Thursday morning

Morning all!
As today is September 11th I would encourage everyone to take some time to go to God in prayer today. Ask God to continue comforting those who lost loved ones that day and to help return peace to our world. Having lived in New Jersey I know many people who lost loved one's that day. The uncle of two of my youth group students there died on one of the flights, one of my leaders lost most of his co-workers as he has JUST left his job working at the World Trade Center, and Andrea and I attended the church attended by the Todd Beamer, who famously led the rebellion on Flight 93. Today is a day for us as Christians to remember what happened and to be very prayerful.

Well our youth programs are all officially off and running. We had a great kick-off service on Sunday. Thanks to the congregation for allowing us as a staff to be very innovative and to drive our point home through various different means. My message Sunday really tried to hammer home why we do Christian Education. The big three from scripture are: to learn of eternal life, because the Bible is inspired by God, and to live a more Godly life. Well, I'm off to the high school but expect some more postings the next few days focused more on sports (as a Cubs fan expect some pretty angry rants). Have a great and blessed day all!