Picture of events and an update

This is just one of the many pictures that were taken the night the youth challenged the Pastor Staff to a Volleyball game. It was a fun time and a great chance for the parents and adults to interact with the students.

Thanks to everyone who came out and made it so much fun. One questions still remains, when do we do it again?



We are close to having all the funds needed for camp. Right now we are about $65.00 short per person going, so be in prayer that God will provide the rest of the funds needed to go.

have I told you all lately how honored I am to be here serving with you all? Each day I am thankful for this ministry and that God has seen fit to allow me to be a apart of it and I pray we are making a positive impact on the lives of the students. Be in prayer as we prepare for the summer moths and the different mission projects that are in the works. We are striving to become hands a feet to those in the congregation of New Hope Baptist church.



















Someone asked last week why I haven't posted anything for a few weeks, well if you look closely at this picture,you will see why. The NHSM decided to "Punk" their Youth Pastor by trashing his office. I think it took 16 LARGE garbage bags to get all of the paper out of my office, but in the process of cleaning it up. I lost the access code to the blog. Nothing real big, as you can tell I got it back.

Any way I wanted to share these pictures with you and now let's look at God's Word.



I guess it might be nice to own a copy of the Declaration of Independence. It's not on my top ten list of things I'd like to have, but if it's cheap, why not? That's what one man thought when he bought a copy of the Declaration in a thrift store. He spent a whopping $2.48. Such a deal! It turns out what he bought for $2.48 is one of 200 copies John Quincy Adams had made in 1823. It's going on sale soon. It's expected to sell for a quarter of a million dollars!

Somebody looked at that old copy of a document and made a serious mistake. They undervalued it, big-time! Of course, we make that mistake too, with people. It's happened to someone who's reading this right now. You've been undervalued many times, perhaps by many people. It's to the point where you've come to believe yourself that you're not really worth that much. How could you be after the names you've been called, the rejection you've experienced, the failed relationships, and the ways you've been treated?
I've got news for you. None of those people have any idea of what you're really worth, anymore than some merchant knew what that rare Declaration of Independence was worth. But somebody knows, and they'll pay a lot for it. Somebody knows what you're really worth. You can tell. He paid a lot for you. He is no one less than the Son of God. Here's how the Bible puts it: "You are not your own; you were bought at a price" (I Corinthians 6:19-20). The price that Jesus paid for you is spelled out graphically in Revelation 5:9. The inhabitants of heaven are saying to Jesus: "You were slain, and with your blood You purchased men for God." Jesus thought you were worth the shedding of His blood; the blood of the one and only Son of God. Think about that cross where He hung with nails in His hands and feet, a crown of thorns jammed on His head, a spear driven into His side, and say these two words, "For me." That's how bad your sin was. It took that to pay for it. And that's how big God's love for you is. He did that so He wouldn't lose you. Sin is serious business. It's living the way you want to live instead of the way your Creator made you to live. It's the spiritual hijacking of your life from the One who gave it to you in the first place. And hijacking is punishable by a death penalty. I deserved that penalty. Jesus stepped in and said, "Take me instead." In the words of the Bible, "He loved me and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). He really, really loves you. He's the One who gave you your worth when He made you His one-of-a-kind original. He wants to restore the worth that sin has taken from you. But you have to choose Him. He won't force His way into your life. You'll have to invite Him. That invitation involves a lifetime choice to turn from running your own life to putting your life in His hands, where it's belonged all along. It's a step of total trust in Him as being your only hope of having your sins forgiven, of going to heaven, of experiencing the love you were made for. He's waiting for you to tell Him with all your heart, "Jesus, I am Yours." After all He's paid for you, is there any reason not to trust Him?