10 Years Ago Today
On May 25, 2002 Wendi and I were married in the chapel at Mars Hill College where we met. It has been an amazing 10 years with her by my side, and I’m looking forward to many more years together!
Uprising Recap (4/25)
Here’s what went down at Uprising last night:
- I welcomed everyone to Uprising using this awesome app! We’ve been using this app to make videos the past couple of weeks, and it’s been a lot of fun for us and the students.
- Set List: Happy Day, Not Ashamed
- This was our last week in a series called Big Time Basics. In this series we’re taking a look at some important things to build our lives on. This week we looked at Evil. Why does evil happen, and why doesn’t God stop it? It was a pretty heavy topic and a tough one to teach on, but helpful to a lot of our students.
- Main Text: Genesis 1 & 3
- Main Point: God wins in the end!
I’m Sorry
There are times in ministry when we just seem to blow it with a student.
- We call them out in front of everyone and embarrass them.
- We get onto them for something they didn’t do.
- We lose our temper and get mad at them. Etc.,
Maybe it’s only happened to me, but over my years in ministry there have been times when I’ve blown it with a student.
When this happens the greatest thing that we can do is to say I’m Sorry!
A couple of weeks ago I blew it with a student and had to make sure that I told him I was sorry. I had overreacted, and that I wanted him to know that I really was sorry for getting onto him like I did. I told him that I really did enjoy him being a part of our ministry, and that I hope he would be able to forgive me.
I think a lot of times we know we’ve blown it and don’t say we’re sorry is because we think their young and they’ll get over it. But, our students need to understand the importance of saying sorry, and the importance of forgiveness.
Who in your ministry do you need to pull aside and say I’m sorry to?
Uprising Recap (4/25)
Here’s what went down at Uprising last night:
- Ryan welcomed us all to Uprising!
- Set List: Set Free, Everything Glorious
- We used spin that wheel last night and had two students play spin that game show. We had four game shows that they could play and whatever the wheel landed on was the game show they played. Last night we played “What would you do?” and “Yes, No”.
- This was our third week in a series called Big Time Basics. In this series we’re taking a look at some important things to build our lives on. This week we looked at Jesus. He was 100% Human, 100% God, and is the only way to God
- Main Text: John 1:1-14
- Main Point: Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE.
Uprising Recap (3/28)
Here’s what went down at Uprising last night:
- Set List: Happy Day, The Stand
- We showed a quick welcome video that I made using this app.
- This was the last week in our series called Your Move. In this series we are looking how to make decisions. This last week we looked at what do we do when we’ve blown it.
- Main Text: 2 Samuel 12:1-13; and Psalm 51
- Main Point: We still have a move even after we’ve blown it.
Uprising Recap (3/21)
Here’s what went down at Uprising last night:
- A couple of our leaders started off the night with a fun game of toe crusher!
- Set List: Glory to God Forever, Send Me Out
- This was the second week in our series called Your Move. In this series we are looking at how to make decisions. This second week we answered the question, ‘What do you do when you don’t know what to do?’
- Main Text: Luke 15:11-24 - we got the students involved in the Bible study by acting out the story while it was read.
- Main Point: Good decisions are FACED head on.
Uprising Recap (3/14)
Here’s what went down at Uprising last night:
- We enjoyed the extra daylight and had a preservice kickball game with our middle schoolers!
- Set List: Set Free, Like a Lion
- We showed a testimony video of two of our students from the MIX.
- This was the first week in our series called Your Move. In this series we are looking how to make decisions. This first week we looked at how to make decisions that honor God.
- Main Text: Daniel 6 - since we read the whole chapter I got students involved to act out the passage while it was read.
- Main Point: Good decisions HONOR God.
Take Time to Refresh
A couple of weeks ago we put on an event in our community called the MIX. This was an amazing weekend for our students, our church, and our community. While I loved every minute of the MIX when it was done I was in need of some much-needed rest.
Here are a few ideas to help you REFRESH after a big weekend:
1. REFRESH Physically – Sleep in or take a nap the day after a big weekend. I wasn’t able to sleep in on that Monday, but I took some time in the afternoon for a nap. I needed some extra rest after pushing so hard for a couple of weeks.
2. REFRESH Spiritually – Spend some extra time in God’s word. Many times after a big weekend you can feel empty because of giving and serving all weekend long. Spend some extended time in God’s word and prayer.
3. REFRESH Mentally – Spend some time reading a fiction book or doing an activity that you really enjoy. I spent some time reading the third book of the Hunger Games trilogy. I don’t do this often enough, but it was relaxing to read something just for the fun of it.
4. REFRESH Relationally – Spend some time with your spouse and kids. It was nice to hang out with Wendi in the morning, drink some coffee, and just talk about how we saw God work throughout the weekend. Both kids are young and only go a half day to school so when we picked them up from school we took them out to lunch and just had some fun times together.
As student pastors we need to make sure that we take time to REFRESH after big events and weekends. Fight the temptation to push on through by taking the time to REFRESH.
