Tim Weston

Thoughts and Learnings About Christianity and Youth Ministry

Entries for February, 2008

New Site Design

Earlier this week, I came across a WordPress theme on Weblog Tools Collection called StudioPress by DailyBlogTips.  I really liked the design and layout, so I installed it and did some tweaking to make sure things would look good on my site before going live (thanks Ryan Boren for the Preview Theme plugin!).
If you notice [...]

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Creating Worship With Deep Soul

Because the 30 Hour Famine was canceled, I had the opportunity to attend an event sponsored by the UMC’s Central Pennsylvania Conference called Creating Worship With Deep Soul. The six hour event was hosted at Christ Community United Methodist Church and led by Marcia McFee.
While the six members of my congregation who attended gleaned [...]

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2008 30 Hour Famine

For the past three or four years, Christ UMC’s youth group, The Gathering, has participated in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine (read about the 2007 30 Hour Famine).
Earlier today, I had to make a difficult, disappointing decision: I had to cancel this weekend’s 30 Hour Famine. The weather forecast called for four to seven [...]

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Review: 3:16: The Numbers Of Hope

A couple days ago, I finished reading Max Lucado’s 3:16: The Numbers of Hope. I’d heard lots of rave reviews about Lucado’s books, but this is the first one I’ve gotten around to reading. The book stood out to me in a display at Barnes & Noble during my Christmas and New [...]

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Awesome Church Staff

I want to take a minute to say that the Pastor and the Director of Lay Ministries at my church are awesome people who do an excellent job working with volunteers.  I’m certain that they are doing what God has called them to do: making a difference in people’s lives and guiding them to Jesus.
Pastor [...]

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