elevating a generation http://elevatingageneration.org thoughts, links, and updates on youth ministry, life, and culture from the elevation generation Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:37:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/b820e78c48e41586220da27733f1fbaa?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png elevating a generation http://elevatingageneration.org Bear Hunt Challenge http://elevatingageneration.org/2009/07/15/bear-hunt-challenge/ http://elevatingageneration.org/2009/07/15/bear-hunt-challenge/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:33:33 +0000 Shawn M. http://elevatingageneration.org/?p=2372 ]]>

This is a fun up-front challenge we did tonight featuring a bowl full of whip cream with gummy bears mixed in… winner is the one who gets the most gummies out in the allotted time — no hands allowed!

video enclosure: “Bear Hunt Challenge“

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The latest installment in the David Crowder Band rockumentary series is HI-LAR-IOUS!

via @crowderband

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via @human3rror

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Haven’t heard of Flynn Adams yet?  Well, let me have the pleasure of introducing you…

Find more Flynn here.

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From the Tenth Avenue North boys…

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Just sittin’ and chillin’…

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from the gifted writers of teenage spirit, Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman… find more at arcamax.com/zits.

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INCORRUPTIBLE Group pic

…and here’s a second one featuring our crazy poses…

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(click on images for FULL SCALE)

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Tonight we decided that we are going take a one-week break from our current message series to talk about the media frenzy surrounding the life and death of Michael Jackson.  We know that not everyone is a fan and that the man was not perfect — no one is — but there are so many teachable moments that we can glean from his life and stardom:

  • We can address how media and society are crazy for gossip/juice about celebrities.
  • We can talk about the effects of a childhood lost and how that shaped Michael Jackson as an adult with parents who wanted their kids to grow up too fast.
  • We can talk about the hurt inside of people that cause them to make such radical transformations to their appearance.

But here’s where we’re gonna go with our discussion tonight.  We’re gonna share some Michael Jackson lyrics that were life changing for many of us in the two previous generations: “I’m starting with the man in the mirror. I’m asking him to change his ways…”


Posted in Music, Pop Culture, Spiritual ]]> http://elevatingageneration.org/2009/07/08/man-in-the-mirror/feed/ 0 elevationgeneration INCORRUPTIBLE Camp in Pics http://elevatingageneration.org/2009/07/03/incorruptible-camp-in-pics/ http://elevatingageneration.org/2009/07/03/incorruptible-camp-in-pics/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:47:48 +0000 Shawn M. http://elevatingageneration.org/?p=2339 ]]>

Watch the pics (in video) below or view the still pics online.  Either way, lots of great memories!

video enclosure: “INCORRUPTIBLE Summer Camp in Pics“
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