night skate church is a very seeker-friendly "foyer" environment. We keep the message pretty short and "milky" due to the diversity in our group of mostly non-churched. But it is a great place to get the youth "in the door." Our Tuesday night Middle School and High School groups are more of an in-depth "living room" environment. We pray, worship, have more "meaty" Bible discussions and break into small groups. Please pray that we can successfully bring our youth from the "foyer" into the "living room." One way we are doing this is by raising the bar with our sponsored skaters and bikers. In order to remain sponsored by FacePlant Ministries, they must attend Tuesday night Middle School or High School group as well as have three weekly entries in their "Real Life Journals."
Couple of quick announcements. Halloween happens to fall on a Tuesday night this year. So Tuesday, October 31st, we will be having an alternative to Halloween event called "Fear Factor" based on 2 Timothy 1:7, "For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." Middle School and High School will be combined for this event from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Also our FacePlant stickers ($1), helmets ($6) and T-shirts ($15) have come in and are being sold on Thursday nights. We also have an updated list of our sponsored skaters and bikers:
A-TEAM: Victor Elizondo, John Mason, Kyle McClellen, Josh Newton, Collin Whalen, Robbie Naumann, Kyle Smith and Blaine Strachan.
B-TEAM: Curtis Christensen, Boomer Gasaway, Jake Misener, Wayne Purdy, Travis Reeder, Mick Reeder, Jakoda Taylor, Dakota Wawrzyniak, Brandon Clymer, Codie Cardon, Jake Lain and Lauren Swift.
BMX BIKE TEAM: Eric Mullen, Logan Brewster, Garett Thayer, Hawk Platt, Kyle Gustin, Quinn Wells and Sean Lamar.
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!!! Also here are the 1st place through 3rd place winners of our September 14th skate competition:
A-TEAM: 1st Place: Josh Newton. 2nd Place: Kyle McClellen. 3rd Place: John Mason.
B-TEAM: 1st Place: Curtis Christensen. 2nd Place: Travis Reeder. 3rd Place: Jakoda Taylor.
UNSPONSORED: 1st Place: Blaine Strachan. 2nd Place: Trevor Knowles. 3rd place: Nick Polette.
BMX BIKERS: 1st Place: Garett Thayer. 2nd Place: Chris Eaton. 3rd Place: Quinn Wells.
GOOD JOB FELLA'S. Our next skate and bike competitions will begin Thursday, November 16th. Trophies and other prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. So practice up.
Christian Young
Youth Pastor
