Tuesday, February 27, 2007

slobbering magnetic boards

last night i envisioned the christian ministry to be like you are walking with, by, and alongside slobering magnetic boards.

so if each of us is a magnetic board, we attract each other. So, as we are walking... BAM>>> we get stuck together....

and sometimes one of the boards is an excessive slobber... so you get slobber all over you, or you slobber all over someone else.

than you unstick (we will call that reversed polarity, for anyone familiar)and then you go on and then get stuck to someone else.

well, that was my thought last night!

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

looking

Ok.. I have been trying to blog this.. and haven't got around to it.. but now I have so here we go!

I have been noticing lately how often people look, or watch, other people. In 'secret.' And then when you look over at them, they look away!

And then it gets weird, or funny, in that:

have you ever known someone is looking at you, and you are like, 'okay, I'LL LOOK BACK!'

and it is like you are stuck and CAN'T look back at them for a good 3-5 seconds...

Does anyone else experience that? or has anyone else experienced that lately?

Holly!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.

11/10/2008 07:57:00 PM  

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Mexico, MercyMe, and Fine Arts

Are you ready to fund raise? It is time to get money! We will be raising money. I am coming up with ideas, but you have ideas too! If you want to contribute any ideas, post them!

Cheers!

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Saturday, February 10, 2007

the impact of a life invested

the following is an article from teri h. about a life that's had an impact on her.

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Okay, well tomorrow is the last day for the Mazzuca family to be in Grandview. In case you don't know the Mazzuca family then there are Nate and Crystal (married) and Judah and Micah (their two little boys). They are a wonderful family that has helped me to grow in my faith and as a person. They have been at Bethany Presbyterian church for just about 3 years and now they will be spending about the same amount of time in Swaziland, Africa. Swaziland is a country within a country down in South Africa. They will be working for an organization called Youth for Christ. I am very excited about them going and doing God's work. But part of me is scared, sad, and anxious.

The part of me that is scared is scared because of the fact that they wont be there anymore. Whenever I had a problem or I was mad, upset or even really happy they were there. They have always been here when I needed them through out my Christian life. I know that God will only help me in being stronger in my faith but as this is something new it is scary but I will get over this soon.

Being sad isn't just that they are leaving, but it is that it will be 3 years and Judah and Micah more than likely wont remember me or anyone else from here. Judah and I have always been really close and we have always had a good time together but it almost breaks my heart to know that once they get back Judah will be 5 years only and with out a memory of all our good times together.

Micah isn't even one year only yet and he is just a little cute sack of potatoes. He has a personality that is so different than any other it is hard to describe. But it is without a doubt that he will not remember any of us here once they get home.

This anxious feeling isn't that I want them to go and get done, but I am anxious to see what it is that God has in store for me, them, and our youth group here. It is a very weird feeling and I don't know how to describe it but it is a mixture of all of the other feelings before but kind of excited.

I guess all there is left to say is good luck and blessing to the Mazzuca family. I love you all and will miss you greatly. You will always be in my heart no matter where God leads me.


God Bless And Love always

-Teri

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Friday, February 09, 2007

This Sunday:

This Sunday we are talking about 'Connections with the Opposite Sex.'
And:

In Sunday morning church couples are going to be serving each other communion. So, that will be fun to watch.

I'll see ya Sunday!

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Marty Taylor is coming!

Next Sunday night Marty Taylor is coming!

Marty Taylor owns 'Something Groovy,' which is a record store in downtown Prosser.

He has been working with youth in his church, and also has worked as a speaker with Jan McDonald at Life options. He is going to be speaking about 'Connections with the opposite sex.'

I felt, because there are a lot of young men in our group, that it would be great to hear this stuff from a guy! So, look forward to Sunday night!

*Also, be thinking about the trip to Seattle Feb. 24-25th. It would cost $30 + food if we pay this out-of-pocket. If we don't, we would have to dip into youth ministry funds. Again, the weekend is for an outreach to Seattle Union Gospel Mission in the morning, as well as a MercyMe and Audio Adreneline concert in the evening.

This price is to sleep Friday night at a church. If we wanted to get up super super early to leave Saturday morning (so we don't spend the night) that is an option. Or we can increase our cost to get a hotel.

Blessings!

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Friday, February 02, 2007

Wed night

For all of you who (1) are reading this, and (2) missed going to Neighborhood Wednesday night, here is a recap:

[I have been hesitating from posting, to showcase the Fine Arts post, but it is getting on quite enough!]

We opened with some funny stories, mainly from Neighborhood kids about things in their life they had gone through lately. We then had a good time worshipping, and than Jeremy Johnson preached to us.

He opened by showing us his [ghetto] ipod [ghetto because it does not pause, and is a cheaper version], and had us sing Backstreet Boy's song "aign't nothin but a heart ache, aign't nothing but a mistake....I WANT IT THAT WAY." [if you know the song... i don't know the title]

Yes, there were several of us that knew that cheezy song and sang along, as asked.

There were those of us, however, that had never heard that song (which I think is so cool. I mean, what did we get from Backstreet boys to encourage faithfullness and discourage idolatry? no offense intended for anyone who loves them)

Anyway, he proceeded by sharing that, just as you can unplug the headphones out of an ipod, which you are *hearing,* you can also unplug from what you are *hearing* from God.
He reminded up that Jesus knows who we are destined to become before we actually develop to maturity. Jeremy used Peter as an example. He pointed out that Peter was formally 'Simon' [which means wavy... as in inconsistant], and on the first time Jesus came in contact with him he renamed him Cephas [which means 'rock'...as in solid in faith and foundational for the church, and is translated to mean 'Peter']. So, this reinforces that Jesus knew who Peter was going to become before he even (1) left fishing, (2) was a disciple, (3) denied Christ 3 times, (4) walked away from the faith after Jesus died, but not being 'a fisher of men,' but instead returning to fishing fish, and later (5) became the rock of the church to spearhead its establishment.

Through this, he also showed us how Peter 'unplugged' from Jesus by (just in example) denying Christ three times, as well as leaving his faith (and taking other disciples along with him) to return home to return fishing.

Jeremy Johnson pointed out that we need to not 'unplug' from what God is telling us. We need to stay faithful to what he tells us, so that we may become who God intends us to be in the future. Our destiny is dependent on God and his plans, so we need to focus on listening from God, and staying obedient and faithful to what he has told us. This is the only way to develop and become into our destinies.

Jeremy Johnson was a very funny preacher; he used great storytelling and funny jokes (he relayed that Jesus can tell fish where to go, and joked that fish would be told the would either be going to fish heaven or fish hell according to their obedience or disobedience). He also used repetition effectively.

We have an oppurtunity for more guest speakers in the future. I will keep you posted. I pray blessings on you and yours, and pray your walk with Jesus is exciting and intimate!

Holly

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Blogger abelara said...

thanks for the update holly, i was wondering how it went.

oh and i think maybe jeremy should change his 'sing-a-long' song. the reason a lot of the youth didn't know it isn't necessarily because they don't listen to secular music, but because that song is 8 years old! that means the 18 yr old senior would have been 10 when the song was popular, and the 11 yr old 6th grader would have been only 3. it's no wonder they don't know the song.

that song was popular when jeremy and i were in college.

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i was going to add another comment about secular music in general, but i'll add that to the 'leader's blog' to get everyone's input.

2/03/2007 07:16:00 AM  

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