Hershey Sweet Lights

On Wednesday, we took a little trip to see Hershey's "Sweet Lights." Between cookies, Bacon-ators, getting lost, flying cookie tins, random laughter and flamingo-possums, I think its safe to say that we all had an amazing time! :) Here's a couple of photos from that night, and you can view more by clicking here. (Yes, I realize it is the same album as the puppet pics. The Hershey ones start on page 2.)

[Flamingo? Possum? You decide...]

PUPPETS!!!

Hey! Here's a couple of pics from the Christmas puppet program last week...click here to see more. You all did an awesome job!

New CD's for DECEMBER!

I know that it isn't quite December yet, but I couldn't wait to put the new CD's out -- they're all CHRISTMAS this time! Here they are...









Avalon - Joy
FFH - Winter Wonder
Natalie Grant - Believe
Jump5 - All the Joy in the World
NewSong - The Christmas Shoes
Point of Grace - A Christmas Story
Rebecca St. James - Christmas
Jaci Velasquez - Christmas

Various Artists -
Christmas HitMix
Christmas HitMix v.2
Christmas HitMix v.3
wow Christmas Red

OCC 2008

Two weeks ago, we packed shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. It was a ton of fun, but more importantly, we were helping children in need around the world. This year, we ended up packing 130 boxes and raised over $500 between us and ACCA...that's a record! We've never done that well before. Praise the Lord! For more info about OCC, please visit their official site.
After packing, wrapping and writing letters, we headed up to Gilly's for some bowling. It was a great day...here's a couple of pics:

tomorrow...

Hey!
I just wanted to remind everyone that we will be meeting in the Youth Room TOMORROW at 1:00 pm to pack boxes for Operation Christmas Child. After we get all the boxes ready to go, we'll head up to Gilly's to go bowling. Please make sure you bring $5 toward the cost of bowling. Thanks! See you all tomorrow!

American Music Awards

Hey Guys!
I just wanted to encourage you to vote in the Christian category in this year's American Music Awards! Casting Crowns, Third Day and MercyMe are the nominees for "Contemporary Inspirational Artist," which is the only Christian category on the show. Go vote and show your support for Christian music!!!

NEW CD's for November!

Hey Guys!
I just wanted to let you know that on Sunday, we'll have some new CD's added to the youth room collection, and here they are....

Eric Cross	The Art Of Composition
Decemberadio	Satisfied
Ronnie Freeman	God Speaking
Natalie Grant	Awaken
Kutless	To Know That You're Alive
Krystal Meyers	Make Some Noise
Shane Newville	Formless
Passion	Sacred Revolution
Relient K	The Bird and the Bee Sides
Remedy Drive	Daylight Is Coming
Since October	This Is My Heart
Stephanie Smith	Not Afraid
Rebecca St. James	aLIVE in Florida
Superchick	Rock What You Got
The Katinas	Still
The Rubyz	The Rubyz
Third Day	Revelation

There's something here for everyone....rock, rap, pop, worship....and even some techno :) Make sure you check them out on Sunday!

Video Devo #1

Hey!
We're going to try something a little different...every week, I'm going to try to post a video devotional for you guys. I've seen other youth leaders do this, and I though it was pretty cool, so we'll give it a shot. Let me know what you think!





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Christian Guitar Hero...?

Hey Everyone!

I know that a lot of you guys are really into Guitar Hero...well, I have some exciting news. A new game has just been released called "Guitar Praise," which is pretty much a Christian version of GH. Yeah, that's right. I'm pretty excited about it. It might even be something that should make its way onto some of your Christmas lists this year. Just sayin'... :)

The song list features some of the most popular Christian bands today, like Skillet, Switchfoot, Casting Crowns, Superchic[k], Thousand Foot Krutch, and Newsboys, as well as a few tracks from a couple of '80's bands.

The official website is http://www.guitarpraise.com/ I'll have to be honest, the promo video is pretty corny, but the game looks awesome :) The game is actually on sale right now at musichristian.com and christianbook.com.

Oh, and if you're a DDR fanatic, they also have a Christian version of that, called "Dance Praise." Check it out!

Harvest Party!!!

Our annual Harvest Party was last Saturday, and it was amazing! We ate hotdogs and s'mores roasted over the fire, played some football, and carved pumpkins. Then it was back to the church for a Carless Drive-In and Facing the Giants! It was a great night -- thanks for coming! A huge THANK YOU to Amy and Jason for once again hosting the party!!!

Here's a couple of pics. You can see more by clicking HERE.