'09 Launch Party...this Friday! (new location)

Be at our Pastor and First Lady's house at 7:30pm for a good time and to get "in the know" on our exciting new plans for 2009.

Tonight's Starbucks Study...

"Oh, how are the mighty fallen?"

.........................TONIGHT...........................

WHERE: Truth Church Caffe'r
WHEN: Friday Night @ 7oclock Pea em
WHO: All of You!
WHAT: Dont ask what!
WHY: BECAUSE!!

You can only ask what to expect.....

WHAT TO EXPECT: Free Hot Drinks, Free Snacks, Games, Music, Fun, and a bunch of Goofballs!

P.S Bring a Game and for Petes sake...... BRING A GAME!! ;)

Love you all!

My bad.

Forgive me for not posting anything in regards to yesterday's Starbucks Study. I was travlling all day monday and tuesday, and it totally slipped my mind.
Anyways, aloha from Oahu!

Tonight's Starbucks Study...

...is on Samuel.

Tonight's Starbucks Study...

... is on Ruth (but not Williams).

And YES, it is at Starbucks... Last I heard, they are going to be blocking off a section of seats just for us!

.....And Yet Another One! <3

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

YOU'RE 16!!!!

Happy Birthday to the girl with the Famous Machine Gun Laugh!

RUTH ANN WILLIAMS!!!!! 

Love you lots and hope you have a Great Birthday!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NINO!!!!

HAVE A HAPPY CREEPY BIRTHDAY BIRDIE WOOSTER!!!!

Tonight's Study at Pastor's Place...

Due to our size, we are having to say (a very emotional) "bye" to Starbucks for now. For the time being, we will be meeting at Pastor's house @ 7:30 on Tuesday nights.
Please bring your own drink.

TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL EDITION WITH GUEST TEACHER JUDY KING!

And the most fun was had by...

Tonights Starbucks Study...

...son of Sam.

For this weeks 16+ youth activity...

To those of you who were at LowDown on Sunday:
Remember to contact the other two people in your group and plan some good-times. Let's see who can have the most good, clean, crazy fun! Also, try to include someone who you didn't see at LowDown.

To those of you who were not at LowDown:
Contact someone who was there and ask them to let you in on the secret and to let you in on their group.

Skating!!

Hey peeps, its almost winter.So, who's up for some skating tonight at the Olympic Oval tonight at 7 o'clock.
Here are the prices.


Age Group Single Entry


(16-54 years) $5.25

Child/Youth
(6-15) $3.50

Comment if you are coming,
or if you have any questions call me.(403) 547-5314
(just leave a message if there is no answer..i may be out)

stay tuned, Nic has somthing in the works for tonight....

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

— Lt.-Col. John McCrae

Tonight's Starbucks Study...

Happy Birthday

Happy 13th Birthday Mellisa!!

Visionary Willie Rivas and I are inviting you to join us for an hour of outreach in Airdrie this Saturday at 12 noon. I'll be leaving the church at 11:30.

P.S. Remember to give your input on the Bible Study below.

Tonight's Non-Starbucks Study...

Rather than meet at Starbucks this week, let's all read the following passages and then post our comments, questions, insights, sermons...

Read: Judges 2:7-23 (Introduction to the Judges)

1. Verses 7-10 deliver a scary thought! What does it drive home to our generation?
2. Verses 11-19 reveals how dumb people are! ;) What can we learn from their mistakes?

Read: Judges 3:12-30 (A Must-Read Bizarre Story... and you think Edgar Allen Poe is weird?)

1. What can we learn from verse 22?

Now, let's discuss these and/or any other aspects of these passages...

The U.S. Election: How should we feel?

I understand that some of you will be interested in following the U.S. election tomorrow evening, so ,rather than have our study at Starbucks, I will be posting some selected scripture readings for you, which we will then discuss next week. If you have taken an interest in the election, then please read on...

Tomorrow we will witness a historic presidential election south of the border. The United States of America will elect either their first biracial (black/white) President, or their first female Vice-President. As people pick sides and buy into the campaign of either McCain or Obama, it is important that we keep a level head and avoid being pulled into the undignified, emotional frenzy of obsessively exalting one candidate and his campaign, and/or pulling down the other. I'm not saying that we should not have strong feelings about any issues, in fact, there are some issues at stake that I feel strongly about. However, we should view each issue individually, based on conviction and good sense, and not on parties, personalities, media, and the like. (And, as far as our conviction goes, as Christians, that should be derived from the ultimate authority on good and evil - the Bible.) Nor am I saying that we should not be attracted to, or prefer, a particular candidate over another. However, our preference should not be based on personal chemistry, rather it should be based on principles. And, if we are objective, it is not likely that any one candidate would adequately line up with all of our convictions and good sense. Thus, we must figure out what principles are most important to us as Christians (i.e. what is most important to God). From there, we must recognize the good and bad in each of the campaigns and place our preference on the candidate that comes closest to representing that which is most fundamentally important to us. Having established that preference, we must maintain a christian dignity and respect in our conversation about all candidates involved, which includes abstaining from personal attacks. Lastly, remember that, in the greater reality, we are citizens of Heaven and Jesus Christ is our Commander in Chief, thus, our main concern should be with the kingdom of Heaven, not earthly kingdoms.

Detailings

People!

We are gonna have fun. And guess what? There are prizes for the best dressed guy and girl!!!

Be at the Holmes house by 7:30.

If you haven't been contacted to bring something specific, please bring a drink and/or snack.

If you don't come I will arm wrestle, and publicly embarrass you next church service.

Tonight Bible Study

Same time - Same place - David Holmes Teacher

cya there!

Prince Ruspoli's Turaco

How many of you peeps out there would be interested in a costume party this coming friday (the 31st) at the home of Holmes?

I am suggesting the theme: Famous Historical People In History That Were Famous Who Are No Longer People. 

If we get a good response on the blogger here we will go forward with it. If not, then :p

It would be open to youth of all ages who are youth and have an age.

the canyon cronies

Tonights Starbuck's Study...

Happier Date Of Birth DJ!!!

Oh dear!
Hahaha! Maybe the pictures weren't taken in the context they appear, but oh-well everyone loves D'.

Happy Birthday again.

Happy Day of Your Birth...2 days ago!

Congratulations on turning 18 on the 18th of the 10th month of the 2008th year!!!

we ARE hiking tmrw! I don't care what you say! :)

Johnston Canyon awaits us. I'm going whether you are or not. You can't stop me. We're leaving the church at 10am. It's gonna be 8'C, so you'll need to bundle up a bit. Come one come all and if you don't then whatever.

Tonight's Starbucks Study...

river sin spies ai rahab jordan fire faith walls achan jaricho stones victory

Let's Take A Hike

Meet our guide: Tom.
Tom asks:
Would anyone be interested in doing the aforementioned hike tomorrow (Oct 13) during mid to the end of the day with me?

next time I preach that long you should all rush the alter... I'll get the point

Tonight's Starbucks Study...

&

Another one of these yet again!!

Happy 7th .... oh wait I mean 18th birthday today to my wonderful little brother Mookie!

FUEL-MYSTERY NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

OK People, there is a new FUEL finally scheduled! It will be on October 10th... This is one will be the best we have had yet so you REALLY dont want to miss it if you fall within the ages of 12-16! Please be at the church at 7:00, proceed to the small fellowship hall and PLEASE PLEASE bring $8 to cover expenses!!

You will be recieving an official invitation later, but please keep the date open! :)

How about this coming Saturday afternoon for the walk? October 4, 08!

From way back- Carriers of hope

Mark posted this on Feb 10 2006 & July 11 2006 on cdpyouth blog and believe it or not it stuck with me so I decided to retrieve it and re-post it on here. It's truth and it's cool!

There is an epidemic of sin...

There is no escaping it...Everyone is a carrier.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

In fact, everyone was born with it.
Ps 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

It's killing humanity worldwide.
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death...

BUT there is a COUNTER-EPIDEMIC that is STRONGER than the epidemic!
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

YOU ARE A CARRIER OF THE ONLY HOPE OF THE WORLD!!!
1 Col 1:27 ...Christ in you, the hope of glory.

This epidemic of hope is contagious upon contact!
So how do we spread it? TOUCH PEOPLE!!!!!!!

Mark 16:14-16 15 And [Jesus] said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved..."

YOU ARE A PREACHER SIMPLY BY TOUCHING PEOPLE WITH YOUR LIFE AND LETTING PEOPLE SEE JESUS IN YOU!

WE ARE CARRIERS OF HOPE!

Headlines

BOHOL IS WAITING FOR YOU
We had an awesome time in the PI. The crusade this year seemed more for the strength of the churches, it I went very well. Next year the focus will be on youth evangelism, and Pastor Buxton wants YOUR help. It's gonna be crazy!

CELEBRATION SUNDAY
Oh my word...you guys did it!!! After all of your faith, work, and prayers, there was a house full of hungry guests. I don't know the exact guest count, but the ushers counted 500 total in attendance. And since we had several families absent, we must have had over 200 guests!!! And 14 baptized in Jesus Name!!! IT ROCKED!!! YOU ROCK!!!

YOUTH CONFERENCE IN ATHABASCA
How about another wild week-end? I will be preaching a Youth Conference at Pastor Millington's church in Athabasca THIS WEEK-END! The services will be on Fri @ 7pm & Sat @ 10am & 7pm. (Pastor will want you home for Sunday!) ARE YOU IN??? They need to know how many of us will be there, so please indicate on here if you can make it.

A NOTICE
Due to a new wave of illness I'm having to call off the Starbucks Study tonight.
Hopefully I'll see you at prayer at 8:30... and please make a point to pray for Star and I!

Its Fall!

It's fall and I think its on order for the TC youth to dress for the season and go for a walk. Right now God is painting some incredible colours around the city and there are plenty sutable of foot paths. All in favor say "I". The rest of you can stay at home!

Happy Belated, Matthew!!!!!

Happy 13th Birthday Anna!

Ephesians 6 Anyone?

God and I are wondering who is interested in an all-night prayer battle this friday in lieu of the impending revival...for us as youth to come together and blaze some trails for the sake of the kingdom...anyone interested? Let me know ASAP! Love and prayers

Sinai Pics

Just a few pictures...

Notice Tess's bed (inside the little white cage behind her.. :) )

Bible Thumpin'

Tomorrow night there will still be Bible Study at Starbucks on Memorial at 7:30.
Please bring your Bibles to a BIBLE study. OH! and your caps for thinking...
We will continue in the vein of Sinai.
Love you all
God Bless you richly TODAY TODAY TODAY

!!!!RID!!!!!

Sorry everyone but these are all I have of this weekend at Sinai....but WOW!!!!! I can not put into words what transpired in our youth group this weekend!! I felt God in a way that I can not remember ever feeling before...it was life, thought, action, mindset, heart, EVERYTHING CHANGING!!! Together as a youth group we put all our struggles and temptations to

REST IN DESTRUCTION!!! (RID)

Thank you so much Bro. Joel Buxton!!!!

Everywhere your foot treads...

A few things I gotta say...

1. Sinai was WOW! Like...WOW!  Thanks for making it so.

2. Somebody get some pics of it on here (as well as PEAK pics).

3. Thank you for your prayers... I'm feeling much better.

4. Rock the Revival with the Platania's... Blow his 200 guest goal out of the water.!

5. Pray for a Holy Ghost explosion on the Island of Bohol!

6. Star and I love you to bits and pieces!

Sorry its a Day Late

But Happy Birthday Josh!!

Sinai

Exodus 19:16 Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

DON'T BE WIMPS... Moses wouldn't have put up with complaints about the weather when he took his youth group to Sinai! Ya, it's gonna be cold and rainy, but it's gonna be worth it... just ask Moses! You would be smart to bring lots of warm clothes and rain gear and bedding though... because although the LORD will be descending, it may not be in physical fire... but then again, it may.

Stolen without permission from Pastor Young's Blog

PEAK 2008
by my man Pastor Young

The only way I know to describe it is "mind boggling"! PEAK was off the hook. If you weren't there you missed one of the most incredible God encounters that I have ever experienced. Like the song writer Tony Roberts penned "I just can't find the words". Something happened on Wednesday night that I will never forget. Pastor Nathan Morton stepped to the pulpit to open the convention with an announcement and as he did the young people began to worship. Without any prompting they continued and became more animated. The power of God began to move into the building in wave after wave as the young people gave themselves to the presence of God. 45 minutes later, without one note being sung or one chord struck they were still lost in praise to God. Pastor Morton turned the service straight to the evening evangelist (Rev Cody Marks who preached us into the presence of God) and PEAK was off and running. The day sessions were literally life changing as Rev Jason Calhoun got right to where we live. By Friday evening close to 2000 people filled the convention center and boy did we have a revival. It was 3 days where God showed up and showed off. I am still living in the overflow of what took place in Tulsa. I can't wait till next year.
To all of you Pastor's that gave their support financially as well as sending your young people I would like to express my thanks.
And to all of the youth council of the WPF, you guys did a great job. Thanks a million.
To the young people that came and pushed the devil around for a little while...I LOVE YOU!