by Christopher Taylor | Aug 24, 2015 | updates
Good morning, Friday night lights are in full swing. Coach Eric Collier’s Theodore team came out with a great win on Friday night against Citronelle. Alma Bryant didn’t fare well against St. Paul, but the rivalry continues this Friday night at Alma Bryant when Theodore comes to town. Game is at 7p. Come support either or. Tonight we are meeting with the youth committee to discuss some upcoming events, fundraisers, and outreach opportunities. Pray for us as we meet. Late-Night Bowling is coming up. More information below on that. In 140 characters or less: – 8/28 – Alma Bryant vs Theodore @ Alma Bryant 7pm – 9/4 – Alma Bryant vs Foley @ Foley 7pm – 9/6 – Late-Night Bowling – Cost $5 – Must attend evening service – 9/17 & 18 – Cooking for the Alma Bryant Football Team – Download The Foundation App and turn on notifications. app.foundationflow.com or search for The Foundation Youth Ministry in your app store. In 140 characters or more: Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule Let me know if you cannot be there on these dates. August 26 (7:30-8:30p) – John Ladnier September 2 (7:30-8:30p) – Jack & Kerri Lastorka September 9 (7:30-8:30p) – Jim & Glenda Chinners September 16 (7:30-8:30p) – Chris Taylor Discipleship Training on Sunday Nights @ 5:00pm Every week in the youth building the 6-12th graders meet for Discipleship Training. We are on the subject of God’s Kingdom and we are working through a devotional that we got from Youth Works so I encourage all students to be a part of it. Labor Day Weekend Late-Night Bowling – September 6th Requirements for this event will...
by Christopher Taylor | Aug 17, 2015 | updates
Happy Monday to you all, Sunday we embarked on a journey toward revival. It was great seeing adults and students coming to the Lord in last night’s service. Please do not miss out on hearing Wade Morris speak this week. He will be speaking every night at 6:30pm finishing out on Wednesday night. We had a great quick trip to Danville, AL to help with their block party and the students really did a great job of serving. The breakfast also went well as all the food was gone and I believe everyone got enough to eat. Thank you to those who supplied food for the breakfast and helped with it yesterday morning. Every night this week we will have activities and food in the CAB for students that attend the revival. We will close up at 8:30p. Here is some more info below In 140 characters or less: – 8/16-19 – Revival services w/Evangelist Wade Morris continues – 8/21 – Alma Bryant vs St. Paul @ St. Paul 7pm – 8/28 – Alma Bryant vs Theodore @ Alma Bryant 7pm – 9/6 – Late-Night Bowling – Cost $5 – Must attend evening service – Download The Foundation App and turn on notifications. app.foundationflow.com or search for The Foundation Youth Ministry in your app store. In 140 characters or more: Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule Let me know if you cannot be there on these dates. August 19 (7:30-8:30p) – Chris Taylor August 26 (7:30-8:30p) – John Ladnier September 2 (7:30-8:30p) – Jack & Kerri Lastorka September 9 (7:30-8:30p) – Jim & Glenda Chinners I hope to see you at the revival services and continue...
by Christopher Taylor | Aug 10, 2015 | updates
Good morning everyone, School has officially started for MCPSS students. I hope that everyone will get back into the swing of things pretty quickly and we can begin to see the numbers on Sundays and Wednesday rise. The feeding for the GBMS staff went exceptionally well as they loved it. Gave us a chance to meet some of the new teachers as well as talk to a number of the veterans. Big thanks to Jim and Glenda for cooking everything, and Trish, Kerri, J.T. & Alexus for helping and eating the leftovers. We are 7 days away from Wade Morris being with us. I highly encourage you to begin praying now. If you have not heard, we will have open prayer times throughout the week for you to come pray for the revival services. You can check those out on Bro. Teddie’s blog (friendshipfamily.net/pastorblog). More on the services below This year we have school representatives at GBMS and BHS. Brooke Ladnier will be our GBMS school representative and Adriana Arriola & Caleb Watson will be our BHS representatives. They will help us to plan and coordinate things with the school as well as keep us informed with the happenings there. Our youth committee has been set for the upcoming year with some new additions. The members of the youth committee for the 2015-2016 year are: Lynne Watson, Eric & Sanna Collier, Raymond & Tina Wilkinson, Jack & Kerri Lastorka, Jim & Glenda Chinners, Zach Huhn, Eva Mareno, and Christopher Taylor. Below you can also find more information on events and updates: In 140 characters or less: – Sign up...
by Christopher Taylor | Aug 3, 2015 | updates
Good morning summer is about done, We are exactly one week away from the first day of the MCPSS 2015-2016 school year. If you would like a schedule of the year here is a link: goo.gl/LTxR0M I was wrong as this week is the last Wednesday of the summer that Youth Works will be with us and working in our community. This Wednesday is also the first Wednesday our upcoming 6th graders will be coming up and the upcoming 9th graders will be coming into the high-school Bible study. Emails have been sent out requesting members for the 2015-2016 youth committee. If you didn’t receive an email it most certainly doesn’t mean you cannot continue to serve in the youth ministry, we just try to rotate those serving on this committee and give new opportunities to those who haven’t had the chance to serve. More to checkout below so please read In 140 characters or less: – Sign up for text alerts from The Foundation by texting FYM to 68398 – Sign up for Youth leader/adult updates by texting FYMLEADERS to 68398 – 8/4 – Open Gym for basketball from 1:00 – 4:00p – 8/5 – First Day for upcoming 6th Graders – 8/6 – Feed the GBMS Staff breakfast – 8/10 – School starts for MCPSS – 8/14-15 – Danville Block Party Mission Weekend – 8/16 – Sunday School Breakfast for 6-12th graders – 8/16-19 – Revival services w/Evangelist Wade Morris – Download The Foundation App and turn on notifications. app.foundationflow.com or search for The Foundation Youth Ministry in your app store. In 140 characters or more: Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule...
by Christopher Taylor | Jul 27, 2015 | updates
Good morning, Yesterday was the last Sunday of the church year which means this is the last Monday update of the 2014-2015 church year. I will send another email behind this one about GO Camp as there is more information that I would like to share than send it here. This Wednesday night will be the last Wednesday for our Seniors and up. I have been trying to prepare them mentally for the move and hopefully it will be a smooth transition with them. I’ll be encouraging them to go to the College and Career Bible Study at Bro. Teddie’s this Wednesday and will be going with them over there this Wednesday to help the transition. Encourage them when you see them to go. This Wednesday, I believe, will also be the last Wednesday the groups from Youth Works will be with us. They have definitely been a blessing and I hope that we have been so to them also. Next Wednesday, 8/5, will be the last Wednesday for the upcoming 9th graders to be in the Junior High Bible study and the first Wednesday for the upcoming 6th graders to be a part of The Foundation. At the beginning Bro. Jim will send the upcoming 9th graders onward to the Gym. More great upcoming stuff below to checkout In 140 characters or less: – Sign up for text alerts from The Foundation by texting FYM to 68398 – Sign up for Youth leader/adult updates by texting FYMLEADERS to 68398 – 7/28 – Open Gym for basketball from 1:00 – 4:00p – 7/29 – Last Day for Seniors on Wednesday –...
by Christopher Taylor | Jul 13, 2015 | updates
Good morning, A lot of people have been asking about my experience at Wild Week and I have planned on writing a post to you all about that now that it is in the books. GO Camp sponsors needed! We have 2 students that would like to go but are not able to afford camp. They were in the Sunday service yesterday and have been faithful to Wednesday night services for a long time now. Sponsorships are $199. Please let me know ASAP if you are interested in sponsoring or partially sponsoring one of these two students. Contact me if you have questions about these students as some want more detailed information on where, whom, and how their giving will be used. Last Wednesday’s service was packed from what I heard. From reports we had about 50 students joined with 100 youth works students. With all the warm bodies and the non-functional A/C I heard it was a bit warm in the CAB. Other than that though, all reports were great, and a big thanks goes out to Bro. Jim Chinners for leading everything. We are 3 Wednesdays away from the last Wednesday night with our Seniors. Please remind them about the Wednesday night Bible study and fellowship at Bro. Teddie’s that they can join in on August 5th at 7:30pm and every Wednesday night after. On August 5th the upcoming 5th graders will be able to join The Foundation Youth Ministry. We are going to have regular services but it will be a little different as we are going to meet in the gym together and then break, more...
by Christopher Taylor | Jul 6, 2015 | updates
Good morning, What an amazing service we had yesterday morning. God definitely was honored IMO. Then to cap it all off last night the USWNT won the World Cup in style. This afternoon I head back to Texas to week two of Wild Week with Ken Freeman. Week one we got to see 268 come to know Christ. Pray we will see students saved this week also. We will need all hands on deck this Wednesday night. Bro. Jim Chinners will be leading this Wednesday night and the leaders at Youth Works said this is going to be their biggest week of the year as they are bringing 100. All students will be in the CAB for service and it will start at regular time. GO Camp is only two weeks away. I have always believed that the summer youth camps should not be looked at as a cost, but an investment. Parents, how much would you pay to see your student make a decision that alters their lives for eternity? Though camp doesn’t assure that, it does give an opportunity to. The opportunity is why we must make it a priority to have our students involved in Sunday services (Sunday School, Worship, DT, & Evening Worship) as well as the Wednesday night activities. Checkout more below In 140 characters or less: – Sign up for text alerts from The Foundation by texting FYM to 68398 – No Open Gym this week – 7/12 – Final GO Camp Meeting in Youth Building after evening service. – 7/20-24 – GO Camp 2015 at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Toccoa,...
by Christopher Taylor | Jun 29, 2015 | updates
Good morning, It was great to get back with our students on Wednesday night and this past Sunday morning for Sunday school. This upcoming Sunday we will not have Sunday school or any evening services. There will solely be a 10:30am service, so make sure you note that and attend if you are in town. Apologies for having to cancel the river day. Weather has been crazy and if the river is not down it is not good to take the students. I may take some students on Thursday, July 2 if the river is ok. I will call Charles Persons on Wednesday to see what the conditions are like. No signup needed for this trip and more information on Wednesday night will be given. We have received a lot of positive response from the groups with Youth Works about our service on Wednesday night. I want to thank all those that were a part of getting things in order the two weeks that I was away, and for the next two Wednesdays I’ll be away in the upcoming weeks (July 8 – Wild Week 2, July 22 – GO Camp). On the subject of Youth Works, they have requested that if we know anyone that is in need of painting, yard work, or other light missional type projects their groups could be a part of please let me know. I have a form that can be filled out and I can give it to the leaders to be put on the list. We are also 5 weeks away from our last Wednesday night of the church year. This...
by Christopher Taylor | Jun 22, 2015 | updates
Good morning, Summer is in full swing as baseball tournaments, mission trips, vacations, and the such are the bulk of our 24 hour days. Reported from Alan Aldridge who took care of the Wednesday night service last week said that the Youth Works groups have enjoyed the Wednesday services and cannot wait to see what we have in store for this week. I’m back speaking so I’m not sure if their expectations will be met. One of the hardest things is moving from High-school to college, even in the church, and sometimes there needs to be a little bit of push by us as leaders. I have talked with a few Seniors about this and they are not thrilled but will benefit from the move if they are faithful. From this Wednesday our Seniors will have 5 more Wednesdays with us and then the new church year starts. After that they can join with the other college/career students on Wednesday at Bro. Teddie’s at 7:30p. Help encourage them to attend this service. Free Food and great fellowship with the Word. We have a couple things coming up before and after Youth Camp and those are detailed below In 140 characters or less: – Sign up for text alerts from The Foundation by texting FYM to 68398 – 6/23 – Open Gym for 6-12th Grade Students from 1-4pm. – 6/27 – Day on the Escatawpa River (more info below) – 7/7-11 – Bro. Chris preaching at Wild Week #2 in Latham Springs, TX. – 7/20-24 – GO Camp 2015 at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Toccoa, GA In 140...
by Christopher Taylor | Jun 1, 2015 | updates
Good morning, Welcome to June and summer break for the students. Nicole texted me this morning and said there was no one in car line and she has 7 students. I’m pretty sure this is a wasted day at MCPSS. In the area of prayer I ask that you all pray for Sofia Arriola. She was not able to attend the Grand Bay Middle School awards ceremony because she was sick and has continued with this sickness since then. Randall has also caught it as well, so please pray for that household in the area of healing. Danville Baptist crew is here with 20 folks and they are starting work at Light of the Village in Prichard, AL this morning. Pray for the rainy weather to slack off, and for them as they minister in and around this area. In 140 characters or less: – Sign up for text alerts from The Foundation by texting FYM to 68398 – 6/1-5 – Danville Baptist Mission Trip (Will be using our CAB) – 6/8-12 – Vacation Bible School (see Mrytle Bowden for information on serving) – 6/10 – Joint Service with Junior High & Senior High – 6/8-12 – Bro. Chris preaching at Wild Week in Latham Springs, TX. – 6/11-18 – GRACE Trip 1 – 6/27 – Day on the Escatawpa River (more info below) – 7/7-11 – Bro. Chris preaching at Wild Week #2 in Latham Springs, TX. – 7/20-24 – GO Camp 2015 at the Georgia Baptist Conference Center in Toccoa, GA In 140 characters or more: Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule Let me know if you cannot...
