Egg Head

Is anyone out there?! I am here to make good on our resolution to keep this blog updated!

Tonight we went out with some students to do a fundraiser called an "egg and beg." Basically you walk around and see how much money people will give you if you smash an egg on your head (and by "your" I mean not "mine")! One hour of egg smashing = $230. Nice.

We are raising money for a couple things. First of all, we have a ski trip coming up next weekend! We're headed up to Bittersweet in Michigan, and I'm going to give snowboarding another try. Phil is already almost pro. International Youth Convention is in Texas this year, so that's going to rock. We also have a middle school and a high school camp this summer to start planning. So, lots in the works.

We're also getting ready to launch a new Wednesday night thinger, which is called "The Shock" so far. This will be more outreach friendly, with less direct "church," and hopefully lots of students from all over the community. We'll meet as a large group for games & awesome other stuff, a short message, and then break off into small groups from there.

So, that's what's going on in a nutshell. Keep praying for us and our students! I'm going to post a video that we made for a series on Karma vs. Grace. Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

Hello all. God has really used so many of you to bless us into complete humility. We are awed at how God continues to follow through on his promises to those how are faithful to Him. I pray that God blesses you all incredibly or uses someone to bless you in the same way that you have blessed us! For New Year's Eve, the Bridge youth had an all-nighter... it was a lot of fun, we had about 30 kids show up (which was good considering some last minute changes in putting the whole night together).

The evening opened up some good opportunities for Kylee and me to help out some kids with some issues, give advice, and develop relationships with. Your financial giving and prayers are allowing us to spend a good part of our week hanging out with kids and being in their world of friends and family and school, put together Wednesday night small groups that allow the youth to discuss things and challenge each other, and execute AFTERSHOCK, the big Sunday morning event that allows youth to step up into leadership roles and actively demonstrate their faith.

The following video is a quick one I put together that shows some of the things that happen at AFTERSHOCK. It's used to post on youtube, myspace, and facebook to help promote the event and attrack more youth.

God bless you all.