Wassup kids! Hopefully someone will see this. I know it has been too long but getting into NRH and then leaving town for a week has ruined my regular time. Anyway, I wish to give you a few things to ponder.
I still haven't heard from Elizabeth about the biggest loser, but I'm ready! Kam, are you ready for some training? Amy's aunt in Chillicothe told us about this website last week. It seems like it can help so I'm gonna try it. Supposedly it will help you with everything from recipes to how much calories you should take in a day to how long you should work out each day. I haven't done it yet but you should be able to put in your stats, how much you wanna lose by a certain amount of time and it will calculate everything for you. But you have to be religious about imputing your info each day. Elizabeth, you give me the word and I will go get a scale!
Next, I am going to start a media fast starting the first of December and I encourage each of you to do the same. That is this Saturday and I will go for one month. I know I tried to explain this to you guys, but I am certain that if we do this, it will give us clarity and purpose. 1 Peter 4:7 says, " The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray." That is us. We are doing the media fast so we can be clear minded and we are also doing the biggest loser as a front to create discipline in our lives which creates a level of self control.
So just what is a media fast? For me it means no internet at home, only 5 hours of tv a week, no movies, and no secular music. I will still play games with the kids at NRH to build relationships. but the time I would usually spend watching tv or surfing the net, I will spend with the Lord or in the Word. The idea is not to just hold back, but to replace those things by drawing nearer to God. Building more relationship with Him.
On that note, I have spent about a month thinking about how we do relationships in AMPED. We love each other (leaders) a lot, but sometimes it becomes difficult to see that transfer to the students. It feels like the process and rules have gotten in the way of actually loving on the kids. Don't get me wrong, our motives for what we do in AMPED are driven by our desire to see the students grow in the Lord, but have we lost perspective? I think so. And it has started with me so I point no fingers. So for the month of December, we will not do access groups. Let's have fun with the kids and play some games with them after service. Let's get involved in follow up and really connect with some of the students. You may be surprised at what you find. We will re-vamp access groups in January with a sharper focus and even include training for all (more on that on a later post). Next year I would like to start some home groups and see if we can get some parents to provide host homes. I would like these groups to function as fusion groups, or interest based groups, which means we could potentially have a flag football group. I think it would be good to have these once a month. I mentioned follow up. Any of you that wants to help out with this just let me know, but we need to follow up with visitors, and our regular students that have missed a couple weeks. Let's make sure we have done our very best to let these students know how valuable they are.
Now I know that as I introduce more stuff some of you are thinking, "More stuff?", but we are getting more people interested in helping out. Just today I have had 5 emails of people interested in helping out in AMPED. Plus, ask James, you can bring lots of people in that you know. Sometimes referrals are the best.
This is a lot of info, and if you have found this new post, please bug every leader you know to come and read it. Text them, email them, call them. And if you have ANY questions, don't hesitate to call or email me. I'd love to spend some time with you and talk about it.
You guys are the best!!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Turkey Day
Hey Kids!
Hope you had a good, no, great Turkey day! I hope you ate until you were sick, cause next week over-eating is no more. At least for us that are doing the biggest loser. While I am actually not competing, I am going with the eating right and exercising stuff. I'm praying I can get rid of this acid reflux stuff with healthier eating.
Amy and I are in Missouri where it's cold. It was snowing yesterday around lunch. It only took us 10 hours to get here on
Tuesday, and we even stopped at Cracker Barrel along the way. Yesterday I had lunch with my friend from college, Chris Shandrow. He is going to come down for Plug In as our gust speaker. He's a good guy, we sat down for 2 1/2 hours and could have gone longer. We haven't seen each other in probably ten years but just picked up right where we left off. Friday we will head an hour north of KC and then down to Branson to see my parents on Saturday. We should be returning home either Monday night or Tuesday morning.
Anyway, where ever you are, who ever you are with this holiday, I hope it's a great one filled with new memories around those that you love.
Can't wait to see you guys next week and hope you have a great service this Sunday night!
Hope you had a good, no, great Turkey day! I hope you ate until you were sick, cause next week over-eating is no more. At least for us that are doing the biggest loser. While I am actually not competing, I am going with the eating right and exercising stuff. I'm praying I can get rid of this acid reflux stuff with healthier eating.
Amy and I are in Missouri where it's cold. It was snowing yesterday around lunch. It only took us 10 hours to get here on
Tuesday, and we even stopped at Cracker Barrel along the way. Yesterday I had lunch with my friend from college, Chris Shandrow. He is going to come down for Plug In as our gust speaker. He's a good guy, we sat down for 2 1/2 hours and could have gone longer. We haven't seen each other in probably ten years but just picked up right where we left off. Friday we will head an hour north of KC and then down to Branson to see my parents on Saturday. We should be returning home either Monday night or Tuesday morning.
Anyway, where ever you are, who ever you are with this holiday, I hope it's a great one filled with new memories around those that you love.
Can't wait to see you guys next week and hope you have a great service this Sunday night!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
word of the day
Hey guys, long time no type. Sorry about that.
Discipline.
Okay, as a general rule, we as a society do not know discipline. We hear the word and tend ot think of when our parents or teachers got on to us when we were kids. I'm talking about the kind of discipline that helps us in our thousands of decisions throughout the day. It tells us that we need to have our quiet time even though we have run out of time in the day and we are worn out and would rather just go to bed. It tells us that we need to do the speed limit even though we are late for work. It tells us that we need to get out of bed even though we didn't go to bed until 3 am. It tells us that we don't need that do-nut even though they smell really good.
I think you know what I'm talking about. Something that we do now that we are adults.
Personally, I am entering a season where discipline is calling my name, and those close to me are on my heart. I feel like challenging people I would otherwise leave alone for the sake of wanting everyone around me to feel good about themselves. I can no longer stand still. I see the clouds in the distance and know that if I don't move now, I will get caught up in the storm. The winds of change are blowing and I wan to be progressive. I want to be pro-active instead of reactive. I want to be ahead of the wave.
I want the Lord to be proud of me (us) because I (we) not only heard His prompting, but responded to His voice.
The weather is changing, and we had better get prepared. I can't wait to share with you guys Sunday night at NRH.
Discipline.
Okay, as a general rule, we as a society do not know discipline. We hear the word and tend ot think of when our parents or teachers got on to us when we were kids. I'm talking about the kind of discipline that helps us in our thousands of decisions throughout the day. It tells us that we need to have our quiet time even though we have run out of time in the day and we are worn out and would rather just go to bed. It tells us that we need to do the speed limit even though we are late for work. It tells us that we need to get out of bed even though we didn't go to bed until 3 am. It tells us that we don't need that do-nut even though they smell really good.
I think you know what I'm talking about. Something that we do now that we are adults.
Personally, I am entering a season where discipline is calling my name, and those close to me are on my heart. I feel like challenging people I would otherwise leave alone for the sake of wanting everyone around me to feel good about themselves. I can no longer stand still. I see the clouds in the distance and know that if I don't move now, I will get caught up in the storm. The winds of change are blowing and I wan to be progressive. I want to be pro-active instead of reactive. I want to be ahead of the wave.
I want the Lord to be proud of me (us) because I (we) not only heard His prompting, but responded to His voice.
The weather is changing, and we had better get prepared. I can't wait to share with you guys Sunday night at NRH.
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