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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
STEM '10 Week Two Day Seven
Just a quick review.
Good morning of canvassing, a little shopping and napping in the afternoon, great VBS in the evening to closeout the week.
Ice Cream late, and to bed (sort of) early.
Long drive for tomorrow's AM canvassing in Grantsville, UT, then mountain climbing, then youth rally.
AND OF COURSE...start home early Saturday!
Good morning of canvassing, a little shopping and napping in the afternoon, great VBS in the evening to closeout the week.
Ice Cream late, and to bed (sort of) early.
Long drive for tomorrow's AM canvassing in Grantsville, UT, then mountain climbing, then youth rally.
AND OF COURSE...start home early Saturday!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
STEM '10 Week Two Day Five and Six
Well, as you will be able to tell, something is missing tonight. That something is my camera!!
It was left at Grace Baptist (where we do our VBS)
So I will give you a little overview, and hopefully get all caught up with photos tomorrow night.
Yesterday and today had very similar looks to them, with a few twists...
Both days involved canvassing/surveying in the morning and VBS in the afternoon/evening.
Canvassing included survey work, which is a face-to-face question and answer time which is centered around a religious survey, and is designed to ask some questions which might open up the door to a follow-up visit from a local Pastor (in this case, Paul Fulks or Lloyd Larkin). The door-to-door team also would ask if they could present a tract and centering on our beliefs. The tract we, and the whole HEBRON used, was the Brdge to Eternal Life tract.
No one home? Leave literature. Someone home? Well, the possibilities are endless. From no, to no thanks, to "Can I convert you?", to lets talk so I can defend my beliefs for half an hour, to (most importantly) interest!
In two days, our team has had 13 interested in followup, and, many opportunities to go through the Bridge tract. The stories are ENDLESS! There is definitely a stirring in the souls of many hear in the SLC valley.
VBS numbers are slowly creeping up, which is good, considering this church has not had a VBS in three years. Their people have enjoyed watching us work. Pray we finish strong tomorrow.
Tomorrow, we lose Mandy (she has to leave early for a wedding) pray for her flights, and pray that we can adjust, our teams canvassing numbers are now all off, and we will miss Mandy's care and smile for all the kids at VBS.
WE MISS YOU MANDY!
Oh yes, we have been up into the mountains once as a group, and once as a smaller AM devo group (apparently getting up @ 5am scared some away). It was a lot of fun, and we got a lot of great photos. Both times, we had a great time in the Word and in prayer.
WHEW! Well, that's all for now.
Be back tomorrow night with more, and some photos!!
Pastor Dave
It was left at Grace Baptist (where we do our VBS)
So I will give you a little overview, and hopefully get all caught up with photos tomorrow night.
Yesterday and today had very similar looks to them, with a few twists...
Both days involved canvassing/surveying in the morning and VBS in the afternoon/evening.
Canvassing included survey work, which is a face-to-face question and answer time which is centered around a religious survey, and is designed to ask some questions which might open up the door to a follow-up visit from a local Pastor (in this case, Paul Fulks or Lloyd Larkin). The door-to-door team also would ask if they could present a tract and centering on our beliefs. The tract we, and the whole HEBRON used, was the Brdge to Eternal Life tract.
No one home? Leave literature. Someone home? Well, the possibilities are endless. From no, to no thanks, to "Can I convert you?", to lets talk so I can defend my beliefs for half an hour, to (most importantly) interest!
In two days, our team has had 13 interested in followup, and, many opportunities to go through the Bridge tract. The stories are ENDLESS! There is definitely a stirring in the souls of many hear in the SLC valley.
VBS numbers are slowly creeping up, which is good, considering this church has not had a VBS in three years. Their people have enjoyed watching us work. Pray we finish strong tomorrow.
Tomorrow, we lose Mandy (she has to leave early for a wedding) pray for her flights, and pray that we can adjust, our teams canvassing numbers are now all off, and we will miss Mandy's care and smile for all the kids at VBS.
WE MISS YOU MANDY!
Oh yes, we have been up into the mountains once as a group, and once as a smaller AM devo group (apparently getting up @ 5am scared some away). It was a lot of fun, and we got a lot of great photos. Both times, we had a great time in the Word and in prayer.
WHEW! Well, that's all for now.
Be back tomorrow night with more, and some photos!!
Pastor Dave
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
STEM '10 Week Two Day Three and Four
It is late, and we have been going hard the last two days.
Sunday: Worshiped with Grace Baptist Church in West Valley City, the largest suburb in the SLC valley. It is a good church that runs about 100. Their Pastor is Matt Johnson, who has been pastoring here for 3 years, and seen significant growth. Four years ago it was running down around the 20s, but God used, among other things, the HEBRON canvassing to bring in some new families, and the momentum has continued. We would be running the VBS for GBC, and wanted to meet the people and run the children's church to promote the VBS.
The remainder of the day was SIX hours of training on the Mormon religion versus biblical Christianity. There was a little impatience, but everybody made it through.
Monday: Today we had HEBRON worship and devos (special speaker for the week: Paul Fulks!) at 7:30. Next up was packing to head out to canvass for and set up for VBS. For those who have experienced VBS set up with our STEM teams, we have a goal to make it fun and special. Our theme was Science/Space. This theme posed a bit of a challenge, but it ended up looking great.
We had 15 kids at first, but it bumped up a bit as the VBS progressed. All went well, and the team really did great. The church family that was there has commented on our hard work.
Next up was supper, and a long trek into the mountains to watch the sun set and have some group prayer time. As you can see, we snapped a lot of photos, and the whole group was a bit slap happy on the way home.
Spirits are up, in the midst of fatigue.
Tomorrow! We are canvassing/surveying for Paul and Laura Fulks and their church plant. All are very excited. Later, more VBS!
Sorry about the missed day...Sunday was brutal!
Thanks all for your prayers!!
Pastor Dave and the team!
Sunday: Worshiped with Grace Baptist Church in West Valley City, the largest suburb in the SLC valley. It is a good church that runs about 100. Their Pastor is Matt Johnson, who has been pastoring here for 3 years, and seen significant growth. Four years ago it was running down around the 20s, but God used, among other things, the HEBRON canvassing to bring in some new families, and the momentum has continued. We would be running the VBS for GBC, and wanted to meet the people and run the children's church to promote the VBS.
The remainder of the day was SIX hours of training on the Mormon religion versus biblical Christianity. There was a little impatience, but everybody made it through.
Monday: Today we had HEBRON worship and devos (special speaker for the week: Paul Fulks!) at 7:30. Next up was packing to head out to canvass for and set up for VBS. For those who have experienced VBS set up with our STEM teams, we have a goal to make it fun and special. Our theme was Science/Space. This theme posed a bit of a challenge, but it ended up looking great.
We had 15 kids at first, but it bumped up a bit as the VBS progressed. All went well, and the team really did great. The church family that was there has commented on our hard work.
Next up was supper, and a long trek into the mountains to watch the sun set and have some group prayer time. As you can see, we snapped a lot of photos, and the whole group was a bit slap happy on the way home.
Spirits are up, in the midst of fatigue.
Tomorrow! We are canvassing/surveying for Paul and Laura Fulks and their church plant. All are very excited. Later, more VBS!
Sorry about the missed day...Sunday was brutal!
Thanks all for your prayers!!
Pastor Dave and the team!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
STEM '10 Week Two Day Two
Our temple tour/Latter Day Sense training day is done. Lots of time outside and lots of seminar has made a tired team. Today we ate breakfast at the hotel and headed to temple square. The HEBRON team toured the square in groups of 30, then together we watched an emotional and highly inaccurate movie (we know some people who ave done the research) of an account of the life of Joseph Smith.
After a good boxed lunch, we visited the conference center, which had a lot of art and the huge 21,000 seat auditorium. It was very impressive, but we were constantly reminded of the Bible telling of those who thought they had knowledge, but did not.
Our evening included part one of our training for the week, and a great catered in meal. After a group devo time, and some swimming, everybody is tucked in (or about to be).
Tomorrow has us teaching Sunday School and children's church. We will also be singing a special, and promoting VBS with our first small puppet teaser. The remainder of the day will have us finishing the training.
Pray for a great day at Grace Baptist in West Valley with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
After a good boxed lunch, we visited the conference center, which had a lot of art and the huge 21,000 seat auditorium. It was very impressive, but we were constantly reminded of the Bible telling of those who thought they had knowledge, but did not.
Our evening included part one of our training for the week, and a great catered in meal. After a group devo time, and some swimming, everybody is tucked in (or about to be).
Tomorrow has us teaching Sunday School and children's church. We will also be singing a special, and promoting VBS with our first small puppet teaser. The remainder of the day will have us finishing the training.
Pray for a great day at Grace Baptist in West Valley with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
STEM '10 Week Two Day One
Should I write this from an Eastern time zone, or Mountain time? (I could even include Pacific, as we were there too)
We loaded and left the church this morning @ 4am MST. Everybody was early, and we got out a bit early, which allowed us to get to the airport JUST ahead of the other church groups. That put us first in line to board, and gave us a shorter time through security. (Speaking of which, there were no security incidents!!) Our first leg had a stop and sit @ St Louis, and dropped us finally in Los Angeles. (My - Pastor Dave's - home town!). We had just over a two hour(11:55a - 1:55p PST) layover for lunch and lounging. (plus some exploring out past security by some of our rookie guys - meaning a second trip through security and a little scolding from a youth pastor.
Still, we all got on in time and had a short jump to Salt Lake City. After we pulled all our luggage, Jen and I (PD) went across the street to get the rental vans, leaving Andy to watch the troops. Over an hour later (rental companies are SO great to work with) we were loaded up and off to our hotel. (with the help of some fellow believers and their trucks and trailers)
Once rooms were divided up, and everyone got settled in. My sister and her husband (Traci and Darren Pautz) joined us to pick up Kate (they are doing the babysitting) and we all went out to the Old Spaghetti Factory. (good food, and lots of fun)
It is now about 11MST, so 1EST, and we are all in our rooms, with lights starting to go out. (lights out is midnight or sooner)
Tomorrow is the temple tour and lots of training. Pray for open eyes!
We loaded and left the church this morning @ 4am MST. Everybody was early, and we got out a bit early, which allowed us to get to the airport JUST ahead of the other church groups. That put us first in line to board, and gave us a shorter time through security. (Speaking of which, there were no security incidents!!) Our first leg had a stop and sit @ St Louis, and dropped us finally in Los Angeles. (My - Pastor Dave's - home town!). We had just over a two hour(11:55a - 1:55p PST) layover for lunch and lounging. (plus some exploring out past security by some of our rookie guys - meaning a second trip through security and a little scolding from a youth pastor.
Still, we all got on in time and had a short jump to Salt Lake City. After we pulled all our luggage, Jen and I (PD) went across the street to get the rental vans, leaving Andy to watch the troops. Over an hour later (rental companies are SO great to work with) we were loaded up and off to our hotel. (with the help of some fellow believers and their trucks and trailers)
Once rooms were divided up, and everyone got settled in. My sister and her husband (Traci and Darren Pautz) joined us to pick up Kate (they are doing the babysitting) and we all went out to the Old Spaghetti Factory. (good food, and lots of fun)
It is now about 11MST, so 1EST, and we are all in our rooms, with lights starting to go out. (lights out is midnight or sooner)
Tomorrow is the temple tour and lots of training. Pray for open eyes!
Thursday, July 08, 2010
STEM '10 parents info
If you need all the phone numbers and flight info, please email a request to
me: dburmanjr@firstbaptistelyria.org
or contact the office, they will have the information as well!
me: dburmanjr@firstbaptistelyria.org
or contact the office, they will have the information as well!
STEM '10 Week One Day Four
Our final day in Cleveland.
21 VBSers
3+ decisions
Great job by the team canvassing, and doing their assignments.
Great tear down, and we will be meeting @ 5:30am to load and leave for SLC!!
21 VBSers
3+ decisions
Great job by the team canvassing, and doing their assignments.
Great tear down, and we will be meeting @ 5:30am to load and leave for SLC!!
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
STEM '10 Week One Day Three
DAY 3.
This is when the newness has worn off a bit. One thing we had going that WAS new was the lunch and Wednesday service. Our teens helped with kids, served food, fellowshipped, sang a song, and did a lot of setting up, cleaning up, and tearing down.
VBS had 21 kids. It was a good number, and it included some pretty feisty children. Overall, however, the quality of the Bible time, craft time, games, and verses is very good. This team is working very hard and is doing a quality job.
Tomorrow will close out the first phase of our trip. Pray for decisions and a TON of kids (we think we can handle it!
This is when the newness has worn off a bit. One thing we had going that WAS new was the lunch and Wednesday service. Our teens helped with kids, served food, fellowshipped, sang a song, and did a lot of setting up, cleaning up, and tearing down.
VBS had 21 kids. It was a good number, and it included some pretty feisty children. Overall, however, the quality of the Bible time, craft time, games, and verses is very good. This team is working very hard and is doing a quality job.
Tomorrow will close out the first phase of our trip. Pray for decisions and a TON of kids (we think we can handle it!
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
STEM '10 Week One Day Two
Not alot to report on other than another great day of VBS. About 8 new kids, but we were missing some due to the pool opening up (it's a hot one). Finished with Steak N Shake and hide and seek. (lots of fun, and only a couple of injuries!
Big day tomorrow with choir, me preaching, lunch serving, and the regular VBS.
Thanks for the prayers!
Big day tomorrow with choir, me preaching, lunch serving, and the regular VBS.
Thanks for the prayers!
Monday, July 05, 2010
STEM '10 Week One Day One
Our Youth Missions Trip started off very well today. We took off at 9:15a and arrived at Faith Baptist Community Center just before 10a. This left us with about two hours to transform the center into a racing themed setting, ready for Bible time, Craft time, games, puppets, and an opening and closing time filled with songs and fun.
The team did a great job (see the pics) and was pretty well prepared by lunch time. Lunch was provided by our friends at the center, and then it was time to get into the housing complex across the street for some canvassing and rounding up.
Our VBS had 19 young people arrive, which was a pretty good number, considering the holiday turnover. Everything ran very smooth, and the team did very well.
After some clean up, the we spent time doing our Missions Trip devos and spending a little time reviewing the day. We covered what we did well, what we needed to improve on, what we learned, and what was cool. Then we each said what we appreciated about something we saw somebody else do.
After our final cleanup and run-through for Tuesday, we loaded up and did a little split Chik-Fil-a and Chipotle time for supper and arrived home early.
Thanks so much for the prayers, pray for more kids, and more opportunities for our teens to show and share Christ's love.
Friday, July 02, 2010
On the Verge of Mssions Trip 2010
Well, we are on the verge of our 2010 mission trip.
This trip will start with four days of canvassing and Vacation Bible School with Faith Baptist Community Center. We will be doing our Race Themed VBS with Amazing Aaron!
Friday, we will be off the Salt Lake City for Training, Canvassing, and Vacation Bible School for a week.
Please pray for the team as we minister and reach out in Cleveland and Salt Lake City. Pray for safety, smooth travels, ready hearts, and lots of opportunties to share the gospel and show the love of Christ.
Also, please pray as we are asking God to provide the final just under $3000 to make this trip possible.
We will, as usual, try to keep you up to date with photos and info here on the youth blog.
Feel free to leave comments and messages, we will also be trying to feed the
First Baptist Church of Elyria Youth Ministries
facebook page (it might be easier to comment there...)
Pastor Dave and the 2010 Misisons Team
This trip will start with four days of canvassing and Vacation Bible School with Faith Baptist Community Center. We will be doing our Race Themed VBS with Amazing Aaron!
Friday, we will be off the Salt Lake City for Training, Canvassing, and Vacation Bible School for a week.
Please pray for the team as we minister and reach out in Cleveland and Salt Lake City. Pray for safety, smooth travels, ready hearts, and lots of opportunties to share the gospel and show the love of Christ.
Also, please pray as we are asking God to provide the final just under $3000 to make this trip possible.
We will, as usual, try to keep you up to date with photos and info here on the youth blog.
Feel free to leave comments and messages, we will also be trying to feed the
First Baptist Church of Elyria Youth Ministries
facebook page (it might be easier to comment there...)
Pastor Dave and the 2010 Misisons Team
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