True Love Waits® challenges teenagers and college students to make a commitment to sexual abstinence until marriage. For the past month at ASBC, our middle and high school students have been learning about purity, what it means, and how it affects their relationships. Our study ended last week with over 200 students signing the True Love Waits pledge and here are a few photos from our ceremony at church this morning.
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Added by Craig on March 1, 2009 at 9:39pm —
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Every year NewSong sponsors the Winter Jam tour and every year I look forward to it coming to the Hampton Roads area. And every year - I attend. In fact, when you're filling out your CCM Reader's Choice Awards votes this year, I hope you'll consider Winter Jam for the best tour of the year. This is what the Tour offers for a meager $10 admission charge:
Tobymac
Hawk Nelson
Brandon Heath
Francesca Battistelli
PureNRG
Stephanie Smith
NEWSONG
Speaker: Tony Nolan
About 3 weeks ago I received a Fa…
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Added by Craig on February 23, 2009 at 10:46pm —
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I don't know how long this has been going on, but I just found out about it today. For any of you who remember Don Francisco or who who are fans, you are probably aware that he now runs Rocky Mountain Ministries out of his home in Colorado. But what you might not know is that he has launched an Internet Radio Station that plays his music 24/7/365! See the announcement below:
RM Radio now on iPhone, iPod Touch, and other smartphones!
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In case you…
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Added by Craig on February 7, 2009 at 10:10pm —
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I received the below email from Early Harvest Band and wanted to pass it along to everyone! If you're not already their friend, look them up on myCCM and check them out!
Early Harvest Band is asking all of you to please help us out by calling your local radio stations and requesting them to play our new single, "See You In Heaven". Also, please pass this along to your friends & family!
Thank you and God bless,
Early Harvest Band
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Added by Craig on February 5, 2009 at 4:05pm —
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Joy is a nominee in the Best New Artist category of CCM's 2009 Reader's Choice Awards! Voting ends March 31st and the winners will be announced in May! Take a few moments and vote for Joy!
http://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/stories/11598923
CLICK HERE to read a review of Joy's album, "God And A Girl"
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Added by Craig on February 4, 2009 at 1:08pm —
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Is it just me, or does anyone else think this was the weakest year in Super Bowl history for commercials. I don't think I'll remember any of them by 1000 tomorrow morning. And Coke Zero's remake of teh Mean Joe commercial using Polamaro was very poorly done and humorless. The best commercial this year was probably Budweiser's Clydesdale fetching the tree limb to show up the dog for a treat - and even that was pretty weak. I'm no "Jimmy the Greek" but my prediction is there won't be a whole lot o…
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Added by Craig on February 1, 2009 at 10:40pm —
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I'm glad you asked! Believe it or not, NBC has decided not to air a pro-life commercial sponsored by Catholicvote.org during this year's Super Bowl. I don't know a lot about the organization, but I have read that NBC originally agreed to accept the commercial, but later changed their minds and rejected it. The only reason given was that NBC was not going to air "activist" advertisement during this year's Super Bowl. Although I'm sure they will air all those other commercials that demand we chang…
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Added by Craig on January 31, 2009 at 4:30pm —
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Is it just me or are there more and more cars on the side of the road these days? I live in a neighborhood somewhat removed from the hustle and bustle of the big, busy Chesapeake city life - kind of out of the way. But the neighborhood is a decent size - about 215 houses with a common area park, a clubhouse, and an olympic-sized community pool. So even though we're sort of "out of the way", we're not South Georgia country!
Every home in our neighbood has a garage, most have 2 car garages. Every…
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Added by Craig on January 30, 2009 at 7:18pm —
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A few days ago President Obama signed an executive order to allow federal taxpayer dollars to be used to support abortion. Now House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is trying to get us to believe that having fewer children will build a stronger American economy? I wonder how long it will be before America adopts the One Child Law that has plagued China for years? I have a gut feeling that this is going to be a long 4 years...
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Pelosi: Fewer babies…
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Added by Craig on January 27, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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Around here, we're spelling it N-O-S-N-O-W! Early this morning before the sun had a chance to rise every public and private school in Tidewater was listed as closed in anticipation of 6" of snow that every meteorologist in this area predicted to hit hard and heavy and all day long. When I woke up at 5AM, there was no snow. When I left for work at 6AM, still no snow. When I looked out the window at 8:30AM, not a flake to be found. By lunch time, we had all given up. Another elaborate hoax schemed…
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Added by Craig on January 20, 2009 at 5:23pm —
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Oh, wait. Christmas has already passed. And it was GREEN, as usual. But the forecast is calling for some white stuff to begin falling tonight and all day tomorrow. In fact, they are saying anywhere from 1" - 6". I know - for allot of my friends here on myCCM that is an everyday forecast and you wouldn't blink an eye. But 1" in Chesapeake sets everyone a bit on edge and 6" would be some serious, serious stuff. Maybe I'll be watching the Inauguration from home?
Here's a photo from our last "Big S…
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Added by Craig on January 19, 2009 at 11:15pm —
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For any who are fans of early CCM pioneers, you might be interested in this...
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Added by Craig on January 19, 2009 at 10:14am —
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I think I have finally recovered from spending New Year's Eve with just over 100 of my favorite middle schoolers. Our Youth Ministry used to plan a pretty big night in the past. We''ve had concerts by Big Daddy Weave and Solomon's Wish and guest speakers like Ted Dibiase and Sting followed by a full night of roller skating, ice skating, and bowling to name a few. And we'd invite other area churches But the last few years we've been pretty quiet.
This year we shared the evening with another area…
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Added by Craig on January 3, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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I'm getting ready to go ring in the new year locked in our church Life Center with 200 of my favorite middle schoolers. So, in case I don't survive, I wanted to wish you all a very
SAFE and happy new year! You guys make this the
BEST neighborhood on the net!
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Added by Craig on December 31, 2008 at 6:43pm —
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Everyone seems to be making lists this time of year. Christmas lists, New Years Resolutions, Naughty and Nice, you name it - someone is making a list and checking it twice. So, remaining in the tradition, here is my Top 10 Albums (CDs) list for 2008:
10. Great God Who Saves (Laura Story): My daughter had the privilege of attending a dinner in which Laura was the guest speaker and I attended the after dinner concert with her. Even if the girl couldn't write a lick or sing a note (which I assure…
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Added by Craig on December 30, 2008 at 10:30pm —
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I know many people missed seeing Relient K perform
"Sleigh Ride" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno the first time around. And here is some good news if you fall into that category - the show is re-airing tonight! I received the following bulletin from the band's MySpace site:
Merry Christmas Everyone
Re-Airing tonight from last week: Relient K as the musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno!
If you missed it be sure to check it out this time around! 11:30/10:30c
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Added by Craig on December 25, 2008 at 2:29pm —
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WHO IS YOUR ROLE MODEL??? I'm not sure how this works, I only know that it does. Follow the instructions, then scroll down to see who your role model is...
1) Pick your favorite number between 1-9
2) Multiply by 3 then
3) Add 3, then again Multiply by 3 (I'll wait while you
get the calculator.....)
4) You'll get a 2 or 3 digit number....
5) Add the digits together
Now Scroll down ..............
Match your number with the list below to see who your Role Model is.
1. Hillary Cl…
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Added by Craig on December 23, 2008 at 5:17pm —
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Many of you are probably already aware but I wanted to pass along a pretty cool website for tracking Santa across the world. NORAD is the bi-national US/Canadian military organization officially created in 1958 and responsible for providing advanced warning of missile attacks against North America. They operate a variety of radars that monitor the airspace within Canada and the United States as well as conducting maritime monitoring.
NORAD began tracking Santa on Dec 24, 1955 after a child dial…
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Added by Craig on December 23, 2008 at 2:34pm —
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Tonight is the night RELIENT K will be performing "Sleigh Ride" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It's a bit late for the middle of the week but would be a great statement if the ratings go up when Christians are showcased on the show. Hope you can make it - I'm going to give it my best shot!
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Added by Craig on December 16, 2008 at 11:50am —
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Received the following bulletin from the Relient K MySpace site:
This Tuesday, the 16th, us boys in Relient K will be performing "Sleigh Ride" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. There will also be a very special guest playing with us......TOM F. WILSON!! If you have no idea who that is...thats Biff from the Back To The Future trilogy! Get into it!! Be sure to tune in Tuesday night!!
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Added by Craig on December 11, 2008 at 11:49pm —
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