Memorial day!

Hey there everyone I hope you are all having an awesome memorial day. It stinks its raining but its all good, there is no school and I am sure somewhere down the line everyone will have a hot dog. I say there is no better way to celebrate soldiers then eating food :)

Anyways, there a bunch of events coming up so I wanted to lay to rest some confusion so here ya go!

This Wednesday - Everyone! Senior legacy night.

This Friday - Everyone! Lock in down in fort wayne. Doors open at 9pm, we will be back at 8am!

This Sunday - Pancake and Sausage breakfast 8am, Graduates recognition 2nd service.

Next Wednesday - Junior high Only! Junior High bash night! 6:30 - 8:30

Next Friday - Senior High only! Drive in Movie. We will start the movie when it gets dark!

So you see there are a lot of big events coming down the pipe and we need to make sure everyone is on board with what is going on! So make sure you know where you need to be!

Have a great rest of the day!

P.A.

Special Friday Edition

Hey there everyone, I hope you are all having a awesome Friday. We have a 3 day weekend wahoo!!

This is my message for today.

The youth group is growing a ton, and we have a ton of things going on this summer. So please be praying for our youth group. We need God more and more and more, and we are asking for students and parents to be praying for this youth ministry. God has shown up a bunch these past couple Wednesday nights, but we have so many things that we are doing with students that our leaders are very tired. So please keep praying for our Wednesday night program, and for our leaders.

We need your prayers!

Also don't forget about June 6th and the pancake and sausage breakfast! See you at 8am!

P.A.

Pinto Bean

Hey there everyone! I hope you are all having a stinking awesome day so far. My day started off early with a meeting at the Essenhaus for some breakfast with some awesome students who are helping me put together a High school drive in. Its going to be stinking awesome

So High school students, June 11th, at 9:00pm we are going to be having a drive in here at CVMC, we are going to be watching How to save a life, which is just an awesome movie, so come out that night bring a friend and sit and watch the movie just like a real drive in. Its going to be amazing. We will have popcorn and cookies, and some drinks out there for people to enjoy. This is only for high school students only. Sorry Junior high kids! IF you don't have a car thats cool, we have a place right up front for those who want to sit in a lawn chair and watch the movie too, so have your parents drop you off and come and hang out for a little bit.

Also parents if you want to come and help us that night as volunteers please email me at cvmcadam@verizon.net We will have a ton of students out here that night and we will need some assistance with parking, food, and crowd control. So I hope to see you here that night.

Alright, last night was stinking awesome. I love when I can just share my heart with you guys about stuff that really hits home. I hope you guys have pinto beans in your shoes today to remind you of your strong holds in your life. Hopefully you will see that enough wear and tear on the pinto bean that the bean will break, just like if you let God work on your life the strong holds will break apart and you are set free!

I am excited to see what God is going to do this summer through our trips and our time together! I hope to see you all next week as we honor our seniors!

P.A.

Tonight is going to Rock!

Hey there everyone I hope you are all having amazing days, I know my day started off awesome with a meeting at IHOP, such good pancakes.

So tonight we are going to be having a ton a fun, God has got some major things in store for us tonight, We are ending our series on Practical Atheism and we going to be talking about strong holds and how they can either be built stronger this summer or be torn down, but its your choice.

I honestly believe tonight is going to be again a very powerful night, we are going to be diving into 2 Corinthians, and then also a parable in Mark. Its gonna rock something major tonight.

Also we have a new game called cluster busters we are going to try tonight, its wicked fun and I think that a lot of the guys might like this game but girls might struggle with it a little. But thats ok because we have a game for the girls tonight as well.

Also tonight we have a lot of announcements about this summer, and mission trips, and a couple other events coming up in the near future, so come tonight ready to get information about all the exciting things coming up.

Also before coming tonight. Take some time to pray for youth group tonight. I am really excited about tonight. So come ready to have a ton of fun, but more importantly come ready to experience God!

See ya tonight at 6:30!

P.A.

Invisible fences

This is the title for my message on Wednesday night, I am really excited/nervous because this is a hard message for me to talk about because it deals a lot with my past and how God has moved me through some fences and strong holds in my life that have taken a long time to deal with but also am still dealing with.

God is doing something in my life that I want to share with others, and hopefully work with other people to continue to break down strong holds in others lives.

We are going to be talking about 2 Cor 10:3-4, and a bunch of other scripture but that is going to be our foundation, so if you can make it this Wednesday night that would rock, but if you can't make it we will miss you!

For those who know you are coming please be praying for this Wednesday it's gonna get tense for some people but I am ok with that. So I hope you can make it and be challenged.

Also we are going to be finishing up our Movie Trivia game, we have a new game we are going to try which is going to be awesome! Then we have a really interesting powerpoint game we are going to dominate. I hope to see you here.

P.A.

Series Finale

Hey there guys this coming Wednesday we are going to be ending our series on Practical Atheist. I am really excited how we are going to end this series, and I am really excited to see how you guys do with a challenge we are going to give you for school this coming Thursday. It is going to blow your mind :)

For those who need a little break from things we have the perfect little getaway for you tonight here at the church, we are having a worship night here at 7pm - 8:30pm. You can come and go as you please but there will be people here to pray with you, and you can just worship God on your own. Its a great getaway. I will be here tonight to pray for students if they want, or just to be here as a support. So I encourage you to come out tonight to worship.

I hope you guys can come out tonight, and then on Wednesday as well! Hope to see ya sometime this week :)

P.A.

Behold the lamb of God

Hey there everyone, I hope things are going well for you today, I know for me I am extremely busy with lots of awesome events for this summer. So please keep it tuned to right here for all the dates for the summer.

Lets talk a little bit about last night. God showed up and moved in our students. We had students decide to follow Christ for the first time, we also had students decide that they are going to point to Jesus instead of other things in their lives. It was a great night last night where students got to experience Christ in a real and tangible way.

We talked about John 1 and how John the baptist, told 2 of his disciples "Behold the lamb of God" and we talked about how Jesus fulfilled that role.

Then after we talked about what the lamb was in the old testament, and how are lives need to point to Jesus. After that we took communion, it was really fun to teach students about communion and participate with them.

Keep praying for our students and our leaders, our leaders are really busy and tired, they have put in countless hours with students. Please lift hem up in your prayers this week!

Hope to see you Sunday for the Baptism and Cook out!

P.A.

Come one Come all!

Hey there everyone, Man today is so B-E-A-utiful.

I hope that everyone can join us tonight for an awesome night! We have so many things planned tonight for us to do. First we have some announcements that are pretty important, Second, we have some wicked awesome games we are going to be playing, Third we are going to worship God like we have never done before, Fourthly, we are going to look at a story in the first chapter of John tonight, then we are going to be doing something we have never done at CVMC youth group before. So come to tonight and hang out with us, have a laugh or 2 and then be challenged to live your life differently for Christ.

I hope you all can make it tonight, but if not we will miss you!

Talk with you soon everyone.

P.A.

Straight up awesomeness!

Hey there everyone, I hope your Tuesday is going awesome, I know mine started with one of my puppies running a cup into my face wanting me to play fetch with him. Always a solid way to start off a long day.

Anyways, This Wednesday God is already setting up plans for us. I am so excited to see how God is going to move. We are going to be doing something we have never done on a Wednesday night before. So come this Wednesday night and hear what we are going to be doing. I am EXCITED!

We have some great worship planned, and 3 games we have never played before, so get ready to laugh and be amazed all at the same time. You might throw up because its so awesome.

Well I am running late to a staff meeting already so I will update some more later today!

Hope to see you at 6:30 on Wednesday night!

P.A.

You gotta tell someone!

Hey there everyone! I hope your week is stinking awesome. I know my week is full and crazy but still excited for Wednesday night!

So last night we had a 6th grade parents meeting, and I hope that they had a great time, and also we want to welcome them to the blogspot, so for those new 6th grade parents reading this for the first time, Welcome, if I could have people clapping on here for you I would but I am not that much of a geek :)

So this coming Wednesday night we are going to be continuing in our series called Practical atheist, meaning where we say we are a Christian but yet live like there is no God. The first week we talked about Prayer, and how we need to start a conversation with God! Last week we broke down what it means to follow Christ and what it means to be an atheist. This week we are going to be talking about telling people your story. I am so excited for this week because we get the chance to tell stories about Jesus working in lives, its going to be awesome!

I hope you can come this wednesday night to youth group! It starts at 6:30 and goes till 8:30!

This Video explains so well what we are talking about in this series!

Hope to see you Wednesday night!



P.A.

Special Friday Post

Hey there everyone, sorry I didn't get to update yesterday my day was full of a bunch of different things going on! So I am updating now while I am working on some emails.

So Wednesday night was an awesome night, we broke down what it meant to live a life as a Christ follower, and then what it meant to live a life as an atheist. We wrote them down on a white board and talked about how when we live our lives demanding an explanation. Meaning, if someone was to look at your life would they have to ask why you did certain things because they just don't make sense to people because you are living a life following after Jesus or would they not have to ask because you are living just like everyone else.

We finished up the message portion with a passage from Matthew 13 where a man finds a treasure in a field and he goes back home and gives everything away to get that field, I asked this question to the students. Is God a nice thought in your head or is He the treasure that you are seeking?

We had a time of prayer at the end of the service where student could pray with leaders and a time where they could get a lone with God! It was a pretty powerful night.

I hope you guys have a great weekend, I know I will, I am playing a golf scramble with the Edlunds and we are going to dominate this coming Saturday morning!

Talk with you all Later!

P.A.

Tonight is going to be straight Fire!

Hey there everyone I hope you are excited as I am for tonight, we have some awesome new games we are playing tonight, plus we are going to be rocking out to some amazing worship, plus we are going to be dissecting what it means to be a Christian and a Practical Atheist, so come tonight and get ready for some awesomeness.

Things you need to bring tonight:
1. Your bible
2. A pen or pencil to take notes
3. A friend
4. A journal or a notecard
5. A friend :)

Also tonight we are laying out our plans for this summer, they are going to be totally different then anything we have ever done so please come tonight to hear what is going down for this summer.

Also put on your calendars, June 4th. That is when we are heading down to Crazy Pins, and Lazer X to party all night long! Its 20 bucks, thats it for pizza, pop, bowling, arcade, and tons of lazer tag!

So come tonight to hear all the amazingness that is going down this summer!

P.A.

How cool is this?

This is going to be a sermon illustration at some point in my Pastoral Career, but its still pretty cool. Check this out:



P.A.

Marker boards and Peanut butter

How are those 2 things in common? Well you will have to show up on Wednesday night to find out.

So I just finished the message for this week, and I am not going to lie tomorrow night is going to be a powerful night, because we are putting it all out there. Being a practical atheist has to stop and we are going to show you tomorrow night straight up how a Christ follower and a Practical atheist can't co-inside each other. So tomorrow night we are going to uncover and dissect what it means to be a Christ follower.

I hope you can all come out tomorrow night, I know things are crazy with sports, work, and school. But I promise tomorrow night it will be worth coming out because you will walk away with a lot to think about!

I found a song we are going to be wrapping up with tomorrow night, and it is so powerful I have to let you see it today! So listen to the words and look at your life while you listen to this song. Hope to see you tomorrow!

P.A.

High Five ediquette

2nd week of May!

Holy Macaroni its summer time! I am so excited about this summer, we have so many awesome things we are going to be doing mission trips, bon fires, cici pizza runs, movie nights, and tons of pool time! I honestly can't wait.

So this summer is going to look a lot different then most summers we have had here at Crystal valley, and we are going to be talking about that this coming wednesday night for a little bit because I don't want any confusion we are going to be taking questions and stuff this wednesday night so come Wednesday night for some information about this coming summer! Its gonna be awesome.

We are in our second week of practical atheism series and last week we talked about prayer, and this week we are going to be talking about the Word of God. Now I know that some of you might think you know some stuff about the bible but what we are going to be doing this week is giving you a ton of information on the bible and then give you some practical ways to make this amazing book impact you for the rest of your life!

I am so excited because we get to talk about God's Word and how it can directly influence the way we live, so come this wednesday and hear about the ins and outs of the bible! I am super excited.

Hope to see you here!

P.A.

Practical Atheist:Prayer

I hope you guys are having an awesome day, I know I am dead tired from last night, but its all good I have a bunch of things I need to get done today so that should keep me going.

Here are some highlights from last night:

1. The Mountain Dew team dominated the game last night, and then Brandon Gannon rocked it out last night well done dude!
2. The last song in the worship set where we sang Here I am to worship, with Passion of the Christ going on was really powerful, I don't know if I have ever seen a youth group more silent. Powerful stuff
3. Acts 12 was our building block of last night, Asking questions about James and Peter. And how are prayers can be powerful and we can be praying for people, and expect amazing things to happen with God!

Those were just some of the highlights from last night, I hope you guys can make it next week we have some amazing things already planned! So we hope to see you next week.

P.A.

Its Wednesday night.....Oh what a night!

Howdy folks, so interesting fact about my life today.......

A massive tree fell into our pond last night freaking me out and sparticus.

Not a fun night of sleep. Anywho........

Tonight is going to be rocking awesome. We have got some amazing things going down.
1. New series tonight called Practical Atheist. Come tonight and find out what its all about.
2. Got some awesome worship planned for us tonight so we can worship our God in a new way!
3. Getting to hang out with people that we haven't seen in a little bit is always fun
4. The games we got planned is gonna rock some people's faces off.

So tonight bring your bible because we are going to be breaking down Acts 12 and what we learn about prayer tonight.

I honestly believe that tonight is going to be a very powerful night for some students and adults. So come ready to experience God in a new and awesome way tonight.

Can't wait to see ya here tonight.

Doors open at 6pm!

P.A.

Crazy Tuesday

Hey there everyone, Hope your day is going swimmingly :)

So here is the low down for tomorrow night,

1. We start a new series called practical atheist.
2. Show up to find out what it is all about!
3. We have got some awesome worship planned for tomorrow night so come and rock out with us.
4. The games we are going to play tomorrow are going to be fantiastical :) Yes its a made up word because that how awesome its going to be!
5. As I continue to pray for you guys (students) God keeps bringing to mind that so many of you guys are hurting, and are in need of just some time with the healer, and time with people who really really care for you. The Crystal valley youth group is a place for you to come and experience God in a whole new way.

So we hope to see you tomorrow night!

6:30 - 8:30!

Bring a couple friends with ya. We really hope to see you there.

P.A.

Practical Atheism

Hey there everyone I hope your Monday is rocking awesome, I know mine is pretty busy but still going be to a good day.

This coming Wednesday we have some pretty awesome things going down, 1. We have a new series we are going to be kicking off called Practical Atheism, 2. We have some sweet games planned for us rock out, 3. We have some major announcements coming this Wednesday night so come if you can!

We are going to be talking about what we are doing this coming summer, we have some changes we are going to be making to our regular summer planning. So come out this Wednesday to hear and pick up our summer schedule! It's gonna be pretty fun :)

I hope you all have a great week this week, we hope to see ya this Wednesday night, remember that you are almost done with school for the year! So keep working hard, you can make it!

P.A.