Helping “The Least of These”
On Sunday late afternoon I was in the sanctuary getting ready to begin rehearsal for the youth band. Sunday night was our big end of the school year/beginning of summer worship night that we had been...
View ArticleRecap: High School Mission Trip 2011, Denver, CO
We’ve now been back for a couple of days from out time in Denver, CO with our high school students. We left on Thursday June 23rd and arrived in Colorado Springs, CO the next morning. We took some...
View ArticleIn Their Own Words – Part 1 – Guest Post by Mary Schneider
This is the first of what will hopefully be a three or four part series called “In Their Own Words”. I have asked various students from our mission trips this summer to write a guest post for my blog...
View ArticleIn Their Own Words – Part II – By Ryan Hunt
This post is from Ryan Hunt. Ryan is a high school graduate on his way to college in the fall. This was his first trip with Phao Student Ministries as he went to Denver, CO with our high school...
View ArticleRecap: Middle School Mission Trip 2011 – Grand Rapids, MI
On July 5th we left for Grand Rapids, Michigan with almost forty middle school students and leaders. We spent our week working with a ministry called G.R.A.S.P. (Grand Rapids Area Service Project)....
View ArticleThe Proper Response to Jesus…Throw a Party!
This week in my devotions I have been reading through the Gospel of Luke. Yesterday I read the story of Jesus calling Levi to be one of his disciples. I love this story because of the way Levi...
View ArticleAlter Bridge and What Jesus Must be Thinking
I love it when song writers are totally honest about their feelings, beliefs, struggles etc. The latest Alter Bridge album “ABIII” is just that, brutally honest. Myles Kennedy (vocals/guitar) and...
View ArticleSo What if I Like to Rock?
Lately I have really begun to notice how much musicians look down on hard rock and metal music. It’s funny to me. You mention a band that is considered hard rock, or metal, and musicians kind of...
View Article(Re)Becoming a Song Writer…
When I was in high school, and even in to college for a couple years, I really spent a lot of time writing songs. I’d spend hours playing the same guitar parts over and over again until (what I liked...
View ArticleIn Their Own Words – Part III – By Bailey Hogan
Bailey is in the seventh grade this year and went on our Middle School mission trip to Grand Rapids, MI and worked with G.R.A.S.P. (Grand Rapids Area Service Project). This was her first mission trip...
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