The First Blog

Hello Everyone,

Well this is the first of a weekly blog, to fill you in on my life
and what God is doing in my life and the life of our church and youth
group.

I am really excited about what is happening at Highland Church and
more specifically The Source youth ministry. There is all kinds of
new stuff happening. I feel really strongly that Jesus is preparing
us and me specifically for this new school year. I just returned
from district council in Indiana where I received tons of good ideas,
challenges and motivation to go forward.

One major thing we are doing is repainting the youth room. It's going to
be brighter, more filled with energy and light.  We will be getting
games, and TVs and all kinds of stuff. Normally I am not the kind of
guy who puts a high value on all the extra hype stuff like that, but
God has really been challenging me in that area. The fact that he
designed the world to awaken us to His glory through creation and
through our emotions as well as our minds and hearts has made me realize it is
not hype to decorate, have games, and fun, to, as Sara Groves put it, add to the beauty. It is truly a form of worship and a way to draw us closer to Him and value who He is in our
lives.

Well that is all for now, I will probably post at least once a week
moving towards once a day eventually.

God bless you all,
Pastor Nathan