Deep Thoughts by Mr. G

Top 10 Things Students Need to Know Before They Leave High School 1. They are valued. 2. They are loved. 3. They are passionately in love with Jesus. 4. They are the Church. 5. They are to love others. 6. They are to be Prayer Warriors. 7. Practice the Spiritual Disciplines. 8. They know some of the Word. (Not all of it, because it is a journey of faith and ongoing) 9. They are life long learners on a faith Journey. 10. They have mentors and are mentoring others.

Greg Stier has a Must Read entry about youth ministry and what we must do. For me it is: 1. Value in Relationships. 2. Making our youth ministry better but "programmed" 3. Address the tough issues. 4. Rethinking, pushing, and mentoring. 5. Praying more.

So one of the fastest growing churches in the Nation is about 30 minutes from me, So I decided to visit on Saturday nite. (Probably going to be a ritual of mine to visit at least once a month local churches that have Saturday nite services and give my observations) This past Saturday I went to C3 as they call it or Cleveland Community Church (Really a Baptist Church in disguise) Here are my observations (Both positive and negative) 1. The Greeters were good from parking, information center. 2. Child care and security were excellent. Trying to get my 3 kids involved and afterwards they enjoyed it. 3. The services music was ok. (One of the songs I didn't know and I thought it strange the Senior Pastor's wife introduced the service) 4. They were kicking off their "Get in the Game series" and getting focused for a new ground breaking. 5. Average age seemed to be near their pastor 40s but they trying to act like in their 20s (I thought that was strange)? 6. They must of j