The last two weekends have involved taking teenagers to Camp Wesley Woods for retreats/sledding. First, it was the confirmation class. Then, it was a group of high schoolers. Here’s some of the lessons I learned while being around lots of teenagers, lots of snow and lots of laughter: It’s okay to buy a new sled [...]
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Lessons From Sledding
Posted in high school, junior high, Random Musings, tagged lessons, sledding on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of Wednesdays ago…
Posted in high school, junior high, teenagers, video, tagged video, Wednesday on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had the various small groups recreate movies using whatever props/costumes they could find. Go here to see them preparing. Skit One: Skit Two: Skit Three: Skit Four: Skit Five: Skit Six:
Missions Sunday
Posted in Events, high school, junior high, Random Musings, Sunday Lesson, tagged missions, service, sunday on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, the youth ministry of the church left the building to go out into the community and serve others. The topic of discussion for Sunday’s lesson was “Missions in the Church.” The chair of the mission team and I decided, “Instead of talking about serving others, let’s go do it instead.” So, we did. 38 [...]
Sunday Morning at Sweet & Aweful
Posted in Events, high school, junior high, Sunday Lesson, tagged missions, romania, Sweet and Aweful, Venezuela on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Students in grades 6-12 have the option of attending a service at 9:30 am on Sunday mornings that’s geared for students, partially led by students, and spontaneous like students. This Sunday, Elisha Kremer and Annie Keith are going to sit down and chat about life overseas and participating in mission work for Jesus. Elisha spent [...]
Dizzy Broom!
Posted in high school, video, tagged dizzy broom, video on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Or, YouTubesday 2.0 for this week. The Rules: Look up at the bristles, spin around 20 times, lay the broom down, do 3 jumping jacks, hop over the broom. It’s not easy. I just fall. I don’t even bother with anything else.
Why My Kids Are Amazing
Posted in high school, Random Musings, tagged awesome, i heart students on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Technically, I have no children. I have birthed no one, and my taxes claim no one else as a dependent. But, I have a lot of children. Most of the students in this community are “mine.” I refer to them as “My Kids” and it confuses people who have just met me. Here’s something that’s [...]
DCLA 2009 day two
Posted in DCLA, Events, high school, tagged DCLA 2009, recap on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s after midnight again. We are back in the hotel. Some of the kids are swimming, some of the kids are going to bed. The adults are just tired. : ) Today’s events included: Lab #1 where Circle Groups were formed and then processed through the pre-planned material. Today’s topic: BE. Meeting Francis Chan. He [...]
DCLA 2009 day one
Posted in DCLA, Events, high school, teenagers, tagged DCLA 2009, Events, la, travel on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We arrived at our hotel, checked in, attended Big Room #1, chatted with Kendall Payne (and Francis Chan) and are back in our hotel at the lovely time of midnight (or 2 am Iowa time). Our day begins tomorrow (officially) at 10 am with the Lab Groups. Things have gone really well thus far. We’ve [...]
Happy Mother's Day!
Posted in high school, junior high, Random Musings, video on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We interrupt this 10:30 am worship service to sing this song for the Moms of the world.
New Teaching Series
Posted in high school, junior high, Sunday Lesson, tagged job, sermon series on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At Grimes UMC, we are beginning a new series about the Book of Job called The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and are using the title as a blatant rip-off of the Clint Eastwood movie. We’ll be covering the following topics: When bad things happen to good people When God tests us When it [...]
