UNITED STATES 2010 - FacePlant Skaters Who Placed at Ripzu's Comp

SIX OF OUR SKATERS PLACED AT THE THEEVESGIVING SHRED-FEST

That's right! We are super-proud of the skaters from FacePlant SkateChurch who placed at Ripzu's first skate competition ever. My family and I came by the comp this last Saturday and there was a really good turnout. Here are FacePlanters who placed:

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STREET SECTION:

Good: 2nd Place- Chanse Gilbert; 3rd Place- Corbin Raptis

Great: 2nd Place- Dakotah Carlson; 3rd Place- Ford Bennet

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TRANNY SECTION:

Good: 2nd Place- Corbin Raptis; 3rd Place- Chanse Gilbert

Great: 1st Place- Tim Hartman; 2nd Place- Ricky Brewer

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MINI-PIPE SECTION:

Good: 1st Place- Chanse Gilbert

Great: 1st Place- Tim Hartman

Expert: 3rd Place- Ricky Brewer

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CONGRATULATIONS GUYS! We at FacePlant SkateChurch are so proud of you all. Just a quick reminder that we will be having a skate competition at SkateChurch on Monday, December 13th as well.

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Christian Young

FP SkateChurch Pastor

UNITED STATES 2010 - Theevesgiving Shred-Fest Skate Competition

Theevesgiving Shred-Fest Skate Competition at Ripzu

Hey guys. Come register for and skate in Ripzu's first skate competition this Saturday, November 20th. There are three events: Street, tranny and mini-pipe and three skill levels: Good, great and expert. Prizes will go to 1st though 3rd place winners.

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Christian Young
FP SkateChurch Pastor

UNITED STATES 2010 - Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy - Mark 1:40-42

JESUS HEALS A MAN WITH LEPROSY

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Mark 1:40-42, "A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, 'If you are willing, you can make me clean.' Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man, 'I am willing,' he said. 'Be clean!' Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured." (NIV)

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We continued our teaching through the gospel of Mark last night at FacePlant SkateChurch. We have been doing our best to come up with relevant ways to teach the skaters and spectators who come out every week about the life of Jesus. Last week, Curtis brought in a weed-wacker and a gas can to illustrate how prayer is like fuel; without fuel the weed-wacker doesn't work. Similarly, without prayer, our life as Christ-followers just won't be productive. We are sticking with small group questions for the older teens, but are doing more object lessons with the younger youth during our small groups in order to continue to drive the teaching home with them.

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This week, I went into detail by dramatizing what a person with leprosy had to go through in Jesus' time. According to Leviticus 13:45, lepers by law were forced to tear their clothes, have absolutely no human contact, hold their hands over their mouths and scream, "tame (taw-may)!tame (taw-may)! which in the Hebrew language means, "unclean! unclean!" What a horrible existence to be ostricized from their community, as well as being ritually unclean and not being able to worship God in the temple. Leprosy is like sin. Sin makes us feel distanced from God and causes rifts in our relationships with others as well. Yet this man with leprosy begs for Jesus to heal him. Then, after possibly years of not ever feeling a human touch, Jesus reaches out His hand and touches the leper. Unheard of in that day! Right after this Jesus says the word and the man was physically healed of the leprosy. But look at the emotional healing that must have taken place when Jesus, moved with compassion and breaking the law, touches the man.

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God cares so much about every detail of our lives. His healing is holistic; desiring to heal us in body, soul and spirit. I ended with another story and eight young people raised their hands asking for prayer; some to receive Christ for the first time and others to rededicate their lives to Christ. It was a wondeful night at SkateChurch tonight. We had great discussion in our small group as well. James, Chad and Ricky took the younger skaters and had a giant group game to further illustrate the truth of what was taught in Mark 1:40-45. God continues to shine His face on us at FacePlant Ministries, giving us more and more wisdom in how to reach these young skaters in culturally relevant ways with the gospel of Christ. We continue to see changed lives week in and week out and thank God for this.

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Christian Young

FP SkateChurch Pastor

UNITED STATES 2010 - Teaching the Cub Scouts about Skateboarding and Safety

Teaching the Cub Scouts about Skateboarding and Safety

So Brett asked if a few of us from FacePlant Ministries could come out to the Cub Scouts in Vancouver, WA and teach them about skateboarding and safety so that they could earn their Skateboarding Belt Loop. Brian, Jonas and I taught three groups of Scouts and even had them put on helmets and skate a little. It was a lot of fun. Brett handed out the Skateboarding Belt Loops after each kid passed the safety section and actually rode a skateboard.

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Christian Young

FP SkateChurch Pastor

UNITED STATES 2010 - Christian Rap/Hip-Hop Night at Ripzu

WILD IN THE PARK

Hey everyone! If you are stoked on listening to rap and hip-hop from guys that love Jesus AND love to skate, I wanted to invite you to an event at Ripzu Skatepark coming up on Friday, November 5, 2010. Doors open at 8:00pm. $6.00 to skate. Speactators are FREE. Check out the flier below for more info.

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Christian Young

FP SkateChurch Pastor

UNITED STATES 2010 - More and More Youth Coming Every Week

FacePlant SkateChurch Grows In Numbers

That's right! We are super-stoked at the growth we are seeing at FacePlant SkateChurch every week. We have been meeting at Ripzu Skate Park for one month now, and the amount of paying skaters has gone up literally every week:

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Week #1: 18

Week #2: 21

Week #3: 24

Week #4: 27

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These numbers don't include staff, interns or spectators. Now we're not all hung up on numbers at FacePlant Ministries, but it is still exciting to us that more and more youth are coming out to SkateChurch every week. A buzz is being created, and rightly so. FacePlant SkateChurch freakin' rocks, man. We have so much fun skating, learning and talking about God, and skating some more. Our small groups are going well. Another young man gave his life to Christ two weeks ago, making two kids giving their lives to Christ since we started meeting at Ripzu. Our staff and interns are on a rotation teaching through the gospel of Mark. Ricky spoke on Mark 1:14-20 last night. We measure success at FacePlant Ministries not on how many kids come out to SkateChurch every week, but how many lives are changed. So please pray for us at FacePlant Ministries, that we would continue to see this kind of success.

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I have been filming and will be putting out a new SkateChurch video pretty soon. So keep an eye out for that, as well as news about a skate competition we will have at Ripzu on a Monday night coming up in December. You won't want to miss it. Check out some new pics from Ripzu below.

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Christian Young

FP SkateChurch Pastor

UNITED STATES 2010 - New Skate Church Pictures Taken at Ripzu

Wall ride on the vert wall............................Kick flip over stair gap on bank

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Skating the step-up......................................Nice stall on the miniramp











Ollie air out of quarter pipe into bank.........Airing over coping on miniramp

Kickflip rock to fakie on miniramp..................FS 180 off of the ledge

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Sticker-slapping the vert wall....................Rock to fakie on the miniramp

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Skaters gather to hear Bible teaching...........Teaching through gospel of Mark

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Small groups discuss the teaching

Christian teaching from Mark

Small group interacting with staff.............Small group meets on other side