Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
One City has arrived. Be prepared to eat your face off, worship God, beat up evan on some inflateables and lose to me at ping-pong... Bring your friends and spread the word.
CITY YOUTH IS BACK
-pray for good weather
blessings
A group of young people who strive to be more like Jesus and show the world the same love he showed us.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
ONECITY
Mark it on your calendars! SEPT 16th. Get ready for inflateables, music, food, basically your favorite night of the week is coming back and starting soon! So like I said mark it on your planners or whatever the schools gives you and be prepared for lots of fun and a wicked night. SEE YOU ALL SOON
-BRING YOUR FRIENDS!
-luke
-BRING YOUR FRIENDS!
-luke
Sunday, August 29, 2010
The Call
Hey everyone,
So the summer is coming to an end and where did it all go? Time spent at a few different summer camps I'm sure. I know up at camp Imadene (sorry if that's a spelling error..) there are lots of fun times happening and God is doing some cool things already.
Latley I have had a lot of awesome and cool things going on. So many cool things its almost hard to choose what to do and what to keep doing. I know a lot of you guys this year will be hitting some more senior classes and In those senior classes you'll be getting struck with questions of what your goals are and where you see yourself in 3, 4, 10 years and to be honest its OKAY if you don't know. Even now knowing I wan't to do ministry it's extremeley hard to choose where to be and stay and get educated and so forth. If your having trouble with your calling or just even where to go in the next 3 months. Maybe it's what club to join, what sport to play, even choices with a guy or girl you like, it's never to late or to lame to bring up to God. Don't ever feel discouraged praying what you might think is a weird or unheard prayer. God is listening and aware and is always working.
We all have plans and dreams and we all want them to go the way we plan them.. orr we wouldn't make plans at all. I'm not talking about making plans for the night or what movie your choosing I mean BIG plans, and oddly enough sometimes there are many paths to take. For a while I felt that no matter where I went its okay thats the path God has chosen, all the mistakes I make all the choices thats exactly what God want's and how he wants it and so forth. yeaa not so much. God wouldn't choose for you to make a big mistake or do a lot of things humans do. God has blessed us with something called "free will" and although it gets us into trouble It also allows us to choose Jesus as our Savior and allow God into our life. If we didn't have this freedom we would all just be robots worshiping God all the time. God has knows the plans he has for us, and If we seek him he will reveal and affirm places and things we need to do but as humans we might take detours, we might think he wants us in one place and find out its another. Or give us a love for one thing and then SHAZAM here comes the oppisite. Don't be afraid just continue to seek and know that we serve a God in control and one who will always be with us even if we go astray. Be confident that God has a plan and do the very very best you can to walk it to perfection. None of us will, but we will glorify God doing all we can to trying. Check out Proverbs chapter 16. I took this excert from it but I suggest reading it all!
God Bless
-Luke
Proverbs 16
1 To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue. 2 All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD. 3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. ... 6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil. 7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD he makes even his enemies live at peace with him.
So the summer is coming to an end and where did it all go? Time spent at a few different summer camps I'm sure. I know up at camp Imadene (sorry if that's a spelling error..) there are lots of fun times happening and God is doing some cool things already.
Latley I have had a lot of awesome and cool things going on. So many cool things its almost hard to choose what to do and what to keep doing. I know a lot of you guys this year will be hitting some more senior classes and In those senior classes you'll be getting struck with questions of what your goals are and where you see yourself in 3, 4, 10 years and to be honest its OKAY if you don't know. Even now knowing I wan't to do ministry it's extremeley hard to choose where to be and stay and get educated and so forth. If your having trouble with your calling or just even where to go in the next 3 months. Maybe it's what club to join, what sport to play, even choices with a guy or girl you like, it's never to late or to lame to bring up to God. Don't ever feel discouraged praying what you might think is a weird or unheard prayer. God is listening and aware and is always working.
We all have plans and dreams and we all want them to go the way we plan them.. orr we wouldn't make plans at all. I'm not talking about making plans for the night or what movie your choosing I mean BIG plans, and oddly enough sometimes there are many paths to take. For a while I felt that no matter where I went its okay thats the path God has chosen, all the mistakes I make all the choices thats exactly what God want's and how he wants it and so forth. yeaa not so much. God wouldn't choose for you to make a big mistake or do a lot of things humans do. God has blessed us with something called "free will" and although it gets us into trouble It also allows us to choose Jesus as our Savior and allow God into our life. If we didn't have this freedom we would all just be robots worshiping God all the time. God has knows the plans he has for us, and If we seek him he will reveal and affirm places and things we need to do but as humans we might take detours, we might think he wants us in one place and find out its another. Or give us a love for one thing and then SHAZAM here comes the oppisite. Don't be afraid just continue to seek and know that we serve a God in control and one who will always be with us even if we go astray. Be confident that God has a plan and do the very very best you can to walk it to perfection. None of us will, but we will glorify God doing all we can to trying. Check out Proverbs chapter 16. I took this excert from it but I suggest reading it all!
God Bless
-Luke
Proverbs 16
1 To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue. 2 All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD. 3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. ... 6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil. 7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD he makes even his enemies live at peace with him.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
SO SAD...
Due to the bonfire bans... we are going to have to plan the bonfire for another time. Hope your all enjoying the massive amounts of heat and hitting up the beach!! stay tuned for more updates.
-Luke
-Luke
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Holy Smokes! its been forever on here.
My apologies to everyone for being a kuncklehead and not updating this as much this summer. God has been doing lots of cool things in my life as Im sure in yours. He has taken me to different camps and conferences, playing music and preaching. Overall its god's consistent amazing power that gives us the strength to always be seeking him. As the summer slowly is coming to a close.. (how dare I say that!!! sorry anyone who is going back to school...) keep encouraging one another to staying true to God's path. Keep searching, and keep coming to youth events. We will have camping pictures up soon!!
As for today we are going to Arbutus cove. Head to the end of Arbutus Cove lane and walk to the beach. We'll have a couple skim boards there to use and some maybe we will toss around the frisbee.
Much love
-Luke
My apologies to everyone for being a kuncklehead and not updating this as much this summer. God has been doing lots of cool things in my life as Im sure in yours. He has taken me to different camps and conferences, playing music and preaching. Overall its god's consistent amazing power that gives us the strength to always be seeking him. As the summer slowly is coming to a close.. (how dare I say that!!! sorry anyone who is going back to school...) keep encouraging one another to staying true to God's path. Keep searching, and keep coming to youth events. We will have camping pictures up soon!!
As for today we are going to Arbutus cove. Head to the end of Arbutus Cove lane and walk to the beach. We'll have a couple skim boards there to use and some maybe we will toss around the frisbee.
Much love
-Luke
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
what we are supposed to do!
Amos 5:21-24 (The Message)
"I can't stand your religious meetings. I'm fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I'm sick of your fund-raising schemes, your public relations and image making. I've had all I can take of your noisy ego-music. When was the last time you sang to me? Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want.
I just recently came back from playing at a conference called "street invaders". Street invaders is straight up a big huge bible boot camp where you non-stop are being fed the word, spending time in prayer, or at a service. Unless your eating or sleeping you are diving into God. After a week of that you do a little missions trip. You team up with a city and their church and you go out into the city everyday, serving the people, ministering to them whatever you feel God want's you to do. A huge focus of it, is bringing life, hope and justice to those people who don't understand the true meaning of what those words are and have done.
Above is a scripture from Amos. Amos was a prophet in the old testament and what he says or what god prophecis through him is some pretty powerful stuff. "I'm sick of your fundraising scehmes.. public relations...image making.. noisy music." Wow. Think about it how many times we will go to church learn about Jesus everything he did and stood for and then just go on with our day. When Jesus was alive, he went out to the people, and not just any people, the homeless, the sick, prostitutes, people full of demons. Now trust me when I say we probably shouldn't be going around hanging with some of those people, but when you get a chance to give somebody hope, perform a just act, or speak into somebody's life to give them life. YOU TAKE IT!!!! That's honoring Jesus! We can listen to someone speak and clap our hands at church but God wants justice. He want's fairness in all the world guys! we are a downtown church, we have the ability and resources to meet with homeless outside our door. We literally have people who sleep at our doorstep every single night.
"Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want."
While we were on this trip we were walking down to the big RED ROBIN (woot woot) and at a cross walk who I highly doubt could touch her toes (although i don't know if I can..) dropped all her change right on the road and without instant, 3 guys of the band James, Benson, and Lane all rushed right to her. Like they could instantly tell she was in a panic and that to pick all the change up might take her till next christmas but something that simple that small they knew they could help. Help add some hope some joy and love in that womans heart. That's the love of Jesus guys. At that moment I could feel God just saying thats good, thats more like it. W
Were supposed to help people! As you go on your next week, see what kind of things you can do for other people. Email me the things that happen guys! I want to hear about the justice that your blessing the world with.
-Lukas
lbonnett_12@hotmail.com
"I can't stand your religious meetings. I'm fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I'm sick of your fund-raising schemes, your public relations and image making. I've had all I can take of your noisy ego-music. When was the last time you sang to me? Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want.
I just recently came back from playing at a conference called "street invaders". Street invaders is straight up a big huge bible boot camp where you non-stop are being fed the word, spending time in prayer, or at a service. Unless your eating or sleeping you are diving into God. After a week of that you do a little missions trip. You team up with a city and their church and you go out into the city everyday, serving the people, ministering to them whatever you feel God want's you to do. A huge focus of it, is bringing life, hope and justice to those people who don't understand the true meaning of what those words are and have done.
Above is a scripture from Amos. Amos was a prophet in the old testament and what he says or what god prophecis through him is some pretty powerful stuff. "I'm sick of your fundraising scehmes.. public relations...image making.. noisy music." Wow. Think about it how many times we will go to church learn about Jesus everything he did and stood for and then just go on with our day. When Jesus was alive, he went out to the people, and not just any people, the homeless, the sick, prostitutes, people full of demons. Now trust me when I say we probably shouldn't be going around hanging with some of those people, but when you get a chance to give somebody hope, perform a just act, or speak into somebody's life to give them life. YOU TAKE IT!!!! That's honoring Jesus! We can listen to someone speak and clap our hands at church but God wants justice. He want's fairness in all the world guys! we are a downtown church, we have the ability and resources to meet with homeless outside our door. We literally have people who sleep at our doorstep every single night.
"Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That's what I want. That's all I want."
While we were on this trip we were walking down to the big RED ROBIN (woot woot) and at a cross walk who I highly doubt could touch her toes (although i don't know if I can..) dropped all her change right on the road and without instant, 3 guys of the band James, Benson, and Lane all rushed right to her. Like they could instantly tell she was in a panic and that to pick all the change up might take her till next christmas but something that simple that small they knew they could help. Help add some hope some joy and love in that womans heart. That's the love of Jesus guys. At that moment I could feel God just saying thats good, thats more like it. W
Were supposed to help people! As you go on your next week, see what kind of things you can do for other people. Email me the things that happen guys! I want to hear about the justice that your blessing the world with.
-Lukas
lbonnett_12@hotmail.com
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
FREEZIE TIME!
HEY YOU!
Its getting quite warm outside which means you need something to cool off with. We ALL need something to cool us off. Be at glad tidings church at 3PM. So you can be a blessing and hand out Freezies to people. It will be a fun time and im sure you can get a Freezie if you show up! SO, stop what your doing grab your friends, and get to GT for 3-6pm. Have a fun time everyone!
Its getting quite warm outside which means you need something to cool off with. We ALL need something to cool us off. Be at glad tidings church at 3PM. So you can be a blessing and hand out Freezies to people. It will be a fun time and im sure you can get a Freezie if you show up! SO, stop what your doing grab your friends, and get to GT for 3-6pm. Have a fun time everyone!
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