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Veterans Day 2009

Randomness

Hello everyone out there in the blogosphere. Just wanted to give you a little random updates from my world...

• I'm really excited about the "Revolution" Community Youth Service @ VHS this Wednesday. It's great to see the body of Christ coming together to worship our Saviour.
• Been studying the book of 1 Corinthians A LOT! I'm [and Chuck too] preaching through the book on Wednesday nights. There is SO much information to process. Just wish we had enough time on Wednesdays to get to all of it.
• Going to the beach this weekend. No, I'm not an idiot. Every year our District of the Assemblies of God hosts a Youth Leaders Weekend @ Orange Beach. I look forward to this every year. It's a great time to reconnect with friends, relax, get new ideas/hear from God. This will also be Aiden's first trip to the beach. I'm hoping it's not too cold to at least stick his feet in the water.
• Speaking of Aiden, the little guy's growing so fast. I still can't believe how quickly it's going by. But, I'm enjoying every moment of it. I LOVE that every time I say "Da-Da" to him he busts out a HUMONGOUS, toothless smile.
• Amanda and I are trying to find a workout program to get back in shape. I get winded way to easily and the pounds are coming on quicker than before. For those of you who want to pull the "Oh Matt, your still small" I leave you with this: I'm already bigger than my Dad was at 22. Exactly.
• The VHS Jr. High football team went undefeated. First time that I've ever been a part of an undefeated team in any sport. My first year coaching Jr. High (2005) we were 2-4. My second year (last season) we went 7-0, and then got dropped in our last game to finish 7-1.
• I love being a part of the VHS community. Love the kids, the faculty, the parents. Couldn't ask for a better job.

Back in the Swing...?

Greetings everyone. It's definitely been a while since I've sat down and written out a blog post. For that, I apologize. I know that you--like I--have jam-packed schedules. So thanks for continuing to check in. Here's some things that have been going on:

• I am LOVING being a Dad. It's still a bit surreal to me and it's definitely weird if I pause to let that opening statement settle in. [*PAUSE*]. Yep, it's weird. I am not intelligent enough to write how amazing it is to watch this little dude grow up. Couldn't be prouder of every little advancement that he makes; whether that be holding his head up, making sounds that in no way are words (but still calling it "talk"). It's all wonderful. He's going to be an awesome man of God when He's grown!
• Been coaching football at Vincent for the Jr. High. I love football. It borders on obsession at times, so I have to keep that in check. This year I've met two (new) awesome men: Shae Supri and Chris House. It's their first year teaching/coaching, so it's been fun helping them out. They even let me help call plays. Even more thrilling to me though is that through my time at the school we've had about 8-10 new guys coming on Wednesdays. Three of them have gotten saved and I can see a HUGE difference in their lives already! God is awesome, and I am so thankful that He gives me opportunities like this to impact the lives of teens.
• Got to hang out with a friend of mine from High School. Actually, we've been best friends since about 2nd Grade. He's in Pharmacy school @ Auburn (boo!). He's a super competitive, super intelligent, super funny guy. He was the person who knocked me down to Salutatorian in HS.
• I have another best friend, Allen, who goes to school in Troy. Got to meet his girlfriend Rachel a couple of weeks ago when I went down to NB. They're doing a fantastic job volunteering as youth leaders at a church down in Enterprise.
• Started a new sermon series on Wednesday nights. We're going through the entire book of 1 Corinthians verse-by-verse. This is a new experiment for me. It's going to take us about 25 - 30 weeks to finish. I am super-excited about it and believe that at the end, our youth ministry will look completely different.

Unfortunately, that's all the time I have for now. Hopefully there will be more tomorrow!

[I really have no idea what to title this] pt.2

Here's the second video in the series from The People's Church...

Teenage Love Pt. 2 from People's Church on Vimeo.

[I really have no idea what to title this]

Here's a video from People's Church in Oklahoma City advertising their upcoming series. I love it...

Teenage Love Promo from People's Church on Vimeo.

Just a Heads-Up

Sorry for the LOOOOOONNNNNNG delay since my last post. With the new baby, helping with the VHS football teams, and a couple of sudden life-curveballs, it's been hard to get everything done. So blogging got pushed to the bottom of the pile.

It's still going to be a few weeks before I really get back in the swing of things as far as blogging is concerned. Hopefully I'll be able to get back into posting daily.