Would You Turn In $10,000?

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Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.
Proverbs 22:6 (NLT)

Moses, the bagboy, found $10,000 in the bathroom of the grocery store where he worked. When you watch the video, you will see that he decided to turn the money into his manager so the owner of the money bag could retrieve their property. In this video, Moses attributes his decision to the lessons that he teaches young children in Sunday School, while in another video, Moses goes on to talk about the lessons he was taught to make ‘Wise Choices’ when he was also young in Sunday School.

As a youth leader, this makes me smile 🙂 – It must make this young man’s parents and youth leaders proud to see some of what they have invested in him stick. I hope as my kids get older what we are trying to teach them will stay with them.

h/t CNN

What’s Your Excuse?

Brandon Marshall is an 11 year old boy who is dying of Lukemia…he has one dying wish, to feed the homeless, this is a touching story that is well worth your time. Do you have a blog? Share Brandon’s story there. Vision can be shared from a hospital bed.

This is one more example of how Jesus will use anyone to bring about his plans and his purposes, he’ll even use the sick. If you think you’ve got it all together, you may just be eliminating yourself from being a candidate for Christ to use.

I think Brandon may ask, What’s Your Excuse for Sitting on your Butt?

P.S. You may need a box of kleenex.

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Problems watching? http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/09/jaffey.wa.last.wish.komo

h/t: CNN

Yeah Jordin Sparks!!!

Saw this article on Fox News last night:

LOS ANGELES —  Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Award host Russell Brand took several digs at young stars wearing “purity rings” to pledge their virginity until marriage — and “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks wasn’t having any of it.

Brand’s running theme for the evening centered on the Jonas Brothers and their rings — until Sparks stepped on stage to have her say about his constant remarks.

“Not everyone wants to be a slut,” Sparks spat back, the auditorium filling with applause. Sparks, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez are also among the young stars who have vowed to remain chaste.

Sparks told Pop Tarts later at the In Touch magazine after-party that she was more than happy to put Brand — known as Britain’s ultimate playboy — in his place.

“Somebody had to do it,” she said.

Word is, Russell Brand, not only was highly sexual in his jokes and conversations at the VMA’s, but he decided to give his opinion on our political situation here in America as well. It is obvious that as he decided to attack the Jonas Brothers and Sarah Palin’s soon to be son-in-law, the crows quickly lost interest. Russell had huge applause when he gave his endorsement of Obama courtesy of the UK, but became very unpopular, almost to dead silence with his vial attacks. Check the video out below for yourself.

UPDATE: I could not embed the video, so CLICK HERE to see it!

UPDATE #2: Here is the video response for Jordin Sparks (CLICK HERE)…they cut it short & cut the applause out. Thanks Chuck for requesting the video…I apologize for my lazy blogging 🙂

While your at it, Join the Conversation, Did you watch the VMA’s? If not, watch the video, and then tell me what you think. I think its exciting to see some mainstream, popular artist stand up for purity!

What Makes A Real Man?

I want your input!!! I am doing a message at an event this weekend called Warrior 24 with a group of middle school and high school guys. My talk is on what it means to be a REAL MAN. Our theme is STRONGER and our theme verse is Romans 4:20

So Join the Conversation about what makes a Real Man!

Georgia PDYM Network Lunch – You Could Win!

The Georgia Purpose Driven Youth Ministry Network Lunch is being held THIS Thursday, May 29, at Destiny Metropolitan Worship Church in Atlanta Georgia. If you are a part of the PDYM Network or if you are interested in being a part of it, please make plans to attend.

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $5 to help cover lunch

For Directions visit: www.destinymetro.org or Map Quest: 1775 Water Place SE – Atlanta, GA 30339 – Phone # 770-509-9010 (Latasha Morrison)

This is a great opportunity to connect with other like minded youth workers who are facing some of the same issues and struggles that you do in the trenches of student ministry. Doug Fields sent us a special training video (Exclusive Only for the PDYM Network), free resources for all who attend, and other tools and resources for door prizes.

**I am doing a special drawing for everyone who RSVPs in advance, so if you are planning on attending, let us know!**

For more information on the lunch or to find out more about the PDYM Network and how to balance your student ministry based on the 5 Biblical purposes, contact one of these Georgia PDYM Mentors:
Nick Carnes (Me) – Email
Jeffery Wallace – Email
Latasha Morrison – Email

Hope to see you there!