UNITED STATES 2008 - FacePlant Skate Tour - Lincoln City

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LINCOLN CITY SKATE PARK ***

FacePlant Ministries had its Winter Camp on the Oregon Coast in Rockaway by default this year. The cool thing is, that Lincoln City, about an hour south of where we were staying had a somewhat covered skate park. The problem is, the rain and wind were so bad that the covered part was still wet, which made for tough skating conditions. On top of that it was stinking cold. After a while part of the park was dry enough to skate for a while. Josh, Robbie, Ricky, Cody, Kyle, Chris Cory, Eric and I were all present. They all ripped even with the tough conditions. Under the covered area is a really small street section with a table-top, couple of ledges and a rail in the middle with two quarter pipes on either side. It is a bit hard to get a lot of speed because the street course is so short. If the weather is good, this would be a vert skater's paradise with a nice covered big bowl section and a new huge half-pipe slalom section being built. The locals there are super good at vert and trip out on anyone that can skate "tech." Seeing as we didn't have a chance to skate the entire park, I give it a 3 star rating for the mere size of it, especially with the addition they are constructing.

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Christian Young

Youth Pastor

UNITED STATES 2008 - Team FacePlant Lincoln City VIDEO

UNITED STATES 2008 - New Converts Every Week in January at SkateChurch

NEW CONVERTS EVERY WEEK IN JANUARY AT SKATECHURCH.

We have had a great start to the year 2008 at SkateChurch. We have seen a lot of new faces and many people are inviting friends out. The indoor skate park has been pretty packed every week in January. We have continued our teaching through the gospel of John and have seen young people respond to the gospel every week. Each Thursday night we have seen young people put their trust in Christ for the first time and ask Him into their hearts. Here were the decisions for Christ in January 2008:

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January 3rd: 3

January 10th: 9

January 17th: 3

January 24th:1

January 31st: 2

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We continue to be amazed as we stand back and see the Lord change lives. We have seen 18 conversions so far in 2008. We had 83 conversions in 2007 and 80 conversions in 2006. That brings us to a total of 181 converts since FacePlant Ministries began a little over 2 years ago!!! Thank you Jesus for your grace and mercy. I pray that this would just be the beginning and that many more young people would enter into a personal, hand-holding relationship with Jesus Christ this year.

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Christian Young

Youth Pastor

UNITED STATES 2007 - FacePlant Skate Church Winter 2007-2008 VIDEO

UNITED STATES 2007 - FacePlant Winter Schedule and Stuff

A YEAR IN REVIEW AT FACEPLANT SKATECHURCH.

I can't believe that another year has gone by. Last Winter was when we first decided to bring SkateChurch indoors. We raised money from the community and screwed down plywood to our main sanctuary floor. Remember that? It was a raw plywood floor that had an orange fence surrounding it with a lot of ramps on the floor. We had the quarter pipes, a couple of kickers, boxes and rails set up. This is before Whipple Creek Church was meeting in the facilities on Sunday mornings. Well, things look a little different this Winter. We painted the main sanctuary as well as the plywood as Whipple Creek Church now meets here every Sunday morning. We don't have a fence. We just move chairs to the sides every Thursday. There are not as many ramps but more room to skate. Now we just set up the spine, a kicker, a box and a couple of rails. We started charging at the door to help cover the costs ($1 for sponsored and $2 for unsponsored). We don't have quite as many every Thursday but new skaters are always coming out. We've had a bunch of skate competitions with trophies being awarded to those who placed. We've had sponsorships for those who have excelled both in skating and spiritually. We've had a sick FacePlant Skate Tour where we've traveled to different skate parks in Oregon and Washington. We've taught on the parables of Christ, the miracles of Christ and are currently studying through the gospel of John. We try to make the messages fun and relevant; from handing out rubber snakes to showing movie clips from the "Passion of the Christ." Last SkateChurch we had 1 person make a first time decision to follow Christ and 1 recommitment. That makes 83 first time decisions for the year 2007 at FacePlant Ministries, totaling 163 first time decisions and hundreds of recommitments since FacePlant Ministries started in January of 2006. Praise the Lord for the great harvest that has taken place here in Vancouver, Washington among the youth. Now my prayer is that those young people would stay faithful to Christ and continue to grow and develope in their walk with God. Here is a Christmas greeting I sent out to all the FacePlant youth that I could via MySpace a week ago:

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Hey FacePlant Youth:

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I just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It has been another great year at FacePlant Ministries with 83 young people making first time decisions to follow Christ.I only have one question about that: Some of you 83 young people I still see around on Tuesdays and Thursdays. But many of you I have lost contact with because you haven't been out to youth group at FacePlant Ministries or church at Whipple Creek. Where have you been? God's Word says in Hebrews 10:25 that we are to "not forsake the assembling of ourselves together" and that we should meet together, like at church or youth group, "even more so as we see the Day of Christ approaching." My hope in prayer is that those of you who I don't see anymore are attending another youth group or church. If not, please take this as an invitation to come back to FacePlant Ministries.

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As Christ-followers, we are told from God's Word that we are to:

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(1) Pray without ceasing (talk to Jesus throughout the day, everyday)

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(2) Read and study God's Word (the Bible on a daily basis)

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(3) Meet with other Christ-followers (like I mentioned above) and

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(4) Be a witness for Jesus (by your words and actions)

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These are things we need to take part in to GROW in our relationship with Jesus Christ. If we are not taking part in these things we are NOT GROWING and are remaining SPIRITUAL DWARFS. God is looking for MIGHTY MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD to do battle against Satan, not SPIRITUAL DWARFS. What better of a place to grow in your walk with God than at FacePlant Ministries. I know some of you think, "it isn't fun" or "there are too many hypocrites there." I challenge you to change that...make it fun by being there and be one of the non-hypocritical at youth group. We are studying end times in Matthew 24 on Tuesdays and the gospel of John on Thursdays.

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To those of you who are regular FacePlant attenders: I know that God has been and continues to bring you closer to Himself. I am very honored to be serving as your youth pastor. My hope and prayer is that you will continue to serve God faithfully, even in your youth, especially in your youth. I love all of you and can't wait to see what God has in store for you this next year. There will be no FacePlant Ministries on Tuesday, Dec. 25, Thursday, Dec. 27, or Tuesday, Jan. 1. Again Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you guys around.

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Grace and peace,

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Chris Chin Chung

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FACEPLANT WINTER CAMP 2008.

Coming up from February 1st-3rd, 2008 we have FacePlant Winter Camp for Middle School and High School Students. Will will be driving to Camp Davidson in Sisters, Oregon. It costs $100.00 per student. There will be skating (they have an indoor skatepark), snowboarding, a guest band and guest speaker, and lots of FUN! Make sure to sign up with me either on Tuesdays at Youth Group or on Thursdays at SkateChurch. DON'T MISS OUT!!!

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Christian Young

Youth Pastor

UNITED STATES 2007 - FacePlant Skate Tour - Innerspace and Sea-Tac

INNERSPACE INDOOR SKATE PARK ***

On Sunday, November 11, 2007, a big group of us from Team FacePlant took a trip to Seattle, Washington to skate Innerspace indoor skate park. Josh, Kyle P., Travis, Curtis, Boomer, Mick, Jake, Cole, Victor M., Brandon, Jonas and I all got to go. I can't say that it was really worth the 3 hour drive just to hit Innerspace, although it was a fun indoor park to skate. It's a bit smaller than D.O.S. but has a similar feel. It costs $8.00 per person and they have a skate shop inside (which is good because Boomer snapped his deck kick-flipping the three-ledge). They have a mellow hip which we all tore up, a nice mini-ramp, a tall handrail, a box, a funbox with hubba and three-ledge and one side of the park is lined with quarter pipes. Please check out the video to see more (unfortunately my computer had trouble with the size of our video so I had to cut out Cole and Victor's parts...sorry guys). The trick of the day goes to Mick who landed the kickflip down the three-ledge. Like I said, it is a fun park and worth the 8 bucks for a few hours of fun. Overall I give Innerspace skate park a 3 star rating.

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SEA-TAC SKATE PARK **

On the way back from Innerspace, we all headed to Taco Bell which is sort of a ritual for us. On the way there we spotted a lighted outdoor skate park. We decided to stop and skate it for about 45 minutes on the way back from dinner. Sea-Tac skate park is a small park with a pyramid and fun box and rail in the middle with a long quarter pipe on one side and ramps on the other side. The pyramid and fun-box were the things to skate. I personally didn't like how steep the transitions were on the pyramid, but a couple of the guys really liked it and the locals were ripping it up. It was definitely good that we happened upon this park that night. Even though it was really cold outside, the team had a blast. I'm sure they would have stayed longer if they could have. Overall I give Sea-Tac skate park a 2 star rating.

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Christian Young

Youth Pastor

UNITED STATES 2007 - Team FacePlant Innerspace and Sea-Tac VIDEO