Well today the focus for the day was on "hurting" people...and that does not mean actually hurting one another but rather seeing the needs of others that are struggling in some way.
Zach Hunter the teenage student who has lead a movement to stop slavery came to the morning Rally and shared his passion for teenagers to step up and make a difference in our world today!
We had about 8 students and 2 leaders go and help with a Service Project this afternoon while the others took advantage of the seminars and workshops here at the Convention Center.
Another cool thing that happened today was that Aaron Johnson and I took part in the Student Prayer Army that meets before our evening Rally at 5:42pm. 1,500 students and adults gathered to lift up the evening rally in prayer! So if you remember at 6:52pm each night you can join us in prayer for the evening Rallies! We are praying for 2,500 students and adults gathering in prayer each evening.
One more cool story about the Service Projects. A ministry called the Dream Center we are supporting by helping them be a place where people in the city can come and receive food, clothing, etc. Some students were pulling weeds and cleaning up around the area and a local business man stopped to see what was going on and talked with the director of the Center to hear what it was all about. Well after hearing the vision of the center the businessman wrote a check for $30,000.00! Is that God or what? It started by students being willing to serve the community we are a part of this week!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Day 2 Ready to Begin
It is 7:00am and we are ready to get going this morning with breakfast and the rest of the day. Our room slept well, but I will see how the other rooms did when we meet to go over for breakfast in about 30 minutes.
Looking forward to seeing what today brings, tis afternoon we will take a group on the Ministry options and join 1,600 other students and adults in serving the community of Salt Lake City. Others may be doing recreation this afternoon.
Last night they had some technical difficulties with video equipment...pray that these distractions would not take us off focus into what God wants to do in our lives this week.
More tonight...
Looking forward to seeing what today brings, tis afternoon we will take a group on the Ministry options and join 1,600 other students and adults in serving the community of Salt Lake City. Others may be doing recreation this afternoon.
Last night they had some technical difficulties with video equipment...pray that these distractions would not take us off focus into what God wants to do in our lives this week.
More tonight...
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Challenge Day 1
Well we made it to Salt Lake City at about 4:30pm and got checked in, in our rooms, ate dinner and then headed over for the 1st Rally at The Salt Palace where Francis Chan spoke and challenged us with a great message on our View of God.
We are looking forward to see how God works in and through us this week. Pray for rest over the next day.
We are looking forward to see how God works in and through us this week. Pray for rest over the next day.
Buford, Wyoming POP. 1
We are gassing up in Buford, WY population 1. ANother 6 hours until Challenge.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Challenge is right around the corner!
I can't believe that Challenge is just in 2 days! Looking forward to an awesome time with our group and what God has in store for us. For those not going below are those who will be going along with ways you can be praying for us...
On Friday, June 27th 28 students and adults will be leaving for Salt Lake City, UT for Challenge 2008! Keep this group in prayer over the next 8 days as we travel together and experience what God has for us at Challenge.
Scott Tinman
Kirk Johnson
Gwen Hanger
Lora Loete
Jannette Duhm
Alex Dailing
Cody Dailing
Katy Bradley
Michelle Marquis
Becca Marquis
Christian West
Alex West
Sara Blomquist
Liz McSparin
Kayley Miller
Adam Oles
Scott Oles
Cara Allmendinger
Christina Marquis
Ali Hawotte
Aaron Johnson
Matt Sedlak
Evan Loete
Josh Loete
Andrew Allmendinger
Micheal Bradley
Mark Beasley
David Tank
* Leaders in bold
We will be traveling with Grace EFC in Davenport and Taylorsville EFC and have a total of 69 people in our group. Marceia Duhm is also going to be at Challenge Conference as part of the EFCA Staff in Hotel Security.
Prayer Guide…
June 27 Travel Day
• Pray for our travel as we arrive @ Maranatha Bible Camp in North Platte, NE
June 28 Travel Day
• Pray for our travel as we arrive @ YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, CO
June 29 Travel Day and 1st Night of Challenge
• Pray for our travel to Salt Lake City.
• Pray for the 1st Challenge speaker – Francis Chan.
June 30 Challenge Day 2
• Pray for the Challenge Speakers – J. D. Greear and Jimmy Dorrell.
• Pray for unity within our group.
• Pray for the ministry projects in the Salt Lake Community that students and adults will be participating in.
July 1 Challenge Day 3
• Pray for the Challenge speakers – J.D. Greear and Becky Tirabassi
July 2 Challenge Day 4
• Pray for the Challenge Speakers – J.D. Greear and Tim Elmore
July 3 Challenge Day 5 and Travel night
• Pray as Challenge comes to a close and the decisions students and adults have made throughout the week.
• Pray for the Challenge Speakers – Greg Stier, J.D Greear and Francis Chan
• Pray as we travel following the evening rally to Evanston, WY.
July 4 Travel Day
• Pray as we travel back to Maranatha Bible Camp in North Platte, NE.
July 5 Travel Day
• Pray as we travel back to the Quad Cities.
Pray for attitudes and relationships throughout the week as we spend 8 days together and our travel times in close quarters.
Other Prayer Requests…
• Pray for the speakers to be anointed and used by God.
• Pray that God would create a hunger in students for His
• Word.
• Pray that the afternoon training would inspire and challenge
• students toward ministry and service.
• Pray for the outreach/talent ministry projects to provide a vision of how God can use students to minister. Ask God to challenge students to reproduce this type of ministry in their communities.
• Pray for last-minute details both for the conference and youth groups.
• Pray for God to begin a revival of passionate prayer in the students of the Evangelical Free Church of America nationwide.
• Pray for God to radically transform students' lives and entire youth groups.
• Finally, pray that God would be glorified and honored through everything we do at the Challenge ‘08 conference.
On Friday, June 27th 28 students and adults will be leaving for Salt Lake City, UT for Challenge 2008! Keep this group in prayer over the next 8 days as we travel together and experience what God has for us at Challenge.
Scott Tinman
Kirk Johnson
Gwen Hanger
Lora Loete
Jannette Duhm
Alex Dailing
Cody Dailing
Katy Bradley
Michelle Marquis
Becca Marquis
Christian West
Alex West
Sara Blomquist
Liz McSparin
Kayley Miller
Adam Oles
Scott Oles
Cara Allmendinger
Christina Marquis
Ali Hawotte
Aaron Johnson
Matt Sedlak
Evan Loete
Josh Loete
Andrew Allmendinger
Micheal Bradley
Mark Beasley
David Tank
* Leaders in bold
We will be traveling with Grace EFC in Davenport and Taylorsville EFC and have a total of 69 people in our group. Marceia Duhm is also going to be at Challenge Conference as part of the EFCA Staff in Hotel Security.
Prayer Guide…
June 27 Travel Day
• Pray for our travel as we arrive @ Maranatha Bible Camp in North Platte, NE
June 28 Travel Day
• Pray for our travel as we arrive @ YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, CO
June 29 Travel Day and 1st Night of Challenge
• Pray for our travel to Salt Lake City.
• Pray for the 1st Challenge speaker – Francis Chan.
June 30 Challenge Day 2
• Pray for the Challenge Speakers – J. D. Greear and Jimmy Dorrell.
• Pray for unity within our group.
• Pray for the ministry projects in the Salt Lake Community that students and adults will be participating in.
July 1 Challenge Day 3
• Pray for the Challenge speakers – J.D. Greear and Becky Tirabassi
July 2 Challenge Day 4
• Pray for the Challenge Speakers – J.D. Greear and Tim Elmore
July 3 Challenge Day 5 and Travel night
• Pray as Challenge comes to a close and the decisions students and adults have made throughout the week.
• Pray for the Challenge Speakers – Greg Stier, J.D Greear and Francis Chan
• Pray as we travel following the evening rally to Evanston, WY.
July 4 Travel Day
• Pray as we travel back to Maranatha Bible Camp in North Platte, NE.
July 5 Travel Day
• Pray as we travel back to the Quad Cities.
Pray for attitudes and relationships throughout the week as we spend 8 days together and our travel times in close quarters.
Other Prayer Requests…
• Pray for the speakers to be anointed and used by God.
• Pray that God would create a hunger in students for His
• Word.
• Pray that the afternoon training would inspire and challenge
• students toward ministry and service.
• Pray for the outreach/talent ministry projects to provide a vision of how God can use students to minister. Ask God to challenge students to reproduce this type of ministry in their communities.
• Pray for last-minute details both for the conference and youth groups.
• Pray for God to begin a revival of passionate prayer in the students of the Evangelical Free Church of America nationwide.
• Pray for God to radically transform students' lives and entire youth groups.
• Finally, pray that God would be glorified and honored through everything we do at the Challenge ‘08 conference.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Survey for moving Student Impact night...
I posted a survey to get feedback on the possibility of moving Student Impact's meeting night.
Currently we are meeting on Sunday nights 6pm - 8pm, but because of a monthly Pinnacle Service and holidays or special events on Sunday nights we are not able to meet on a consistent basis on Sunday nights. Sometimes we have a month where we are only able to meet 2 times as a group, so that is why we are researching the possibility of moving our night.
I realize that there is no "perfect" night, but looking for one that we can meet on a weekly basis and consistently. We need to build our community together.
So when making your vote think through the year of which night would be best. I know there may be seasons in the year that you may not be able to make it each week with school or other activities meeting at the same time.
You can also post comments here with any other feedback you may have or suggestions.
Currently we are meeting on Sunday nights 6pm - 8pm, but because of a monthly Pinnacle Service and holidays or special events on Sunday nights we are not able to meet on a consistent basis on Sunday nights. Sometimes we have a month where we are only able to meet 2 times as a group, so that is why we are researching the possibility of moving our night.
I realize that there is no "perfect" night, but looking for one that we can meet on a weekly basis and consistently. We need to build our community together.
So when making your vote think through the year of which night would be best. I know there may be seasons in the year that you may not be able to make it each week with school or other activities meeting at the same time.
You can also post comments here with any other feedback you may have or suggestions.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Storm Warning in the books.
Good night at Student Impact for our 1st night of Storm Watch talking about Storm warnings. Just like real physical storms that we face that come about without much warning, each one of us face "storms of life" without much warning.
We all will face storms and the struggle is to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus who walks with us through each storm that we face just like He did with the disciples in Matthew 8 & 14. He is always there for us. A good reminder for us all.
Looking forward to our next lesson from
Storm Watch on July 20th as we talk about:
In the Eye of the Storm
We all will face storms and the struggle is to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus who walks with us through each storm that we face just like He did with the disciples in Matthew 8 & 14. He is always there for us. A good reminder for us all.
Looking forward to our next lesson from
Storm Watch on July 20th as we talk about:
In the Eye of the Storm
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Student Impact for Sunday - June 22
This Sunday we start our Storm Watch Series...
STORMS:
Have you ever woken up to thunder so loud you thought the sky really was falling? Or maybe you have listened to the wind scream as it ripped through trees and knocked over fences? Storms can be scary. In the middle of a storm, we know that we are unbelievably out of control. But while physical storms may threaten and terrify us, there are other kinds of storms in life as well. There are storms that rip apart friendships and families. Storms that meet us in a hospital room on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Storms that creep up on so subtly we never saw them coming. Storms like these often leave us asking “Why God?” For the next three weeks we will be talking with your child about the inevitable storms of life and how we handle them.
This week - Storm Warning!
Come check it out and bring a friend!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Challenge T-minus 7 days
Well we will be leaving in a week for Sojourn Challenge Conference. This will be a place where we will update our journey out west and maybe even post some pictures, etc. Can't believe it has been about a year since we posted and used this thing!
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