Spring Break 2005
This week is SPRING BREAK! For some of you that is :( Since a lot of you are free, I thought we would have a little preview of what the summer is going to be like this summer since I am no longer doing Shiloh. Below is the schedule for the week, hope to see all of you starting tomorrow.


Tuesday Afternoon Lunch: Meet at the church at 12:00 pm, then we will go to Burger King and Cold-Stone and just hang together. This is the day of Ira's surgery so we will spend some time in prayer after lunch for him.




Wednesday Afternoon Sports: Meet at the church and be ready to play some B-Ball in Central Park! We will meet around 12:30 pm and then walk over to the park where "ring, ring" school will be in session!



Must See Thursday Movie & PHAT 108: Meet at the church for some funny "Heir Force" home movies, funny web-movies (if you have a favorite send me a link), and a good feature film. Meet at the church at 2:30 pm. After the movie we will have PHAT 108 in the Youth Room with more Chinese Food than you could ever imagine.


Like I said, I am looking forward to hanging out with you guys this week. Please understand that all of this stuff is subject to change depending on what happens with Ira. If there is a change I will make an update to this blog as well as call you to let you know what's going on. See ya tomorrow! posted by: J-Wild at: 2:19 PM -  6 comments

Sparkle in the Eyes....Hope in the Heart This is one of the "Photo Panels" on the new homepage of the church website. I sent Kenny Eicher about two hundred pictures of church members for him to go through to make these panels. He came up with eight panels and part of the youth group made it. He told me that he was looking at each picture for something special, a "sparkle" in the eyes, and joy in the heart. That picture of Melissa, Ashley, Gwen, Soeuraya, and Alisha is a great representation of the heart of our group (even though they're aren't any guys in it). I of course have hundreds of pictures of all of you. Smiling, laughing, being crazy stuffing your face with pizza, shooting each other with paintballs (Ashley T watch out!), and getting in 30 degree water.

I have been reminded of how great our church is, I love this place and you guys are a big reason for that. The retreat was so awesome and I am so excited about the upcoming summer and getting to spend more time with everyone. So you realize that you won't have school, and I don't really work (says Azat) so that means we are chillin all the time!

This week has been fairly emotional for me. It started with the service this past Sunday. The church service was so beautiful but also very hard because of what Joe and Laura are going through right now. If you haven't listened to Amy's sermon, you should...you can hear it by clicking here.Then it was me and Allisons' anniversary on Monday. And Thursday is the long awaited day of Ira's birth.

This week at PHAT 108 we are going to gather for a time of just worship and prayer. By the time we come together we will know what condition Ira Hays is in. We are praying for a miracle, but we also know that sometimes miracles don't happen. I want to encourage as many of you as possible to come because the Hays will need our prayers, and we will need to be together. I love you guys very much, and even if you can't be there this week take some time on Thursday to pray for Joe, Laura, Sophia, and Ira.

To stay up to date as to what is happening with the Hays check Joe's blog. Also if you want to see the other picture panels that Kenny did on the church website just go to the site and keep clicking "refresh" on your browser, a new picture should load every time you do that.

Also, remember that this week is the start of our Guys Class and Girls Class for Youth Church. Allison, Amanda will be leading the girls class. Me and (hopefully) Daniel will be leading the guys class. posted by: J-Wild at: 4:11 PM -  0 comments

Isn't It Strange
Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?

Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying, but you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?

Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible, but how easy it is to read 10 different blogs?

Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?

Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?

Isn't it strange how quick guys are ready to fight anyone who looks at their girlfriend in a sexual way, yet a lot of guys will have no problem looking at pornography?

Isn't it strange how girls want to be respected for who they are, but they want to be noticed for what they look like?

Got any other strange ideas?

posted by: J-Wild at: 4:44 PM -  2 comments