by Christopher Taylor | Mar 21, 2016 | updates
Good cool morning to you, The Discipleship weekend was great. A full review is below so please check that out. This week is one of the most important weeks in the church year for any church as people will attend that normally do not attend church throughout the year. Be in prayer for this weekend’s events. GO Camp sign up forms and information was given out (hopefully) in all the Sunday School classes. We are praying for a large turnout this year to youth camp. Price is $299 and includes a Six Flags trip. More information below and online at camp.foundationflow.com Our next upcoming event is the Harlem Globetrotter show on Friday, April 1. Details can be found below on that also as well as other upcoming happenings in The Foundation. In 140 characters or less: – SIGN UP FOR GO CAMP NOW! – 3/26 – Easter Saturday services begin at 9:15. Easter Musical at 6:00pm – 3/27 – 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 Sunday services (3:00pm service special service) – 4/1 – Harlem Globetrotters – 7:00pm – $25/person – 4/11-15 – MCPSS Spring Break – 4/11 – Field Day at the Mobile Baptist Children’s Home – 4/13 – Blow-up Wednesday (joint service in the gym) – 4/30 – New Orleans Day Trip weather permitting In 140 characters or more: Greeting Schedule March 23 (5:30-6:30p) – Lynne Watson March 30 (5:30-6:30p) – Eva Mareno April 6 (5:30-6:30p) – Sanna Collier Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule March 23 (7:30-8:30p) – Chris Taylor March 30 (7:30-8:30p) – John Ladnier April 6 (7:30-8:30p) – Jack & Kerri Lastorka April 13 (7:30-8:30p) – Jim & Glenda...
by Christopher Taylor | Mar 14, 2016 | updates
Good morning, The Connect ‘n Unite Discipleship Weekend is only days away and there is one major change that has been made. We will not be staying in homes mainly because we didn’t get many homes to stay in, so we will be staying in the CAB for the weekend. We did have more students sign up this past weekend and I am hoping for some more this week. Friday we will be doing some mission work with the students. Currently we have two homes that we will be working at but if you know of others that need help with outdoors work (picking up sticks, yard cleanup, etc) please let me know. I’m not sure if we can get to it or not but we will try. More info below on other things and on another event that has been planned for Monday of Spring Break. In 140 characters or less: – 3/18-20 – Connect ’N Unite D-Now Weekend – Cost $30 – 3/20 – GO Camp 2016 Sign-up ramps up – 3/26-27 – Easter Weekend Activities and Services 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 Sunday services – 4/1 – Harlem Globetrotters – 7:00pm – $25/person – 4/11-15 – MCPSS Spring Break – 4/11 – Field Day at the Mobile Baptist Children’s Home – 4/13 – Blow-up Wednesday (joint service in the gym) – 4/30 – New Orleans Day Trip weather permitting In 140 characters or more: Greeting Schedule March 16 (5:30-6:30p) – Sanna Collier March 23 (5:30-6:30p) – Lynne Watson March 30 (5:30-6:30p) – Eva Mareno Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule March 16 (7:30-8:30p) – Jim & Glenda Chinners March 23 (7:30-8:30p)...
by Christopher Taylor | Mar 7, 2016 | updates
Good morning, I apologize for not sending an update last week. Some of you know that I had a bacterial infection and I couldn’t get my mind wrapped around anything until near the end of the week. Definitely feels good to be over that. Thank you to all the Sunday school teachers that grind it out week in and week out. We had a load of students come this Sunday that helped empty out our morning breakfast. Lots of new faces and I pray they will continue to attend. On Wednesday we are back to regular schedule of services as the gym is clear of most of the yard sale stuff. I’ll be sending out a letter today to those who gave to the fundraiser we started at the Valentine’s Dinner explaining the change. There will also be another email detailing how you can participate in the fundraiser going forward. We still only have 1 home signed up to house students March 18-20th. If we do not have anymore by this upcoming Sunday then we will make other plans for our Discipleship Weekend. GO Camp signup and more information is coming soon. We will begin pushing signups after the Discipleship Weekend. More on that weekend below also, please read. In 140 characters or less: – 3/9 – Regular Wednesday Services – 3/13 – Daylight Savings (Time Change 1 hour forward) – 3/18-20 – Connect ’N Unite D-Now Weekend – Cost $30 – 3/20 – GO Camp 2016 Sign-up ramps up – 3/26-27 – Easter Weekend Activities and Services – 4/1 – Harlem Globetrotters – 7:00pm – $25/person – 4/11-15 –...
by Christopher Taylor | Feb 22, 2016 | updates
Good morning, Last week I mentioned the new business in Mobile called “Get Air”. If you were planning on dropping anyone off there under the age of 18 you won’t be able to do that anymore as some fights broke loose and they have since changed their policy. That doesn’t affect us going, but figured you should know. Currently we have 1 home that has agreed to hosting students during the D-Now Weekend March 18-20th. We need more than 1 so please let me know if you can host and if you have a preference for boys or girls. Remember that starting this Sunday after morning service the CAB will be on lockdown for solely yard sale stuff. I have been asked from a number of students if they could sell candy bars to raise funds for youth camp. I looked into World’s Finest Chocolate but to be able to make a profit we would have to order $2000+ worth of chocolate and I am not willing to risk that to make less than $1000 once we pay sales taxes, shipping, and risk potential theft of candies. Lastly, Don’t forget about the current fundraiser going on also, all details below and more. In 140 characters or less: – 2/14 – Regular Service times – 2/28-3/5 – GYM Closed for Yard Sale – 3/2 – Joint Service in the youth building at 6:30p (We will have snacks and refreshments) – 3/13 – Daylight Savings (Time Change 1 hour forward) – 3/18-20 – Connect ’N Unite D-Now Weekend – Cost $30 – 3/20 – GO Camp 2016 Sign-up ramps up – 3/26-27 –...
by Christopher Taylor | Feb 15, 2016 | updates
Good morning, I am very grateful for all those that attended, cooked, and served in any capacity at the Valentine’s Dinner and Show this past Friday. We had 82 guests come and dine and 22 serving and/or cooking. We pitched a 2-part fundraiser and i’ll speak more on that below. High intensity evening for our servers, but they did amazing considering, for some, it was their first time waiting on a table. Next up for us is our D-NOW Weekend. – Dates are Friday, March 18 – Sunday, March 20. – Cost is $30. – Bro. Jonny Gaston and Bro. Ralph Rimmer will be our special speakers for the weekend. Information is below on what we need for this weekend. If you have our app then you can click on Events and read the notes also. Saturday afternoon was nice as I had the opportunity to take the assistant coaches Dylan Westbrook and Zach Huhn, and some of the players of the RA Older Basketball program to the South Alabama basketball game. We rented a suite and ate plenty of hot dogs. It was a nice time. The CAB will be closed for use from February 28 – March 5 for the Annual GRACE Yard Sale led by Bro. Jerry. We will have a joint service in the youth building on March 2nd at 6:30pm with some refreshments and snacks for the students. Lastly, there is a new place in Mobile called “Get Air”. It is a trampoline park on Schillinger Road. We will plan to go there as a group some time in the near future so be...
by Christopher Taylor | Feb 1, 2016 | updates
Welcome to February, There is a great Dinner coming up in 11 days. If you haven’t got your tickets please find Bro. Jim, Lynne Watson, Tina Wilkinson, or myself to purchase them. They are $15/each and you get to choose Steak or Chicken as the main meat and it comes with Baked Potato, Salad, and a Dessert. Plan to be there, Family Feud is going to be great! Sometime this week we should finish our RA Basketball. It’s been another year of late scheduling so I have no clue when our games are this week for the State tournament. In regular season play our Older team finished 4-4, Younger One 6-2, and Younger Two 4-4. WinterJam is Thursday night at the Mitchell Center. Students need to contact me and let me know if they are going with us. We will leave the church at 4:00pm on Thursday. Cost is $10. Below is more of what is coming up. In 140 characters or less: – 2/4 – WinterJam Concert at the Mitchell Center – 2/12 – Valentine’s Dinner & Show in the CAB – 2/8-12 – Mardi Gras Holiday – 3/18-20 – D-Now Weekend – 4/1 – Harlem Globetrotters – 7:00pm – $25/person In 140 characters or more: Greeting Schedule Above you can see that I have changed the top heading to a Greeting schedule. Until I can figure out a way that we can have someone at the door earlier it is going to be very difficult to track attendance as students are coming earlier to the gym. February 3 (5:30-6:30p) – Sanna Collier February 10 (5:30-6:30p) – Lynne...
by Christopher Taylor | Jan 25, 2016 | updates
Good morning, Tickets are currently for sale for the Valentine’s Dinner and Family Feud Show on Friday, February 12 @ 6:30pm. Spread the word! Tickets are $15/each and the Dinner is Steak or Chicken, Baked Potato, Salad, and a Dessert. Concluding the evening will be two families squaring off against one another in the game Family Feud. Tickets can be purchased from the church office, Bro. Jim Chinners, Lynne Watson, Tina Wilkinson, or myself. Our RA teams are doing well. Currently the Older team is 3-4, Younger 1 team is 4-2, and Younger 2 team is 3-4. The Older team had a big win this weekend by defeating First Baptist Tillman’s Corner’s 1 team this Saturday which was undefeated. Thank you for your support and prayers. This is a busy week for me as we have games in Biloxi on Tuesday, games on Thursday night, Friday in Robertsdale, and Saturday. Next week slows down as Saturday is the end of the regular season and we begin getting prepared for the State tournament with 1 Older team and 1 Younger team on Feb 5-6th. Below is what is upcoming and please download the app for easy access to this information (app.foundationflow.com or search “The Foundation Youth Ministry” in your app store): In 140 characters or less: – 1/26 – RA Basketball games at St. Patrick Catholic in Biloxi (Younger at 5:15p Older after) – 1/28 – Friendship 2 vs New Life @ 7p, Friendship Older vs New Life @ 8p (At Gov’t Street Baptist) – 1/30 – Friendship 1 vs New Life @ 10a (At Oak Park Church of God) –...
by Christopher Taylor | Jan 20, 2016 | updates
Valentine’s Dinner & Family Feud Show – Friday, February 12th 6:30pm – $15/person For our 2nd Annual Valentine’s Dinner & Show we are having the Family Feud game as entertainment for the night. Date: Friday, February 12th Time: 6:30pm Cost: $15/person Tickets: Pre-Order Only Food: Steak or Chicken, Baked Potato, Salad, and Dessert. Please spread the word about this event. We will be sharing a short vision for some goals we would like to attain in 2016 for our youth ministry as well. Anyone can pre-order a ticket by contacting the church office, Bro. Chris Taylor, Bro. Jim Chinners, Lynne Watson, or Tina Wilkinson. Pray, Promote, and Participate in this great...
by Christopher Taylor | Jan 20, 2016 | updates
This is a great weekend for students to come together and really get connected with the Lord and other students. Jonny Gaston and Ralph Rimmer will be our speakers for the weekend and students will be staying at church members homes with a leader that will spend time in Bible study, build a core relationship, and help bring them closer to Christ. The D-NOW will start on Friday, March 18th and the cost is $3 with a work day helping church members get their yards ready for Easter weekend and then an evening service at the church. Saturday will start with a worship service, then paintball play at Southern Alabama Paintball and then a service on Saturday night. All the students involved will then finish the weekend in the Sunday morning service. What is needed? – Prayers – Leaders to stay with students in homes. – Cooks to help prepare breakfast and dinner on Saturday – Church members to house students 3/18-3/20 and feed students on Friday, March 18th dinner. – Sponsorships The cost mainly covers the paintball and a little extra for food. Let me know if you have any...
by Christopher Taylor | Jan 20, 2016 | updates
Good morning to y’all, We had a blessed day of plentiful basketball day for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. My day was a bit longer as most of the players on the Older and Younger teams (about 35 students) spent the night at the church last night. A big shoutout goes to James Marino for staying with me. He asked, “Is a lock-in worse than this?” I responded with, “Yes, and we are making them go to bed at 1:00am, in a lock-in, they have no bedtime.” There were many others that helped run the concession, scoreboard, books, and clean up and I am very grateful for them also. The RA teams finished the day 2-2 and the head ref Jerry made his final tour to Grand Bay as he will be retiring after this basketball season. Nicole graciously got him some Gumbo and that is probably the only reason why we finished 2-2, not because of my coaching. We have set a date and details for our Dinner & Show Fundraiser and it is below so please check it out. More also on other things coming up. In 140 characters or less: – 1/21 – Friendship 2 vs Woodridge @ 7p, Friendship Older vs Woodridge @ 8p – 1/23 – Friendship Older vs Tillman’s Corner 9a, Friendship 1 vs Tillman’s Corner @ 11a, Friendship 2 vs Robertsdale @ 12p (All at Oak Park Church of God) – 1/26 – RA Basketball games at St. Patrick Catholic High School – 1/28 – Friendship 2 vs New Life @ 7p, Friendship Older vs New Life @ 8p (At Gov’t Street...
