Fun Friday- Jesus is a Friend of Mine

hmmm maybe this is what we are going to sing for the Youth Service. What do you think? I also really like their outfits!!

Where's Waldo?

I know I haven't been able to write in awhile, but I thought I would do a post that I regularly do on Wednesday. Here are some clues of what we will be doing tonight.

Movie Night- Amazing Grace

Hey tonight is movie night!!! For the youth group if you want to come an hour or so before the movie and just hang out and play fooseball and darts come and join in on the fun! Also this is a great thing just to do on a Friday and get out of the house, bring your friends and then you guys can go out to the mall or something!?!? What do people usually do on Friday nights anyways?.....go watch a movie that is what, but how about going to see a movie that is free and have free popcorn! Tonight at 7:00 we will be watching Amazing Grace. To see a review on the movie go to http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/reviews/2007/amazinggrace.html
This is one of my all time favorite movies! I'll write more about it later but check out this awesome music video of chris tomlin

A New What?

Well we have a surprise at The Cafe. What? you might ask... Of course I can't tell you! You have to come tonight to see it. But here are some clues....

Youtube Tuesday

Well for this Youtube Tuesday I would like to show you a funny video that always makes me smile. The Cafe wants to start getting involved in nursing homes and I was thinking what better way than to have them start coming to what I normally do on a weekly basis. I am in a band called the Good News Messangers, and we go to different nursing homes around the county to play for the elderly. Yesturday I had a few of the youth come with me to help out in any way they can. They did a great job with the shakers and tambourines, and even one dressed up with a cheese head! The nursing home residents loved how young kids are willing to help out and spend time with them. In the future there will be more of these and hey maybe we will even learn how to make balloon hats!

What we did

Wednesday was a lot of fun with silly games such as Big Booty and a very funny blinfolded taste testing which we then went into how God calls us to be Salt and Light of the world (Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus tells his disciples, "You are the salt of the earth" and "You are the light of the world." In verse 13 we read, "You are the salt of the earth," and in the Greek it is "You and you alone are the salt of the earth. Why did Jesus say that to this small group of uneducated, poor, humble, Galilean disciples? He was telling them that although the world of men is rotting, they as Christians were to function like salt in the world. Why? They alone were different from the world. Like the world, they had also been dead, but from their depravity and spiritual death they had been delivered by the power of God and made alive by their relationship with Christ. )

We then listened to "World" by Five for Fighting. Recently I was really impressed by its lyrics and tone. It is hopeful and yet challenging. It asks us to consider what kind of world we'd want to live in and what we might do to make it so:

Got a package full of Wishes - A Time machine, a Magic Wand, A Globe made out of Gold - No Instructions or Commandments, Laws of Gravity or Indecisions to uphold, Printed on the box I see A.C.M.E.'s Build-a-World-to-be, Take a chance - Grab a piece - Help me to believe it, What kind of world do you want? Think Anything, Let's start at the start - Build a masterpiece, Be careful what you wish for - History starts now...

Full lyrics here. The writer and vocalist John Ondrasik says of the song: "What fed into this is that . . . many stand on their soap boxes and rant and rave without offering any solutions of their own. It's easy to complain. It's hard to do something or offer and alternative solution." How might you use this song? The Cafe used this song to portray on a board what the world looks like and how you think God would want the world to be. We cut out tons of magazines and had a lot of fun discussing different activities we could do for the community. Hopefully I can get some pictures of the other night to show you how much fun we had. Can't wait till next Wed.!

Generation WE

I started this blog to show teens what is happening in The Cafe and for their parents who what to know more about what their teens are doing. I also wanted this website to look into the lives of teenagers in today's culture, and to encourage teenagers to be different. Different meaning to make a difference. History is now and we can and will make a difference. I am proud of those who have signed up by voulunteering their time and am hoping for more to make a stand. To the teens of The Cafe don't be like your friends who stay in their house and do nothing, but step out and start a revolution of change. Be an example to your parents and elders by making and difference. Every little bit helps! By serving others we are serving Christ.


-take note of Generation We, the "Millennials," those born between 1978 and 2000:

"The Millennials are a special generation, potentially the greatest generation ever. They are not pessimistic or vengeful. Rather, they are sober in their view of the world. They believe in technology and know they can innovate themselves out of the mess they are inheriting. They believe in entrepreneurship and collective action, and that each person can make a difference. They are about plenitude, and they reject cruelty. They are spiritual, responsible, tolerant, and in many ways more mature than their predecessor generations. They reject punditry and bickering, because they are post-partisan, post-ideological, and post-political. Most important, they believe in the greater good and are ready to dedicate themselves to achieving it."

From the book "Generation We: How Millennial Youth are Taking Over America and Changing Our World Forever" by Erich Greenberg. You can download a free copy the book here http://www.gen-we.com/sites/default/files/GenWe_EntireBook3.pdf. It's definitely worth a read. Let us know what you think.

March Madness!

March Madness has begun, and no I'm not talking about basketball! I'm talking about all the things that are going on at Grace Community Church in the month of March. All the highlighted events are those for the youth group to go to, and as you can see we have tons of highlighted events. This month we have Angel Food Distribution, the Youth Service, Game Night, Candy Making, and most important The Cafe which is every Wednesday night. It's important to come Wed. night to see when these events are and also to sign up for them (an example would be tobogganing, but that's all I'm going to say.. you have to come to find out more!). It is amazing to see what God is doing in the lives of our youth group and I can't wait to see what He keeps on doing!