UPDATE:
We had to move the date of the Bowl A Thon from the Jan. 17th to the 24th at 1pm-3pm. The bowling ally had to reschedule us due to bad weather and a make up tournament. I know this will inconvenience some, so I apologize. On the up side it gives our students an extra week to collect sponsors and raise money! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me anytime. Just click the contact tab at the top or call the church office.

Thanks,
p.thad

Hey All,

It’s 2009 and we are back and in full swing! This year we’re going to try and make sure all our event info is up to date on here ASAP. So here is this week flier and video update.

We have started a new teaching series at Third Place Youth called “Move Along.” The inspiration for this came from the All American Rejects song. One of the main lines in the chorus is: when everything goes wrong, we move along.  But the million dollar question is how? Life is full of hurts, pain, and bad situations. Is it possible to just “Move Along”?

We opened this series with this video, it’s a true story from my wife.

Over the next few weeks we will be looking at how to “Move Along” in 3 main areas. First, how to deal with rumors. Second, how to handle mistakes, mess ups, and other bad choices. Third, how to handle bad relationships.

I’m not going to post the mp3’s of these teachings but if your interested in them please comment me and I’ll be happy to send them to you.

So is it possible to “Move Along”? I believe it is my friends!

p.thad

There will be no Cadre Groups for the rest of this year. I know you all love your group so much, but with the holiday season upon us we have made the decision to stop until next year.

Love ya,

p.thad

At Third Place Youth we launched a new project called “Bless Back” I got the idea last year from an awesome church on the east coast, you can check them out here. The main idea behind this project is for our students to give to someone who they want to sow into. This week instead of taking an offering like any normal service, we GAVE our students an envelope with cash in it. Amounts ranging from $3 to $5. They were challenged to go sow into people. I’ve been captivated by the parable Jesus told in mark 4:26-29, where he said the kingdom of God is like a farmer. I’m praying our students will learn from this that they should have a farmer mentality, constantly sowing. I love how Galatians 6:10 says that when ever we have the opportunity to do good we should do good to everyone. I’m seeing that the lack we get so annoyed with is caused by our lack of sowing. I’m not sure everyone “got it” tonight, but I’m praying they will. I ask our students to write about their experience during this “bless back” project, so as the stories come in I’ll post them.

UPDATE:
One of our students wrote a blog about “bless back” here go check it out.

later
p.thad

Hey just wanted to let everyone know I posted a new podcast on the 3PY podcast page. Go listen, and make sure you leave a comment! We love feedback.

later,

p.thad

Hey All,

Here’s the need to know:

Friday June 27th 10:00a at the church.

I had a request to put the release form link on our blog, so here it is:

Alaska Rock Gym

Remember to bring your release form, $30.00, and a sack lunch to the church by 10a Friday morning.

If you need more info or have questions email us through the contact link.

Love, Peace & Chicken Grease!

p.thad

Here’s the rules Top 3 commented pics will be in the final for the finale on the 28th. Vote as many times as you want but it has to be in the comments. Good Luck to all the contestants!