CC Youth

Mexico 2010 Video

2010-04-20T09:47:00.000-07:00

Mexico 2010 from CCWoodland on Vimeo.

Wed Eve Service

2010-04-09T10:31:00.000-07:00

Orphanage

2010-04-07T17:36:00.000-07:00

Some video from the afternoon Orphanage outreach

Mexico Trip Day 2 - Construction Day

2010-04-07T07:37:00.000-07:00

Today we will be visiting our first Orphanage. This particular Orphanage has about 25 children. Please pray the the Lord uses us today! Also, we will be leading the evening service at the church tonight.

Mexico Trip Day 1

2010-04-05T21:19:00.000-07:00

We made it! After leaving at 5:00 am and making good time until LA... we hit traffic and had a 2 hour delay in LA. This put us in San Diego around 4:00 pm. And eventually to La Posada at about 8:00pm. Long day but we are here. Tomorrow construction projects. I will hopefully have some video / pics tomorrow.

Daily Bread - Ephesians 5:1,2 - Imitators

2010-03-12T11:02:00.000-08:00

Reference: Ephesians 5:1,2

SCRIPTURE: Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

PICTURE IT: I like to be silly and make people laugh at my own expense. This tends to make my wife embarrassed. I noticed recently that my oldest son likes to do the same. I watched him amongst some older students do the same "silly", "useless" and "embarrassing" things that I do just to make them laugh, then I realized how embarrassing I must be to my wife as I stood in her shoes…

Have your parents ever said, "Do as I say, not as I do"? Well God says, "Do as I do and say." Imitate me! His actions backed up his talk. What about you and me?

PRONOUNCE IT:

Imitate - who or what do I imitate?
Be imitators of God - That means that I should be holy as He is holy. You & I have been made "holy or righteous" positionally; that is, He made it possible through His Son Jesus, but, I know need to live a life of holiness, or consecration, which means to be set apart. I need to mimic, copy, and imitate Him
Beloved - That means that I am loved! God loves me I am His child!
As beloved children - Just as my children learn my habits and copy me I should learn Jesus’ and follow Him.
Walk - This means, "do it" don't just say it. To walk means that I am moving forward.
In Love - Just as God loves me, I need to show my love to Him by walking in a loving relationship with Him. In other words "OBEDIENCE"!
Christ loved us - Jesus loves me/you so much that He willingly went to the cross. How much do I love Him?
Gave Himself for us - "No greater love has a man then this, but that he lay down his life for his friend” Thank you Jesus for laying down your life for me! Help me to lay myself down for You. Help me to do as You said and did, "Take up your cross daily and follow Me."
Fragrant offering -This would mean that it would smell good as opposed to bad. Why is it I always want to give God the "stinky" fragrance? You know like the bad leftovers in the fridge. I take the best of my life and give Him the second. Fragrant - This is a reference of the sweet smelling sacrifice in the OT. That means we can smell good to Him. It is possible!
Sacrifice to God -To sacrifice something means that something has to die… The burnt offering in the OT was a picture of consecration, completely burnt up and consumed. I want to be completely burnt up and consumed by God, to be consecrated, to be an Imitator of Him, not the World! This means I must decrease and He must increase… that is what is meant by imitating!

PARAPHRASE IT: Copy God as one of His children, mimic Him and follow His actions. Love as He loved me, and give myself to HIM as He did for me.

PERSONALIZE IT: Just how I like to imitate or do "impressions" of people or scenes in moves. I should "imitate" Jesus.

COPY CAT - There are 3 Copy Cats in a boat on jumps out, how many are left? It's in my/our nature to follow and copy others. We follow fashion, hairstyles, status, and "Stars". We imitate or copy them, sometimes to our fall. Am I willing to imitate Jesus? Not an easy thing, but it is possible.

Have your parents ever said, "Do as I say, not as I do"? Well God says, "Do as I do and say." Imitate me! His actions backed up his talk. What about you and me?

PRAY IT: Lord help me to imitate You and not the World. You have shown me Yourself through Your Word, help me now to live it out.

PROBE IT:

S (Sin to avoid or forsake) – Imitating the World.

P (Promise to believe and conditions to meet) – If I imitate Him people will see and know that I am one of His children

A (Attitude to change)– I should not be so selfish. I can't be that and imitate Jesus because He gave His life for me.

C (Command to keep)– Be an Imitator, Walk in love, Give myself up.

E (Example to follow)- Jesus! He gave Himself for me!

P (Prayer to pray or Priority to change)- Imitate Jesus and stop trying to be like the World

E (Error to mark)- To imitate the world is opposite of imitating God

T (Truth to think about)– Children imitate their parents.

S (Specific thing to thank God for)- Thank You that You love me and gave Yourself to me, so that I can imitate You! If you did not do this there would be no way.

PLAN APPLICATION: Imitate Jesus. How? By daily reading about His life in His Word, and choosing to die to myself daily, by being in His word.

PORTABLE VERSE: Eph 5:1,2

Fun Night Friday Oct 30th

2009-10-21T09:03:00.000-07:00

Friday Night October 30th

5:30 - 10:00
Sign up now! Space is limited!

Jump in the Jump House for $20.00
(Includes Jumping for an Hour, Food, and Travel)

OR

Climb the Climbing Wall for $26.00

(Includes Climbing for an Hour, Food, and Travel)

We will have Pizza at Granite Arches with
CC Placerville.

Discipleship

2009-10-15T15:04:00.000-07:00

FRIDAY NIGHT!!!

Rock Climbing

2009-10-07T13:41:00.000-07:00

ROCK CLIMBING
Who: Jr & Sr High GIRLS
Where: Consumnes River Gorge
When: Saturday, October 24th, 2009
8:oo am - 4:00 pm
Cost: Free: Includes use of harnesses, helmets and ropes.
Climbing shoes may be rented by reservation only

See Gary or Dennis for more Information

Fun Night With CC Placerville

2009-10-07T13:15:00.000-07:00

Friday Night October 30th

5:30 - 10:00
$15.00
Sign up now! Space is limited!

Does God Exist?

2009-09-30T11:28:00.001-07:00

Fun Night With CC Placerville

2009-09-23T11:31:00.000-07:00

Friday Night October 30th

5:30 - 10:00
$15.00
Sign up now! Space is limited!

Jeremy Camp Concert

2009-09-23T11:24:00.001-07:00

Nov 18 at Adventure Church in Roseville
Cost $40.00 for tickets and $5.00 for gas and food.

We would like to go as a group with Placerville.. If you are
interested sign-up will be available soon...

ACTIVITY NIGHT

2009-09-16T16:14:00.000-07:00

Extreme Board Games

Friday Night 6:30 - 9:00
At the Church

Do you think you have what it takes to be the Champion?

Bring a friend!
Bring your favorite snack food!
Bring your favorite Board Game!
Bring your game face!

Heaven In The Face - Steven Curtis Chapman

2009-09-10T09:16:00.000-07:00

Awesome song! This was wrote about his daughter who was tragically taken in a car accident.

A Little Humor!

2009-09-04T10:33:00.001-07:00

This will make you laugh!!!

Friday NIght Discipleship

2009-09-03T16:09:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately we will not be teaming up with CC Placerville Saturday to go to the State Fair. So instead we will have Discipleship Friday night 6:30 - 8:00. We will begin working on some new drama's. So let me know if you are coming.

God's Chisel

2009-08-31T11:00:00.000-07:00

Very cool video! Watch and be encouraged!

Witnessing at the State Fair

2009-08-26T09:03:00.000-07:00

Calvary Chapel of Placerville has invited us to attend.... Witnessing at the State Fair!!!

Price:

Around $20

Date:	Saturday, September 5, 2009
Time:	8:45am - 6:00pm
Location:	California State Fairgrounds

We are taking a trip to the State Fair to go witnessing on Sat. Sep. 5th.We ask that everyone meet at the church at 8:45am and we will head out to the fair! We should be back at the church between 5-6pm.
The fees cost: General Admission: $12
Children Ages 5-12: $8
Parking: $10 (you can bring any extra money if you would like...)

If you are interested please let Gary know ASAP!!!

Discipleship

2009-08-18T13:09:00.000-07:00

There will be no Discipleship for the next 2 Friday nights, August 21st & 28th. We will resume on September 4th with street ministry.

Good Person Test

2009-07-28T19:27:00.000-07:00

Are you a good person? Try the ultimate test....Click the link and find out.

TEST LINK

Mission NW 2009 Video

2009-07-27T11:32:00.000-07:00

Mission NW 2009 from CCWoodland on Vimeo.

Day 9

2009-07-17T11:19:00.000-07:00

Friday July 17, 2009:

Throughout this trip, I have really enjoyed keeping everyone updated through these posts. It is an opportunity for me to organize my thoughts and chronicle the trip so as to not ever lose the memory of what the Lord has been doing with and through this youth ministry. In saying that, I am very tired today and need so deperately to be refilled by the Holy Spirit so that I am able to give my best when we arrive in Portland. So, I am not really sure where this post is going to go today...

Waking up today was bittersweet with thoughts that this trip is coming to a close with our last stop in Portland. We have really become one family unit working together with one goal of spreading and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We have served together, shared together, been exhorted together, encouraged together, learned together and grown together. It is bitter because I am sad that this trip is going to end. The growth in the kids has been exponential and Gary and I are so very blessed to have been a part of that. It is sweet because I am now only two and a half days away from my wife, my son and my favorite pillow...

Lets start with yesterday's ministry...

Albany Oregon has been by far the hardest testing ground. We got the opportunity to speak to a lot of kids and had one kid come to Christ yesterday during an outreach at the Albany Skate Park. But I must say that this park is a major stronghold of the enemy. Every teenager and young adult that we spoke with were so very hard hearted and closed off to the Gospel. I trust in faith that seeds were planted and pray that the enemy does not come in to steal, kill and destroy.

Our students were the boldest they have been on this trip. The Holy Spirit worked tremendously through them. Even though we did not get to see the harvest, they knew they were being used in a mighty way. We even saw gifts of the Spirit (knowledge and discernment) used.

Last night we ministered at a park right between the county fair and a veterans memorial. Again, our students were poured out. They witnessed, performed, shared and even grieved at the loss of a few. After arriving back at the church, Gary noticed one of our boys sitting in a corner in tears.

After speaking to him, he told us he was grieved because we had to go. He and three other boys were sharing with a man who's life was in the tank and sadly enough was very drunk as a result.

Sometimes, the Lord calls us to just share, then leave and let his Holy Spirit do the work. We cannot bear the burden of saving them. It is not our job. When we make it our job, it becomes a work of the flesh and God does not get the glory...

We had that experience earlier in the skate park when a group of us were sharing with some "Emo" girls hanging out. One of the girls in particular had a very hard heart until the Holy Spirit gave us a glimpse of what was in her heart and when she was called out on it, her countenance softened and it was everything she could do to hold back the tears. Yet, she claimed she was not ready to accept Christ. So we left her with a bible as a gift and a word of encouragement and the number of the youth pastor to call...

The most interesting fruit we have seen from this trip was three of the kids from the youth group joined us for outreach and "caught the fire". They wanted to join us even in Portland, and we would have considered it if we had time to prepare and if our accommadations would allow for it... Sadly, this time would not work, but in a manor much like the way Jesus encouraged the healed demoniac in Mark 5, we encouraged them to "...go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he has compassion on you."

Please keep in prayer the city of Albany, Calvary Chapel of Albany, the youth ministry here and the souls who heard the Gospel. Please also pray for this last outreach. Even with exhortation and encouragement, our unity is starting to wear as we grow a little more tired and the areas of the flesh start creeping out. Pray that the boldness in the students does not cease, but continues to grow... Please also pray for our group that we stay in the mode of doing everything with excellence as we gather for the last outreach in Portland...

One final note...

Last night as we were sitting down for dinner at 11:00 PM, three of our girls approached me to start and evangelism team in the youth ministry for our own communities. I have been praying for this for along time, but wanted to make sure it was a work of the Holy Spirit. In my opinion, their approach to me was that work needed.

Pray...

Albany Fun

Day 8

2009-07-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

Thursday July 16, 2009 (Morning Post):

Wow! It is hard to imagine that this trip is more that half way over. I am so sad on one hand because I am loving every minute God has given me to spend with this youth ministry and just watching the Holy Spirit move through these kids has been truly amazing. On the other hand, I really miss my Robin and my Rehn. It is truly a work of His Spirit that I am able to go so long in without them here...

Well here we are in Albany Oregon. The church was gracious enough to let us crash inside. It is nice to finally be done with camping on this trip and I am really looking forward to the showers down at the YMCA this morning (it has been about three days). However, aside from all that, every minute without a shower has been worth the blessing God had in store for us when we arrived last night.

With in an hour of arriving here at the church, a group of women had a real home made Mexican dinner prepared for us. We ended up skipping lunch altogether because we had a late start getting out of Sisters, so a home cook meal was a welcome treat. Pastor Dan (CC Albany Youth Pastor) then gave us the opportunity to lead the Wednesday Evening service here at the church. As soon as dinner was over, we got the youth worship team assemble, the dramas ready, Gary prepared a message, and then we prayed fervently that the Holy Spirit would pour out...

The Spirit at work in a younger generation...

As soon as 7:00 rolled around, the kids were ready to go. We opened with four worship songs and I have to say, in this little chapel, I have never heard a group of kids sing so loudly and passionately. Right after worship, two of our drama teams perform their skits. I did not know that most of the church in Albany had not seen these dramas before. They are always so powerful when you see them for the first time. After the drama, two of our students got up to share testimony about the trip, and finally Gary got up and shared his testimony and the Gospel out of Psalm 103.

Later in the evening, I was talking with Pastor Dan and he was telling me how the youth of this church need to be encouraged in this way and how they need to see kids their own age stepping out and doing this type of ministry. He asked us if they could join us on the outreach today. We invited Pastor Dan to join our group later for intercessory prayer for Albany, the youth ministry at the church and where the Lord will direct us today...

Today...

Please pray for wisdom for Gary and I today as we decide which venues we are going to minister at. We have been presented with five opportunities and all of them are potentially fruitful with lots of folk... Here they are:

1. Lafayette Elementary (free lunch program for migrant farm worker families)

2. Linn County Fair (this is the biggest day of year and there will be thousands of people)

3. Berkhart Park (I forget the details about this place... Sorry)

4. Park by the River (there is an event here at 7:00 pm called River Rythms. Most folks show up for that around 5:00 PM, so we were thinking of doing an evening outreach before the band plays at 7:00)

5. Skate Park (This is a park where the homeless youth come to hang out and skate. We would actually bring food down for them as well and do an outreach like the ones we do in Mexico)

Please pray that the Lord keeps us protected and safe during these outreached and pray that we will be sensitive to how the spirit is leading and that we would have discernment. Pray that the Lord gives the kids boldness to share their faith and please pray that they will be an excellent example to the kids from this church who will be joining us for the outreach. We are not even sure how many of them know Jesus...

Also, please pray as some of our students are fighting sore throats and sniffles. We are even taking one to urgent care this morning because of an infected ingrown tow nail that got out of hand. At home this would not be such a big deal, but on a Missions trip, it could become disasterous. Lastly, please keep us lifted up for boldness, strength and energy, unity and that the kids will be yielded to the Holy Spirit and what God desire to with them in Albany...

Day 6 & 7

2009-07-15T12:19:00.000-07:00

Wednesday July 15, 2009

Well here we are in Sisters Oregon getting ready to move on to Albany today. The last couple of days have been wonderfully eventful and we have been blessed by Calvary Chapel Sisters and Pastor Mike Golden in more ways than we can count.

After a fairly uneventful drive from Klamath Falls, we arrived late afternoon in Sisters and were greeted by Pastor Mike and a my friend Cynthia and shown over to camp so that we could get set up and settled in for the evening...

Later that night, Pastor Mike took Gary and I on a tour of Sisters and showed us potential ministry locations and locations where we would be doing some work projects around the community. Our plan for Tuesday was to do work projects for the City of Sisters for about four hours, afterward canvas the neighborhoods passing out flyers for Calvary Chapel's VBS next week, then, if we had time in the early evening, we would go out and do evangelistic outreach, and then church afterward.

The day started out just as planned, with exception for arriving 15 minutes late (the kids were a little tired). We split the group into two separate work crews. Gary took all the girls to go paint fire hydrants on one side of town and I stayed with all of the guys to work on a landscaping project in a park on the other side of town. The kids worked their tails off...

According to Pastor Mike, the city worker in charge of the project was totally amazed at how hard these kids worked. They were a true example of the servant nature of Jesus Christ. Both Mike and Cynthia assured us that the work we did has paved the way for all kinds of future ministry in the eyes of this community.

"A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps..."

We finished up the work right after our lunch break and went back to camp for a bathroom break before hitting the streets to pass out flyers and information for the upcoming VBS. Earlier that morning, one of our female adult leaders had woken up very sick with flu like symptoms. I asked Kelly to stay back with her and have her to sleep as much as she could. We would then assess how she was feeling later and make a decision about continuing on with her or sending her home.

When we arrived back at camp for our bathroom break, our sick leader was showing no signs of getting better. We then decided to send her home immediately to keep her from getting any worse and not infect the rest of the group. So Kelly packed herself, her son and our sick leader up and left us as soon as she could. I know that God has a purpose in all of this, although I have to admit that I am somewhat sad as we have lost our lead cook and our trip photographer.

Regarding the cook, I am stoked that one of our younger adult leaders has stepped up and done a great job handling all of our food needs. I love watching God fill needs. As far as the photographer, you all are just going to have to be content with video clips for the rest of the trip...

Back to the outreach...

For whatever reason, after our break at camp, everyone including Gary and myself was having an extremely hard time trying to regroup for the next part of the outreach. It was like everyone was in a fog and couldn't comprehend instruction and chaos was starting to ensue. This was partially because everyone was tired from working so hard earlier that day, partially because of the demoralizing factor of having to send people home, but I believe mostly it was a spiritual attack to keep us from being as effective during the outreach. Pastor Mike, Gary and I decided then to scrap the evening outreach and just go out and simply pass out flyers door to door in the neighborhoods for the VBS...

A simple act of obedience...

Once we were able to overcome the fog, we prayed, regrouped and loaded into the vans and headed out. We canvased three separate neighborhoods with flyers. For the most part, people were not home, however, our kids, were ready. It was during this time that we would run into people on the street and the kids would jump at the chance to share the gospel. As a result, four people came to Christ!!! Please pray for these seeds planted, that they were received on fertile soil and that the enemy would not steal the seeds away...

We got information from all but one teenage boy. However, God grace covered.. As we finished up dinner, we saw that boy and his friend cruising through the camp ground. The two boys in our group who shared and prayed with them ran over and invited them to church that evening and they agreed to come...

Calvary Chapel of Sisters was gracious enough to buy us pizza for dinner and they came down to the camp ground to fellowship and eat with us. Thanks CC Sisters, you guys have been a blessing and joy to work with...

After dinner we piled into the vans with the two young men for evening service and were blessed by a refreshing time of worship, teaching and prayer. Pastor Mike exhorted and encouraged the kids out of 1 Timothy 4:1-5...

We are now packing up for Albany. Please pray for a safe drive, health of the group, unity and boldness as the kids have six more days of travel and ministry... Thank you all for your continued prayer for this outreach. God is doing amazing things both in the communities that we visit and the lives of our kids...

Edde & Gary at KOA in Klamath

2009-07-15T12:05:00.001-07:00

Day 4 & 5

2009-07-13T08:24:00.000-07:00

Sunday July 12, 2009:
Ok.. This is my second attempt at this post today. Somehow the original post I wrote early this morning was deleted and lost in cyberspace, never to be found again. When I got back from church, I went to post it and it was gone, gone, gone. Needless to say, I wanted to cry. So, I went and took a 10 minute nap instead...

Yesterday was exciting. As I mentioned in my last post, we split the students up into three groups. The first group went with Kelly to do all the laundry and shop for food. Pastor Gary took the second group over to two widow's houses to do work projects and I stayed with the last group as they performed an outreach at Moore Park here in Klamath Falls.

Helping those in need...

The second group was all boys and they were eager to do whatever they could help. As the boys were weed eating and doing general clean up, two of our young adult leaders, Tucker and Jesse, spent the better part of an hour and half sharing with the lady and ministering to her. When Gary went to pick them up, the lady approached him very emotional and could not stop saying how thankful she was for all the help. She was also thankful for the time spent talking with her as she had just lost her husband a year ago and had been extremely lonely. She is a Catholic, however, we do not know if she truly has Jesus in her heart.

The other house that was visited was a widow who had just lost her husband to cancer two years ago. She is a believer and a personal friend of Gary's. She has been praying for us since our trip started. Our guys were able minister to both her and her son who is in his mid-forties and has been having a hard time since his father died. Our boys did some weed eating and clean up around the property and they did it with joy. Both mother and son were blessed and did not hesitate to express it. They both could not believe that young people could be so eager to help and said that the guys just glowed...

Reaching out to a dying world...

At Moore Park we spent the better part of the afternoon talking to people, performing the dramas and face painting with kids. When we first arrived, one of our freshman girls started talking to a young lady about her same age. As they were talking the rest of the students started going their separate ways. Chelsea, Katie and I stayed at a centrally located picnic table that allowed us to keep an eye on the whole group. As our girl was talking to this young lady, we saw that she had pulled out her sharing bible and was going through some verses with the other girl.

Then we prayed...

Within a couple of minutes, we saw the two girls praying and we prayed for them some more. When they were done, we got to meet this young lady and welcome her "into the family". As it turned out, she was raised Jehovah's Witness and had stopped believing a while ago. We wanted to get her information, but she was reluctant to give it out (being so young, I completely understand) and she told us that she was actually from another town a couple of hours away. So we gave her as much literature and info as we could before sending her off. She also wanted to meet some of our other students and talk with them. When she left, she was happy and hugged everyone. Please pray for this young lady that the seed that was planted, was planted on fertile soil and that the enemy will not steal it away...

While all this was going on, some of other students split up and did their dramas and talked to other people. Others met up with a group of moms and kids at a playground and did face-painting for the children and played with them. It was amazing to see them reach out and share. Some of those that were sharing also experienced some hard and hostile rejections. Relativism is becoming and epidemic in our culture and we are trying to encourage the students to not be discouraged by the rejection of the absolute truth.

Ready in season and out...

When we were finished at Moore Park, Pastor Gary came back over to help us cart some of our students back to camp. On a whim, he took us over to another park called Veteran's Park to scout it out for an outreach later that evening.

As we pulled up, we saw a group of skaters hanging out and messing around on their boards. As soon as I saw them, I felt a tug from the Lord to do the outreach right then and just postpone dinner. So, I pointed them out to the kids in my van and asked if they wanted to postpone dinner to share the gospel. I got a fervent YES! I radioed back to Gary to see if he and his van were game, and in five minutes we were out of the vans and setting up for another skit.

Gary then sent two of our young adult leaders, Jake and Jesse to invite the skater boys to the skit. The four skaters seemed interested until one of the asked what the skit was about. When Jesse told them it was about Jesus, three of the four boys mocked him and started to leave. Only one of them was interested. As we started the skit, all of the boys stopped skating and sat down and watched. Other people started coming out of the woodwork to see what was happening as well.

Jake and Jesse ended up speaking to the one skater who wanted to stick around and watch. When asked about receiving Jesus, he declined, saying that he was just not ready. He also went on to mention that his son was just recently taken from him and how screwed up his life has been, but he would not see his need for Jesus. Please pray for this young man...

On their own initiative...

When the drama was over, the students broke into small groups to talk to people all around. If they did not have anyone to talk to, they would stand in a circle and pray for the others. When the others were done talking, they would start their own prayer group and those that were praying would find people to talk to. It was amazing to see the kids working and praying in tandem. The best part is that they did this with no immediate direction from us. It was of their own initiative... We spent over two and a half hours at the park...

Today....

After a few days of travel and ministry, we decided to give the kids a little free time this afternoon. New Horizon Fellowship was kind enough to feed us lunch after church and let us hang out for a bit, play soccer on the grass and unwind. This evening, we regrouped and came together for intercessory prayer. The students have been keeping a list of everyone they come in contact with, believers or not. Last night we interceded for everyone on that list. Also, an old friend of Gary's, named Leo, who just recently came back from the Bible College and serving three years in the Philippines as a missionary, came and shared an encouraging word with us.

I am now finishing up this post after having a lengthy conversation with a couple of Jehovah's WItnesses staying here at the KOA. Earlier a couple of students decided to go around an share with folks around the camp before we packed up and left in the morning. These kids are becoming evangelistic beasts! They ended up getting caught in a conversation with this family of JW's and when one of them came and asked me for a full version of the bible I knew that it may have been one of the JW's who was asking for it, so I decided to join the conversation. This was hard, because they were really attacking our kids hard in their faith, and I had to really die to the flesh and yield to the Spirit to keep from firing back both guns blazing... Please pray for this family that the Holy Spirit would remove the scales from their eyes...

Next stop...

We are leaving in the morning for Sisters, Oregon. I am excited to see friends living there, but I am told Sister is a spiritually dark place and we will need a lot of prayer... Also, please continue to pray for health, safety, unity and strength for the group. Our little infantigo problem seems to be clearing up, but we are still acting with extreme caution...

Below are a bunch of videos of outreach, worship time in the camp and us just having a good 'ol time.

Enjoy...

We Are Hungry For More Of You...

2009-07-13T08:22:00.000-07:00

Jesus Freaks

2009-07-13T08:21:00.001-07:00

2009-07-11T09:28:00.000-07:00

Day 3 Mission Northwest

2009-07-11T09:17:00.000-07:00

Saturday July 11, 2009:

Yesterday was pretty much a travel day from Red Bluff to Klamath Falls. The drive was fairly uneventful. In my last post I mentioned we had a couple of students with a skin condition. We decided early to quarantine them from the rest of the group until we could have a doctor look at them.

When we arrived in Klamath, a doctor and personal friend of Pastor Gary was kind enough to make a house call to the KOA as soon as we arrived. He was able to identify it immediately as infatigo, which is basically a fungus on the skin that does not allow cuts to heal properly.

Of course my first reaction was to ask him if we should cancel the trip and quarantine the whole group from the rest of the world, but the doctor assured us that this was not a huge deal and that it is even possible to keep the two boys who are infected involved without sending them home as long as we exercise steps to limit exposure and arrest the problem. Although infatigo is highly contagious, it is easily treatable with a medium antibiotic. The boys were instructed to limit exposure to the rest of the group, stay clean, wash hands, shower frequently, take the antibiotic and in about three days it will no longer be a problem. If it starts to spread in the group, we will either send the infected home, or cancel the trip so that the whole group does not get infected. The boys have also been quarantined to one vehicle and one tent. We will be keeping a close eye on the rest of the group.

The boys are actually doing really good and taking it all in good spirits even though the rest of us are treating them like lepers. Please pray that this does not affect the unity of the group...

Today we are splitting the students up. Some of the kids will be doing community work projects at a couple widow's houses and the rest will be going to the park in town to pass out tracks, witness and preform the skits.

Last night as Gary and I were out shopping for Lysol, we got a good look at the darkness in the community and saw the needs... Please be praying for the city of Klamath Falls and the outreach here. Please continue to pray for the heath and safety of the group. Everything that is happening, is happening for a purpose, and I truly believe that we are experiencing these things because we are treading in the enemy's territory...

Thank You CC Red Bluff

2009-07-10T12:01:00.000-07:00

CC Red Bluff Outreach

2009-07-10T11:29:00.000-07:00

Friday July 10, 2009:

Never, never, never assume what God can and cannot do in a place. This was my lesson for the day. Yesterday was a bit more subdued than the night before, although it was not without its small trials. The enemy attempted to discourage us with things like strange skin conditions, random bloody noses and just a general insomnia problem with some of the students, but the Lord prevailed and we were still able to proclaim the name of Jesus Christ in the most common of places.

Now back to the never assuming part... Last night Pastor Del from Calvary Chapel of Red Bluff took us out to the Raley's parking lot to do our ministry. Of course the first thought that came to me when I got out of the van was, "Seriously, is this it? What the heck can God do here?"

Then came the humbling...

Some of us were given small flyers for the Heaven's Gate Hell's Flame play that the church will be hosting on the 19th of this month to pass out in front of the store, while others setup and performed the dramas on a grassy knoll at the back of the parking lot.

I was blessed to watch the students engage folks as they were about their daily business shopping and running errands to and fro. As the kids performed the dramas, small groups of people would gather by the place where the dramas were and would watch. While all this was happening, other groups of students were randomly engaging people in the parking lots, gas pumps and other random common places. As a result, we had three people make a commitment to Christ. I was humbled for my mindset when I first arrived. God is so good... His wisdom is so beyond our own and His ways are way beyond our comprehension. He will "destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring nothing to the understanding of the prudent" (1 Cor. 1:19).

Praise the Lord that He uses us in spite of ourselves...

Today we are driving up to Klamath Falls, Oregon. Please pray for safety and travel mercies as we continue our trek into Oregon. Please pray for the three people that just received Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Please pray for the health and safety of the group. Lastly, please pray that the Holy Spirit continues to soften the hearts of those who we will be in contact with...

CC Placerville Blog Link

2009-07-09T13:17:00.000-07:00

You can check both pages to see what is going on. There may be different stuff.

CC Placerville Youth

On The Raod Day 1

2009-07-09T12:42:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Last night we successfully made it to CC Red Bluff. Boot Camp was awesome! The Lord used it to bring CC Woodland & CC Placerville together as one. No longer are we CC Woodland or CC Placerville, but are operating as CC. This was made evident from an event that happened last night. After reaching the church, one of the students began to have extreme chest pain and had to be taken by ambulance to the E.R.. The students began to pray and prayed fervently for almost an hour, crying out to the Lord. Within five minutes of the ambulance leaving she had stabilized and within a few hours was back with the group fully recovered. The Lord is so good! He showed the students that we are a body and when any part of the body is hurt the whole body is hurt and needs to minister to the part that is hurt. Students are now praying for each and ministering to one another.

Today we are preparing to go out with CC Red Bluff to hand out tickets for Heavens Gates and Hells Flames an upcoming outreach the church is putting on. We also will be preforming our dramas and street evangelism. Please pray for seeds to be planted and a harvest to be made. Also, please pray for CC Red Bluff, Pastor Gill and Pastor Del and all of the Staff. Pray that the Lord blesses and continues to use this church here in Red Bluff.

Here is a quick hello from some of the students!

Boot Camp

2009-07-09T12:40:00.000-07:00

Corn Dogs.....?

Mission Northwest

2009-06-24T15:14:00.001-07:00

You can download the Medical Release Form (Only if you did not go on the Mexico Trip), Medical Addendum (Everyone) and the Packing list. Check back for the Itinerary.

New JC Devo

2009-06-02T10:43:00.000-07:00

Mexico Video

2009-05-20T11:25:00.000-07:00

Here it is fresh off the press! Enjoy!

Mexico 2009 from CCWoodland on Vimeo.

Mission Northwest

2009-05-19T16:34:00.001-07:00

Training starts this Sunday, May 24th
*Parent Meeting after Service
*Training from 1-5

Training Schedule:
Sunday, May 24th 1-5 pm
Sunday, May 31st 1-5 pm
Friday, June 8th 6-9 pm (SWAT)
Sunday, June 14th 1-5 pm
Sunday, June 21st 1-5 pm
Mon - Fri, June 22-26 6-9 pm VBS
Sunday, June 28th 1-5 pm

*** CAR WASH***
Saturday, June 20th - ALL DAY

JC Devo

2009-03-17T09:06:00.000-07:00

CHECK THIS OUT! YOU WILL BE BLESSED!

Winter Camp & Fiesta Dinner 09

2009-03-13T13:59:00.000-07:00

Some new Pics to check out!

Something to think about....

2009-03-05T13:05:00.000-08:00

http://www.gfa.org/video/to-live-is-christ

Dance Off From New Years

2009-01-28T17:07:00.000-08:00

Since no one has been able to find on You Tube. Here it is...

Discipleship

2009-01-28T17:03:00.001-08:00

We will be having Discipleship this Friday night since we missed last Friday!!!

Jr High Winter Camp

2009-01-21T12:17:00.000-08:00

March 6th-8th
Woodleaf Conference Center
Cost: $120 w/out Sweatshirts
$138 with Sweatshirts

Music by: Evan Wickham

**Please Let Gary know by Wed Jan 28th if you want to go!!!

Supper Bowl Party

2009-01-20T14:33:00.000-08:00

VS

Sunday February 1st
At the Cheaney's
Cost is $3.00

2009-01-20T14:10:00.000-08:00

1/19/2009 - 6lb 11oz

For those who may not have heard Lindsey and Sean had there baby on Monday. Keep them in your prayers.

MISSION MEXICO 2009

2009-01-09T11:41:00.001-08:00

Mexico Info Meeting - Next Sunday - 12:00
All students and parents of students who want to go MUST attend.

This years theme is SPEAKING LOUDER THAN BEFORE
Check out the Video from Jeremy Camp - Speaking Louder than Before

FREE CONCERT

2009-01-09T11:36:00.001-08:00

Scott Darlow & the Darlow Show

LIVE at CC Woodland

Saturday, 6:30 pm

2009-01-09T11:33:00.001-08:00

TONIGHT, 6:30-8:00
Come join us as we hit the street!

2009-01-07T15:37:00.000-08:00

Sr High Winter Camp!!!
More Info to come

Devotinal

2009-01-07T14:12:00.000-08:00

Here is a great link to a daily devotional. Just click the link and get it sent to your email daily.

DailyBide

2009-01-07T11:10:00.000-08:00

Friday Jan 9th, 6:30-8:00
Come join us as we hit the street!

New Years 08

2009-01-02T20:10:00.000-08:00

Rockin the New Year like it's 1980!!!

Neon, Big Hair, Break Dancing, Games Shows and Glam Rock Dude!

Let me hear your rock scream!!!

Even the leaders got in to it......!

2008-12-24T13:28:00.000-08:00

Scott Darlow & the Darlow Show

LIVE at CC Woodland

Saturday, 6:30 pm