CAMP TALK 2009!

Sunday, July 26th @ 5 PM in the new youth area. Camp Talk 2009 is for the parents of students going to Student Life Camp in Colorado on July 30-August 4. We'll unpack everything about SL Camp like: What to Bring...Emergency Numbers...Web info to communicate with your student during the week...and more! We'll have a notary on site to help everyone finish forms and payments. Call Rob @ 432 210-9138 if you have any questions.

NEW DIGGS...HOLLA!!!!!!!

We are moving this week so there will be no WAKE but stop by and see the new Youth Hang Zone and Youth Worship Center. VERY COOL! We are looking forward to lots of fun times ahead. Any suggestions for what we should name the 'cafe/coffee shop' in the Hang Zone? Comment below to make a suggestion.

Youth hang zone below isn't quite finished. Glass doors being installed around by the couches (I don't have pics of that cool teal couch around by the entrance yet, sorry. ) Cool rugs and artwork to follow. Wii's and the 3 plasmas are still to come as well as the brushed steel counters, sink, apppliances, etc in the coffee shop. Stay tuned and plan to be amazed! The photo below is Tori, Rob and Brock in Rob's cool new office. No, you can't have his incredible zebra chairs. You know you want to swipe them....don't think that the thought hasn't crossed my mind! haha Rob is quite excited about them!

The Youth Worship Center now has chairs! A few details are still to come in there, as well, including a projector, logo and some cool stainless, magnetic boards. Sunday school classrooms are off to the far doors on the right.

I'll try to get some more current photos as things progress. We are moving our family into a new home this week, as well, so it may be a few days.

Thank the Lord for His Goodness and Blessings!

DFW Dive is this Friday & Saturday!!!!

DFW Dive is this Friday & Saturday (6/26 & 6/27)! We’ll be leaving this Friday at 7 AM from the EA Center (gym) and returning Saturday night around midnight. We’ll be staying at the Comfort Suites in Roanoke. This is further north in the metroplex b/c I’m not crazy about staying around Six Flags. This is a very safe area which we used last year. The hotel address is 801 Byron Nelson Blvd., Roanoke, TX 76262…(817) 490-1455. The cost for this event is $75 which includes transportation, lodging, Whirlyball, Ranger's ticket and Six Flags ticket. Regarding meals we will have donuts available Friday morning. The students will be responsible for lunch (fast food) and dinner (restaurant…$10-12) on Friday. Saturday we’ll have a complimentary breakfast at the hotel. The students will be responsible for lunch at Six Flags ($10-12) and dinner (fast food) on the road that night. So you’re probably looking at ~$40 for meals then any snack or souvenir money at Whirlyball, Rangers, and Six Flags. Here's the schedule for the weekend:
Friday - 6:45 AM...Meet at CBC EA Center
7:00 AM...Leave for DFW
Noon...Fast food lunch in DFW
2:00-4:00 PM...Whirlyball in Plano
4:00-6:15 PM...Dinner at Southlake Town Square
7:05 PM...Rangers game vs Padres followed by fireworks
11:00 PM...Check-in at Comfort Suites
Saturday - 9:00 AM...Leave for Six Flags
10:00 AM...Six Flags
5:00 PM...Leave for Midland
Midnight...Arrive at CBC EA Center

Rob
(432) 210-9138 cell
(432) 694-7722 church

Community Rehab: Ministry BEASTS!

Dear church,
Our students are BEASTS with power tools, hammers, scrapers and paint brushes! We are so PROUD to be here and call them "OUR" kids! Sunday we arrived around 4pm - just in time to meet our groups and head off to our sites. There are 22 homes in the mix this year receiving new windows, paint, roofs, or some combination of such. Homes are located in four towns - most in DeLeon and Commanche. Our students have been stretched a bit when many were placed on teams where they had no Crestview buds with them - but by the end of the day the first day, most had made lifelong friends with students from all over - Baytown, Canton, Plains, DeLeon, Commanche, Bedford and even a group from Alabama! (probably more towns I'm forgetting)

Our nights are comprised of yummy dinners, worship with Nick (I can't remember his last name, but he and his band have led worship for Crestview a few times.) The spiritual focus of the week is "Reality" and learning to live out the reality of God's Word. After worship, we have a Crestview time and then our regular "Allsups" runs for Dublin Dr. Peppers! (Our youth minister spoils us!) We have been so proud of how our students have stepped up to take on leadership jobs with some leading the crew Bible studies and/or our RainbowExpress (back yard Bible clubs).

Getting them to sleep is not an issue (at least not with the girls). Lights are out at 10:30 and most are ready to crash. The major challenge of the week is having 150 PAINTED on girls getting in to one of the 4 portable showers and getting clean in the 5 minute time limit! (We won't mention the guys AMAZING showering situation.....NO, NO....bitter??? Us?? NO WAY!) =)

Keep us in your prayers as God is moving through our students. Seeing them sacrifice and sweat with smiles in the name of Jesus is a blessing to all.

I have tons of pictures to download but I am going to have to get a new way to download them...sorry. Stay tuned. Nate said he'd give it a shot for me tonight!

Love to all of you!
'Mama' Donna

Community Rehab Update...

We leave for Community Rehab on Sunday!!! We have changed our departure time to 11:45 AM (right after 10:31 Worship). Our group will be recognized during the 10:31 service. Then we'll eat some pizza and head out! Please wear your D-Now shirts to worship and if you don't have one...we have some extras. We will load our luggage and sleeping gear on Saturday @ 5:00 PM at the EA. This will allow us to have a "stress-free" worship time on Sunday morning. You can find tons of additional information about Rehab at communityrehabproject.org.