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Name: Steve
Location: Austin
Birthday: 10/27/1979
Gender: Male
Interests: Sandwiches, Guitar, Hanging out with friends, Youth Ministry, the Bible, knowing God, searching for Truth, laughing, loving people as best as I can, telling others about
Occupation: Other
Industry: Other
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
7/1/2005
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| New Years Eve Low Down
When: Saturday, December 31st
Time: 6 pm meet at church. Return around 8 pm.
What: We're going to go bowling at Westgate lanes, then head over to Gattitown to get our grub on! Once we're done, we'll head back to hang out with the rest of the church until Midnight.
How Much: $15 should take care of everything.
So, bring your friends, that "nice" bowling shirt grandma gave you for Christmas, a change of socks (bowling shoes = funky), and an empty stomach. Happy New Years! Deuces, Steve <>< | | |
| Lock-In Checklist
$10 for tonight
Comfortable/Warm clothes
A pillow and blanket if you want to crash
A ton of friends
Extra cash if you want to buy stuff at the movie, or maybe afterward
A teddy bear (this is for Elijah)
A cool board game if you have any (I like Taboo)
Other "lock-in" type stuff.....i got nothing
Don't forget, meet at church at 8:30 pm tonight. IT'S GOING TO ROCK!
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| Lock-In Info
When? Friday, 8:30 pm at the church
What to bring? $10 and warm/comfortable clothes and your friends!
Will there be food? YES! We will have a little something, something for you guys after the movie
SPONSORS: If you could please be up at the church at 7:45 to help set up, that would be great.
If you guys have any questions you can always give me a ring-a-ding on
the phone. I just saw the news and it looks like everyone's got
the day off....Wooohoooo!! Enjoy your free day and STAY
WARM. See you guys tommorrow night. Deuces,
Steve <><
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| Well, it's been awhile since I've posted here (my bad) and I'll be
surprised if someone reads this. I don't share this as a
devotional, or to impress, or for any reason other than to remind you
how awesome Christ is. It's not here for you to "like" or
"dislike," it's just here in hopes that God might see fit to use
it. Either way, "thank You" God for what You're doing. :)
"Brokenness." I wonder what it is about this word that
makes me so reluctant to hear it. I think it might have something
to do with the way I was raised. When I was a little kid, I had
this frappin' awesome Thundercats action figure. It was Lion-o
and he had one of those cool "chopping action" arms that would lay the
smack down on any enemies in my room. One day I got a little too
rough with Lion-o (we were seriously administrating on some evil
Transformer dudes) and I broke the "chopping action" on my action
figure. I ran downstairs and said, "Dad, what happened?! Can you
fix it?" Like any good father he studied it intently for awhile,
then with a sympathetic look in his face said, "I'm sorry son, he's broke,
I can't fix him." Maybe that's where I started getting off on the
wrong impression of the word "broke" or any variation of the word (I
REALLY liked my Lion-o).
And here I am now, 26 years old, and even though I don't
play with action figures (at least none that I'm willing to admit to) I
still get this...awkward feeling when people start talking about being
"broken" or "brokenness." It's scary, like with my action
figure...if I'm broken can God really fix me? No one wants to
play with a "broken" toy, why would God Almighty ever want to spend
time with a "broken" Steve? (I don't even have a cool "chopping
action") Be assured, I love Him, and He's my everything...God is
right where He's supposed to be. But me, that's a different story
sometimes. Besides, Youth Ministers shouldn't need to be "broken"
right? We should always be right next to God...no need for fixing. What
if our students found out that we struggle, that we're imperfect, that
we sometimes hurt them accidentally, and sometimes they hurt us.
Still reading?
Well, this is the way I felt...until last night. I
was in a prayer meeting...and the strangest thing happened. God
kinda showed up all of a sudden, and people stopped just long enough to
realize that in the midst of them asking for prayer for everyone BUT
them...they really needed prayer themselves. And then things got
REALLY crazy. This man...a manly man...not the kind of man who
cries, or shows weakness, the kind of stoic man you might see in a
movie. The man who trudges on, unphased by all the junk in life,
making it work. Well, this man, all of a sudden...he starts
CRYING?! Was I really seeing this? Not this guy, I've never
seen this before. Not only was he crying, he was weeping, like a little child. We all got up and layed hands on him and prayed for him, and he wept. He realized he was "broken" and there was nothing he could do to fix himself...he was tired of pretending.
Then I had to go back across the street to the youth meeting
where one of my Seniors, Elijah, was leading the lesson that night...it
was good, "Don't be a hypocrite...be a child of light." He
invited me up to close out the evening, and I just couldn't shake what
I saw across the street. So we took some time to be "real" with
God. And while I was on stage singing, it occured to me, being
"broken" isn't a bad thing after all. In fact, I think God likes
broken, He likes weak. At least that's what He says in 2 Cor.
12:9 "My gracious favor is all that you need, my power works best in your weakness."
God also says that we are "treasures in jars of clay." That's
when it really hit me. When I'm "broken," when Steve is
lying in pieces on the floor before the Potter...that's when the good
stuff spills out everywhere (It's a big, holy mess). God uses our
brokenness to remind us that we're not just some dingy, cracked old
pot. We may think we're not worthy of God's love, or we're scared
to represent Christ to the people around us...so we hide. But
it's when we're broken
before Him, that we see we are filled with a treasure. What's the
treasure you ask? The knowledge of who you are created to be in
Christ! You are a child of God, a Child of Light! You
are loved beyond our pathetic human understanding of real love.
He demonstrates His love by taking up residence in you...in me.
The cracked, beat up jar known as Steve...the treasure of Christ comes
and fills me up. Sweet! Are you tired? Do you just
want a chance to be real? My advice,
put away the super glue and duct tape that you've been using to patch
the cracks in your "jar." Instead, fall to pieces in the arms of
Christ...be broken. Deuces, Steve <><
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| GIRLS!!
Don't forget that I NEED your registration for Crave no later than tomorrow (Wedensday). If you can bring your $35 as well that would be great. But, if you need too, you can give me your money on Sunday. In case you didn't know, your sponsors will be: Katie Henry & Holly Bunting. I believe this is going to be an awesome experience for you gals. Don't forget to invite your friends to come! (I will take late registrations for visitors that you get to come). I hope everyone has a swell day. -Deuces, Steve <>< | | |
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