SEX…

Our student ministries, TheEdgeYouth, had a great look at the subject of sex.

I hope that you enjoyed..

Reinventing Lent.. Day 1

Today begins my 40 day journey through this lent season with a group of guy from Kensington. Tonight in our Wednesday Experience, we heard Dan Kopp share an amazing thought from a priest that says, How you go through lent prepares you for Easter.

That is an amazing thought!! Taking 40 days to focus on God and not on myself puts me in a place where i am less and He is more. For me it isnt’ just about giving something up, but rather taking the road blocks out of the way so that I can focus in on growing into a deeper relationship with Jesus. So, over these next 40 days leading up to Good Friday, I will spend some time to share about what I am personally learning. It will be carrying a fine balance of living out what I am learning in day 1 from Matthew 6:1-18, where it gives us direction on how we talk & share about what we are doing in our spiritual life…t hat we are not bragging and trying to look like a big deal..

There were two things I did feel that I learned from Jesus’ time in the wilderness, which can be found in Luke 4:1-13 are.. Just because you know scripture doesn’t mean that it guides your life and temptation will come and go, but it  will be back.

Knowing It doesn’t mean anything…

^{Luke: 4: 9}The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. ¹⁰For it is written:
” ‘He will command his angels concerning you
to guard you carefully;
¹¹they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

I find it extremely interesting that the Devil quoted scripture (Psalm 91:11,12) to Jesus when he had been in the wilderness. But beyond that, I have heard many people scripture that really don’t believe it or that they are using it to argue with someone who really believes it. I won’t dive too deep into this tonight but it is an interesting thought!

It’ll Be Back…

Luke 4 ¹³When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

I feel like this one hits me like a “DUH” statement… Once you get past a temptation its only an amount of time before that temptation will return, and usually in those moments when your guard is down or when you are weak. Even Jesus dealt with that..

One of the best pieces we’ve done…

This weekend for Superbowl Sunday our team put out a great piece. We spent a little time picking on our teaching pastors and having a grand ole time. The best part is that each of them don’t take themselves too seriously and it make it even more fun..

Great job team!!!

Shining Star… crowd view

This video is of our opener for Christmas… this was shot by someone in the audience and i must say that the mix sounds pretty darn good, way to go Sam Roll!!!

yeah i do get to work with a pretty incredible team!! love it!

Chasing Stars

This video was a huge piece of our christmas program and jake was the lead role!!!

Super Flash Back… but I Still Laugh

Last year (2008) our team went out into the streets of Rochester, MI to ask people what they knew about Palm Sunday. We saw some great responses and of course the beautiful craftmanship of Bryon Rossi..

ENJOY!!!!!