Extinct part 3

Another one for the books! the Underground rocked here are my faves:

1. Another great job band, Sam frontin the vocals?! without a guitar in hand?! pretty great stuff. also great job, John, although you appear way more at home behind the kit! LOL!

2. Highway 68 had a GREAT kick-off!! It was awesome! I can't wait to see it in action again next week,

3. Lazy Fooseball=awesome! one of my favorite games now, next we use a beachball though.. and better instuction

4. One of the most understated topics on the planet! How to be visionary!! Not just getting caught up in the problem, but actually become a problem-solver! do you remember the 5 steps to solving a problem?

Well guys, be sure to come back next Wednesday as we start to wind up this series, We are going to hit up one of the most near extinct of all traits next week!! Same time. Same place.
Chris

BIG things next week!!

Hey everyone!
I hope you are all thoroughly enjoying your much needed and deserved week off. I just want to let you know about some things that have got me really excited about the Underground next week.

1. As we continue through this series, we are going to talk about my favorite topic of the series! Having Vision, what it means to be a visionary, how to become solution-oriented instead of problem-oriented, and we will unveil some very practical tools we can use to solve our problems from the everyday mundane situations all the way to major life-altering decisions! I'm pumped. some genuinely helpful stuff, just for you!

2. Great game planned. human fuse-ball. need I say more?

3. AND THE BIGGEST NEWS!!!!!
We will kick of our first ever wednesday night service for 6-8 grade! called Highway 68. meeting in a specially crafted room just for you guys, Just inside the entrance on the left. so be sure to invite middle schooler as well as High schoolers. it's gonna be awesome!!

Love you guys!!
see you wednesday, if not Sunday

Spriiiiing Breeaaaak!!!!

Hey guys, in honor of the one time of the year, the "powers that be" allow to escape the four walls of education and enjoy the best time to be outside; the Underground will NOT be having service tonight. So, spend this homework and study free night with friends or at home veggin out with the fam. just promise one thing: At some point today you have to go the door and see this awesome day!!!

See you guys next week as we continue...

Extinct (part 3)

Underground update: Extinct 2

Hey guys, man what a week! Honestly, it was a REALLY busy, insane week (and it's only half-way over)
but man, having the underground was such a great time! I absolutely loved it. here are my top faves:

1. It was a blast having the guys from Church at the Bay in Tampa, in on the service. awesome group of people!

2. music sounded LOUD, BLASTING, and AWESOME! just the way we like it, eh?

3. the Throwdown was a blast! the box relay was hilarious to see! good job stephanie with going all out at the end carrying the massive refrigerator box! and mad props to Josh for the fast play bringing home the gold!

4. Hannah fantastic job as always! (again, sorry for putting up there 1 1/2 times, lol!)

5. Possibly my favorite message yet at the underground. this series is great! talking about having the  COURAGE to follow Christ in all we do. awesome

6. the greatest position of courage you'll ever see isn't a fireman who selflessly runs into a burning building or even a courageous soldier fighting for his country, but a position of UTTER SURRENDER to Christ!

7. in order for us to abandon fear, we have to believe God will not abandon us (Joshua 1:1-9)

EXTINCT

Last week, we started a new series called Extinct. Once upon a time, these large incredible creatures roamed the earth, then they were gone; everything changed. the same thing is happening every day. animals go extinct and it changes everything in the area around it. The food chain gets tipped off balance, other animals who were supposed to be kept in check begin to run rampant.

The bottom line. When something goes Extinct it changes everything.

That why we have the Endangered Species list. When the population of a species gets dangerously low. They get on the list. they are watched closely, and we do what we can to prevent that Extinction. 

We have a list too. the Endangered Character trait list.

It's a list of Character trait that are vital to the world we live in; and if they were to dissapear, the world would be drastically different- and not for the better each week, starting this week, we are looking at each of these and asking ourselves, "What can we do to prevent their extinction. the list is

Courage

Vision

Discipline

Endurance

Come check it out tomorrow, as we start with Courage, and why it isn't just for the military, superheroes, and firemen, and learn how important it is that we work out our courage muscle every day, and do everything we can to prevent it's extinction in our life. 

See You There,

  

big changes

This week The youth group from Church at the Bay in Tampa have come into town, to help us at Crossroads and what a great job they have been doing!! also, our own Randy Grimes has been hard at work on building a wall for a great new experience come soon that I can't reveal at this time. It's so exciting to see what's going on!! The group from Church at the Bay will also, be staying in town long enough to come to our Underground service on Wednesday night, so be sure to give them a HUGE Underground welcome!!!

It's see you guys Wednesday!

Update from wednesday. Extinct 1

Another GREEAT night at the Underground, everyone. I am loving this.

Here’s the list:

One of the coolest and most unique things about our youth is obvious when you first walk in the door. Hearing every teen in the room shout “Welcome to the Underground!!” Very reminiscent of the Moe’s vibe when you come in. kinda loud, a little weird, but totally welcomeing, incredibly fun, and I like it a lot!!

2.Band was great!! lot’s of energy. great job guys!

Thanks to Brad Wood for donating our 2nd fooseball table. combining it with the one donated by Justin Eshelman, we now have plenty of foosing to go around

Huge shout out to Billy for making those enormous dinosaur skeletons!! It looked like we had museum pieces in there. it was awesome!!

Love the direction of this new series, Extinct. be ready for more about Dinos and building Godly Character next week!

Love you guys,

Later!