Fhbc Seventh Grade Guys Blog

(Rising) Eighth grade GoogleGroup

2010-06-16T14:26:00.000-05:00

Stephen set up a GoogleGroup for the rising eighth graders. To view it go to http://tinyurl.com/fh8guys. If Stephen hasn't already added you to the group, request to be added so that you can comment on the discussions and stuff.

What Happened Sunday? (May 30, 2010)

2010-05-31T08:43:00.000-05:00

Stephen announced that for the World Cup Competition (Sunday School Competition), your Sunday school class can get one point for each person in your class that tells Stephen your Sunday School Leader's worst date. So, email/call/text/facebook stalk your teacher until they tell you what there worst date was. Dr. Yost's email is dryost@yostdentalgroup.com and no it is not "dry ost" it is "dr yost". I do not know Mr. Philips email, so for those of you in his class you will have to find that out.

Once you find out your Sunday School teacher's worst date either Email, Facebook, Call, Text, or tell Stephen what their worst date is and you will get a point for your Sunday School Class. Remember it is one point for each person that tells Stephen, so go discover your Sunday School teacher's worst date. And for those of you that were wondering - I will not find them out and then send an email out to everyone telling them what it is. You all have to find out on your own.

What Happened Wednesday? (May 27, 2010)

2010-05-27T09:29:00.001-05:00

I. What Happened Wednesday?
    1. It was uber fun!
    2. Stephen interviewed Wayne. (None of it was true, but it was very funny.) Wayne talked about all his training for couples pole-vaulting. His wife gets on his shoulders and they run and pole-vault over the bar. Stephen also talked about when he first met while serving in the Vietnam war. His mom asked him if he wanted to go to war and Stephen thought she asked if he wanted to go to the store and ended up in Vietnam with Wayne. (Again none of that was true.)
    3. Stephen's message was on Shadrack, Meschach and Abindego (& Daniel). How they were the King's "inner-circle" and then didn't do what the King said and were thrown into a furnace. Then the King saw them and a "God-like being" in the fire and made a law that if you didn't worship the "God of Shadrack Meschach and Abindego you would be torn limb from limb".
    4. Then we watched a movie afterwards for our first post game! The movie was Back to the Future. It was very good.

II. What will happen Sunday?
    1. We will continue in our small groups learning of the devil and how to not be overpowered by him.

III. What will happen next Tuesday?
    1. Tuesday is our first B-Ball Tuesday! It is from 5:00-7:00. It won't be all Basketball. It will be Basketball, Volleyball, Vid(eo) Games, and (a) Devotional.

IV. What will happen next Wednesday?
    1. We will have our last message in the Summer Blockbusters series titled "Not Saul, Paul!"
    2. We will have a pool party at the Dejean's(the twin's) house.

V. What will happen in the future?
    1. Jonathan Wilson's Birthday is Saturday, June 5
    2. Brian Ericson's Birthday is Monday, June 7
    3. Centrifuge, Panama City: June 7 - 12
    4. VBS 2010 Saddle Ridge Ranch : June 14-18
    5. The Post Game: Nashville Sounds Game! is Wednesday, June 16
    6. B-Ball Tuesdays - Tuesday, June 22
    7. New Series - The Next Generation Leader
    8. The Post Game: Ultimate Frisbee Tournament is Wednesday, June 23

What Happened Wednesday? (May 19, 2010)

2010-05-20T12:20:00.002-05:00

I. What Happened:
    1. We we came in there were several announcements scrolling like usual. They were:
        a. B-Ball Tuesdays - Sorry, I can't remember the time, so I will find out and post the time tomorrow or Friday.
        b. Happy Birthday - Dillon, Emily, and Kali Rose. Dillon is in 8th grade, Emily is in 7th, and Kali Rose is in 6th.
        c. Post-Game starts next Wednesday! We will start the Post Game with a movie night (make sure to bring your friends). Stephen isn't sure which movie yet, but I will alert you when I find out. Also the summer schedule starts next Wednesday (6:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
    2. Apparently Stephen had a change of heart or something because we were allowed in before the service started to play four-square and have sword duels (and play ninja, but most people play ninja after the service not before)
    3. One of Stephen's friends (Landon) led worship.
    4. I almost forgot - WE HAD BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!!! It was very delicious!
    5. Stephen's message was on Mary (the mother of Jesus) and how her life was incredibly changed because of an Angel that came to her. It is incredible how even though what the Angel said she would do wouldn't be accepted by society, she was very eager and said "Let everything you have said about me come true" (or something like that, I can't really remember the exact words).

II. What Will Happen Sunday:
    1. We will continue this month on studying the Devil and his wicked ways.
    2. We might learn what movie will be played on Wednesday.

III. What Will Happen in the Future:
    1. Next Wednesday is the first Post-Game. It is a movie night. Since the new summer schedule starts Wednesday, worship will be from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM then we will start the movie after that. We will do different stuff different Wednesdays and it won't always be at the church.
    2. Jonathan Wilson's Birthday is Saturday, June 5
    3. Brian Ericson's Birthday is Monday, June 7
    4. Centrifuge, Panama City: June 7 - 12
    5. VBS 2010 Saddle Ridge Ranch : June 14-18

Happy Birthday Drew!

2010-05-19T14:00:00.001-05:00

"Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday Dear Drew, Happy Birthday to You!"
So just imagine me singing Happy Birthday, since I am not able to record myself singing it and put it on here. So...............

Happy Birthday Drew!

What Happened Wednesday? (May 12, 2010)

2010-05-15T08:54:00.001-05:00

1. Stuff the Happened Wednesday:
    a. The meal was incredible. They had those really good chocolate on top of peanut butter on top of a chocolate chip cookie things that are incredible!
    b. The high school and middle school were combined, so all the high schoolers got to meet Stephen.
    c. Stephen spoke about Joseph and his Rainbow Coat! (Joseph and the coat of many colors) and how he got sold into slavery then sent to prison and then became uber important!
    d. We learned about the post game. It isn't really a game, but rather just in the summer we will do different stuff after Wednesday night worship. It will be different places and we will do lots of different things - none of which he has told us about yet.
    e. We played the minute game and my sister (Elizabeth) won. She won a really big Shrek banner which she has no idea where to put (I recommended my room, but...).
    f. Parker showed Stephen the Carlie the Unicorn Videos which he had never seen (they are hilariously funny).
    g. It was David's Birthday, but he wasn't there.
    h. We had popcorn again! (and water!)
    i. Stephen couldn't find the video of him when he was in seventh grade, so he will look for it more and show it next Wednesday.

2. Stuff that will happen Sunday:
    a. Student Choir is singing! Make sure to be there about 8:00 ish!
    b. It is Graduate Recognition Sunday.
    c. We will learn more about the devil in Sunday School. (of course the devil isn't a good person)

3. Stuff that will happen in the Future:
    a. Drew's Birthday - May 19, this Wednesday
    b. Jonathan Wilson's Birthday is Saturday, June 5
    c. Brian Ericson's Birthday is Monday, June 7
    d. Centrifuge, Panama City: June 7 - 12
    e. VBS 2010 Saddle Ridge Ranch : June 14-18

Happy Birthday David!

2010-05-12T04:00:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday David! Here are some umm...

Well, I know they say "Happy New Year!", but pretend they say "Happy Birthday David!". I know it isn't the best fireworks display and I also was a little disappointed with the be fireworks on Google's homepage on New Years Day, but it's free! Here is some more free Happy Birthday Stuff!

Since I am very un creative and can't make anything half as cool as all that above here is a really big.
Happy Birthday!

P.S. Sorry, I know it isn't really that big, but that is the biggest it would let it be, but I hope you get the message!

P.S.S. Note to Harris: Notice my coloring choices. The Red likes to be happy and the blue likes Birthdays because they get to get stuff and/or give away Happy's stuff!

P.S.S.S. If you don't get the P.S.S. it's okay just ignore it.

P.S.S.S.S. The rumor has been confirmed - we will be hearing about the post game tonight (wednesday night) at church! If we don't we can all attack and ambush Stephen's office and search for any information about the Post game!

P.S.S.S.S.S. I think I am going to stop writing now!

Launching of a New Page!

2010-05-11T16:56:00.000-05:00

Now when you go to the Blog you will be able to go to different pages. Right now there are two pages - Home and ScoreKeeping. The first is pretty self-explanitory. You click on it to go to the Homepage of the blog which displays the recent posts. The ScoreKeeping page is where score is kept. It shows a point log of what each team did to earn points. It also has a rank area where it shows the rank and total points of each team. This is most likely subject to change and/or restart depending one how Stephen chooses to tally the score for all of the stuff over summer. To view the page go to http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/ and click the link on the bar under the title the says, "ScoreKeeping".

Video of Youth Buildings Construction Over Time

2010-05-10T15:49:00.002-05:00

Here is a video of the Youth Building from a while ago to now. In order to watch the video you have to go to the blog - it doesn't load in most email accounts. Go to http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/

Update: I know there are a few times where it seems to repeat the same pictures. It is not repeating it is just there are some weeks where more construction work is on the inside than the outside, so it is harder to see the changes. I will try to take it the weeks where it seems that not much work is done for the next video.

What Happened Sunday? (May 9, 2010)

2010-05-09T15:46:00.000-05:00

Today was Stephen's first Sunday as our Middle School Minister and so a lot(ish) happened today!

1. When we first entered there were several announcements scrolling on the screen. Some of them were about stuff happening at our church others were how many days until we are out of school! In case you didn't see them all they are all listed below. What was on the screen is in red, and my comments are in blue:
a. Happy Mothers' Day!!
Well it is Mothers' Day so...
b. Coming Wednesday - Joseph.
That is the next topic for Stephen's Summer Blockbusters Sermon/Devotion/Wednesday Night Message Series.
c. Countdown to Summer:
- Williamson County 10 Days
- Davidson County 14 Days
Everyone is looking forward to summer, so it is only natural for Stephen to help us keep track of when it arrives!
d. Coming Soon - Post Game! Details to come!
I have no idea what the post game is, but we will find out probably Wednesday.

2. Today in Sunday School we did two things that are very different. Not different than what we normally do, but the two thing were very different:
a. We started a new book in the Known series. This month we are talking about Satan/The Devil. Stephen showed a few pictures of how people think of the devil. He had the classic arrowtail, red, evileyed, horned, devil. He also had a picture of this guy dressed as I devil which I think look a whole lot like some pizza cooker guy and then he had this really weird female devil covered in tree branches from some move about the devil underwater.
b. The other thing we did was each Sunday School class created a name, so that for all of the games we can keep track of the scores by each team. The names were:
6th Grade Boys - Green ElectricSox
6th Grade Girls - Purple Crusaders
7th Grade Guys(Philips) - Silver Spartans
7th Grade Guys(Yost) - Black Rebels
7th Grade Girls - Red Gummybears
8th Grade Guys - Brown Grandmas
8th Grade Girls - Pink Panthers

3. Coming Wednesday:
a. Next message in Summer Blockbusters Series about Joseph. Not Joseph, Jesus's dad, but Joseph as in the one with the coat of many colors.
b. A clip from the first movie Stephen ever made. In it he is a girl. He was afraid of girls and would never ask them to be in his movies, so he would always play a girl.
c. Make sure to practice the Minute Game. If you don't know about the minute game here is how you play. You close your eyes and when you think a minute has passed you raise your hand.
d. Hopefully Stephen will explain the post game whatever it is!
e. Wednesday is David's Birthday!

4. Coming in the Future
a. Sunday, May 16 is Graduate Recognition Sunday. Student Choir will be singing so make sure you be there are 8:00 AM ish.
b. Drew Turner's Birthday is Wednesday, May 19.
c. Jonathan Wilson's Birthday is Saturday, June 5
d. Brian Ericson's Birthday is Monday, June 7
e. Centrifuge, Panama City: June 7 - 12
f. VBS 2010 Saddle Ridge Ranch : June 14-18

What Happened Wednesday? (May 5, 2010)

2010-05-08T07:48:00.000-05:00

I haven't written anything in a while, so I will fit a ton of stuff into this one message!

1. Last Wednesday, May 5 was Stephen Sargent's first day at our church! He is our new middle school minister. He is very cool and so far everyone seems to like him. He loves movies and making movies and says he will show some of his movies he made when he was in middle school where he would always play a girl. He is starting a sermon series that has something to do with movies and how we all love good stories, but what about our stories? On Wednesday he spoke about Moses and how he was this man who had killed someone and had a lisp (which is the worst name for people with lisps because they can't even say what they have) but God was able to use him to save a nation of people!

2. David's Birthday is coming up. It is May 12 (this coming Wednesday) so make sure to wish him a happy birthday!

3. The Senior Recognition/Student Choir singing is rescheduled for May 16. Make sure to be there and sing on the 16th.

4. The youth building is really coming along! They have almost finished the bricking on the outside! I can't wait til it is finished!

5. Stephen talked Wednesday night about how he had a lot of ideas he had for the summer. Many activities and stuff throughout the summer. He has not told us any ideas yet, but just that he has them.

What happened at the Easter Service?(& What is Happening in the Future)

2010-04-05T09:17:00.000-05:00

Easter Service 2010
The Easter service was like every other Easter service at our church except we had it simulcast in the Chapel. There were about 150 people in the Chapel watching the service on the screen in there. I stopped by there after Sunday School just to see what is was like in there. Firstly it is kind of odd to be walking down towards the Chapel and here Wayne's booming voice when you know he is in the Sanctuary. The camera view was okay, but not the best. They only had one camera and they had put it in the tech box way in the back, so you saw more of people's heads than the actually people. Next year if they are going to do the service simulcast again I would recommend having at least two cameras and having them higher up so that you see more than just people's heads. Now about the actual service, the Easter service was incredible. There were lots of people there and we sang lots of good songs. One thing that surprises me was they never said,"He has Risen!" and then everyone responds,"He has Risen, indeed!". That is like a trademark Easter saying, but they never said it.

Discerning the Times

Since Sunday was Easter, his message was the final one in his Easter sermon series. That means that he will be starting a new sermon series next Sunday! It is called Discerning the truth. Below is the title of each message for each week:

4/11 Divine Nature

4/18 Absolute Truth

4/25 Destructive Beliefs
5/2 Everywhere Enemies
5/16 Always Remember

5/23 Day of the Lord

5/30 Be Prepared

Kans for Kids 2010 Food Drive

April 11– May 2

To benefit the children and adults on the Brentwood Campus of the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home, FHBC is collecting food and non food items for the annual Kans for Kids. Canned and boxed food items are needed as well as paper goods, trash bags, and hygiene items for the boys and girls.

One Voice of Praise

Join us on Sunday Night, May 2, 2010 in the sanctuary for a night of singing favorite hymns of our church congregation. A few months ago church members submitted their favorite hymns. The most popular hymns were chosen for this event. One Voice of Praise will start at 5:30 and go to about 7:30.

The Consignment Sale is Officially Over (for now)

2010-04-03T20:14:00.000-05:00

Within the next few days, you should be receiving a letter in the mail with the amount of money earned from working the Fall('09) and Spring('10) Consignment sales. The recent spring sale sold about $93,000 worth of items which resulted in about $28,000 for youth mission trips this summer. This sale has now officially come to an end, but don't be sad - next year's sale is not to far away only 152 days until set-up! The 2010 Fall Sale will be September 12-20. 12: Set-up; 13-15: Drop off; 16: Pre-sale(consignors only); 17-18: Sale open to the public; 20: Pick-up. I will keep the countdown on the side of the blog up until then!

Near (and far) Future!

2010-03-30T06:49:00.000-05:00

Easter Info
This Wednesday, March 31 all of the students will meet together in the chapel for a special Easter service.
On Easter Sunday, we will have our normal service and sunday school times, but the only difference is that overflow seating will be available in the Chapel where both services will be simulcast. There will not be any evening activities.
Forest Hills FavoritesOn Sunday night, May 2, we will be featuring the top Forest Hills Favorite hymns and songs in a night of celebration and worship! The Music and Worship Ministry wants to know YOUR favorite hymns and worship songs.

VBS 2010: Saddle Ridge Ranch
Yee Haw! Just a random reminder about VBS 2010. I am excited about it and got the chance a few days ago to listen to some of the music. This is definately one of the better VBS themes!

Consignment Sale Update - March 29

2010-03-29T16:40:00.000-05:00

The Consignment Sale is Over! The sale raised over $27,000 for us students! Thank-you for everyone who worked the sale! Right now pick-up is going on for all the stuff consignors didn't sell.

Consignment Sale

2010-03-22T16:22:00.001-05:00

The consignment sale is off and running! Yesterday was set-up day and today starts drop off. Today and tomorrow consigners drop off everything they want to sell. Wednesday everything is organized and put on shelfs. Thursday is the pre-sale for consignors only and Friday and Saturday is the actual sale. For more info go to http://fhbc.org/kidbargains/!

What Happened Wednesday? (Mar. 17, 2010)

2010-03-18T07:01:00.000-05:00

On Wednesday we were combined in the Chapel since Scott was sick. Stephen was also kind of sick, but not contagious. He couldn't really talk well so instead of him teaching he showed a Rob Bell video. It was quite fun and before it started Rebecca was talking with Ross, Deaton and I and she was talking about how she wanted one of her friends to run for President in a few years and I said he could just run for mayor now and assume that means the whole U.S. wants him to be president, kind of like what the Democrats are doing on Congress on the health care bill. Bye!

Pastor Sam's New Sermon Series - Easter's Gift

2010-03-16T16:03:00.001-05:00

Pastor Sam will start his new sermon series titled "Easter's Gift" this Sunday! Below is a cool banner!

Consignment Sale Update - March 13th

2010-03-11T17:27:00.003-06:00

Right now there are 362 shifts filled and 23 times completely filled!

In Christ Alone - Palm Sunday Service

2010-03-09T17:07:00.003-06:00

In Christ Alone
Sunday, March 28, 2010
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Sanctuary
Celebrate the Lord's Supper and worship through scripture and music featuring our Sanctuary Choir with soloist, Megan Taylor Anderson with her band.

Devotion From Wednesday

2010-03-08T15:41:00.000-06:00

Here is the devotion from last Wednesday!

What Happened @ DNow '10?

2010-03-07T14:11:00.003-06:00

I will tell you. If you weren't there you missed a lot you missed the friend of horses(our leaders name in greek), hearing the only verse in the bible where it mentions bear, taking pictures of random strangers(the scavenger hunt) and getting almost run over by cars(*cough* Harris *cough*), seeing a couple make-out at a red light(when we passed them we made kissy faces!), a glee-off(of which the tenth graders should have won), and to conclude the wonderful weekend the whole six grade class got stuck in an elevator(they said,"one, two, three, jump" and the elevator stopped.)

The friend of horses was the name of our leader. That is all he told us, so we using our 21-century technology Cha-Cha-ed it and found out his name is Philip!

The verse in the bible where it mentions bears is 2 Kings 2: 23-25: "23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. 25 And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria." That has nothing to do with our theme, but it is the only verse in the bible that has bears in it!

During the scavenger hunt which included going to a bunch of random restaurants and stores and taking pictures of people playing Bears, Beats, BSG (a game like rock, paper, scisors)Harris ran out in front of a Ford F-150 and almost got run over. Fortunately he didn't die.

Then on the way back to the church after the scavenger hunt, we were at a red light when this couple in front of us started making-out. We went full speed(in the church van is 50 mph) and were able to catch up with them and made kissy faces at them, the girl cracked up and the guy got quite mad.

On Saturday night we had the glee-off. We did a version of "Threw it on the Ground" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEDauams7Es) It was kind of funny, but the tenth graders skit was much more funny.

Sunday we are at church and we are going to the chapel for the closing of DNow when the whole sixth grade class gets in the elevator and never get out - until about thirty minutes later. They really should have listened to the lesson in the chapel DNow closing. It was about how the titanic wasn't supposed to be able to sink yet it did. They had many warnings about icebergs, but ignored them. If the sixth-graders had heard that they may not have gotten all of them on the elevator.

That was just a little glance at what happened on DNow! If you didn't come, come next year!

Consignment Sale Update March 5

2010-03-05T14:40:00.000-06:00

16 shifts are completely filled. 346 workers are signed up!

What Happened Wednesday? (Mar. 3, 2010)

2010-03-04T15:45:00.002-06:00

Last night we were in the youth suite and not combined. Apparently a bunch of High Schoolers complained about how Wednesday nights now are boring because there are stupid videos and the middle schoolers are so annoying. Because of that we have switched back to our old style of Wednesday nights. There was no videos or any of the new stuff Stephen started doing since his first Wednesday night. Personally I prefered Stephen's style of Wednesday Nights and wish they would continue the videos, but I am sad to say they will not be continueing the video series. So long. See you all at D'now!

Devotion From Last Wednesday (Feb. 24)

2010-03-03T14:10:00.000-06:00

Here is Stephen's Devotion from last Wednesday. Sorry for the delay. I was going to post it on Monday, but I had some technical difficulties with the video uploader and had to wait a while. Finally I was able to post it, so here it is:

HopeHouse Benefit Videos

2010-03-02T17:00:00.000-06:00

Here are the videos from the HopeHouse Benefit that happened about two weeks ago. This first video is of the Metro Big Band playing "When the Saints Go Marching In."

The next video is of Jeff Allen. Jeff Allen is a christian comedian who is quite funny.

Consignment Sale Update - March 1st

2010-03-01T16:36:00.003-06:00

298 Workers are now signed up to work shifts! Here is an email sent from my mother to all youth and parents:

As of Friday, you can now register to work up to 4 shifts per person. Please visit www.fhbc.org/students/, click on the Mission Trip 2010 flash picture and sign up for more shifts! With the construction going on this year, we have more needs for people during the sale. The consignors and shoppers will be coming in the back of the building and it will create some jobs that we haven't needed before.

The following shifts are the ones where we have the fewest workers registered. So, if you can help at one of these times, please do! :)

Tuesday, 3/23 8:44am until 12:30pm
Wednesday, 3/24 8:44am until 12pm or 9:59am until 2pm
Thursday, 3/25 8:59am-12:30pm, 12:30pm-3:30pm and 4:30pm-8pm
Friday, 3/26 6:45am-10am, 9:45am-2pm, and 1:45pm-4pm
Saturday, 3/27 6:44am-10:45am, 10:29am-2:30pm, 4:59pm-9pm
Monday, 3/29 4:30pm-8:30pm or 6-9:30pm

Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up to work already! If any of you know someone who needs to shop at the sale, please visit www.fhbc.org/kidbargains/ and print a flyer from the link at the bottom of the page. You can post the flyer in your place of work or on a bulletin board. Or you can email it/facebook/twitter it to those you know who might be interested!

Wednesday Night Games (February 17)

2010-02-27T08:00:00.005-06:00

I have uploaded three videos of the different games we played last Wednesday. I know it is a little bit late since it has been over a week since we played these games, but enjoy!

Here is the first game called Fingerstrong. The point of the game is to see who can do a push-up on the least number of fingers. You start out with all ten fingers and each time you do a push-up you take away one finger.

Here is the second video. It is called Long Jump. Similar to the sport event, the point of this game is to jump farther than everyone else. You mark the start with a piece of candy and mark where the person lands with another piece of candy whover gets the farthest gets both pieces of candy!

Here is the third video. It is called Sit-ups. The point of the games is to see who can do the most sit-ups in one minute. Whoever does the most wins.

What Happened Wednesday? (Feb. 24, 2010)

2010-02-26T16:33:00.001-06:00

On Wednesday a whole lot of stuff happened.

We got really cool signs and banners with our new Student Ministry names Chi Alpha(high school) and Mu Omega(middle school)

The projector was broken so we had no new Pulaski High, Edwin's Corner, Blob, Imposible Shot, Chi Alpha challenge, Low Budget Student Ministry game, or clip of the week. Wow that is a lot we didn't have.
Lucas's band was there and led worship. Lucas even played an electric guitar!!
I have finally uploaded the videos I took from last wednesday nights games Lucas led. I will make sure to post those videos tomorrow.
I have a few videos from the HopeHouse Benefit (http://hopehouseinternational.org/). At the Benefit the Metro Big Band played and I have one video of their music. Also Christian Comedian Jeff Allen spoke and I have two videos of him. I will post all of these videos Sunday or Monday
I have a video of Stephen's devotion from Wednesday night. I will post that once I have finished editing it. I will most likely post it either Monday or Tuesday.
If you have not yet signed up for D'Now, I am sorry to say you are out of luck. We have about thirteen or fourteen boys signed up to go and we will all be in one house this year rather than split up like last year!
Make sure to sign-up for the 2010 Spring Kidbargains Consignment Sale. You can still sign up for shifts by going to http://fhbc.org/students then clicking on the link at the bottom of the page then sign in or sign up and choose a shift(s) to work! Some shifts are all ready full so you may not be able to work your favorite shift, but you will still be able to work.

That is all for today!

This Sunday Choir Pictures

2010-02-25T06:59:00.002-06:00

If you can't read that pictures it says we will be taking a student choir group picture this sunday at 5:30, so be there or be square. Wear casual Sunday clothes

Spring 2010 CS Update!

2010-02-23T15:59:00.000-06:00

7 shifts completely filled! 276 spots signed-up! Keep signing up to work:
Go to http://fhbc.org/students
Click the "2010 Student Missions" Flash
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Sign up to work the 2010 Spring Consignment Sale"
Sign-in or create an account.
Sign-up for shifts!

Another Shift is Completely filled!

2010-02-22T16:26:00.002-06:00

Another shift is now completely filled. That brings the totals to 265 spots filled; 6 shifts full! Keep signing up!!!

CS Update

2010-02-20T08:40:00.003-06:00

As of Today we have 257 worker slots filled. Still only 5 shifts are completely filled, so if you haven't signed-up to work yet make sure to do so! Also pretty soon you will receive an email telling you that you can now sign-up for more than just two shifts.

Stephen is Sick/ CS Update

2010-02-18T16:30:00.002-06:00

Firstly CS stands for Consignment Sale. Yesterday Stephen was not there, so Scott filled in. First we played some games that Lucas made up - suprisingly he has more games than just buck-buck. I will post a video of the games we played in a few days. Since Stephen wasn't there there was no impossible shot, clip of the week, Edwin's Corner, Pulaski High, or Blob video.
Now a quick consignment sale update. If you haven't heard yet consignor registration is full. So far we have 253 work shifts filled! As well, 5 different shift times are already full! Now we just need to fill all the daytime shifts.

Kidbargains Update - Feb. 16, 2010

2010-02-16T08:20:00.000-06:00

Yesterday about noon, we reached the consignor limit of 450! The waiting list was put up and people started ordering barcodes. There was one problem with the system that made the barcodes start printing consignor #1043 then it would randomly switch to #1943 and they had not even ordered barcodes. We solved the problem and barcodes are now printing wonderfully!! The worker number is now at 233! We are filling up shifts - we now have four shifts filled! Right now you can only sign up for two shifts a person, but soon you will be able to sign up for a lot more! If you haven't signed up, please do before more spots are taken.

Sign-up to Work Consignment Spring 2010

2010-02-15T08:10:00.000-06:00

I checked that stats today and we have 433 consigners signed up and 215 workers signed up c'mon people sign up to work! http://fhbc.org/students then click the 2010 mission trips flash. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the link to sign up. Then sign in and choose which shift you want to work.

We Have Reached 100!

2010-02-12T07:02:00.000-06:00

The number of registered consigners is now at 100! In only 53 minutes 100 consigners were registered! Below are some other stats:
1 minute 9
5 minutes 28
10 minutes 35
20 minutes 55
30 minutes 73
45 minutes 94
1 hour 108

That is incredible that in the first minute consigner registration was open 9 people registered! In one hour 108 people signed up! Also as of 7:00 a.m. 92 workers were signed up to work. If you are yet to sign up to work please do! Go to http://fhbc.org/students and click the 2010 mission trips flash. Scroll down to the bottom and click the link for consignment shift sign-up!

Consinor and Worker Registration Now Open!

2010-02-12T05:59:00.001-06:00

As you see, you can now sign up to work (or consign) in the Spring consignment sale. Go to http://fhbc.org/kidbargains/ to sign up. For worker registration go to http://fhbc.org/students/ and click the 2010 Mission Trips Flash. Scroll to the bottom where there is a link to click for worker registration.

Last Night at Church

2010-02-11T06:42:00.003-06:00

We didn't have another Edwin's Corner or Blob video, but we did have an impossible shot and a Pulaski High. The Pulaski High video is posted on the pulaski high page (http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/p/pulaski-high.html). One of the girls who tried the impossible shot actually made it and got 50 dollars! This week's impossible shot was the nerf basket taped to a broom and held up really high. It was incredible seeing her shoot and score the impossible shot. Also XA Challenge 1 was completed so next week we will learn what XA Challenge 2 is! It was lots of fun. If you missed it... you shouldn't have.

Wednesday Night!

2010-02-10T15:23:00.000-06:00

Tonight we will have another Wednesday Night Service. Hopefully we will have another Blog Show, Edwin's Corner, Pulaski High, and Impossible Kick/Throw along with Steven's sermon.

New! Pages!

2010-02-06T09:38:00.002-06:00

Hey! I have added pages to the blog which contain all the video series that Stephen has shown. So far, I only have pages for the Edwin's Corner and Pulaski High. The links are:
http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/p/edwins-corner.html
http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/p/pulaski-high.html

Disco Lock-up and DNOW

2010-01-08T17:22:00.000-06:00

70's Disco "Lock-up" January 17 & 18
$25 to reserve your spot; due January 13(this Wednesday)

2010 Medical Release form & Pump It Up waiver required

Visit http://www.fhbc.org/clientimages/38210/70snightlockin.pdf for more info!

DNOW weekend

Remained as scheduled for March 5-7. More details to come.

Happy New Year!!

2010-01-01T16:26:00.001-06:00

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!

Missing Daniel (& Amber)?

2009-12-03T16:02:00.000-06:00

It has been a good two months since Daniel and Amber left our church for FBC Hattiesburg. If any of you are like me, you probably miss them a whole lot. Well miss them no more! They will be back in town visiting on Wednesday, January 27! Once they leave and everyone is sad again and you really want to see Daniel you can! On FBC Hattiesburg's website I found a link to their Vimeo page where they have tons of videos including Daniel leading worship! If you ever miss him and want to see his face just go to http://vimeo.com/firsthattiesburg and you can see him playing guitar and singing! I don't know about you, but that kinda sounds a little bit extreme stalkerish weird personish, but if it makes you happy to see him feel free to do so!

I can't wait to see Daniel and Amber!

-J. Wooten

Centrifuge 2010!

2009-11-05T20:16:00.000-06:00

Hey,

Last Sunday at the Mission trip informational meeting Scott talked about this summer's mission trips. I don't know about you, but for me it seems kind of early to be thinking about Summer 2010. This year we are returning to Centrifuge in Panama City. There are goods and bads to this.
Goods:
1. Centrifuge was really fun!
2. We will know where stuff is!
3. We are likely to have as much fun as last year!
Bads:
1. Same place - may get boring.
2. Housing Conditions. That is all I need to say.

As you see there are more goods than bads!

Hope you can go to Centrifug 2010, Panama City, FL

J. Wooten

Halloween

2009-10-31T14:32:00.000-05:00

Halloween is here! For Halloween I am dressing up as a Googler (a google employee) Here are some pictures of my "Costume" that I made all by myself:

First, I traced around the Google logo and cut out all the letters to make a stencil.

Then I put the stencil on the shirt and colored the Google logo's colors on it and made a wonderful Googler (Google employee) shirt!

Doesn't my google shirt look a whole lot like the google logo?

-J. Wooten

New Coke Size

2009-10-27T17:42:00.000-05:00

Hello,

You may find this kind of odd that I have started using this for more weird stuff than actually news about our church and what is going on. I just find a whole lot of stuff that is kinda weird and I want to tell it!

Today's weird thing of the day is the new Coke Mini. It is a normal Coke, but "With only 90 Calories". It may have only 90 calories, but all they did was take a normal coke take out 2/3 of the liquid and pour it into a new, smaller, bottle. The comercial for it talks about how what it does is more psycological than actually healthy. It is only 7.5 ounces instead of 12. It is the kinda thing where it is a smaller can so you kinda think oh, I can have two, but having two sodas seems kinda like you are a fatty. You probably have no idea what any of that meant, but bye!

-J. Wooten

We Have a Minister to Students!

2009-10-26T17:20:00.004-05:00

Last Night Steven May Became Our New Minister to Students! I am very excited! If you do not know he will start on Sunday, November 22, 2009.

Meet Steven May!

2009-10-24T10:20:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for sending this out kinda late, but as most of you already know, tonight our prospective minister to students, Steven May, will be at the church answering questions and telling about himself. I would take up a whole lot of space saying how I am so excited, but I will just share what was printed in the Bulletin.

The Minister to Students Search Team invites you to meet the man we are recommending as the next FHBC Minister to Students, Stephen May, and his wife, Hope. Saturday, October 24 Join us for a “meet and greet” time from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. in the Fellowship Hall. Pizza, salad, and drinks will be served. All church members are invited, especially youth and their parents. At 5:30 P.M., Stephen will be introduced and have a question and answer time. Childcare will be provided for Babies-PreK. Sunday, October 25 Stephen will give his testimony in each of the morning worship services. During Sunday School, the middle and high school students will meet in the Chapel to have the opportunity to meet Stephen and ask him questions. At 5:15 that evening, there will be a called business meeting in the Sanctuary to vote on calling Stephen as our Minister to Students.

Student Choir Sings Nov. 1!

2009-10-19T09:57:00.002-05:00

Student Choir is singing in both morning worship services on Sunday, November 1. Be There or be ...

-J. Wooten

Family Forum - November 15

2009-10-17T09:25:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone!

I do not know exactly what all will be talked about at the family forum on Nov. 15, but I am guessing they will talk about the new youth building (WooHoo!!!!!!!) and the budget for 2010 (it seems like just yesterday they were talking about the 2009 budget). I have added an upcoming events thingy on the right side of the blog it has upcoming events for the next two weeks you can view it on the blog (http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/). Also Chi Alpha is coming up in December and I am sad to say I probably won't be able to go so think of me while you all are having lots of fun!

That's all I can think of to tell you right now so (as we say in FMS Drama Dept.) Goodbye, Goodluck, and Getout!

Thanks,

J.Wooten

Fall Fest and Retreat!

2009-10-07T16:44:00.003-05:00

Fall Fest
Thursday, October 29, 6:00-7:30 P.M.
Fall Fest is an outreach ministry and an alternative to Halloween trick or treating. One of the highlights of the night is numerous games and activities that the preschool and children enjoy. This year we are inviting Sunday School classes to sponsor a game or activity by setting up and staffing a game during this family-friendly, fun event. Your class can either use one of the already prepared activities or come up with an idea on your own.

Chi Alpha Retreat
December 4-6
Jonathan Creek in Hardin, KY
More information to come!

J. Wooten

Reese's Dark Chocolate

2009-10-07T16:35:00.000-05:00

Hello!

For those of you who didn't go to centrifuge you will probably have no idea why I am talking about this. This has nothing to do with church, but I just wanted to share something amazing with you all.

Today I had my very first Reese's Dark Chocolate. It is soooooooooooooooo good! It is so much better than a white chocolate reese's. Also Dark chocolate is better for you because it is made up of more cocoa and less cocoa butter. White chocolate is made up of little cocoa and lots of cocoa butter. White chocolate is barely even chocolate because of the small amount of cocoa in it. Dark Chocolate is awesome. Feel free to post a comment on the blog (http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/) with your opinion on the White vs. Dark chocolate thing.

This post is going to be about a bunch of things I find interesting - yet weird. Next up is... Google's Doodle.

Today Google has a really cool doodle since it is the 57th anniversary of the barcode Google's doodle looks like a barcode. Usually Google's special doodles somehow say "Google" on it, but this one most definately doesn't. If you can somehoe find google in the one please feel free to post a comment on the blog (http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/) telling me how because I sure cannot.

Next up is... N.A.S.A trying to blog a hole in the moon.

I know this might sound really stupid, but it is true. According to http://www.msnbc.com/:

NASA is aiming to make a big splash on Oct. 9 when its LCROSS lunar probe smashes into a crater called Cabeus on the south side of the moon. If all goes according to plan, the $79 million wreck will kick up plumes of debris that professional and amateur astronomers will study for signs of water ice. Such a finding would add to a rapidly growing body of scientific evidence that the moon has reserves of water.

I know this article kinda convinces you it isn't insane, but it is. The whole idea of shooting a hole in the moon to find ice is dumb. What would finding ice on the moon help us for? We still couldn't have humans live there because there isn't oxygen. If you have any ideas on why please post it in a comment on the blog (http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/).

Lastly on my really weird things list is... Twitter

I know that twitter is popular and all, but according to its recent numbers it claims it is worth 2 Billion dollars, Yes $2,000,000,000. How can a company that has no income - since it's site has no ads - and funded by private donations is worth $2,000,000,000. If they said they were worth $200,000 maybe $2,000,000, I might believe that, but 2 billion dollars? Are they insane.

Post a comment on how much you think twitter is worth on the blog (http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/)

J. Wooten

Pretty Cool!

2009-09-16T13:48:00.000-05:00

Sorry for two post in a row, but as many of you know I put together to Climber's Newsletter. Well, the person who sends me the photos for it also sent me a few mini movies. Here they are...

First is Mr. Howard Pink playing a Conch Shell.

Next is a mini movie of him playing something I have no idea what it is called. If you think you know feel free to post a comment on the blog (http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/). For now we will just call it a twisted horn!

Next are a couple of even cooler ones. They are all of him playing this super long horn! Again I have no idea what the horn is called.

I hope you liked these videos!

-J. Wooten

Kidbargains is Underway

2009-09-15T18:15:00.004-05:00

NO WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH THIS WEDNESDAY

Kid Bargains Consingnment sale is currently going on!

Stanton Lanier in Concert!

NEW! Read More Links!

KidBargains Consignment Sale!
The Consinment Sale is currently going on! On Sunday set-up took place and on Monday drop-off began. Please remember to wear your red "CREW" shirts or another red shirt when you come to work your shift(s). Also please ask your parents to park in the back of the church in the parking lot all the way on the back of the gym so that we can leave the parking in the front open for the consigners and shoppers. This will help us out since we already lost a lot of parking due to the mission house being torn down and the youth building being built.

Stanton Lanier in Concert
Join us at 6:30 P.M. in September 20th in the Sanctuary to see Stanton Lanier in Concert.

No Wednesday Night Activities Tommorrow
Due to the Consignment Sale there will be no regular Wednesday Night Activities on Wednesday, September 16th.

New Read More Links
I am trying something new out to see if it works. With Blogger in Draft they have this new thing called read more. It is where it shows pare of what you are saying and the other part you click the "read more" link to read the rest of the article. It may not change any thing, but who knows?
**Update: It only change the view on the blogs website, not on emails.**

-J. Wooten

Amber and Daniel's Reception

2009-08-29T09:36:00.003-05:00

“Good Bye” Reception for Amber & Daniel Williamson
Sunday, August 30 at 4:00-5:30 P.M. in the Fellowship Hall
Come by and visit one last time before they go to FBC Hattiesburg!

and after the reception...

A Night of Worship
August 30, 5:30 P.M.
Featuring the music of Nancy Allen, Rob Ivy, Deneen Turner & Friends

KidBargains Consignment Sale!
The preparations and sale last from September 14-21. Students’ families and church members are welcome to serve! If you are interested in working the sale, click here, and scroll to the bottom of the page to register. There are day and evening shifts available. Questions? Call Melissa Wooten at 591-0566.

Mark your Calendars!
Beginning September 2, Synago & Rampage will return to the Fall Schedule! Synago will be in the Chapel and Rampage will be in the Student Suite. We begin at 6:15 P.M.! Can’t wait to see you there!

Ground Breaking for New Youth Building!
On Sunday, September 13, we will celebrate God’s faithfulness to Forest Hills as we break ground for the new youth building. The service will occur immediately following the 8:30 A.M. worship service and during the beginning of Sunday School. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

-J. Wooten

Back to School Party!

2009-08-10T15:32:00.003-05:00

Correction: I am sorry I said bring three dollars it is really only two dollars. Sorry for the possible confusion caused. Thanks to Harris for telling me.

Hey Everyone,

This wednesday is the back to school party!! Make sure to bring money for pizza ($3 I think, but I am not sure.) I will see you all there!

-J. Wooten

Fwd: Announcements: July 31, 2009

2009-07-31T10:35:00.001-05:00

The Power That Works

August 2 Believable Power
August 9     Timely Power
August 16     Conditional Power
September 6     Calming Power
September 13     Purposeful Power
September 20     Polarizing Power
September 27     Confirming Power

Summer Reflections

A youth Led Service

When: August 2, 5:30-6:30 P.M.

Where: Sanctuary

Who: This is a church-wide event. We invite you to join us in hearing from students as they share experiences and lessons learned from their camps and mission trips this summer.

What: A youth-led service in which students will share from the Belize, Centrifuge, World Changers, and Oklahoma City trips.

Cameron Dodd's B-day - Aug. 2
Rampage Big Wednesday Kick Off - August 5
Family Forum

Sunday, August 9

6:30 P.M. in the Sanctuary

Our August 9 Family Forum will feature our final presentation regarding the new youth facility. Building cost, financing information, and a construction timeline will all be discussed. A final vote will be held on Sunday morning, August 16, at the end of each service.

Rampage End Of Summer Party - August 12

Keith & Kristyn Getty in Concert

Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009

Time: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Location: Sanctuary

Irish composers and artists, Keith and Kristyn Getty, are on a mission to revive the art of hymns for a new generation. The Gettys are committed to writing hymns that help teach the faith and create a timeless musical style that every generation can sing, a style that relates to the past and the future. A few of their well-known hymns include "In Christ Alone," "The Power of the Cross," and "Speak, Oh Lord." As Keith and Kristyn stand at the helm of an emerging group of new hymn writers today, it seems the Church need not fear the death of the medium in this modern age. Join us at 5:30 P.M. in the Forest Hills Sanctuary as we worship together with the Gettys.

Rampage Welcome Party For New Students - Aug. 19

A Night of Worship

"A Night of Worship" featuring the music of Nancy Allen, Deneen Turner, Rob Ivy and Friends.

Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009

Time: 5:30 P.M.

Location: Sanctuary

Please Note: All Announcement in Yellow Take Place During Wednesday Night Rampage

-J. Wooten

Family Forum: August 9

2009-07-28T17:16:00.002-05:00

Family Forum

Sunday, August 9

6:30 P.M. in the Sanctuary

The August 9 Family Forum will feature the final presentation regarding the new youth facility. Building cost, financing information, and a construction timeline will all be discussed. A final vote will be held on Sunday morning, August 16, at the end of each service.

-J. Wooten

Announcements: July 26, 2009

2009-07-27T09:03:00.002-05:00

Ultimate Frisbee

Thursdays at 6:00 P.M.
May 28, June 4, June 11, July 2, July 16, July 23, and July 30
Cottonwood Clubhouse

The Power That Works

Previous Sundays: (all sermons are downloadable at www.fhbc.org/)
July 19
Unequalled Power
July 26 Transforming Power

Next Sunday: Believable Power

Following Sundays:

August 9 Timely Power

August 16 Conditional Power

September 6 Calming Power

September 13 Purposeful Power

September 20 Polarizing Power

September 27 Confirming Power

Summer Reflections

A youth Led Service

When: August 2, 5:30-6:30 P.M.
Where: Sanctuary
Who: This is a church-wide event. We invite you to join us in hearing from students as they share experiences and lessons learned from their camps and mission trips this summer.
What: A youth-led service in which students will share from the Belize, Centrifuge, World Changers, and Oklahoma City trips.

Family Forum
Sunday, August 9
6:30 P.M. in the Sanctuary
Our August 9 Family Forum will feature our final presentation regarding the new youth facility. Building cost, financing information, and a construction timeline will all be discussed. A final vote will be held on Sunday morning, August 16, at the end of each service.

Keith & Kristyn Getty in Concert

Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009

Time: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Location: Sanctuary

A Night of Worship

"A Night of Worship" featuring the music of Nancy Allen, Deneen Turner, Rob Ivy and Friends.

Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Time: 5:30 P.M.
Location: Sanctuary

-J. Wooten

A Night Of Worship

2009-07-26T13:13:00.002-05:00

A Night of Worship

"A Night of Worship" featuring the music of Nancy Allen, Deneen Turner, Rob Ivy and Friends.

Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Time: 5:30 P.M.
Location: Sanctuary

-J. Wooten

Announcements: July 19th

2009-07-19T18:41:00.002-05:00

The Power That Works

July 19 Unequalled Power
July 26 Transforming Power
August 2 Believable Power
August 9 Timely Power
August 16 Conditional Power
September 6 Calming Power
September 13 Purposeful Power
September 20 Polarizing Power
September 27 Confirming Power

Summer Reflections

A youth Led Service

When: August 2, 5:30-6:30 P.M.
Where: Sanctuary
Who: This is a church-wide event. We invite you to join us in hearing from students as they share experiences and lessons learned from their camps and mission trips this summer.
What: A youth-led service in which students will share from the Belize, Centrifuge, World Changers, and Oklahoma City trips.

Ultimate Frisbee

Thursdays at 6:00 P.M.
May 28, June 4, June 11, July 2, July 16, July 23, and July 30
Cottonwood Clubhouse

Keith and Kristen Getty in Concert
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Time: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Location: Sanctuary

Irish composers and artists, Keith and Kristyn Getty, are on a mission to revive the art of hymnody for a new generation. The Gettys are committed to writing hymns that help teach the faith and create a timeless musical style that every generation can sing, a style that relates to the past and the future. A few of their well-known hymns include "In Christ Alone," "The Power of the Cross," and "Speak, Oh Lord." As Keith and Kristyn stand at the helm of an emerging group of new hymn writers today, it seems the Church need not fear the death of the medium in this modern age. Join us at 5:30 P.M. in the Forest Hills Sanctuary as we worship together with the Gettys.

Sounds Faith Night

2009-07-19T13:49:00.009-05:00

If you all weren't at the sounds faith night you missed a whole lot. Here is everything we did while there.

We walked in the gates gave the ticket people our tickets and got a free bobble head of Ryan Braun.

Then we went to the Jars of Clay Concert and listened to their great music live!

After that we got our hotdogs and softdrinks and headed to our seats to watch the game.

Then we watched the sounds game. We did all of this for the low price of 10 dollars. You should have been there.

The Power That Works

2009-07-14T08:56:00.008-05:00

Pastor Sam is starting a new sermon series called "The Power That Works"

July 19: Unequalled Power
July 26: Transforming Power
August 2: Believable Power
August 9: Timely Power
August 16: Conditional Power
September 6: Calming Power
September 13: Purposeful Power
September 20: Polarizing Power
September 27: Confirming Power

-J. Wooten

Annoucements - July 12

2009-07-09T10:09:00.008-05:00

Ultimate Frisbee
Thursdays at 6:00 PM
July 16, July 23, and July 30
Cottonwood Clubhouse

Come join us playing ultimate frisbee. It is a whole lot of fun. Make sure to wear tennis shoes and bring a water bottle.

Summer Reflections
A Youth Led Service
August 2, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Sanctuary

This is a church-wide event. We invite you to join us in hearing from students as they share experiences and lessons learned from their camps and mission trips this summer. This is a youth led event and we will hear from students from the Belize, Centrifuge, World Changers, and Oklahoma City trips.

Kieth and Kristen Getty in Concert
Sunday, August 16, 2009
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Sanctuary

Irish composers and artists, Keith and Kristyn Getty, are on a mission to revive the art of hymnody for a new generation. The Gettys are committed to writing hymns that help teach the faith and create a timeless musical style that every generation can sing, a style that relates to the past and the future. A few of their well-known hymns include 'In Christ Alone,' 'The Power of the Cross,' and 'Speak, Oh Lord.' As Keith and Kristyn stand at the helm of an emerging group of new hymn writers today, it seems the Church need not fear the death of the medium in this modern age. Join us at 5:30 P.M. in the Forest Hills Sanctuary as we worship together with the Gettys.

That is all,

J. Wooten

Mathematics Forward I Got

2009-07-09T09:57:00.001-05:00

Cool Email I got:

From a strictly Mathematical Viewpoint:

What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder
about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all
been in situations where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about
achieving 101%? What equals 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these Questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

AND, look how far the love of God will take you

L- O- V- E-O-F-G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:
While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Love of God that will put you over the top!

J. Wooten

A Few Quick Announcements

2009-06-28T18:18:00.001-05:00

A few quick announcements!

Ultimate Frisbee!

Thursday Nights

Youth, come out to Cottonwood Clubhouse for Ultimate Frisbee at 6:00 P.M. Now until July 30! Bring a drink and have fun!

Middle School Pool Party

Monday, June 29

2:00-5:00 P.M. at the Dejeans' Home: 2075 Hunterwood Drive, Franklin, TN. Bring a towel and a snack to share. I am experimenting with a new location app thing. It shows where the Dejeans' home is. It might not work this is just a test.

Nashville Sounds: Faith Night

Thursday, July 9

All youth and youth families are invited to join us for an evening of fellowship, food, and fun! Tickets are $10 per person and include a pre-game concert by Jars of Clay, hotdog, soft drink, and a night of baseball! There are 50 tickets available; first come, first serve. Money is due to Martha Ray or Amber as soon as possible.

-J. Wooten

The Search: Student VBS

2009-06-20T18:33:00.003-05:00

The Search was a whole lot of fun. We had great bible studies and great activities after our bible study. I really hope they do something like this next year. It was super fun!

Upcoming events: edirectory is launching soon. More info coming soon.

Keith and Kristen Getty in Concert with FHBC Choir. Sunday August 16, 2009. 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.

-J. Wooten

VBS Boomerang Express & The Search

2009-06-13T09:06:00.007-05:00

Hey everybody,

Yesterday, Friday, was the VBS Workday. It was lots of fun setting up and decorating VBS Classrooms. There are a lot of cool decorations like the train tracks on the children's hallway. and the Lighthouse in the big stairway room. If you are working VBS it will definately be a blast. Hey I have an idea! If you are working VBS post a comment saying where you are working.Then everyone will know where everyone else is working. I myself am working in preschool music. Where are you working?

Also make sure to be there every night of VBS for "The Search: Students VBS". It will be a fun 3 hours from 6:30 to 9:30. Remember there is no Ultimate Frisbee this thursday because of "The Search: Students VBS". It will also replace our normal Wednesday night service.

J. Wooten

Reactions and Order.

2009-06-11T17:22:00.003-05:00

I just added something to the blog called reactions. I also rearranged the order of the blog posts. now the order is:

Title
Author Comments
Reactions
Post Text
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Please feel free to choose a "Reaction" or post a comment. I will make sure to reply to your comments. All comments have to be approved by me so it may take a little for your comment to appear on the blog. But please post comments!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J. Wooten

Keith and Kristyn Getty in Concert

2009-06-08T13:42:00.001-05:00

**Keith & Kristyn Getty in Concert**
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Time: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Location: Sanctuary

Irish composers and artists, Keith and Kristyn Getty, are on a mission to revive the art of hymnody for a new generation. The Gettys are committed to writing hymns that help teach the faith and create a timeless musical style that every generation can sing, a style that relates to the past and the future. A few of their well-known hymns include 'In Christ Alone,' 'The Power of the Cross,' and 'Speak, Oh Lord.' As Keith and Kristyn stand at the helm of an emerging group of new hymn writers today, it seems the Church need not fear the death of the medium in this modern age. Join us at 5:30 P.M. in the Forest Hills Sanctuary as we worship together with the Gettys."

-J. Wooten

This Hope

2009-06-08T11:08:00.004-05:00

Last Night was the "This Hope" concert at the church. They have incredible music and if you weren't able to come you can listen to a lot of their music for free online. Below is a list of links where you can go to listen to their music:
http://www.thishope.org/mp3s/myWimpy.html
http://www.thishope.org/its-Christmas.php
http://www.thishope.org/final-destination.php
http://www.thishope.prg/reason.php

If you go to their online store you can buy cd's and downloads of their songs.

-J. Wooten

Reminders - June 2009

2009-06-08T10:58:00.002-05:00

**Wednesday night w/ Pastor Sam**
All students will be combined in the chapel to hear from Pastor Sam!
Starts at 6:00 p.m.!! This is the only picture I could find of Pastor Sam.

**Ultimate Frisbee**
This Thursday, 6pm @ Cottonwood Clubhouse.
Don’t forget to bring your water.

**YOUTH VBS: THE SEARCH**
Finding your meaning, purpose, and significance in life.
Save the date: June 15-19 here @ church
(Mon.-Thur.) 6:30-9:30pm and on Friday immediately following Family Night.
For all students!

-J. Wooten

"The Gift of Grace"

2009-06-07T17:25:00.003-05:00

June 7 - Understanding Grace
June 14 - Defending Grace
June 21 - Grace By Faith
June 28 - Grace Relationships
July 5 - Liberty and Grace
July 12 - Grace on Display

Cell Phone or Bible

2009-06-06T08:15:00.002-05:00

This is another great email I got.

"Cell Phone or Bible?"

Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?
What if we gave it to kids as gifts?
What if we used it when we traveled?
What if we used it in case of emergency?
This is something to make you go.....hmm...where is my Bible?
Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill and no dropped calls!

'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'
Place your mouse on the first quote(") below and drag to the second quote(").
"Even though you can't see GOD he is there for you."

-J. Wooten

A Trillion Dollars

2009-06-06T07:43:00.003-05:00

This is an email a got that is really interesting.

"What does one TRILLION dollars look like?
All this talk about 'stimulus packages' and 'bailouts'...A billion dollars...A hundred billion dollars...Eight hundred billion dollars...One TRILLION dollars...What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats,so I thought I'd try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like.

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slightly fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go. A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2' thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.

Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000).You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.

While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable.It fits neatly on a standard pallet...

And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...

Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.You ready for this?It's pretty surprising.Go ahead...Scroll down...Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...(Notice the man in relation to the pallets. The man is the tiny line at the bottom left corner. And notice the pallets are double stacked.)

So the next time you hear someone toss around the Phrase 'trillion dollars'... that's what they're talking about."

That is incredible how much a trillion dollars is.

Our new youth building in hundred dollars bills would probably fit very comfortably in a shopping cart.

-J. Wooten

Great Email

2009-06-06T07:39:00.003-05:00

Here is on really good email I got while I was in Ukraine.

Somebody's RAISING THEIR KID RIGHT!

One Nation, "Under God."

One day a 6 year old girl was sitting in a classroom. The teacher was going to explain evolution to the children. The teacher asked a little boy: Tommy do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see if you can see the sky.
TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a few minutes later) Yes, I saw the sky.
TEACHER: Did you see God up there?
TOMMY: No.
TEACHER: That's my point. We can't see God because he isn't there possibly he just doesn't exist.
A little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the boy some questions.
The teacher agreed and the little girl asked the boy: Tommy, do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy do you see the grass outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky ?
TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the teacher?
TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain?
TOMMY: No.
LITTLE GIRL: Then according to what we were taught today in school, she possibly may not even have one!

"FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT" 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7

-J. Wooten

Good morning sunshine. Wayne is taking us to Dinner!!!

2009-06-01T13:56:00.000-05:00

We are indeed headed home. We only seem to be missing one, in the head count, and DO hope it's not your loved one (just kidding). We have a long six hour bus ride back to Kiev, and are looking forward to dinner in Amsterdam and to sleep in a real bed again. Pastor Sam prayed before we left the ship's parking lot and we wept again for our week's work. We must continue to pray for our children, and the harvest. Pray for us as we ride and fly these next 24 hours.
P.S. Please ask Teressa Boren to return her Room Key!!! :)

- Bob Crawford -

To See More About This and Other Mission Trips, Go To: http://www.hopehouseinternational.org/blog/

Last Stop Odessa

2009-06-01T13:53:00.001-05:00

Grace, grace marvelous grace...grace, grace, and some more grace, etc. Without God's grace, and tons of prayer from you, we would not have sustained the level of energy, good health conditions, and fresh minds, during the ups and downs of such a Mission Trip. It would take pages to tell you the stories, to share the victories, and even expose a couple of dark moments along the way. But just when we were down,or wondered just why God let the enemy slap us around a little, he sent the sunshine after the storm. And guess what? We had learned to lean harder on Him...and the children were the ones that still got blessed.

We're here serving in a society that does not accept organized Religion, and offers no such hope to it's people. One person called it a Religion-less Society. Our prayer has never changed, as we have sought to just touch one tender heart at a time, and trust that God will have a plan to us that young soul to reach others...and perhaps someday even change a Nation for Christ.

One more Orphanage to go. We're gearing up for it to be the best. Sam has held a Football in his messages, this week. Perhaps this is Our last goal-line stance, so to speak. We'll worship together one last time, this morning (after all it's Sunday Morning here), then pack out bags and equipment, so that we can began the trip home, early Monday Morning.

- Bob Crawford -

To See More About This and Other Mission Trips, Go To: http://www.hopehouseinternational.org/blog/

Sailing, again...

2009-06-01T13:46:00.001-05:00

We're sailing again...back across the Black Sea...to our last stop in Odessa. We arrive back to the ship,once again, just in time to sail. We're already out of blogging range. Please know that we're all healthy, and ready to return and share some wonderful stories!!! Morning will bring you lot's of new photos.
God bless you for caring so much about us,

- Bob Crawford -

To See More About This and Other Mission Trips, Go To: http://www.hopehouseinternational.org/blog/

Across the Black Sea

2009-06-01T13:00:00.001-05:00

Last night we sailed across the Black Sea, and were out of Cell Phone range. We didn't forget you!!!
We have had an incredible roller coaster day. Two totally different types of Orphanages...two totally different receptions from the children and Orphanage Staff. God gave us a beautiful day of weather, and some breathtaking scenery on our two hour bus ride each direction. We should be back to the Ship by 8:00pm (our time) and will be having Dinner with some of the Hope House families and kids. What a blessing that will be, to end a very long day!!!
We'll send more News and photos soon,

- Bob Crawford -

To See More About This and Other Mission Trips, Go To: http://www.hopehouseinternational.org/blog/

Kherson and Headed to Sea

2009-06-01T12:55:00.004-05:00

It's not hard "in this line of work" to realize when our efforts step aside, and God begins to work. The Orphanage at Kherson, this morning, was another unique experience. The children amaze us at how they "attach" themselves to us. Carolyn Boyd had more than one in her lap, Linda Crawford had a teenage girl not leave her side yet never tried to talk. The clowns continue to be like magnets, and the two Drama segments mesmerize everyone in total silence. We've seen a whole new side to Pastor Sam. When the tall, handsome, figure takes center stage, his message to the youth all eyes and ears are locked onto him (maybe we should let him speak through an Interpreter some Sunday). The icing on the cake was seeing yet another older teenage boy, touched enough to want to pray with one of the Adults.We're headed to Sea. The Black Sea is beautiful, and should make for good rocking-to-sleep-by. We'll awake to dock in the beautiful seaside City of Sevastopal. Enjoy some extra Photos, being sent tonight.
And THANK YOU for the wonderful Comments, we're receiving daily. They're a real breath of fresh air, from home.

-Bob Crawford -

To See More About This and Other Mission Trips, Go To: http://www.hopehouseinternational.org/blog/

Whirlwind Day Three

2009-06-01T12:39:00.003-05:00

What a glorious whirlwind day!!! Someone said we saw 200 Children, between the two Orphanages. There were minutes that it seemed like 2000!!! The Clowns always get hit with the first wave, then Face Painting, the ladies painting the little girls' nails, and they run a cluster of excited faces over to the Cameras so that each child can have his own personal photo made. This year we gave each child a Journal thatopens with a color, group-photo of all of us on this Mission Trip. Then their own photo slides into the plastic sleeve beside it. An excellent tool for them to remember the events of today, and materials to help them focus on the message.We started our day shocked, as the orphanage Staff literally rolled a hospital bed out in the courtyard, complete with a young boy. How sad, we thought, but also how good for him to be allowed to be involved. Then it was an "oh my" moment as we saw a second bed coming, then a third...then a few on crutches appeared. There is no telling how many "live wires" were running circles around us...but God kept drawing us, one by one, to the four laying on their stomachs watching the fun and then the program. The business at hand moved on, but I wish you could have counted the tears of this Mission Team, as Dr. David Allen scooped up little Victoria from her bed, and carried her in his arms up to the front so she could see. We haven't the space to tell you a dozen other stories that were shared tonight. I wish each one of you could somehow be linked into the nightly worship times we share, after Supper.
One of our hilarious FHBC Clowns led four teenage boys in the Sinners Prayer. Oh my, again. We prayed for seed planting, and God suddenly sent us a little harvest. Saved by His power divine, they were saved to a new life sublime!!!
We're refreshed, and re-motivated, and we push on down river to Kherson for Day Four.

- Bob Crawford -

To See More About This and Other Mission Trips, Go To: http://www.hopehouseinternational.org/blog/

Rampage During the Summer

2009-05-27T14:31:00.003-05:00

Hey! Brian here. Just lettin' you guys know that starting tonight (Wednesday, May 27) the Middle Schoolers will be combined with the High Schoolers. That'll last till the end of the summer. It's gunna be great! So bring your friends, we're gunna have fun! Alright, Brian out.

SIRBEE

All Aboard All Arrived By FHBC Team Member

2009-05-27T09:44:00.003-05:00

On the ground and All-Aboard the Boat, in Kiev. And the best News is that 100 percent of our

Bags and Suppies arrived!!! We’ve had a real Meal, had our Team Meetings, and are looking

forward to a good nights rest.

Monday brings TWO Orphanes, in the Kiev area. Then we sail South. God is so good… and

Monday is already dedicated to His glory!!!

To See More About This and Other Mission Trips, Go To: http://www.hopehouseinternational.org/blog/

-jgm

Ukraine Mission Trip Day 1

2009-05-27T09:39:00.006-05:00

A year of planning, 45 days of focusing on language, learning music, and gathering supplies. For three weeks we’ve been packing. And now we’re off like a herd of Turtles!!! All that’s left is prayer. You will never know how much we are each glad that you are on the other end of that Prayer Line!!! Isn’t it exciting to see what all God has in store for our preparation.
Departure time at Nashville’s airport,- Bob Crawford -

To See More About This Mission Trip Go To: http://www.hopehouseinternational.org/blog/

-jgm

Ukriane Blog

2009-05-20T17:23:00.008-05:00

Hi,

As you probably already know in a couple of days Drew, Steven, David, and I (Jeremiah) are leaving for a mission trip to Ukraine. If you would like to see what we are doing there will be pictures and more about what we are doing on the Hope House Blog http://www.hopehouseinternational.org/blog/. I have asked Brian to go to the blog and copy that stuff to this blog, but he might not be able to. Please feel free to post comments on the Hope House blog. We will be able to read all the posts you put while we are there. I doubt I will be able to post anything while I am there so for a while it will be just Sirbee.

In other news: I got an email from Amber that was really good, well all of Amber's Emails are really good. It was:

Without GOD our week would be: Sinday, Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday, Fightday & Shatterday.

Also Remeber that this summer we will have many activities some of which are:

Ultimate Frisbee!
Youth, come out to Cottonwood Clubhouse for Ultimate Frisbee at 6:00 P.M. on Thursdays, beginning MAY 28!

The SEARCH: Students VBS!
All Youth Students – Mark your calendars for the days of June 15-19. SEARCH will be held every night from 6:30-9:30 P.M. during the week of regular VBS!

-J. Wooten

A Great Analogy of God

2009-05-16T08:17:00.002-05:00

WHAT A GREAT ANALOGY OF GOD FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, BY ROBIN WILLIAMS NO LESS.

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, They began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God Doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, Would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and un-kept.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said To the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist." "How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because If they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside." "Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!"- Affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

"Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet."

Have a great week

-J. Wooten

Funniest Youtube Contest Winners

2009-05-13T14:56:00.005-05:00

Hey! Brian here. Last Wednesday-Big Wednesday-was, as Jeremiah said, the Funniest Youtube Video Contest. For those of you who weren't there, these were the winners:

1st.- "The ShamWHOOHOO!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab5IwgcJRiE

2nd.- "Cat Face 2" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o7m4AWJEe4

3rd.- "Mathmaticious" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cAs1YBELmA

There were some other funny ones too. If you want to watch those videos though, be careful! There's bad stuff on the comments. It was a fun night! Brian out.

SIRBEE

Romance to Ruin Myspace Page

2009-05-13T10:24:00.002-05:00

Hey! Brian here. Please, continue to check out the myspace page for RTR (Romance to Ruin). My bro has updated it... and now there are pictures of the band members. There's some cool new stuff on it. Also, please vote on the poll "Do you like the design of our page?" My bro looks at that... and if there are enough no's, then he will probably change it. Oh, and, please, only vote once. And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, if you have a gig for them, PLEASE let them know by clicking "view more" by "Booking Us." That part is actually kinda hard to find... it's near the top of the page on the right side. If you need it, here's the link again: www.myspace.com/romancetoruin. Thanks! Brian out.

SIRBEE

Ultimate Frisbee 2009

2009-05-11T16:45:00.004-05:00

What: Ultimate Frisbee
When: Thursdays at 6:00 P.M.
When: May 28, June 4, June 11, July 2, July 16, July 23, and July 30
Where: Cottonwood Clubhouse

Also next Sunday is:
Not that any of us are seniors, but I really like the banner they had so I decided to put it here.

Not only is Sunday senior recognition, but student choir will be singing. Since I don't have student choir banner I am going to stop writing.

-J. Wooten

New Authors

2009-05-09T13:50:00.003-05:00

Hey everybody. Garrett is becoming the blog's fourth author. If you want to be an author of the blog just create a Gmail account and tell me. I will let you be a blog author. I can only make you and author if you are a gmail user.

-J. Wooten

Update on Visitors

2009-05-08T17:32:00.003-05:00

One thing that always surprises me is when I look on the sidebar and see a map that charts all of the visits to this blog. As of today these are the totals. The map only charts how many computers have visited your site not how many times your site has been visited. When I checked the totals it surprised me:

United States (US) 60
Canada (CA) 2
Finland (FI) 1
Germany (DE) 1
Romania (RO) 1
Colombia (CO) 1

I finally figure out why people in Canada are looking at out blog. At the top of every blog on Blogger there is a next blog button. If you click this it will take you to a random blog. That is how we have people from other countries visiting our blog.

-Sir Jack Cherry

Sorry About the Mess up

2009-05-08T17:17:00.003-05:00

Yesterday I posted a video, but it only showed the first little part of it. I am sorry. for somereason the video will not upload completely. Here is the link to see the video. http://reaganfrazier.smugmug.com/gallery/7972037_aqx2e#517897621_xW392-A-LB. It is a cool video. In a couple more days I will post a third mini movie.

-J. Wooten

Attack of the Jester: More News/Romance to Ruin

2009-05-08T08:45:00.004-05:00

Hey! Brian here. Unfortunately, the band my brother and Russ was in...broke up. Ya, well, they never really got started... But! my bro is in a new band, called "Romance to Ruin." Russ is also in that band, as well as John's (my brother) friends from school-Lucas (whose come to church a couple of times) and Jake. Jake's friend Colton is playing with them as well. They have a Myspace page that already has 300 views, which is great. But if you guys could help out with those views, ya know, just check it out, that would be helpful too. The link is: www.myspace.com/romancetoruin . They also have two youtube videos that you guys can check out, it's two of their songs-John wrote the lyrics and Russ wrote the music. The video is just Russ playing the acoustic guitar, so there's no band to it. I think those vids are on the myspace page though. The page looks kinda gothic...but don't worry, they don't play any screamo stuff. Well, this post was really long... so, I should stop. Brian out.

SIRBEE

Climbers Mini Movie

2009-05-07T17:28:00.004-05:00

Here is that other Mini Movie I promised you. Again to veiw it you will have to go to the blog (http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/) If you don't go to the blog you cannot watch the video. It is very neat what Lisa Spencer talks about. You should watch it along with the other mini movie (http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com/2009/05/climbers-stuff.html). Watch them. I have a third movie I will post soon. Hope you enjoy seeing them.

-J.Wooten

Climbers Stuff

2009-05-03T15:46:00.006-05:00

You guys may not know this, but I am the person who does the Climbers newsletter. A man by the name of Reagan Frazier Sends me pictures from the programs to put in the newsletter. He also will send a mini movie of part of the program. I just wanted to let you see what they do at the climbers luncheons. Since it is a mini movie you will probably not be able to view it through email. You will have to see it on the blog http://fhbcstudents.blogspot.com. This mini movie is the Golden Heirs Quartet singing a song.

Tommorrow I will post another mini movie Reagan sent me. It is of the Lisa Spencer program "Surviving the Storm"

-J.Wooten

Funny Youtube Video Contest

2009-05-03T15:37:00.003-05:00

Big Wednesday is Funniest Youtube Video Contest. Email your videos to Daniel (dan_yul@hotmail.com) or Amber (amber@fhbc.org).

-J.Wooten

Amazing Poem

2009-04-10T07:35:00.003-05:00

This is a poem I got from Amber in an Email:

Still He Walked

He could hear the crowds screaming "crucify" "crucify"...
He could hear the hatred in their voices,
These were his chosen people.
He loved them,
And they were going to crucify him.
He was beaten, bleeding and weakened...His heart was broken,
But still He walked.

He could see the crowd as he came from the palace.
He knew each of the faces so well.
He had created them.
He knew every smile, every laugh, and every shed tear,
But now they were contorted with rage and anger
His heart broke,
But still He walked.

Was he scared?
You and I would have been
So his humanness would have mandated that he was.
He felt alone.
His disciples had left, denied, and even betrayed him.
He searched the crowd for a loving face and he saw very few.
Then he turned his eyes to the only one that mattered
And he knew that he would never be alone.
He looked back at the crowd...
At the people who were spitting at him
Throwing rocks at him and mocking him
And he knew that because of him,
They would never be alone.
So for them, He walked.

The sounds of the hammer striking the spikes echoed through the crowd.
The sounds of his cries echoed even louder,
The cheers of the crowd, as his hands and feet were nailed to the cross,
Intensified with each blow.
Loudest of all was the still small voice
Inside his Heart that whispered "I am with you, my son",
And God's heart broke.
He had let His son walk.

Jesus could have asked God to end his suffering,
But instead He asked God to forgive.
Not to forgive him, but to forgive the ones who were persecuting him.
As he hung on that cross, dying an unimaginable death,
He looked out and saw, not only the faces in the crowd,
But also, the face of every person yet to be,
And his heart filled with love.
As his body was dying, his heart was alive.
Alive with the limitless, unconditional love he feels for each of us.
That is why He walked.

When I forget how much My God loves me,...
I remember his walk.
When I wonder if I can be forgiven,...
I remember his walk.
When I need to be reminded of how to live like Christ,...
I think of his walk.
And to show him how much I love him,...
I wake up each morning, turn my eyes to him,.......
And I walk.

-J. Wooten

Big Wednesday: April 2009

2009-04-06T07:14:00.002-05:00

Don't forget that BIG WEDNESDAY is THIS Wednesday.

Spring Break BIG WEDNESDAY
What: Ultimate Frisbee
When: 6:15 p.m.
Where: Cottonwood Clubhouse

Directions:
From the church go south on Hillsboro Rd. (5.3 miles)
Take a right onto Berrys Chapel Road
In 0.5 miles take a right into the first Cottonwood entrance, Cottonwood Drive (there is a sign)
After going straight through a few stop signs, look for the Clubhouse sign on your left.

**Bring a drink**

Also: At this years 24-hour prayer vigil there is a time for youth. Any youth and thier parents who want to come can. It is at 3PM in the Chapel. Please be there if you can.

Also: Easter Morning there is a youth led sunrise service. It is from 6-7am Easter morning (April 12) @ the Spooner's house:1577 Moran Road, Franklin, TN. A breakfast fellowship will follow.Please plan on being there and bringing friends.The whole church is invited.

-J.Wooten

Fhbc Seventh Grade Guys Blog

(Rising) Eighth grade GoogleGroup

What Happened Sunday? (May 30, 2010)

What Happened Wednesday? (May 27, 2010)

What Happened Wednesday? (May 19, 2010)

Happy Birthday Drew!

What Happened Wednesday? (May 12, 2010)

Happy Birthday David!

Launching of a New Page!

Video of Youth Buildings Construction Over Time

What Happened Sunday? (May 9, 2010)

What Happened Wednesday? (May 5, 2010)

What happened at the Easter Service?(& What is Happening in the Future)

The Consignment Sale is Officially Over (for now)

Near (and far) Future!

Consignment Sale Update - March 29

Consignment Sale

What Happened Wednesday? (Mar. 17, 2010)

Pastor Sam's New Sermon Series - Easter's Gift

Consignment Sale Update - March 13th

In Christ Alone - Palm Sunday Service

Devotion From Wednesday

What Happened @ DNow '10?

Consignment Sale Update March 5

What Happened Wednesday? (Mar. 3, 2010)

Devotion From Last Wednesday (Feb. 24)

HopeHouse Benefit Videos

Consignment Sale Update - March 1st

Wednesday Night Games (February 17)

What Happened Wednesday? (Feb. 24, 2010)

This Sunday Choir Pictures

Spring 2010 CS Update!

Another Shift is Completely filled!

CS Update

Stephen is Sick/ CS Update

Kidbargains Update - Feb. 16, 2010

Sign-up to Work Consignment Spring 2010

We Have Reached 100!

Consinor and Worker Registration Now Open!

Last Night at Church

Wednesday Night!

New! Pages!

Disco Lock-up and DNOW

Happy New Year!!

Missing Daniel (& Amber)?

Centrifuge 2010!

Halloween

New Coke Size

We Have a Minister to Students!

Meet Steven May!

Student Choir Sings Nov. 1!

Family Forum - November 15

Fall Fest and Retreat!

Reese's Dark Chocolate

Pretty Cool!

Kidbargains is Underway

Amber and Daniel's Reception

Back to School Party!

Fwd: Announcements: July 31, 2009

The Power That Works

August 2 Believable Power August 9 Timely PowerAugust 16 Conditional PowerSeptember 6 Calming PowerSeptember 13 Purposeful PowerSeptember 20 Polarizing PowerSeptember 27 Confirming Power

Summer Reflections

Cameron Dodd's B-day - Aug. 2Rampage Big Wednesday Kick Off - August 5Family Forum Sunday, August 9

Cameron Dodd's B-day - Aug. 2

Rampage Big Wednesday Kick Off - August 5

Family Forum

6:30 P.M. in the Sanctuary

Rampage End Of Summer Party - August 12

Keith & Kristyn Getty in Concert

Rampage Welcome Party For New Students - Aug. 19

A Night of Worship

Family Forum: August 9

Announcements: July 26, 2009

Ultimate Frisbee

The Power That Works

Following Sundays: August 9 Timely Power August 16 Conditional Power September 6 Calming Power September 13 Purposeful Power September 20 Polarizing Power September 27 Confirming Power

Summer Reflections

Family Forum

Sunday, August 9

6:30 P.M. in the Sanctuary

August 2 Believable Power
August 9 Timely Power
August 16 Conditional Power
September 6 Calming Power
September 13 Purposeful Power
September 20 Polarizing Power
September 27 Confirming Power

Cameron Dodd's B-day - Aug. 2
Rampage Big Wednesday Kick Off - August 5
Family Forum

Sunday, August 9

Following Sundays:

August 9 Timely Power

August 16 Conditional Power

September 6 Calming Power

September 13 Purposeful Power

September 20 Polarizing Power

September 27 Confirming Power