Stac’s Place

I mentioned that my family is gone, leaving me to sow my wild bachelor oats, right. Well, I feel compelled to inform you that I just watched the special Dance Along version of High School Musical. I can’t really spend too much time updating–Hannah Montana is coming on, and it’s the one where [...]

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Kim and the kids are on the road, rolling 15 hours down the highway to see her sister & family in Missouri. I like the fact that we can be spontaneous! Well, they can be spontaneous, while I stay home to work, coach baseball, and take care of the pets.
The kids were out [...]

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My first thought when I cut off the tip of my middle finger on my left hand was, “Wow. How will I play guitar now?” I love to lead worship, and I had no idea if I had just lost that ability, at least the guitar-playing part of it. I started trying [...]

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Last week, Marko posted a note informing us about youth specialties’ partnership with ArkALMIGHTY. They are offering groups $1000 seed money to start service projects and random acts of kindness in towns.
I applied, and heard back from them last night. They have added us to their list of cooperating student ministries. How [...]

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Things are good. New pictures are here.
I’m playing guitar in church this weekend, and have been able to figure out how to form the chords I need to play. It’s not as smooth as I’d like, and it takes a little more time to work out how I need to play the chords, [...]

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Hard to believe, but it’s true. One of my baseball players found a note in the guys’ restroom that threatened violence tomorrow at State College Area High School.
The State College Police department has closed district schools, canceling all school activities for tomorrow. The school’s statement is here.
Marko posted an article (and other resources [...]

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I started reading Mark Yaconelli’s Contemplative Youth Ministry today while I waited for our server to come back online. I need to figure out how to kick the server off more often.
I didn’t get out of the introduction before the Spirit of God was whispering to me, “See, this is what I’ve been trying [...]

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Kurt Johnstson (Saddleback’s Junior High Pastor) is rethinking the way they do short-term mission trips. Marko worked through the same lines, spurred on by an article from Seth Barnes.
We’re taking a hard look at STM (short-term missions), as well as our Summer Camp. This summer, we’re spending less money, staying local, and serving [...]

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We rolled out our first video sermon yesterday, and things went pretty well. Our pastor, Dan Nold, was filmed Saturday night. He left for Myanmar Sunday morning, where he’ll be speaking to a bunch of Burmese pastors. We’ve been tinkering with ways to implement a multi-site venue for Sunday mornings, and this [...]

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oh yes, the joys of Spring…
We actually got to play baseball today. It was about 50 degrees, and Chambersburg rolled into town. Our JV team is playing good baseball of late, and today was more of the same. Our pitcher tossed a gem–no hits, 10 strikeouts. We scored 10 runs in [...]

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