Friday, December 30, 2011

Daily Read - December 30, 2011

 6 With what shall I come before the LORD
   and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
   with calves a year old?
7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
   with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
   the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
   And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
   and to walk humbly with your God.



Thursday, December 29, 2011

Lock-In Craziness!!


We all get a little goofy at 2 am. 

If you aren't a North Terracer, this is one of my friends Ray.  Ray was one of my Lock-In Warriors (meaning he stayed up all night at the lock-in with the students) at Tuesday night's lock-in.  Another volunteer, Lora, captured this little gem about 2 am or so. 

As I looked through the pictures, which were great, this one caught my eye. 

Why? You ask...

Because you've gotta be a little goofy and a lotta crazy to stay up all night with 85 middle and high school students... play laser tag with them at 4 am... play video games with them all night... eat pizza all night... and hang out. 

I'm grateful for goofy, fun-loving adults who love to hang out with students.

Thanks to a great group of volunteers who stayed all night:
  • Matt A.
  • Katie G.
  • Megan G.
  • Lacey H.
  • Lora H.  
  • Ray H.
  • Cory H.
  • Megan M.
  • Rachel M.
  • Tim and Lisa N.
  • Todd R.
And thanks to a great group of volunteers... who didn't stay up all night... but came at the beginning to help us get started or came at the end to help us wrap up:
  • Missy F.
  • John F.
  • Andy K.
  • Terril P.
  • Christi R.
  • Scott and Erin W.
You guys rock!  (Even if you are a little goofy...)

Jim


Daily Read - December 29, 2011

 24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.


Monday, December 26, 2011

A Month Straight...


This picture caught me off guard when I saw it... I've been on this run streak for a whole month.  Four weeks straight... Today, I start the 5th week!  Awesome!

Not sure how long this is gonna last... but I'm enjoying it when it lasts!

JC


Monday, December 19, 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Daily Read - December 18, 2011

 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.



Saturday, December 17, 2011

Daily Read - December 17, 2011

8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.



Friday, December 16, 2011

Daily Read - December 16, 2011

 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.



Thursday, December 15, 2011

Vic Mignogna : Vader Did You Know?



This took some serious writing ability... Enjoy!

JC



Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Daily Read - December 14, 2011

  13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.


Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Daily Read - December 13, 2011

 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.



Monday, December 12, 2011

FEATURE FILM CLIP: Emotional Loss Ends Tri-Valley's Season In Regional F...




Good look at the last game of the Tri-Valley football season... with some interviews by some of this year's leaders!


Daily Read - December 12, 2011

 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.



Sunday, December 11, 2011

Daily Read - December 11, 2011

 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.



Saturday, December 10, 2011

Daily Read - December 10, 2011

 32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
 39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.



Friday, December 09, 2011

Friday Fun - Chewbacca Sings Silent Night




A little fun to put a smile on your Friday... Enjoy!

JC


Daily Read - December 9, 2011

1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.


Thursday, December 08, 2011

Daily Read - December 8, 2011

  19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.


Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Daily Read - December 7, 2011

 23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
 26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.



Tuesday, December 06, 2011

New Life Worship - Great I Am



Donnie and team introduced us to this song over the weekend in both services! Powerful stuff!

JC



Daily Read - December 6, 2011

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.



Monday, December 05, 2011

Daily Read - December 5, 2011

 12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.



Saturday, December 03, 2011

Zaney Reindeer 5k - New Personal Record


Well...
The past 10 or so weeks of speed workouts at the track... the tempo runs... the fast runs...

Paid off!
Folks: We have a new personal record in the house!  And I finally broke the 23 minute barrier. 

Today I ran the Zaney Reindeer 5k at the Vista View Golf Club near Zanesville with my wife and about 50 others.  I did well.  I felt strong. 

Also... I was near the front all race.  I finished 7th overall and could see the leaders for most of the race (just couldn't catch them)!

So, the data on the left side of the blog about Personal Records has now been updated! 

Now: Winter maintenance mode... slower, time specific easy runs... no more training until about mid-February. 

I'm ready for a break from training.  Just gonna run to run. 

Also, I've been doing the Runner's World Run Streak challenge.  Runners were challenged to run everyday between Thanksgiving and New Years.  I found out about it a bit late... so I'm 4 days behind.  But so far, I have 6 days of running in a row.  We'll see how that goes!

JC



Thursday, December 01, 2011

Bethlehemian Rhapsody



Cracked me up a bit... I love creative videos like this. Enjoy!

JC



Daily Read December 1, 2011

2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.