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Fine Arts 2007

hey fine arts is coming y'all. here's the promo video! enjoy.



if you have any more questions tallk to holly. :-)

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|| posted by abelara @ 6:51 PM Comments: 0

I have been sensing such a fight against idolatry lately. And the cry for God-vision for our lives.

I liked this article:

www.breakawaymag.com/Girls/A000000266.cfm

May you be walking in the Lord, and have the joy and excitment that can only be satisfied in him.

|| posted by holly @ 5:58 PM Comments: 0

Techno Geek?

The technical geek test
Are you a tehcnical geek?

Do you have a problem with overdoing your technical activities? Many do. Take the following test to see if you are compulsive. If you can relate to 2 of the items, you may have a problem with Techno-Dweeb. If you relate to 3 or more, you are definitely a Techno-Dweeb. Do not despair! There is help! You are not alone! Whenever you feel the urge to code in Assembler, call the number in the white pages of your phone book, and we will send somebody right over to cut out paper dolls with you until the feeling passes.

You know you are a tehcnical geek when . . .

When your friend tells you all about his Cressida V6 and you reply "Yeah, I had V5, and it was full of bugs!"

When driving you see a license plate with the letters DSR, and you feel compelled to touch your bumper to the other car to see if you can raise CD.

When you are counting objects "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D...".

When you lay down in the afternoon for a short rest, end up sleeping 4 hours, and call it a "mega-nap".

When your friend is going to Essex for vacation and you tell her, "You really should go for the DX, it has the built in co-processor."

When you dream in 256 pallettes of 256 colors.

When asked about a bus schedule, you wonder if it is 16 or 32 bits.

When you convince yourself that Tetris really does improve eye-hand coordination.

When the radio traffic reporter talks about a backup caused by a crash, and you correct her that a backup is good protection in case of a crash.


When you call "*.*" star-dot-star.

When you can do hexadecimal arithmatic in your head.

When your wife goes to the market for some macintosh apples, and you correct her, "No, dear, it's 'Apple Macintosh'."

When your wife says "If you don't turn off that stupid machine and come to bed, then I am going to not be happy with you!", and you chastise her for for omitting the else clause.

|| posted by holly @ 4:56 PM Comments: 0

100th post

I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

Philemon 1:6

May the next semester at school go well for Christ.
And for you seniors, I am praying that you are applying yourself to do the best that you can do, while trusting God to do the rest. [I pray that over everyone, but to the seniors specifically.]

With prayers!

Holly

|| posted by holly @ 3:31 PM Comments: 1

YEEAAA!!!

FINALS ARE OVER! FINALS ARE OVER! FINALS ARE OVER!

way to get through these, guys! I pray you will be able to relax this weekend. Have fun at the game tonight, for all going!

Joe, I hope you do great in the game!

|| posted by holly @ 1:25 PM Comments: 0

you could be on your way to Mexico

yes, that's right, grandview assembly of God is looking for at least TEN people wanting to minister to the people of Mexico. this is a church-wide missions trip, not just for youth. so bring your parents with you!

you would be traveling to Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX from July 10-20th. the cost would be determined by how many people actually sign up for the trip. the more people that sign up the cost decreases, but it would be about $1100-$1400. the ministry that we are a part of would also depend on who goes. anything from medical clinics, construction crews, evangelism, leadership training, serving, children's ministry. it all depends on the talents, experience, abilities of those who sign up to go.

oh, and did i forget to mention . . . you'll be going to the same place where Jessika Babcock is!!

so here's what we need. we need at least 10 people committed to the trip with a minimum $150 deposit by Feb. 4th in order to proceed with the trip. talk to pastor abe if you have any more questions or you can email him.

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|| posted by abelara @ 8:47 AM Comments: 0

Finals

I pray you all, who have finals, will depend on the Lord for your strength, performance, and peace.

Isaiah 40:31: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Work at not neglecting to put the Lord First. [We all do at different points in our lives (in our year, in our months, in our weeks, in our day?)] Well, do your best and trust the Lord to do the rest.

His grace is sufficent!

|| posted by holly @ 4:07 PM Comments: 0

Sharing your faith

Has anyone shared their faith yet?

I have not. Yet. Ask me next time you see me. And because I work at a Christian High School, where students hear about Jesus every day. Faculty, of course, do too.

So, when you ask me I will have told you I witnessed to someone in the grocery aisle, or when I was getting gas in my car, or shopping in the mall, or such.

I would love to hear your stories! Also, www.dare2share.org has lots of good comments and stories about other kids sharing their faith!

Have a blessed day!

Holly

Labels: Sharing Faith

|| posted by holly @ 2:28 PM Comments: 0

more fun from the new year's party

here you'll find one team's journey through the scavenger hunt. and more pictures from the evening/morning!



and the pictures.

Labels: party, pictures, video

|| posted by abelara @ 8:07 PM Comments: 0

Today at school we played a fun game in a small-group chapel. I wanted to pass it along to all of you so you can appreciate it.

We blindfolded all students, and had them stand apart from each other, randomly, in a big room. In this room there was many balloons (2 different colors), and one color was trying to make it to one side of the room, while the other color was trying to make it to the opposite side of the room (directly opposite; kinda like football). And there were no Lone Rangers. You could not move, and you had to get the balloon ALL the way over to the other side. It was impossible to get the balloon there in your own ability. You had to work together with others to pass it along as it needed to go.

Now, the students could not see (1) what color balloon they had, and (2) who they had to throw the balloon to in order for the balloon to get to its appropriate side. The blind-folded students had to rely on the verbal instructions of a leader.

[Example: "Chris, Melanie is going to be throwing the balloon about 4 feet right in front of her. She is throwing this balloon so you can catch it....Oh! Oops! Chris, the balloon did not make it to you.. it is now under the table that is to your right... you need to get the balloon that is now under the table... What? you can't see where the table stops and where it starts? I know. I will direct you... now, take one step forward... reach your hands out, and lower them about a foot... the balloon is right there... oops, you bumped the balloon and sent it moving to the right.... yea, balloons can do that really easy. Try again. Good, now you have it! Turn around. Now you need to throw it to Joe. No, your not facing Joe... pivot right..no.. now more left, etc."]

Not only did they have to listen closely to their leader, but they also had to do a lot of cooperation (it was long, in some instances), and they also had to practice forgiveness, understanding and graciousness (Example: Chris could say, "Melanie, it is okay you didn't get the balloon to me, and instead got it under the table. I understand you could not see exactly where I was and exactly what you were doing, just like I could not see exactly where I was and exactly what I was supposed to be doing, either. I didn't get it exactly to Joe, either.")

We related this activity primarily with (1) forgiveness, and (2) listening and focusing on God and his instructions for us. Of most importance, we appreciated how everyone was blindfolded in this activity, and had to rely on listening and following direction. This is quite similar to how we are to (a) not walk by sight, but instead (b) walk by faith in Jesus Christ through being empowered by the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit will help us go where we need to go. If you read Matthew 4:16, it says:

People sitting out their lives in the dark
saw a huge light;
Sitting in that dark, dark country of death,
they watched the sun come up.

[Message translation]

This verse was talking about how Jesus is our light in the darkness, and how (1) we can see Jesus in comparison to our dark self-filled life, and (2) as we sat in our sin (before becoming Christian) we watched as Jesus brought light into OUR world.

How do we see the sun come up froom the darkness? We have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We meet Jesus, and allow him to come in and take over our life. He is the true light of this world. Apart from him our life would be in darkness.

So how do we know more about this light, and grow more in the light of Jesus Christ and grow out of the darkess? How can we have light to see out of our darkness? How will we know what to do, just as my students knew what to do with their balloons?

We listen to God and read his Word. We follow what he tells us to do. Psalms 119: 105 says:

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

I pray you will be encouraged to keep walking according to faith and not by sight. Know that Jesus is your light. Read his Word, so you might have a lamp unto your feet and a light upon your path. Know that the Holy Spirit is there to help and empower you. You can trust him for this time in your life!

Also, know that your walk will be a reflection to others... to the 4,800 unchurched in Grandview. Know that as you do your best, you can trust God to do the rest in this department. A city on a hill can not be hidden. A light can not be hidden in the darkness. The flame will glow and shine.

Have a Christ-filled, Holy Spirit-empowered, and Word-included day!

Cheers!

|| posted by holly @ 3:47 PM Comments: 0

HEllo

This is Holly!

Hello! I am now a new blogger ( well, kinda new... well, new to this...)

I was so appreciative of you all during the all-nighter... thank you for your cooperation, serventhood, flexibility, and graciousness with me with the activites I had planned.

I promise I won't use that mustard again!

I was truely touched by you guys... I am so impressed with your example of Christ-likeness.

I will be blogging from here on out (on here).

I pray your time returning to school will be blessed. Keep your discipline as a guard about you (that is a very active process... I will be applying myself in that department just as much, I hope).

I pray you will contiue keeping to seek the Lord and putting Him first.

Deuteronomy 6:5-9 says:

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children [or on others, since we don't have our own children right now]. Talk about them when you sita at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols onyour hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gate.

Catch you on Wednesday or Sunday!

Holly

|| posted by holly @ 12:21 PM Comments: 1

new year's party!!!

hey it's been a week since my last post. but i've been on vacation so i think it's okay.

here's the first of possibly more videos and pics from our 2007 new year's party!


the night has just begun :-)

|| posted by reallife.MINISTRIES @ 1:27 AM Comments: 0