If you are between the ages of 14-18, you need neXgen! Please join us for a special event on Jan 30th for ice skating at the Columbia Ice Rink on Thunder Hill Rd. We’ll meet there at 7:30pm-10:00pm. Cost is $10.00 including skate rental. You will need a permission slip to attend this event. Parents please drop off and pick up your child at Columbia Ice Rink. For your printable copy of the permission slip, please click below….
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neXgen Ice Skating Night – Jan 30th 2009
January 24, 2009Are You a Guy or a Man?
January 16, 2008Are you a guy or a man? Let me ask a few “guy or man” questions…
- “Maximus” played by Russell Crowe in The Gladiator… guy or man?
- The dudes in the Coors Light commercials who ask the coach the post game questions…
- William Wallace, played by Mel Gibson in Braveheart… guy or man?
- The husband who loves his Alzheimer’s-stricken wife to the end…
- The married dude who sneaks out to drink shooters at Hooters… guy or man?
The “guy” it seems, is all about shooters and Hooters and the swimsuit issue. But, what does a woman prefer? I’ve asked some women, and they’ve been very eager to give me answers, and I’ve come to the conclusion that a woman prefers a man—a hero who will sacrifice everything for her. She wants a man who is confident. She wants a man who will provide security for her. She wants a man who’s not wishy-washy. In fact, even though she just wants you to listen sometimes and not offer solutions—after she vents it all out, at the end of the day, she, in fact, does want a solution, and she wants you to provide it, or work with her toward it. And men are solutions-based. It’s part of our calling. We want to “fix it” and we should fix it. How many Mr. Fix Its are in the classifieds? Plenty. How many Mrs Fix Its? None. That’s because men are geared to fix things. And sure, she wants you to be sensitive; but she still wants you to be masculine. That doesn’t mean macho, it means masculine. A woman wants chivalry. Which is to say, she wants all the qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward her. Gallantry? Yes, it means: Unflinching in battle or action; valiant. Selflessly resolute. Stately; majestic. Courteously attentive, especially to her.
So are you a guy or man?
Ladies, here’s one for you: Are you a chick or a woman?
Is Calvary the Church for You?
September 12, 2007Here are my Top Ten reasons why Calvary may be a difficult place for you:
10. We love the Bible and think it’s important to actually do what it says
9. We think the gospel is more than just talk; it’s walk: going to places like India, Kenya, Ukraine, Mississippi, Assisted Living Homes, the local Soup Kitchen, building houses for people, etc. …you get the point
8. We are a bunch of strugglers and our spirituality is sometimes messy; so we want to help each other UP, not push each other down
7. We don’t feel the need to dress up, and we don’t judge those who do
6. We are real (which sometimes means admitting our own hypocrisy)
5. We hate gossip… but sometimes get caught up in it anyway. Most of us, I think, want to change that
4. We would rather ask, “What was your name again?” than say, “Hey… man!”
3. We think change is usually good
2. We like drums, guitars, smiles, tears, and singing worshipers who applaud God after most songs
1. We’ll ask YOU for time, talent, money and yes, even blood when we bring the Red Cross to town
If you are up to the challenge, then join us in our efforts to change this world amuck, with God’s help, little by little…
Alice Cooper Rocks
August 21, 2007
Rock’s “Prince of Darkness” sets up Christian center
By David Schwartz
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PHOENIX, (Reuters) – Shock-rocker Alice Cooper has a surprise for those who see him only as the man in haunting black eye makeup whose a stage show features mock hangings, real snakes and plenty of fake blood.
The self-styled “Prince of Darkness” is throwing his energy into building a Christian teen center in Phoenix for at-risk youths from the area, hoping to break ground by November.
He wants the $7.3 million center to transform a grassy expanse at the city’s Grand Canyon University into a place where youngsters can escape the streets and perhaps even become interested in a music career.
“If you get a kid that’s just as addicted to that guitar as he would be addicted to selling crack, it will change his life right then and there. I’m sure of that,” Cooper, 59, told Reuters in an interview.
“Some of these kids just don’t have a chance. All their environment does for them is teach them how to dodge bullets and be really good criminals.”
The rocker, who is known for songs like “School’s Out” and “Welcome to my Nightmare,” became a born-again Christian more than two decades ago after overcoming a drink problem.
Cooper has helped raise about $2 million to get the project off the ground through the nonprofit Solid Rock Foundation, which he founded in 1995 with youth pastor Chuck Savale.
Land for the 29,000-square-foot teen center, to be called “The Rock,” has been donated by Grand Canyon University, which is a Christian-based school.
The center will include a recording studio and sound room, a concert hall, and a coffee house with a stage for performers. Activities will be underscored by a Christian message.
“We’re a Christian organization and that’s our thrust,” said Cooper.
Religion came early to Cooper, who was born Vincent Damon Furnier, the son of a car salesman-turned- pastor, but it didn’t stick around as he became a rocker.
“But it got to the point where I was drinking so much that I was throwing up blood in the morning,” he said. “Guys in my business — like Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison — usually lasted until the age of 27. I watched them drink themselves to death. And I was pretty much on my way there.”
He decided to get sober, nand a decade later, he became a born-again Christian and took up golf.
These days Cooper still tours with his band for five months a year but admits that the rock ‘n’ roll show is more vaudeville for all ages with a healthy dose of comedy.
He also has a weekly radio show syndicated on 110 stations worldwide, and owns a restaurant, Coooper’stown, in Phoenix.
There is no talk of retirement. Besides, the veteran rocker is quick to point out that he hasn’t even done his first farewell tour. He said he will know when it’s time to go.
“When it’s done, it’s done, and I will not regret it,” Cooper said. “I don’t live in the past. I don’t live in the what happened before. I live in the what’s next.”
Reuters/Nielsen
