Youth Crew's Blog

Jesus for President

Vincent Klug — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:33:19 +0000

We are heading to Richmond this afternoon to check out what Shane Clairborne has to say.

Join us. Call Youth Leader Greg Reckinger for more info.

“Jesus for President”

Vincent Klug — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:24:15 +0000

Do Hard Things

Vincent Klug — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:48:09 +0000

http://www.therebelution.com/

EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed

Vincent Klug — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:57:02 +0000

It’s lonely being a scientist who finds belief in God as a probability. In fact, it might even be a very bad career move…

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a film that everyone should consider viewing.

In acadamia circles, believing in a creator of the universe (i.e. God) is considered so stupid, so committing intellectual suicide, that scientists and teachers that confess that their must be a creator are losing respect and their jobs.

Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, Dr. Dawkins, claims that real freedom begins the day you eliminate God from the equation of your life.

Dawkins believes that anyone who believes in God is both foolish and illogical.

So where did everything come from?

You can’t look at a watch and claim that it was put together by accident. Dawkins will give you that.

So how does he make sense of it all? He suggests that it IS LOGICALLY possible that life on earth (DNA) was “seeded” BY ALIENS FROM OTHER PLANETS…

He is serious.

Manicures for Jesus

Vincent Klug — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:02:16 +0000

Saturday night open gym/pool with pizza to boot

Vincent Klug — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:27:45 +0000

Everyone is invited…

…to Regency Park Sport this Saturday March 15 from 6:30 until 9:30 PM.

It is $7.00 per person… upon entering, mention that your with Vintage-Faith and $2.00 helps out the church.go to www.vintage-faith.com for more info…

Who wants to be a millionaire

youthcrew — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:42:35 +0000

Here are some pictures from our last youth crew meeting! For those who where not there I will explain what is going on. We are starting a new game (message) that makes learning the bible fun. The game is based on the theme of “Who want to be a millionaire”. To start off the game I asked our pastor (Vince) and one of our leaders (Jana) to be the first contestants. They were competing against each other to see who could answer the most biblical questions, the prize was for bragging rights only. As you know in the game the more questions you answer the more money you make. Well the end results were, our pastor was able to achieve $500,000 ( He missed the last question for 1 million dollars!). I can not remember what Jana’s dollar value was but she did very well also (but Vince did win). During the game we took commercial breaks just like the real game on tv. During the breaks I had prearranged some of our youth members to come up and do makeup and hair on the contestants and myself.

We now are going to pass out a sheet of question (all from the bible) and each week have one youth be the contestant. After everyone has been given a chance to achieve the highest amount of money in the game by answering the most questions, we are going to present the winner with a nice gift (to be determined). Anyways, check out the pictures and just remember the bible is a blast!!!!!!! If you would like to take part in the game and come hang out with us: please feel free to contact me a gr@vintage-faith.com!

How to Save a Life

youthcrew — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:06:30 +0000

09.02.07 {depression hurts}

Originally uploaded by brookenovak

Saving a life is dangerous work. It is critical that we are aware of some things…

Yellow Flags

These are symptoms, not necessarily a diagnoses.

avoidance issues (i.e. friends, activities, school, social events).
obsessing about the problem (this sounds normal, but it can lead to letting the problem has too much power.
anger or crying that “freaks” your friends out (i.e. unexpected outbursts)
unable to sleep; chronic exhaustion, excessive irritatability with your siblings, parents and even friends.
unable to eat; not able to keep food down (i.e. vomiting).
avoiding your thoughts (can’t deal with being alone in silence)
odd personality changes (abrupt and extreme changes in behavior).

Red Flags

These symptoms are much more seroius.

Thinking about killing themselves.

Talking about killing themselves (this is to be taken as with the utmost seriousness).

Preparing for death – giving away prized possessions, making a will, writing farewell letters, gathering pills, or saying good-bye.

Talking like there is no hope.

Acting or talking like not a single person cares; completely giving up on themselves and others.

White Flags

This is where you surrender to your need to personally save someone.

Choose whom you are loyal to. Are you more loyal to loving them or wanting them to like you. Love cares less about whether someone is mad at or even hates you. Love the person more than you want them to like you even if it means “breaking a confidence”. GET THEM HELP.

In Your Face Truth. If someone was trying to kill your friend and you promised you would keep it a secret, what is that? Isn’t it more like you to do whatever it takes to pretect your friend from a stalker with murder on his heart.

Severe depression is more like a stalker with murder in his heart. The biggest mistake of your life may be keepng a secret that may kill a friend.

Wisdom is knowing what you do not know. In other words, be smart enough to know that when it comes to depression and/or suicide you are in over your head.

Don’t try to call their bluff. It may not be one. Reinforce the fact that you care about them and insist they get help.

Resource

Numb by Lincoln Park

youthcrew — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:29:31 +0000

What is it about this song?

Why do you think it is so powerful?

Hello world!

youthcrew — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:30:42 +0000

Hey Guys!! So…. this is the first blog of this soon to be awesome site. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, please feel free to do whatever you want with this page. It is open to anyone who has something to say or, even has nothing at all to say. This is our page……. our world.

~Jamie