Hillsdale Baptist Church Youth: April 2006

"Hey Tina you fat lard, come get some dinner!"

Invitation

I think that you guys who have the privalege to do so, should send an invitation to Steve Johnson, Riley Reid, and Tyrel. I think that they should be part of this blog as well. If there are any others that you might think we should invite, do so. Peace out!

Hey All you Grade 13ers!

ATTENTION ALL YOUTH

I am sorry to anounce a message that was suppose to be announced a loooong time ago.

This blog has now been running for quite some time, and it seems to be a very good way for Senior High to connect with each other through the week. Unfortunately(for some), it has been decided that this blog should remain a YOUTH GROUP BLOG, and that those who graduate from youth should also graduate from this Blog. This is mainly because we want the YOUTH of Hillsdale to be unified, and not dominated by those who have passed on to bigger and better things. Please accept my apology if any of you gr. 13ers are disappointed by this announcement - but it is something that has to happen.

This announcement will stay posted for aprox. 2 weeks, before any graduated youth's names are taken off the "contributors" list on the right side of the blog.

If you have any last words - Speak now, and forever hold your peace.

By the way, if any of you want to fight - I'm pretty sure think I can find 2 pairs of boxing gloves for you and Dallas :) :) :)

Just Ambassadors show at Thom

Hey everyone,

Thanks again to everyone who came out to the Campbell show. I appreciated that Youth group support. Thursday May 4th is our next show and it is at Thom Collegiate. It is a Battle of the Bands type of thing although the winner doesnt get a prize. All the funds go to Terry Fox. So heres all the Info.

Time: 6:30 (doors) 7:00 (bands)
Date: Thursday May 4th
Cost: $3.00
Location: Thom Collegiate (Argyle St. North)

Well I hope you all can make it. This show should be way better then the Campbell one. Especially since there is no folk singers and rappers. Just punk/rock/hardcore bands.. If you guys don't like that type of music then I apologize in advance for the chaotic noise. But Just Ambassadors are less screaming then most of the other bands there so come for us at least. haha. Anyways.. I hope you can come.

-Ross

prayer

hey guys, rachael's grandma just died, so her family is going to be needing prayer. also, i was thinking of buying her family some flowers, so if you're interested in chipping in, let me know. thanks.

Just Ambassadors show at Campbell

Yeah so the best band in history (Just Ambassadors) is going to be taking part in the Free the Children benefit concert. The concert is at 7:00pm at Campbell tomorrow (thursday). It is $5 and all the money goes to the Free the Children thing campbell is doing. We are the first band and it would be awesome if you guy were there to cheer us on even if we make fools of ourselves and mess up...not meaning we would, but it would be sweet if you were there! So yeah, come!

Caraway Street Practice

For the people who are on my cast, I won't be able to have a practice on Thursday night. So, put a comment about when we could practice on Saturday. And could someone call Mrs. Fairbairn because I won't have any time to call her before thursday.

If I would've been in that water...DEAD!

What is one thing you would love to do before you die?
(other that getting married and kids and such...be creative!)

WCP Soccer Cup

Since I know that every person to read this is a huge soccer fan I figured I should let you in on the biggest soccer event of the year in this city. The WCP Cup.... woooooooooooo. It starts on Saturday April 29, and runs until Sunday May 7. I'll be representing team Norway if anybody wants to check it out. My team plays Sat 29 at 8:30 p.m., Sun 30 at 2:15 p.m. and Thurs 4 at 8:15 p.m., then quarterfinals, semifinals and finals for the weekend. The cost per game is 5$ or 40$ to watch every game that week (not recommended). All the games are at the new soccer facility in the exhibition grounds right beside the Brandt Centre (formerly the Agridome). A really good game will be the one on Sunday afternoon at 2:15 p.m. Norway vs. Ireland, check it out. For more info go to www.wcpcup.com.

Hola mis amigos!!

Hola!! It's Carolyn - and I just decided to blog on a whim, because it's 8:57, and I should be studying, but we all know that the time you should be studying is the time you should be blogging on a whim. It's practically a rule, so here we are. Plus I wanted to let you all know that I am COMING HOME....for three days. Haha, school is officially done for me on Wednesday - woohoo - and I'm home until Sunday, but then I move to Calgary for the summer to work. But for those 3 days that I am here for, if there are any exciting happenings amidst the HBCers - then be sure to let me know, eh? I miss all of you, and I hope you are having the most fabulously wonderful year ever!! Byee!!

reporting live, but kind of late . . .

So, here we are last night, waiting at Living Hope Church at the edge of town. There was a slight breeze across the open fields, but it was a nice evening. Not everyone has arrived on the scene to meet for the late night party.

Then, as Scott decided to distrupt the peaceful night and kicking up dust in the parking lots, we notice that he is no longer in the parking lot, but actually out of it and into the field. He didn't seem to be moving anywhere. So as he gets out to take a look, the evil atomatic locks atomatically lock! But Scott wasn't in the vehicle. Yes, it is true. His van was in drive, his keys were still inside, and he was still stuck in what appears to be about a foot of mud. Randy went in for a closer look. Way to take one for the team!

As you can see, the wind is blowing quite strongly now and the witnesses still look extremely hot as always. Scott is still investigating the situation in the bachground.

Don't these girls still look cool, calm and collected . . . and also happy that they get to spend extra time with each other in a parking lot as the wind is gently blowing through their hair.

And as we wait . . . why not take pictures of the tractor near the church? We were going to wait until once we got to the Talyor's farm, but why waste time? The lighting happened to be good at the time as well.

And so concludes our adventure of Scott's traped van with the evil mad monser and evil atomatic locking doors. A hero-figure (it was not batman I am sorry to report) came and opened the doors in about ten seconds, maybe eleven or twelve. It cost twenty-five dollars for the service fee. Then Scott left the evil crime scene to go wash away the evidence. Oh what a night it was!

Stickers

Hello all, I am planing on stickering up my bass guitar so if anyone has any sweet stickers I will buy them off you, please let me know, thanks.

358 Days Later

hey
party at my house tonight. there will be a bonfire with hotdogs and also some star gazing. for those who don't know how to get to my house. i will meet you at the Living Hope Alliance Church parking lot and you can follow me out from there. does 7:30 sound alright? this event was planned exactly 358 days ago and it is finally happening. (i checked the blog to make sure. it was planned April 29, 2005)
Jordan Taylor

So tax season...

Did that thing happen at Jordan's last night or what? Or is it happening tonight after youth? I don't know what's going on. Everyone I ask tells me a different story. And if nothing is happening after youth so far, we could have a bonfire at my house!?!?!?!? Well tell me what you think.

Hey

I just got back from bible college on Sunday and for anyone who is interested I will be having a fire at my house in the backyard. We'll start with a time of prayer in the park in front of my house at 7:30 and after that hang out around the fire. God bless you guys.

Howdy y'all!
So we're back from our skiing excavation. T'was fun...I mean amazing!!!! Ya, nobody broke anything except for a few blood vesicles (bruises). Ya, here are some pics and such. By the way we went to Sunshine Village in the Banff area.

Here's the Gondola Going up the mountain, it takes about 20 min to get from the bottom to the topish of the mountain. Once you get off the gondola there is a few eating places, a hotel and a whole bunch of humans, individuals...you know what I mean. Anyway...there are a billion different runs and such to go down. Oh ya, this picture was taken when we were in the gondola.

Ok, This was the first day which was Sunday. In order of standing it is Chantelle, Me (Aimee), Dad, and Bradie.

This is one run that we went on I think it's called Sunshine Coast. This is getting off the chair lift. Look beyond the chair lift to the mountains beyond.

This is at the top of that run before we started going down. This run is absolutely beautiful! It takes about 20 minutes to get from the top of it to the bottom. Look at that veiw. By the way we are right on top of the mountain.

Here is another pic of the view from the top of this run

Do you see that blackthing in between the snow and the sky? That is the chair lift we got off of. this is about three minutes of the run. there is still a long way to go.

Here is Bradie in the pink and Chantelle in the white, farther off in the distance. This is still the same run.

I spy someone in pink and a fallen down Chantelle.

Here is the mountain that we just finished comming down, this is taken from the gondola.

Here is some scenery driving through the mountains. On the way home:

The End!

Hullabalooie

Hmmm. Yawn. sniff snif sniff. So, we'is bored. We'is as in me and Cousin Heather. We just totally exhausted the film industry today. Watch as we scare your guys' friends away on Friday with our work of filmage. Ha he. So I understand there's competition for the HBC oscars this year. So, we coloured our hair. Wasn't that exciting. Umm, we've run out of intelluctually stimulating converstation. So avoir, aufwiedersehen, adios, ciao, and other polite salutions of properness.

Caroline & Cousin Heatha'

it's raining it's pouring.

hey everyone!
so, who's up for a movie night tonight? i'm really bored and friend-deprived and i neeeeed to get out of my house. so let's hang out. we don't HAVE to do a movie, but since it's raining, it just seems appropriate. seriously. tell me what you think!

coffee house hype

Hello everyone,

As you all know there will be a coffee house this friday. Everyone bring your friends out to this one! It will be a very good time. It's also very non-threatening to bring non-christian friends out. Bring everyone you can. But ya' it shall be good times.

holy parachutes batman!

so is anyone up for some frisbee action today? oh sorry, i mean FLYING DISC action.

HEY! does anyone want to do something tonight to kick off spring break?!! I do. so comment on ideas and places if possible!

EXCITEMENT SQUARED!!! MAYBE EVEN CUBED!!!

GUYS! I GOT INTO THE KALEO PROGRAM!!!!(THE ONE IN B.C.)
(sorry rachael...hehe, no i'm not...well, yes but no...you know how we do.)
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS! OH MAN, I'M SO PUMPED NOW!!! AHHH, I'M SO PULLING A JOANNA RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED!!!

FRIDAY

Remember to bring your

F R I E N D S

to the

GOOD FRIDAY YOUTH SERVICE!!!

"Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."

Psalm 91:14-16

Psychotic Pets

I haven't posted in a while. Probably because I don't have anything too worthwhile to post about. I still don't have anything worthwhile to post about, but whatever. So I'll share some of the possessed pet stories I have.

Story #1 - The Pitbull Bird (The Pitbird??)

Ok, my sister got this lovebird for free, with a brand new cage. Why? Because this bird is psychotic and even offering it for free was way to high an assumption on the bird's worth. He came with the name Led Zeppelin - apparently he liked that music. I told you, this bird's got psychological problems. Anna has thoughtfully renamed him Kiwi. We thought the bird was cute, you know, he could talk, and loved to scamper around. Normal bird things. Until he got out. Pretty much he ran across the floor to bite my mom's toes, then flew up and started biting Anna's neck. Like draw-blood sort of bite. You can't stick you're hand in his cage for any reason - we handle him with double-lined fleece mittens. He nearly maimed the other bird in his cage - my dad had to go at him with a shoe to get him off the victim - no lie. Hopefully I'll be vacuuming the next time he gets loose.

Story #2

So my mom's over at one of her friends' house. (This was a few years back). They have a cat. End of story. No wait, there's more. So she's visiting, and this cat walks in and sits down. It then stares at my mom. For a long time this goes on, till my mom makes eye contact with the cat. Then the cat leaps off the floor and wraps itself around her neck, and goes in for the jugular. My mom and her friend finally peel that cat off, but can you imagine explaining that one at a funeral?? Honestly. Newspaper headline: "Mentally deranged cat kills random lady in a fit of rage."

Why do we as a society even own pets? Is it worth the risk? Are you willing to die for the sake of your pet? And we thought the Humane Society had no alterior motives. Ha.

So people, that's my post. Prettty pathetic, I know, but hopefully by bringing this issue of pet insanity to the awareness of others I can save innocent lives. No serious, obviously I was bored and had nothing better to write. Hope you're all have a spiffydoodledingdong day, and I'll see y'all later.

Hey Guys,
Bobby was wanting to do stuff tonight like a movie and wanted some place to host it, we could have it at our house...and we could possibly have a bonfire as well...any thoughts???
- The Reimers

Kiros Show.

Hello Everyone,

As some of you may already know... A Christian Punk band "Kiros" will be playing a show this tuesday. It's at the Riddel Centre in the University of Regina at like 6 or so. The other bands playing are going to be My American Heart, Sydney and Summerside. This will definately be a fun time and a really good show. Too get info on this show go to these websites for details and to listen to their music. I think tickets are like 15 dollars or so.. I'm not sure yet.

www.kiros.com
www.purevolume.com/kiros
www.myspace.com/kiros
www.purevolume.com/justambassadors <-- teehee

Tournament

Did you guys/girls hear? Andrew won some tounament! It is sweet! I think everyone should congratulate him on the great acomplishment! Good job Buddy! Haha! You are a Winner at some sort of competition! Sweet!

Tonight

Is anything happening tonight because I'm down! Post idea's and yeah that would be sweet if we could do something!

Name the song/band/group (not sure if I would classify them as a band)

"You know who's doin' it?
No, who's doing it?
God is doing a new thing!" repeat x Lots

Yeah, so, I was bored!

Wednesday’s “What’s God been teaching me?” #10

Wow. Did I ever have a revelation today! Today I ate lunch with my good friend Ross, and I asked him a difficult question. I asked him, “What are my faults and in what areas do I suck?” To my surprise, Ross had a handful of things to say. Yikes! Moreover, I know he is right. There are some things about myself that have been coming up every now and then that I don’t like. Some things have hurt others, and I need to make it right.
From more then one person I realize that I have a reputation of being a “know-it-all”. It’s frustrating because I don’t want to be a “know-it-all” but I seem to have an opinion on almost everything and generally I feel like I am right. Maybe I just think too much and that’s why I come across that way. It’s really weird to think about it. I can imagine how I could turn people off if I come across like that. And now that I think about it, there is so much that I don’t know! Of all the knowledge to be had in the universe, I’d be far too generous to say I knew 1%. I think I really need to work at humbling myself when it comes to this. I’m sorry if I’ve come across like this to any of you and I would hope that you would help me to destroy this ugly attitude that I’ve had. If I come across like this, even if you know I mean well, don’t be afraid to just tell me, “Josh, that comes across really bad. You’re coming across like you know it all again.” Knowing my faults and mistakes is important to me, because I want to learn from them.
Another thing that came up today was how I come across as a judgmental person. Eeew…gross. While I may not say things like “I’m better than you because you…”, and to be honest I don’t think like that either, people seem to get that feeling around me. I really don’t think any less of people because they struggle or because they don’t act like I do. I hope you guys don’t get a feeling that I have things all together or that I don’t struggle like you do. Honestly, my life is messy, and I struggle with the same things you do. I know I need to work on an attitude of humility in the way I look at people. Again, if you catch me being judgmental, or coming across as judgmental, then please let me know!
Along the same lines is something I refer to generally as standards. I hold to a lot of standards that aren’t Biblical like not watching TV, not drinking pop, listening to only certain kinds of music, etc…There’s a lot and I don’t have time to list them all. These are just my own personal standards for life. I don’t expect other people to live the way I do, and I don’t think that it’s wrong not to live by these standards. That’s just the way I choose to organize my life. I don’t think drinking pop or watching TV is a sin, I just don’t really care for it myself. It doesn’t turn my crank. I know I have been guilty of pushing my own personal standards on others, like Ross, and I realize that it’s wrong. I hope you guys don’t feel turned off just because you don’t measure up to my standards, because there is only one set of standards that counts, and that’s God’s standards. None of us measure up to His standards, and he still accepts us and loves us for the sinners that we are. As long as the standards we choose for ourselves don’t conflict with God’s standards we are free to make them whatever we want.
Lastly, Ross helped me to realize I am too blunt. It’s weird because I like people to be blunt and to the point with me, but not everyone is like that. I need to work on not being blunt like a senile old lady, because often times, as Ross has pointed out to me, my bluntness has hurt him or others. I am really sorry for those of you who have experienced this from my mouth. I plan to work on this too, and any help is welcomed, because I know that this could already be a habit, engrained in my brain.
Wow…look at me…what a mess! I have a lot to work on, and I know I can’t do it alone. From now on I plan to focus hard at yielding to the Holy Spirit’s leading in each moment to destroy the bad attitudes and habits that I have. Kind of a heavy, I know, but that’s what God taught me today.

Psalm 139:23-24

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

God bless you all!
Your brother in Christ,
Joshua

Prayer please!!

My grandpa went into the hospital this afternoon. He fell off the bus and broke his hip quite badly. He's having surgery probably while I'm writing this. He's getting a fake hip put in but he's almost 85 years old and he's got a bad heart. There's a high risk of him dying while in surgery. I'm really scared and am not handling this well. Please pray for me and my family, my dad especially. Thank you very much.

Love In Christ,
Rachael

Pretzel Challenge

Yeah, so, I was bored and I had a huge bag of pretzels and I thought, 'How hard would it be to just remove the middle bars of the pretzel.' It turns out it is very hard. But after 6 hours...I mean...uhhhh...30...uhh...minutes....I...uhhh finally did it. Yes 30 minutes. (I acctually don't remember how much time but i think it was less than one TV show.) I think it is a challenge and a half!

chalk art, second edition

just thought i'd share some suepr cool pictures with y'all. pretty much masterpieces, if i do say so myself.

The life and times of Eggbert

I don't know if some of you remember my little friend Eggbert, I thought I'd tell you a little story about him. Here it goes:

Here is Eggbert talking to his friends before bed, but he couldn't really get a word in because those pigs don't shut up, but that's ok because he didn't have a mouth yet. (That big black thing under his eyes is a nose.) Oh and that green thing he's sitting in is his car seat.