I’m a huge fan of John Mark McMillan. He’s simply a solid song writer. John’s new album, “Economy”, will be released November 1st. To hype it up he’s been releasing acoustic versions of a few songs from the record on youtube.
Below is one of my favorites so far … “Sheet of Night”
Study found on TheWashingtonPost.com about why college students are leaving church. This is just the start of the conversation. Love to hear what other ministries are doing out there with this information.
PASADENA, Calif. — Millions of college freshmen are overwhelmed right now trying to make new friends, adjusting to more rigorous school work and learning to live away from home. Whether they also find time for church during their first two weeks on campus will set the mold for the rest of their college years, according to new research.
These findings come from a six-year study of approximately 500 Christian youth group members, conducted by Fuller Theological Seminary’s Fuller Youth Institute in Pasadena, Calif.The study’s results will be released Sept. 17 in “Sticky Faith: Everyday Ideas to Build Lasting Faith in Your Kids.” The book examines why, according to a 2006 report by Christian research firm Barna Group, 61 percent of 20-somethings who regularly attended church as teenagers later left the pews.
The study implies that parents and church leaders need to do a better job preparing high school seniors to maintain their faith.
Only one out of every seven students surveyed said they were well equipped for college, and less than 50 percent of seniors with doubts talked about them with others, said Kara Powell, executive director at Fuller Youth Institute, and co-author of “Sticky Faith.”
by Piet Levy (Religion News Service)
Read more HERE
I’m getting very pumped for the new Gungor album!
“Ghosts Upon The Earth” comes out September 20, 2011.
Check out the video below to hear Gungor describe their concept for the new album.
Filmed and Edited by: Donald Kilgore. Additional footage provided by: Luca Venter
This summer has gone by incredibly fast. So fast, that I’ve neglected to post much of what’s been going on in our brand new ministry.
It’s time for another “Parkcrest Update” …
One of the first events I was a part of this summer was our 9th Grade Welcome. To welcome our incoming 9th graders we rented a party bus and had a dance party all the way to Sonic (apparently that’s a big deal here).
We had a BLAST! It was cool to celebrate our incoming 9th graders and to see them connect with some of our high school students and leaders.
(Check out some of the pictures of the night below)
