Hey Guys!
We had an awesome night last night... major props to Madison and Jeffrey for the sweet skit... I went home and had some ice cream because of you.
Reminder, we've got the basketball tournament at Monticello School in Statesville, I don't mean to bash on David "The Rain Maker" Porter, but my threes will be falling all day. Hope you can make it out there on Saturday at 11:00.
No CSM this next Wednesday due to First Wednesday, but we'll pick it back up on March 10th when we continue our sex series. Be sure to invite your friends, I've been looking forward to this third week for a while so it's going to be great.
By the way, I'm so glad the banana pudding was eaten yesterday, that made my day :) Guys, you need to work on your banana passing skills.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sex at CSM!
It's what everybody sees in the media, what almost everybody is pressured to do in some way and what barely any church is comfortable enough to talk to you about: SEX and we're diving into it for the next four weeks at CSM.
So I challenge you to invite some friends, make your parents come and listen, because you don't want to miss this. In Mooresville, Brett is going to be talking to the High Schooler's, Ryan will be talking to the Middle Schooler's and in Statesville, David's got the ball.
It's going to be a great night so I hope to see you there!
So I challenge you to invite some friends, make your parents come and listen, because you don't want to miss this. In Mooresville, Brett is going to be talking to the High Schooler's, Ryan will be talking to the Middle Schooler's and in Statesville, David's got the ball.
It's going to be a great night so I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
VOLT!
Hey Guys, here is the VOLT that I did for today. Hope this helps you get started! Remember, a great place to start is the book of John, he's awesome. Just post your VOLT's on the comment section of this post!
Verse – Esther 2:10, “Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.”
Own Words/Observation – Esther was a Jewish woman who was in captivity in the Persian empire, she was being brought before King Xerxes so he could see if she was beautiful enough to be his queen (it sounds like Xerxes was a jerk). Mordecai was her cousin and he raised her as if she were his daughter. Mordecai wanted Esther to show she worshipped God before saying she worshipped God, wanted her actions to speak louder than her words. I thought this verse was interesting because it taught me that sometimes God will want us to wait to reveal the fact that we are a Christian until we have been able to gain the respect of the people around us. Once we are able to gain a relationship and have people see how cool we are as people, we can then show them that we are a Jesus follower and they will be more open to listening to us. Let them see our actions and how this points to Jesus. I also learned that we need to listen to the people who are put in positions of authority, even if we might not understand why they tell us to do something. If they fear God, they are looking out for our best.
Live It – There are a few people in my life that I have a hard time accepting commands from, but if they are my authority, I need to listen and obey what they tell me. Also, I’m going to go to Colorado in March to tell my cousin Adam about Jesus. I think I need to spend some time with him just being his friend before I start talking to him about his faith.
Talk to God – Dear God, help me to listen to the people who are in authority in my life. Sometimes listening and doing what they ask is hard but I pray I can be humble enough to do that. I also pray for my talk with Adam coming up in March, I pray that I can show him Jesus by my actions before I tell him about Jesus. I want him to see what an awesome life it is to be able to follow Jesus. Help me find the right time to finally sit down with him and share the gospel of Your Son. Thank you for this story of Esther, it’s taught me a lot so far. I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Verse – Esther 2:10, “Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.”
Own Words/Observation – Esther was a Jewish woman who was in captivity in the Persian empire, she was being brought before King Xerxes so he could see if she was beautiful enough to be his queen (it sounds like Xerxes was a jerk). Mordecai was her cousin and he raised her as if she were his daughter. Mordecai wanted Esther to show she worshipped God before saying she worshipped God, wanted her actions to speak louder than her words. I thought this verse was interesting because it taught me that sometimes God will want us to wait to reveal the fact that we are a Christian until we have been able to gain the respect of the people around us. Once we are able to gain a relationship and have people see how cool we are as people, we can then show them that we are a Jesus follower and they will be more open to listening to us. Let them see our actions and how this points to Jesus. I also learned that we need to listen to the people who are put in positions of authority, even if we might not understand why they tell us to do something. If they fear God, they are looking out for our best.
Live It – There are a few people in my life that I have a hard time accepting commands from, but if they are my authority, I need to listen and obey what they tell me. Also, I’m going to go to Colorado in March to tell my cousin Adam about Jesus. I think I need to spend some time with him just being his friend before I start talking to him about his faith.
Talk to God – Dear God, help me to listen to the people who are in authority in my life. Sometimes listening and doing what they ask is hard but I pray I can be humble enough to do that. I also pray for my talk with Adam coming up in March, I pray that I can show him Jesus by my actions before I tell him about Jesus. I want him to see what an awesome life it is to be able to follow Jesus. Help me find the right time to finally sit down with him and share the gospel of Your Son. Thank you for this story of Esther, it’s taught me a lot so far. I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
First Post!!
First CSM blog post in the history of CSM! Well, except for the test post… dang it. I’m excited to be able to keep in touch with you students as well as parents about what is going on in CSM. This will just be a place to update you with more information about what’s going on, recap what has already happened, and give you an opportunity to get into our crazy minds as we go through our week getting everything ready for you guys!
We’ve got CSM tomorrow night and we’re wrapping up our series called Hooked, dealing with temptation. If you missed last meeting, you missed an awesome night, virtually everyone came up to the cross and gave Jesus a sin they’ve been struggling with. Check out this video from Audio Adrenaline, this song is what was going through my mind as we were all up at the cross, a great picture of what happens when we give our sins to Jesus.
What an awesome thing to be a part of. You don’t want to miss it tomorrow, invite some friends, and then make them get up for games and embarrass themselves :)
Random Ryan thing today: my sister tried to tell me yesterday that I was bomb… but it came out Bob Dob. I was like, “Who the heck is Bob Dob? My name is Ryan.” So now whenever I want to tell somebody that they’re awesome, I’m going to use the phrase Bob Dob, it will become the next new phenomenon. Just watch.
I think I’m all ready for tomorrow, excited to see you guys. I gotta admit, I’m a little tired of staring at this computer, my eyes are bugging out of my head, so I’m going to log off and go find some grub to eat. See you all tomorrow!
We’ve got CSM tomorrow night and we’re wrapping up our series called Hooked, dealing with temptation. If you missed last meeting, you missed an awesome night, virtually everyone came up to the cross and gave Jesus a sin they’ve been struggling with. Check out this video from Audio Adrenaline, this song is what was going through my mind as we were all up at the cross, a great picture of what happens when we give our sins to Jesus.
What an awesome thing to be a part of. You don’t want to miss it tomorrow, invite some friends, and then make them get up for games and embarrass themselves :)
Random Ryan thing today: my sister tried to tell me yesterday that I was bomb… but it came out Bob Dob. I was like, “Who the heck is Bob Dob? My name is Ryan.” So now whenever I want to tell somebody that they’re awesome, I’m going to use the phrase Bob Dob, it will become the next new phenomenon. Just watch.
I think I’m all ready for tomorrow, excited to see you guys. I gotta admit, I’m a little tired of staring at this computer, my eyes are bugging out of my head, so I’m going to log off and go find some grub to eat. See you all tomorrow!
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