http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john please feel free to comment, I'm just writing about simple meaningful things Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:48:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back to school is close.  Run for your lives!  whichever way you like. of the kids i've been around rarely will one say "uh. . . I don't care. " when it comes to the start of school.  usually there is a pretty strong opinion whether or not the beginning of a ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=47 Sun May 23 – Children’s After Church Play Day.Pre-K and Elementary. Bring your lunch and bathing suit. Sat May 29 – (2:30-10:00) – SC’s Stone Mountain Family Day.Leave the SC building at 2:30 and be back before 10 p.m. All ages invited (we'll carpool, picnic, play, climb the mountain, and watch ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=46 Satan wants many of us to stay busy.  I enjoy the busy life, do you?  It always made me feel good to stay moving at a fast pace, accomplishing one thing after another.  Coming from a family that usually found themselves putting their name on a business, work can easily become my life.  ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=36 Once a month SC's elementary aged have an important word from God that they are asked to commit to memory.  Each week they dive in to another related Bible teaching but below are the featured monthly memory verses.  As a family please read through these to refresh your child and begin, if you like, to memorize future verses with ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=45 We started off Children’s ministry 2010 at 9:00 Sunday mornings with The Road to Financial Freedom children’s lessons edition.  Steve Peterson led 4th -6th grade and Mike Neill 1st -3rd.  The four studies were titled, “Who’s in Charge”, “Stay out of Debt”, ”Learning to Give”, and “The Real Boss.”  “We ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=44 "to save a life" is a movie scheduled for distribution nationwide Jan. 22nd 2010.  When it comes out- if you are a Christian teen, a person ministering to Christian youth, a Christian parent of a teen, or interested in reaching out to a hurting teen- you've got to go see ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=43 When you pray....  Do you know that God is listening intently to what you say, how you feel, and He knows how tuned in you are in your speaking and listening to Him? Do you listen to God closely?  If not you aren't even respecting Him.  If not you want even know ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=42 I really love what you are about to read.  It is from a book by Lanny Donoho titled "God's Blogs" and is a creative way of looking at creation from God's perspective. Wow! I really started something this week.  I created a universe.  Yep, a whole universe with stars and planets, ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=41 This January we will embark on a new journey for most of the youth (for some it will be a reminder of the good old times) at SC.  Starting Jan. 09 through March 09, Todd and Beth will be administrating a class that teaches our youth a better way to live- ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=40 There are times that I say a quick prayer for strength or guidance in my service to God.  I speak 5-12 times a week.  Lately it has been 5.  Last school year it was usually 12.  These are talks in front of different size groups; some very presentational, most to ... http://southerncrescentcoc.org/blog_john/?p=39