As many of you already know, Pastor Wayne and Sister Ginger have resigned as the youth pastors at the Fyffe Church of God. They are following God's leading to Greer, South Carolina to continue in youth ministry at Praise Cathredral Church of God. To say that we will miss them is a tremendous understatement. They have served here for six years and are loved not only by our church and students, but also by the community. On Wednesday night, Pastor Wayne tearfully announced that they were moving. He also left all of you with a message to continue to seek after God with as much passion as you have been, even more in fact. Sister G exhorted everyone to cling to God and to depend on Him. There is no doubt that this was a very hard decision for them, but I know them well enough to know that they are a man and woman of God who have sought God diligently. There is no doubt they are following God's direction. So, to the students of Greer, South Carolina, you are getting the best youth pastors in the world. Lucky! Pastor Wayne and Sister Ginger, Tyler and Gracyn, we love you and are going to miss you.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
My apologies
I am so sorry that it has been so long since I have posted anything on the blog. We have had a lot of exciting things going on here at Freedom 7. First of all, our fall program, Collide: A Collision Course with Destiny, is going very well. We are seeing students make commitments to Christ and grow and mature in their relationship with God. Also, our new Sunday School program is awesome. I hope that all of you are enjoying our new schedule of having Sunday School at night. I know I am! Our attendance is increasing, which means that more souls are being reach with the gospel. Another exciting announcement is that we have new Children's Pastors, Jeremy and Teresa Johnson.
Well, that's all for now. I promise not to keep you waiting three weeks for another post. :)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Kidsfest 2008
This weekend was our annual Kidsfest at our church. We had a great turnout (about 500 each day) and many kids as well as parents asked Jesus into their hearts (Praise the Lord!) Saturday was a community day with activities for the kids and presentations by the fire and police departments. We served over 500 free meals. Saturday and Sunday we had services by our Kidslink team and our guest speaker "Fritz". 
Freedom 7 contributed to Kidsfest as puppeteers, seat moniters, clowns, praise and worship, clean up and drama. Here is a picture of the drama team performing New Americans.
Hannah and "Sparkles" sang along with the junior praise team.
The girls' team won the offering contest, so the boys' team captains were handcuffed and served pie in the face. 
Fritz gave Pastor Jamey a lesson in fire eating. Man, is he hot, or what?lol
Thursday, September 4, 2008
A change is in the air
Hey Freedom 7,
I'm sure you all know, but I wanted to remind you that we will starting our new service schedule this Sunday. Here it is:
10:00 am---Worship Service
5:15 pm---Sunday School
6:00pm---Youth Service/Kidslink/Worship Service
Well, I hope that you all have a great weekend!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Recap 8/24/08
Hey guys! Today's services were awesome! I love when the Word of the Lord is preached with such anointing and power. The Word of God is able to transform our lives and we need to be reading it daily so that God can speak to us through His Word. James 1:25 speaks of someone who "is not a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts--that person will be blessed in what he does." I don't know about you, but I do not want to be a forgetful hearer. I want to take God's instruction and apply it to my life so that it can change my life, attitude and character. Tonight's message is so vitally important to our relationship with Jesus that I wanted to post the main points here so that we can remember them all throughout this week. The main theme is that Jesus must be Prophet, Priest and King of our lives.
As Prophet:
He convicts us of sin in our lives and calls us to repentance.
As Priest:
He provided our atonement for sin on the cross and is now the mediator of our covenent with God. Because He is our priest, we are able to approach a holy God through the blood of Jesus.
As King:
He is master and Lord over our lives. We must be completely surrendered to Jesus in every area of our lives. We are no longer in control, but we must invite Him to take control and work His will for our lives.
Have a great week!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Challenge
Tonight we were issued a challenge: Make the sacrifices necessary to go deeper with God so that we will see His promises fulfilled in our own lives and in the youth group. As I was reflecting back on tonight's service, it really got me thinking about what we make sacrifices for. I am reading a book right now by Kelly Minter called No Other Gods. In the book, she talks about how an idol is anything that you make sacrifices to/for, something that controls your life or determines your decisions. By that definition, idolatry can be anything that becomes more important in our life than God. I believe that it also means that worship requires sacrifice, whether it is to a false god or to the True God. We can choose to sacrifice our emotions and purity in a bad relationship, or our time to an unhealthy hobby. Sometimes the object of our worship isn't even a sinful thing, but if it becomes more important in our lives than God, it has just moved into idolatry. Friends, God is the only source of life. He is the only thing that will bring true fulfillment and satisfaction. If we are to worship Him, we will be required to make sacrifices. It may cost us relationships or popularity. We may have to fast some meals or miss hanging out on the weekends so that we can spend time in prayer, but the rewards are worth it. Any other god that we sacrifice to will leave us empty and broken, but our God gives life and joy and eternity in heaven. Tomorrow you will all be going back to school. Know that all of the staff will be praying for you. I hope have a great week.
