Skiing

I brought Alex along with us on the Sr. High ski trip.  We went up to Ostego, MI to Bittersweet Ski Resort.  It was Alex's first skiing experience and my first in about 16 years.  We had a group of 14 and had a lot of fun skiing on Saturday and then spending the night up in Paw Paw. 

Third Day Concert

Heather and I took the POSSE (our student leadership team) to the Third Day concert down at Purdue last night.  Tenth Avenue North and Trevor Morgan also performed.  It was a great time.  We went to Applebee's before the show.  The music was great and so fun to watch a live show and listen to music performed live.  We had great seats in the first row of the first balcony. 

Amanda, Grace, Heather

Grace, Ben, Heather, Phil, Jake, Amanda, Andrew

Third Day

Chill with Phil

When I began as Youth Leader three years ago, I started a regular activity for the Sr. High teens called "Chill with Phil."  It started out a little slow drawing anywhere from 1-5 teens the first year but now we regularly get around 10-12 teens each time.  We do this about five times a year.  This year we decided to get t-shirts made for whatever teens want one.  They will be sold exclusively at Chill with Phil events.  You can check out the design below:

The back says, "Tri-County Bible Church Youth Ministry" and lists Proverbs 12:26.  The verse isn't printed on the back but the verse says, "The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray."

We have this event to encourage development of Christian friendships and allow the teens an opportunity to spend a weekend night somewhere where they don't have to worry about peer pressure or getting involved in activities that they shouldn't be getting into.  Plus, it's a great event to bring unchurched friends to that's less intimidating.