2008 here we come

2 Questions for today:
1) what would you like to do different in life in 2008?
2) what topics would you like to talk about in bible study this year?

Great new picture by cameron.

Guys and Girls night

this is us:

Charities

1) buy toms shoes. why? when you buy a pair of shoes they give a pair of shoes away.
2) freerice.com for every vocabulary word you get right they give 20 grains of rice through the United Nations. The rice is donated through the United Nations World Food Program. So far since October they have donated 6 billion grains of rice.
3) Heifer Project. Check out this site. you can buy animals for families to help build them income and possibly change their world.
4) World Vision and Compassion International. Two organizations to sponsor kids in third world countries and provide food, education and some type sunday school.
5) Living Water. give $ to build water wells for people with out clean water.

one of us is famous

Our own Emma Hunt was in the Watkinsville Parade.
Great job holding the sign Emma.

Give Life

So this may sound a bit strange but i want to ask you guys and gals think about your Christmas. We are doing and AWESOME thing by giving one dollar a week to go towards Seraphin. That has been incredible. I am very proud of all of you that have given! I want to push you a bit on what you give and what you get this Christmas. Watch this video. Click here.
Water stats:
1.1 Billion People lack access to clean water.
2.6 billion People without basic sanitation.
1 child dies every 15 seconds
14,000 children die every day from PREVENTABLE water-related diseases.

What do you think about this? could we play a small part this Christmas? maybe this means we ask one family member to give us $ so that we can help or maybe this means we spend 1 dollar less on every gift we give and put that dollar towards giving life.
Maybe you are reading this and your saying "Aaron I already give $4 a month, leave me alone!" my response is OK. But if you are reading this and watched the video and want to join with me and give life, here is what I am doing:
I have asked one friend to instead of giving me a gift for Christmas, I have asked them to give to the to Living Water International.

This is not an attempt to make you feel guilty, just a challenge/plea for you to replace consumption with compassion.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Christmas Gift

What is the worst Christmas present you have ever gotten?

Here is OUR challenge:

1) check your email/myspace/facebook ONLY right after you wake up and just b4 bed.
2) limit how much just sitting and watching TV you do unless you watch something as a family.
3) try and encourage your family to play some group games. Ok now some of you think I am being lame but this could be incredibly fun! Get over your self and try it.
4) pray for Seraphin this holiday season.

Links that have info for you

Pursecuted Church this link will have stories for you to read.
Please share with your parents about praying for the persecuted church.

Myspace Suicide. I mentioned this to a few of you tonight. This is a huge issue. Maybe you are not on myspace or think this could happen to you BUT i want to caution you with who to talk to online.

Everyone you are doing so great with supporting Seraphine. Lets keep up our great efforts in supporting him and praying for him.

WyR with a twist, how would you suffer?

WyR
be imprisoned for 10 years and beaten once a month
or imprisoned 2 months and beaten every day?

Ya know i had 10 of these thought up and honestly I can't make myself type them because I don't think these are real questions. The question is would you suffer for your faith?

This week we will be talking about the persecuted church, check out these links to learn a bit more.


http://www.persecution.com/ A MUST READ
http://www.persecutedchurch.org/

youth this week and a new WyR

We are playing that game this week!
Here is a great picture from last month. It is Evan, Stephen and David getting their game on. its is strange because they look like they have pony tails.

see you guys at 7.
read this before you guys and gals come tomorrow.
Would you Rather:
Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years?

new would you rather

I am not sure why something to do with zits again, i just thought it was funny. Please still answer the post below.

No Youth Group this week

hey you guys and Gals. I am so bummed that this Wed. is Halloween. I know a bunch of you already have plans made so we will not meet this week. the picture is nothing more than a halloweenish picture. strange i have a halloween picture when i am someone that never went trick or treating.
So 2 things:
1: next week we will need to bring 2 dollars for Seraphin
2. if anyone is trick or treating what are you dressing up as.
3: what is your favorite holiday and why?

would you rather

Would you rather be in a box full of snakes up to you knees
or
Be in a box full of zit pus up to your knees?

Lets see what you guys and gals think?

Wrath...Here it comes

Here are the links for what you need to read this week.
Gen. 6:5-14
and
Gen 6:17-18

Mighty to Save

Great Video!

LAMECH

The new 4 letter word "lamech!!!"

For those of you who missed it: we said the name Lamech (pronounced: lam-ik) found in Gen 4, sounds like a curse word. 

I really enjoyed our conversations last night everyone. 

I hope you guys and gals are getting the fact that our only hope in  this life is Jesus. Even though like Cain killed his brother God extended Grace to him. Like God has extended us grace that we do not deserve and cannot earn. 

God is good. Yeah?

1st Post

Hey everyone I have started us a blog to discuss what we talk about on Wed. nights and add another way to keep folks updated. Lets see how this goes.

-a