Phil Wickham Download

Hey Parents...if you like good music, give this website a try...it's about a guy named Phil Wickham, an artist who plays guitar and good music. He has a free album you can download by just submitting your e-mail address to him. Check it out here.

That's My King...

Sorry so many posts this week...we showed this video in church 1-2 years ago and it never gets old...Praise Him!

Piqua Workcamp Pt 3 of 3

Here it is, the long awaited sequel to parts 1 and 2. I just ran into someone today at Chipotle and they told me that one of the attendees mentioned this was the best workcamp ever because of the unity built within the work crews. WOW - big words spoken randomly by an observer! I certainly had a blast at this mission trip - I pray that the momentum we began at the "Love Out Loud" workcamp lasts throughout the year. We have a few things planned for the kids this year in youth group that will help that "serving" attitude last. Thanks a ton parents! Hope you enjoy the memories!

Piqua Workcamp Pt 2 of 3

Hello Again, here is part 2 of the 3 part video we showed on Sunday morning of Workcamp Sunday. One of the surprising things about this camp was the tremendous media coverage we experienced throughout the week. Almost everyday we had local city councilmen, newspaper reporters, city workers, and TV News crews visit our sites to interview work crews and see what we were doing. Amazing! Piqua loved us like no other!

And we loved Piqua! Probably one of the highlights of the week was on Thursday morning when a local Dayton TV reporter did a live feed from Piqua High School on the work we were doing. Many of the kids had a difficult time waking up but this guy must have had 30 cups of coffee before he arrived!

Workcamp Video Part 1

Hey everybody! Thought I'd post some thoughts on our recent trip to Piqua, Ohio. We were really anxious about being in work crews with kids from our own youth group. We have had the experience of being in crews with kids from other youth groups for the previous 8 camps and thought very highly of the experiences we had so this was going to be challenging. By the end of Monday though we saw the benefit this new arrangement would be for everybody. Thought I'd post the Piqua Workcamp Video we showed on Workcamp Sunday. This is part 1 of 3 parts. We are getting ready, arrive to the school and rest up before the big week! Enjoy and watch parts 2 and 3 as I post them.

Evolution of Dance...I love this video

Thought I'd start posting some of my favorite videos I see on Youtube. This particular guy was a motivational speaker at Medina High School a couple of years ago...what moves!!!


I would try to do something like this but I might break something...hahaha

Another Fair Week in the Books!

Whew, just finished with the Medina County Fair Parking Project Sunday night! I fell into bed around 11:30 and don't remember my head hitting the pillow. woke up around 8:00 AM (latest I've slept in all summer) and began cleaning up the stuff from the fair. As I was doing that I began reflecting on our week..If I remember correctly, this was our 4th or 5th year doing the parking. This year we earned a base sum of $5,400 plus a little bonus if the attendance exceeded a certain level. I was once more overwhelmed by the generosity of the folks at Heartland as they dedicated their time by helping the youth group out by working one of the three 4.5 hour shifts. In total we had nearly 95 different people put in time at the fair this week! WOW! As always we had a group of parking crazies who put in lots of time to make the thing work (and earn money for the mission trip next year). The 10+ shift group includes Mandi, R.J., Kyle, Wilson and Samuel. Right behind them with 5-10 shifts were Malory, Nate, Elisa, Ashley, Alex W., Zach, Alex E., Briana, and Carolyn. Adults going above and beyond the call of duty were Mark Williams, Carla, Deb, Janie, Steve, Toni and Chris W., The Warden, Dean and Tonya and a handful of other adults who didn't have kids in the program, but felt the need to help! Thanks a ton Heartland!