Youth Ministry name, logo and mission statement

so the new Youth Ministry name for fairfield first assembly of God is Revolution Student ministries. here are a couple of the logos Ive been working on tell me what you guys think...

the mission statement is: REVOLUTION exists to build relationships that lead students towards life-changing encounters with God. We work to see students connecting with Jesus, living life together, and changing the world.

REVOLUTION Student Ministry is...
- A safe place to ask questions, get answers, and find the truth
- A chance to help others with opportunities around the corner, across the country, and around the world
- Incredible leaders who talk to you about the real life stuff you face every day
- All your friends
- A whole lot of fun

thankful

Things I’m thankful for

- God’s redemptive blood
- My amazing/crazy family
- Best friend Mack
- Awesome friends
- My new church family being accepting of me
- The youth ministry God entrusted to me
- My youth pastor roommates
- The amazing leaders God placed in my life
- The promise of God taking care of me even when I don’t deserve it
- The challenges in my life that make me a stronger person/leader
- Being able to openly worship my God and being able to proclaim him to all
- Laughter among friends
- My Pastors (Pastor Clay and Pastor Doug)
- But most of all, Jesus and the amazing things he has done for me throughout the year, he is my everything and without him I would be nothing.

blessed redeemer...

Up Calvary’s mountain one dreadful morn
Walked Christ my Savior, weary and worn
Facing for sinners death on the cross
That He might save them from endless loss

Blessed Redeemer, precious Redeemer
Seems now I see Him on Calvary’s tree
Wounded and bleeding, for sinners pleading
Blind and unheeding, dying for me

“Father, forgive them,” my Savior prayed
Even while His lifeblood flowed fast away
Praying for sinners while in such woe
No one but Jesus ever loved so

Jesus, I thanks for the cross
Thank you for your redemptive blood,
Painful and all alone, for my soul
That one day we might meet again

The most glorious day, that one Sunday
He rose up from death, to show us his way
Beautiful and holy, came back for me
Overcame death to free me of sin

Up Calvary’s mountain one dreadful morn
Walked Christ my Savior, weary and worn
Facing for sinners death on the cross
That He might save them from endless loss

Twas the month before Christmas

When all through our land,
Not a Christian was praying
Nor taking a stand.
See the PC Police had taken away,
The reason for Christmas - no one could say.
The children were told by their schools not to sing,
About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.
It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say
December 25th is just a ' Holiday'.
Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit
Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!
CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod
Something was changing, something quite odd!
Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa
In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.
As Targets were hanging their trees upside down
At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.
At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears
You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.
Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty
Are words that were used to intimidate me.
Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen
On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!
At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter
To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.
And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith
Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace
The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded
The reason for the season, stopped before it started.

So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'
Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.
Choose your words carefully, choose what you say
Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS,
not Happy Holiday !

Your Love is a Song

I listen to alot of songs and alot of different music, I recently purchased the new CD from Switchfoot and they have a song on the new cd that is simply amazing. On the cd the song is called Your Love is a Song. the lyrics are powerful. read them and then buy the cd.

I hear you breathing in
Another day begins
The stars are falling out
My dreams are fading now, fading out

I've been keeping my eyes wide open
I've been keeping my eyes wide open

Oh, your love is a symphony
All around me
Running through me
Oh, your love is a melody
Underneath me
Running to me
All your love is a song

The dawn is fire bright
Against the city light
The clouds are glowing now
The moon is blacking out, blacking out

So I've been keeping my mind wide open
I've been keeping my mind wide open
Yeah

Oh, your love is a symphony
All around me
Running through me
Oh, your love is a melody
Underneath me
Running to me

Oh, your love is a song
Your love is a song
Oh, your love is a song
Your love is strong

With my eyes wide open
I've got my eyes wide open
I've been keeping my hopes unbroken
Yeah, yeah

Oh, your love is a symphony
All around me
Running through me
Oh, your love is a melody
Underneath me
Running to me
Your love is a song

Yeah, yeah

Your love is my remedy
All your love is a song

worship time

Last night while doing some personal time I was singing a popular song, and along came the line, "Lead me to the cross." Now I admit that at first glance the meaning appears obvious. But as we were singing, I felt compelled to ask myself what it would really mean to have Jesus lead me to the cross. So I paused to reflect on this issue. I asked God to help me understand what this line really means. He gave me a vision which I believe captured the concept perfectly.

In my vision, Jesus came right up to me and grabbed my hand. He started walking, and I followed right behind. We began ascending a hill, and as we neared the top, I noticed there was a cross on the crest of the hill. Suddenly, each step became heavier. And the closer we got, the more painful the experience became. See, I had "visited" the cross many times before, usually to lay my burdens down at the foot of the cross. But each time I have been alone. This time, as I approached the cross, I was far from alone. I was with Jesus himself. And this was quite a different experience. I realized that we were walking to the sight of his death, a death that I contributed to.

Imagine that you were responsible for the death of a loved one. Suppose it was your mother, and her death was your fault. Then imagine that she appeared before you, and you visited the site of her death, how do you think that would make you feel? Would you just enjoy being with her, perhaps setting up a picnic? Or would your response be markedly different? Needless to say, there was no joy in my heart as I visited the site of Christ's death with him. And as if it wasn't bad enough, he was holding my hand as he led me up the hill. I could feel the hole in his hand, a hole I put there.

With each step closer, the weight of my sin was exponentially increasing. It was a crushing feeling. We finally arrived in the shadow of the cross, and tears were gushing out of my eyes. My chest was being crushed, all I could say was, "I'm sorry." Then Jesus turned around (remember, at this point, he had been leading me, I had not seen his face yet). He had a massive smile on his face! "I'm sorry. I'm sorry!" was all I could muster. And with a genuine look of confusion, he asked, "What are you talking about?" Suddenly a flood of scriptures came into my mind. Does the Bible really say that Jesus has removed our sin from us as far as the east is from the west? And that Christ's atonement made us as though our sins had NEVER even happened? God really doesn't count any of that against me?

Jesus really had no idea what I was talking about. All that guilt from my sin that was devastatingly heavy on my back was suddenly thrown aside, and I felt as though I could fly. At this point, all I could say was, "Jesus, I love you. I love you!!!"

The Bible says that whoever is forgiven little loves little, but whoever is forgiven much loves much. I used to think that was talking about "amounts" of sin, as in the number of sins I'd committed. I now realize it can just as well be talking about amounts in the context of how I feel about those sinse. The number of sins is no matter, to God, one sin is just as grievous as a million. When I felt the weight of my sin, I was at the lowest of lows. When I realized that God had forgiven me, my love reached the highest of highs. I have been forgiven much, and my response to God was more extreme then when I "felt" like I had few sins.

my 2010 dodgers...

C- Russell martin
1b- Adrian Gonzales- Trade
2b- blake dewitt
ss- Rafael furcal
3b- Adrian belte- welcome back
Of- Manny Ramirez
Of- Matt Kemp
Of- Andre Ethier

Bench
- Mark Loretta (inf)
- Juan Pierre (of)
- Lucas May (cather)
- Doug Mientkiewicz (lhph)
- Juan Castro (inf)

Rotation

Roy Halladay- trade
Chad Billingsley
Clayton Kershaw
Hiroki Kuroda
Vicente Padilla

Bullpen

Hong-chih Kuo
Ronald Belasario
Scott Elbert
Brent Leach
George Sherrill- set up man
JJ Putz- signing
Jeff Weaver- long releaver

Roy halladay traded to LA for Casey Blake, Jonathan Broxton, and 3 prospects
Adrian Gonzalez traded to LA for James Loney, Davarious Gorden, and 2 prospects

Could be called up at any point…
Ramon Troncoso
Cory Wade

thoughts...

im trying to figure alot of stuff out... its all in my head and I dont know how to process everything... how do I make the ministry stronger? what will it take from me to have a relevant yet cutting edge youth ministry? what constitutes success? is it have 100 kids(which is my goal by next october), is it having less kids but better relationships with those kids and having them know God more than anything? why does everyone want to get me married? leave me alone, it will happen someday... I hope. why cant I find a job? this is getting stupid, going on 6 months with no job...

oh ministry... I have been averaging 13-14 kids a night. I have a great ministry team with me. I had three kids tell me they recieved salvation on wednesday night, thats what its all about. its been a rough month in keeping my emotions in check night to night but thats whats awesome about pathway, I can share these feelings with my peers and they are there with me... were there for each other.