Ask anyone who’s ever run into a sliding glass door that was closed, or went for the same baseball as a teammate, or experienced a fender bender at a stoplight—a collision changes things. Whether it’s a bump on the head or a cracked bumper, something is not the same as it was before. The same thing happens when we collide with God or His truth or even other people. We’re changed. But unless we put ourselves in a position to collide, everything will stay the same. So are you ready to change, are ...

Remember this Saturday, February 18th at 6pm is our annual Sweetheart Banquet.  Ablaze Youth please come early at 3pm in order to setup for the banquet.  Please wear something nice so that we may show that this is a special event for the Sweethearts.  There will be music, dancing, pictures, the Oldlywed Game and of course wonderful food.  Come and help make this a special event.  

February 2, 2012 we are scheduling a meeting for all Ablaze Youth Parents with Ablaze Leaders.  We would like to encourage, support and partner together with you.   We would like to talk with you about how we all can contribute to a broader church and home strategy, and also to communicate important upcoming topics.  If you cannot make this important meeting, please let me know ASAP. Thanks and God Bless, Lee Corpier Minister of Youth

This Sunday, February 5, 2012 there will not be an Ablaze Youth meeting.  As it has been a tradition of our youth ministry in the past, we will not be meeting.  If anyone is interested in watching the Superbowl as a group please contact me ASAP.  As I do not have a lot of in my apartment I can only invite my small group.  If you do have space and don’t mind the imposition we can arrange something. Also, parents we will be having our meeting still on Thursday night at 7 to become more famil...

Have you ever played God? No, we don’t mean played, like you played the role of God in a theater production and wore a white beard and a robe and sat on a big throne. We mean played, as in play, as in used Him. Yep, that’s right—we try to use God. We try to shape Him to fit our own preferences. And when we do, He doesn’t like to do the things we don’t like to do, He doesn’t like the people we don’t like and He doesn’t care about the things that don’t interest us. Essentially God resembles us—but...