One day, we will all be in one of 2 places; heaven or hell. Where will you be? This song talks about how awesome heaven is going to be. Let's take as many people with us as we can!
Who have you witnessed to today?
The Mercer County Golden Eagles won on Friday night in story book fashion as Walnut Park Baptist's Luke Boucher kicked a 29 yard field goal with just 8 seconds left on the clock to put the Mercer County Golden Eagles ahead by 3 points. The Golden Eagles would ultimately go on to win it with a score of 31-28! "I wasn't nervous. They called a timeout to ice me and I was like whatever," said Luke after the game at his home in Aledo, IL. Also on the Mercer County team is another Boucher boy, Jake, who plays Linebacker and Tight End for the Golden Eagles. "I was praying for Luke that he would make it," said Jake. Jake played a great game Friday night as well. However due to major cramping he was not able to jump up and down and cheer when his brother, Luke, put the pigskin through the uprights. "Every time I moved I was crampin' up!" On Sunday morning, 2 days after the game, School Superintendent Alan Boucher shared with his men's Sunday School class "Usually teams call timeouts to ice the kicker, but instead they iced the dad!" The ice was broken however when the field goal was made and Mr. Boucher went crazy high-fiving and yelling! Soon to follow was a chant by the crowd "Luke, Luke, Luke..." One of the neatest things about the whole story was that right before the final kick Luke was reciting a memory verse in his head that has become his favorite verse in life, I Corinthians 10:31. "Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." The youth group and people of Walnut Park Baptist Church are proud of the Boucher's and wish them luck the rest of the season! P.S. the Muskies won Friday night too! :)
This Friday Night Hope everybody had a great day of school today!
Seeya at church tonight!
10. I didn't want the other kids in class to look bad!
9. Another student fell into a lake and I jumped in to save them and unfortunately my homework drowned!
8. Our furnace broke so we had to burn my homework to keep from freezing!
7. I wanted to frame the attention letter you're about to give me!
6. My mom used it as a dryer sheet!
5. I felt it wasn't challenging enough!
4. We had homework!?
3. I have a solar powered calculator, it was cloudy!
2. It's against my religion to do homework!
And the #1 bad excuse for not doing your homework...
My parents were sick and unable to do my homework last night. Don't worry, they have been suitably punished!
School starts tomorrow for some of you. Others have already started. Advice from your youth pastor: DO YOUR HOMEWORK! :)
Taken from www.bellaonline.com
2 days left to pass out tracts!
You can do it!
Are you on TRACT to pass out 10 tracts before Wednesday? Get out there and BE BOLD for Jesus Christ! Come ready to share your experiences Wednesday night! Also, make sure you have read Chapters 7-8 in your book and come ready to discuss things you learned. This has been a great study together so far! Let's keep it going!
Friday Night, August 27th - let's go & support Luke and Jake Boucher and their football season opener! We will talk about details and times as the days get closer! ALSO...after the game we are tentatively planning on heading over to the Bouchers to hang out for awhile so plan on that too!
This is a blog post straight from the hearts of your youth pastor and wife. Last night was VERY encouraging for us. To see the teens in our youth group willing and excited to pass out tracts was awesome! It was very cool! God will totally honor you for be willing to step out of your comfort zone and reach people with the gospel. I am super-excited about what God is going to do in the youth group this year. When we are done with t
he book we are going through we are going to be starting a new "program" called Word of Life Student Ministries. I haven't really told anyone about it yet, but it's going to be amazing! I know in my heart that God has some great things in store for each of the teens and the group as a whole. So to hear that you guys want to go to a Hawkeye game to pass out tracts really verifies in my mind that this group is ready to go BIG for God! If you are confused about this blog post...it will all make sense when I talk about it at the end of September. This Saturday night we are having a sponsor meeting to get the ball rolling with the new student ministries idea. So for now....go and be BOLD for Jesus Christ! I can't wait to hear how God used you to pass out at least ten tracts! I will be praying for you guys to have boldness and then great opportunities! 
This Wednesday Night we will be discussing the questions from Chapter's 5 and 6. Chapter 6's title is pretty cool, "If they're breathing, they need Jesus." Come ready to talk and discuss. Also come ready to share times you had witnessing to the people who you wrote on the wall.
HA! Actually it stands for Sunnday Night After Church!
Luke and Cassie
PJ, Jake, and Anthony
Cassie, Jenny, Loren, Kendra, Leigha, Brooke, and Morgan 
Luke and Kendra
