Amped Update (Just Cause i wanted to)

Well Hello everyone, 

I just thought I'd take some time this beautiful Saturday afternoon and post an update for Amped. Well if you didn't know, we just finished James two weeks ago ... sooooo we are now studying the book of Philippians which looks like it's going to be a wonderful wonderful study for all of us to take what we've learned in James and apply it to spreading the Joy of the Lord wherever we go. Of course, we can all agree that its a wonderful thing to do. So that's Sundays ...

So the Weekend's over right? Yeah, it is ... bummer. Well the next big event issssss .... drum roll please .... SUMMER CAMP 09. We put in a reservation to Calvary Costa Mesa's amazing summer camp program. As far as we are concerned, the dates are July 26th-August 1st ... so mark it down in your calandars.  Of course there's much more info to come, so I'll be sure to keep you all posted :)

Lastly, I am now an Uncle ... Uncle Chris ... it's amazing. I got to see my little nephew yesterday which was absolutely breath taking. He's so little ... and he has tiny tiny fingernails which i thought were really funny.Unfortunately, Baby Chase isn't doing so hot. He's basically in ICU for babies for reasons that i really don't know the details to. But if there is something i do know, it's that you all know about the last message in James and the Power of Prayer. If you could just keep him in your prayers, that would be the most amazing thing.

As Luke (Little Chris) always says --- "God is good, God is Great" 

-Chris

TEAM CLEAN

What's team clean you might ask? Well ... if you went to the Weekend, you would know exaclty what i was talking about. For all of you who went, thank you so much for a wonderful time ... as you know, Evan likes to cheat, so in my book we won! For the first time in Weekend history, Junior High won a major event, so that was exciting too!!! And even better, I didn't break my ankle ... just a bruised bone ... sooo it still hurts..

HERE'S OUR TEAM CHEER/VIDEO ... ITS AWESOME

WELLLLL you might be wondering what might be next ... yeah? We have one more week in James and the weekend is done ... Life is confusing isn't it? ... you're full of questions, and I'm full of answers!!! For one, the next HUUUUUGE event is Summer Camp .... but that's really really far off. Other than that, every thing is a secret. If you really want to know, just ask me ... i'll make something up to confuse you even more!!! Don't worry though ... AMPED is just getting more and more exciting every moment ... do you feel that? That's right ... your heart is pounding cause you are just as excited as me :)

See you all very very soon!!!

God Bless

-Chris

AMPED UPDATE!!!

Well hello all! 

I know it's been a while so here we go:

1. Sundays have been going amazing! We're about half way through James now (which has been just an amazing blessing by the way) ... but i'm sure the second half will take a little more time than the first half! If you're a student, I hope you've learned a bunch ... If you're a parent, ask your wonderful student about our what they've been learning for the last 7 weeks ... and if you're neither of the previous two, why are you even reading this? 

2. Wednesday nights have been quite an adventure - From Obadiah, to Daniel, to Gideon and Samson, we've been studying various RIGHTEOUS men of the Old Testament as well as reading about the EPIC battles in which God so wonderfully demonstrates his power and pure "awesomeness." Anyway, we will continue to study throughout the Old Testament (probably focusing around the book of Joshua) ... sooo once again ... If you're a student, brace yourself ... If you're a parent and your children start gathering an army to fight the neighbor's kids, DO NOT worry - it's completely natural ... I did that all the time when I was a little boy! Just give it a few weeks!

3. Story Time: I was recently at the Maldonado's house where I was posed with a challenge - a pie eating contest against Mr. Zack Maldonado ... pecan pies of course. Well after my victory I decided that I like food. I will now be accepting any pie eating contest challenges! (Feel free to schedule one with me ... however, if you do so, you will be purchasing the pies and I will be winning ... it's just how it works in AMPED.)

4. THE WEEKEND!!!!! Well if there's one event I love more than anything at the church it would have to be the weekend. Just imagine shoving summer camp into three days instead of

 a week - It is simply a weekend packed with fun events. As seen on the right The Weekend's theme this year is recycling ... which is just great isn't it? I honestly have nothing to say about recycling  ... Obviously it's a good thing ... SOOOO if recycling is good, The Weekend will be that much better!!!! There are tons of games and just nonsense things that we do that are soooo fun ... you have no idea!!! Of course, we have church too - we will have a guest speaker and band of whom I do not know (or do i?) ... so that's exciting too!!! I have only been to one weekend event, but I have heard that they are all just as amazing as last year. The cool thing is that JUNIOR HIGH is invited ... which is probably a mistake by Evan because we are going to win this year ... OH WAIT! I forgot to mention that we break into teams and score points because The Weekend is a competition!!!  If you have any questions ... feel free to ask me anytime ... 

Here are some basics:

- It's April 2nd-5th

- Cost is $50

- Handouts are available at church! ... they look like the picture

THAT IS ALL!

God Bless

-Chris

It's Christmas Season!

Just a reminder that it's Christmas season! And since its Christmas time, Amped is going to be having another family get-together. Next Sunday (Dec 7th), bring your parents for a nice Christmas dinner. Come dressed up "Casual-Christmas." We've discussed what this means a lot lately, but to put it simply: wear your favorite Christmas sweater and you should be fine.

Dinner starts around 7pm and is free!

Let's see if this blog thing works!

Well good morning, afternoon, or evening depending on when you read this!
This is Chris ... the new Junior High leader :D
just testing out the blog

Well, a few things to note:

1.Elevate (the Junior High and High School snowboarding trip to Utah) is coming up quick, and honestly no boys have signed up ... simply ridiculous. I went last year, and it was amazing! Still, if you're nervous about snowboarding ... don't be! I hardly know how to snowboard, and I'm sure I'll have a blast. So what do you say? yeah, that's what I thought ... you're going on Elevate

2. Matt Bradley FAILED! Oh yes, you heard me correctly. On the Christmas Dinner handout, he forgot to put the day that we are meeting. Basically you have two options: show up everyday for the next few weeks whenever you feel 'dinner time' is OOOORRRRR .... you can show up December 7th at 7 o'clock to join us for some amazing food and fun :)

3. SPEC OPS! basically, not much to say here ... I'm new so i don't know too much about it, but GO!

Harvest Festival

Guess what!
Amped Hang Out night is cancelled this month!
BECAUSE..

We're going to be hanging out at the Harvest Festival!!

Be there or be square.

Elevate 2008

Mark your calendars! Set up those lemonade stands! Elevate 2008 is coming soon! December 26-31, we are going up to Ogden Utah for 3 days on the Slopes at Snow Basin - Home of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Powder Mountain - Home to America's Largest Ski Resort.

We will gather every night to hear a full band and hear a message from a LEGENDARY speaker. There will also be an awesome time of small groups and devotions.

With restaurant quality meals and luxury bus transportation, you'll be livin in style.

Sign up today, as spots are limited!