Youth Summit...three days away...till then

a friend, tony steward is blogging at the global hiv/aids summit at saddleback church starting today. he's put up a good summary of kay and rick warren's opening conversation about "real leaders being adovocates." bookmark tony and check back with him. remember we're hosting the satellite conference beginning @ 11:45 this sat. 1 dec...be there!

buzz on the golden compass

there's a lot of haze out here in blogger land over this new movie. and i want to suggest that we need to do more than just make some noise but it must be informed noise. so...we need to know the "why" behind the many voices that are saying this movie is dangerous. our friends at breakpoint have put this together...so go and.. read more here.

author Tom Gilson also has an insightful piece up on the main BreakPoint site about the trilogy and the film. When these things appear all the negative vibe has a backfiring effect. and one might even think that because "religious leaders" are saying "don't go" and many parents are echoing the same thing... it might be that the movie producers are counting on youth seeking that which they are told not to seek. i hoping that we can encourage each other as to the problems with Mr. Pullman and his world view.

12.01.07 from 11:45 am til 4:00 @ new hope

Something New - Weekend Wrap Up ~ 11.18.07

i thought this might be worthwhile... and will try and do this weekly

Lesson Topic: On Location: Out of Africa
Attendance: Jr. Hi.-Below Average Sr. Hi.-Average
'Fun Factor': Average (Race This!)
Volunteer Involvement: Below Average
Music: Above Average -the veneration is getting better each week.
Lesson Quality: Above Average
Length of Lesson: 24 mins
Student Response: Above Average

The focus of the night was on missions which for new hope is a living out of a core principle to make disciples of all the nations. Both sessions included a panel conversation with the students who participated in 1 Night on the Street, including an almost foiled attempt to see the video from the outreach (stinkin' technology) and a great conversation with Dr. Glen Needham. (Note: Elizabeth, his daughter, a freshman at the OSU @ Marion was to be a part of the conversation, but she got late notice of a change in a final for college and stayed home to cram for it. ) Together the Needham's spent part of their most recent summer on a trip to South Africa. I invited them to visit and share about that adventure (you can read their blog here) and broaden our scope a little. So whether we are talking about serving for KIA here in the southern part of Ashland County or spending nite in the heart of Cleveland's Ohio City or thinking about travels some day in the near future to South Africa. Good stuff.

pastor tom's interview on wcrf

here's the video of my conversation with my good pal, mark zimmerman while doing the remote broadcast for 1 night on the street

on the ground @ w30th and lorain for 1nightonthestreet

update on www.1nightonthestreet.org

well...the first session is over. lots of interesting stories about doing an urban mission. here's a picture of our folks with bryan karas from 707.

here's a picture of the kids working kitchen getting dessert ready....

1 night on the street

our invitation to have some Kingdom fun...want to go?
email me... want to learn more? go here...

if you're going you'll need this form...print it out and bring it along. oh yeah...email me or call me so i know to pick you up.