Hey all. Sorry been trying to do an update, but blogger.com has been not allowing me, hmmm. Aggravating.
Was recently challenged by an announcement time question that John Bolin one of the worship pastors at my church: @houstonsfirst, in giving, do I give it all or only some of my stuff? I had to honestly, up till recently, didn't much give anything. Or maybe more gave what I didn't need to the Lord. Can you imagine my audacity?!? Give the Lord who has provided it all to me, my leftovers or junk I didn't want anymore?!? Really struck me and has stuck with me. Now try to be who God has called me to be, to who He wants me to be and striking up conversations and dialogues with the people he needs me to reach.
On a separate and somewhat related note, been loving "Your Love Never Fails" by @JesusCulture. The song is loaded with powerful images of God and His Love for me and all my "running away" that the song talks about.
Currently been watching a few different shows on: abcfamily. They are: Pretty Little Liars with: ashbenzo @Sleepinthegardn @lucyyhale and Shay Mitchell (who is just memorizingly beautiful), Huge, Secret Life Of An American Teenager and Make It Or Break It. They each bring a new and different message and thoughts I enjoy. Yes probably too much tv shows, but watch em online.
Learning to be who I am called to be and not who I am thought to be...think on that and apply where applicable...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Houston Project 2010
I wanted to write this a couple of days ago, but for some reason the site wouldn't allow me to log in, hmmm. I wanted to share what Houston Project is (@houstonproject) and what we are doing to reach our city of Houston.
First off Houston Project is a outreach to our city, by the church I go to Houston's First Baptist Church (@houstonsfirst) as we share God and His love for the people of Houston through Bible Study, Vacation Bible Study, Feeding them nightly, giving the children school supplies and going back throughout the year to continue share God's love and care for the people in the communities we go to. We are currently involved in reaching out to over 12 communities and apartment areas.
Alot of these areas we go to are government run housing projects where people go and almost end as forgotten cast-offs that society would be as happy to forget about. These people are in desperate need of God and all the love we can share, for some have forgotten what love is or worse yet, have no true idea of what love is.
The church gets opportunity to sign up for specific sites, some close to where they live, some places they have served before and some just feel that is where God has called them to serve. Then we meet together and see where we feel like serving within the site, such as Vacation Bible Study for ages 3-10, or SPAM which is the middle school and high school outreach, men and women's Bible study, prayer and evangelism teams or food team that prepares food every night.
Then Monday through Wednesday we serve in areas we have signed up for, with Thursday being the final day, that has small amount of Bible Study, and then a carnival outreach for the kids and the community as a whole.
This is a tiring but very rewarding time for all who help, a good type of tired. My Sunday School class, is in charge of leading a team to continue follow up throughout the year, so the community doesn't feel abandoned or reached out to for only a specific time of the year. We will help continue the growth that was begun by Vacation Bible Study time and help the people learn even more of God and who He is.
First off Houston Project is a outreach to our city, by the church I go to Houston's First Baptist Church (@houstonsfirst) as we share God and His love for the people of Houston through Bible Study, Vacation Bible Study, Feeding them nightly, giving the children school supplies and going back throughout the year to continue share God's love and care for the people in the communities we go to. We are currently involved in reaching out to over 12 communities and apartment areas.
Alot of these areas we go to are government run housing projects where people go and almost end as forgotten cast-offs that society would be as happy to forget about. These people are in desperate need of God and all the love we can share, for some have forgotten what love is or worse yet, have no true idea of what love is.
The church gets opportunity to sign up for specific sites, some close to where they live, some places they have served before and some just feel that is where God has called them to serve. Then we meet together and see where we feel like serving within the site, such as Vacation Bible Study for ages 3-10, or SPAM which is the middle school and high school outreach, men and women's Bible study, prayer and evangelism teams or food team that prepares food every night.
Then Monday through Wednesday we serve in areas we have signed up for, with Thursday being the final day, that has small amount of Bible Study, and then a carnival outreach for the kids and the community as a whole.
This is a tiring but very rewarding time for all who help, a good type of tired. My Sunday School class, is in charge of leading a team to continue follow up throughout the year, so the community doesn't feel abandoned or reached out to for only a specific time of the year. We will help continue the growth that was begun by Vacation Bible Study time and help the people learn even more of God and who He is.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Sorry, complete and total randomness...
Hey all,
sorry haven't put up any new blogs for about 2 weeks and I know, thanks to people on twitter, that violates every blog etiquette known to man, for that I apologize.
first off, my take on LeBron situation. May I first say he and Carmelo Anthony are my 2 favorite players. I think that this whole primetime announcement was an incorrect way to handle signing with a new team, be a pro, sign, play well, hopefully help new team to win a championship and handle yourself respectably. Now I know that LeBron has some sloppy unprofessional people representing him and they have his ear in giving advice. The primetime announcement just looked and reeked of unprofessional behavior from start to finish. Whoever recommended this to him only wanted to bring even more of a spotlight to a situation that was only going to hurt a whole community who have loyally backed him from day one and before. I still hold to the idea even with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, he will not win a championship, there is no team chemistry there and they are not the most team oriented players despite what everyone thinks. People will say I'm a hater, I say a hater of what?!? My crew in Denver will be right back in the thick of things in the real deal Western conference.
Secondly, I was challenged in church this last sunday, by Tony Perkins, in his message to us, in that, the leaders we elect, are not responsible for change, we the everyday normal Americans are. Think on that, let it percolate for a moment. The leaders we elect, are just public faces, they really can accomplish no change on their own, they are not equipped to do that, yet we as Americans can challenge those around us to change to become men and women of Christ that we are called to be. Follow Houston's First Baptist Church at @houstonsfirst on twitter, and look at houstonsfirst.org for their website.
Thirdly, we at Houston's First Baptist Church are beginning our annual missionary outreach to our city: Houston, in what is called the Houston Project, to learn more go to our website: HoustonsFirst.org and read about it.
Fourthly, everyone of us can make a positive impact in the people's lives around us everyday, by paying attention to them, giving our time and investing in them. I challenge each and everyone of us to be a light in someone's life, which has the natural result of getting the attention off of us and onto those around us. Thank you for reading this...
sorry haven't put up any new blogs for about 2 weeks and I know, thanks to people on twitter, that violates every blog etiquette known to man, for that I apologize.
first off, my take on LeBron situation. May I first say he and Carmelo Anthony are my 2 favorite players. I think that this whole primetime announcement was an incorrect way to handle signing with a new team, be a pro, sign, play well, hopefully help new team to win a championship and handle yourself respectably. Now I know that LeBron has some sloppy unprofessional people representing him and they have his ear in giving advice. The primetime announcement just looked and reeked of unprofessional behavior from start to finish. Whoever recommended this to him only wanted to bring even more of a spotlight to a situation that was only going to hurt a whole community who have loyally backed him from day one and before. I still hold to the idea even with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, he will not win a championship, there is no team chemistry there and they are not the most team oriented players despite what everyone thinks. People will say I'm a hater, I say a hater of what?!? My crew in Denver will be right back in the thick of things in the real deal Western conference.
Secondly, I was challenged in church this last sunday, by Tony Perkins, in his message to us, in that, the leaders we elect, are not responsible for change, we the everyday normal Americans are. Think on that, let it percolate for a moment. The leaders we elect, are just public faces, they really can accomplish no change on their own, they are not equipped to do that, yet we as Americans can challenge those around us to change to become men and women of Christ that we are called to be. Follow Houston's First Baptist Church at @houstonsfirst on twitter, and look at houstonsfirst.org for their website.
Thirdly, we at Houston's First Baptist Church are beginning our annual missionary outreach to our city: Houston, in what is called the Houston Project, to learn more go to our website: HoustonsFirst.org and read about it.
Fourthly, everyone of us can make a positive impact in the people's lives around us everyday, by paying attention to them, giving our time and investing in them. I challenge each and everyone of us to be a light in someone's life, which has the natural result of getting the attention off of us and onto those around us. Thank you for reading this...
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