Pictures from the Trunk-r-Treat

Wednesday night we had our annual Trunk-r-Treat at church. We had an unbelievable turnout. We gave out close to 200 bags of candy and we ran completely out of hotdogs! Freedom 7 set up two inflatables inside the student center for the students who came out. I think that everyone had a great time and went home with a sugar rush. :)

Look! Jason dressed up as a pumpkin.
Natasha and Chris are on youth staff. Here they are with two of their kids.

Here are pictures of a few of our students.

The prettiest trunk of all.

Ryan showing off his backwards flip.

Mallory is also part of our youth staff.

Sister G and me.

Pastor Wayne and Sister Ginger :(

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.

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. :)

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

Here is a video of Fritz eating fire.

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!

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!

SHIFT Young Adult Ministry

This past Thursday, the Freedom 7 Young Adults, newly named SHIFT, met to kick-off the ministry for this fall, headed up by Pastor Heath & Hayley. I took a few pictures, so here they are! :)

Brittany, Kayla, & Hayley

Alisha, Mallory, Chelsea, & Monica Jo, Zack, Josh, Josh, & Pastor Heath