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God is the only word that I can describe what is happening in our student ministry. I have been reading the Purpose Driven Church Book where Rick talks about how a lot of times we pray that God will bless what we are doing, but we need to ask that we can be a part of what he is doing!
I was touched by this and for the past month + that has been my prayer, that God shines and that I am simply used by him in whatever He is doing!

Tonight we were at standing room only!!! We ran out of chairs and students were sitting wherever they could! We had some students show up 45 minutes early. We had a +20 Gain of students from last week to this week! Like I said…God!

Nick

Today in the Bible class I am teaching we reached chapter 7 in the Purpose Driven Life Book.
It came to the place in our reading where Rick challenges the reader to whom they will live for, themselves or God, so as a class we prayed through the Believe and Receive prayer and it was great how the students responded!
Out of all 3 of my classes here were the responses from Middle and High School Students!
I had 2 students tell me they prated the prayer because they could not remember ever praying it even though they thought they were saved, 1 girl rededicated herself to living for God and not herself, and 1 brand new student told me he prayed the prayer for the first time!

I have a horrible headache today, but I don’t care after that! =)

Nick

I guess I got my hopes up with the new baby. The first couple of nights he was calm…and now all he does is make noise. It will not STOP!!!

I don’t think I can handle it anymore…I think I will sleep at work, and then bring my work home and stay up all night to get it done? Sounds good to me! It looks like fitting that couch into my office will pay off now =)

Nick

Well we had the worse summer that I can remember in our student ministry, and I have been involved either as the lead student pastor or as a volunteer since ’99, and then I was in the student ministry from 98 – 99 as a teen myself so I’ve seen it over the years in good times and bad!

However!!! Wednesday night it was kicking, in fact I think it caught us off guard a little, but we packed out or teen center. 2 students said they received Christ, that puts us at 6 over a 4 week series that we have been doing, and the feedback we received from the students was awesome, and many of the first timers said they would be returning!

I guess it pays to keep plugging at it! It shows it is not in our power to build a student ministry, God is going to do awesome things everyday, we should just ask God if He will allow us to be apart of it.

Nick

Okay, my eyes have been open even further about the entertainment industry.
Teens cheer for the ugliest stars, the worst actors/actresses, and they will sell out a concert for the worst singers!

Kevin Federline debuted his first song at the teen choice awards on Sunday night, I included a video so you could decide for yourself, listen to the words and how its all about him and the stuff he has (provided by Brittany) and how he takes care of his family (he does or she does?) any way here is what the Associated Press had to say about K-fed…

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — He danced, he clutched his bling, but could he rap? Apparently the answer is yes. Brittany Spears hubby Kevin Federline capped off the eighth annual Teen Choice Awards on Sunday with an enthusiastic version of his single “Lose Control” — his first time performing on network television.

Now look what the AP is saying:
NEW YORK — Kevin Federline’s TV debut as a rapper is getting derided as a not-ready-for-prime-time disaster by critics in cyberspace and the hip-hop community. – That’s more like it!

Nick