Images from Haiti

Here is a video shot from Mars Hill Church from a trip made to Haiti just days after the earthquake.  Continue to pray for these people and give what you can.  There is a mighty work to be done there in helping these people to recover and to take the gospel message of Christ to them.  Pray earnestly for them and for what your role in helping them might be.

Overwhelmed by the Numbers

This morning I was praying through some of the people groups on the calendar at Joshua Project Calendar and began looking deeper into the statistics of some of the Unreached People Groups (UPG).  One of the groups I prayed for was the Megh, Hindu of India.  As I was reading through some information on them one stood out to me in particular.  This particular group in India alone adds up to some 2.76 million people.  As I looked further, less than 2% of these peoples follow Christ.  That means at most, there are roughly 52,000 Christ followers there, which still leaves over 2.7 million people in one people group who are blinded by false religion.  This stirs something inside of me as I hope it does you, to think that in one people group alone there are this many people who don't know Christ.  And this is not the only group that has these types of figures.  This really brings to light what Jesus spokes when he said the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few.  In what way can I, can you, join in on the mission of God to make His name great among the nations.  Will you commit to pray for these unreached people groups daily?  Will you pray and honestly consider whether God is calling you?  So often it is easy to tell ourselves that most of the world is Christian when we just sit in our comfortable, American, Christian bubble.  But when we open our eyes to the World around us, we realized the urgent need to take Christ to the nations.  Pray for these peoples.  Go to these peoples.

Back to the Blog

The other day I was encouraged to start back blogging, so I decided I would again.  The reason I stopped is I found myself only blogging when something annoyed me or when I was pointing out something wrong in something someone said or did, so in an attempt not to be that guy I withheld from blogging.  But now I have decided to try it again and do it more regularly and base it more around seeking to edify those who read not simply point out wrongs of others.  Hope you enjoy.

Upcoming Student Activities

Here is we have coming up for the students at Olive Chapel. If you have any questions contact me. Students/Parents, please note the deadlines and sign up by them.

Nexus Project

We will be attending a D-Now type weekend with the Summit Church in Durham March 5-6. The cost of the trip is $25. We will be staying Friday night together at a church members home. If you are interested in hosting a group please let me know. Sign up by January 31. You may invite friends to this event. For more info visit Nexus Project RDU

Summer Camp

We will be visiting summer camp this year at Crossroads Worldwide held at Gardner Webb University. Dates for camp are July 12-16 and the cost is $150/person. You may invite friends to this event. Please sign up by January 31 as we have to get registered quickly.

High School Summer Mission Trip

We will be taking a trip to New York City for a street evangelism mission trip with the High Schoolers from June 15-20. I just recieved an email changing the trip to these dates so please not the change. In order to attended this event you will have to attend the training sessions we will be having prior to be able to go. Due to what the trip is going to be, this trip is limited to members of the youth group. Unlike camp and Nexus this is not an outreach event, but it is an event for our core group. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Valentines Banquet

The annual valentines banquet will be on Saturday, February 13 and will be a dinner theater. The youth will be performing a play inbetween the courses of the meal as entertainment for the senior adults. Please plan on being at this event and at youth on Wednesday nights as we will be preparing for the play.