Texting ...the new email!

I found this post on a friend of mine's site who also serves students...it's a new day, what's keeping us from keeping up with them?

Here are some great places where you can begin to text all of your students. Texting is today’s e-mail. We should be texting our students strategically throughout the year.

Remember you do not want people to get use to a text and ignore it (remember it is today’s e-mail). As they get a text from us we want them to appreciate it so we try to be strategic when we text them.

Here are couple of websites to go to so you can start texting all your students:

http://www.simplyyouthministry.com/txt.html

http://www.joopz.com/.

Find out a lot more on David Drinnon's Blog - IT Pastor for Second Baptist Church Houston

What are we trying to build?

great stuff from Growing Leaders...

What Are We Trying to Build?
Matthew ch. 15 tells us that we are to be the light of the world...what a challenge! As I reflect on this I have to ask myself, is that what we are training our students to be? This is what I want to be about - building leaders for Christ's cause. We are trying to build "growing leaders." They will stand in contrast to their peers around the world. They will be counter-cultural. They are marked by these characteristics:

ORDINARY STUDENTS
1. Self-absorbed
2. Imitate others
3. Apathetic
4. Consuming
5. Presumptuous
6. Controlling
7. Status quo
8. What can I get?
9. It's about the money
10. Blend in

GROWING LEADERS
1. Sacrificial
2. Authentic
3. Committed
4. Generous
5. Grateful
6. Empowering
7. Hungry mind
8. What can I give?
9. It's about a mission
10. Stand out

The Beautiful Bat City

If you didn't know, they call Austin, Tx the "bat city" among other things - I've lived here over 3 years and just found out. Well, this weekend I had the pleasure of seeing what the whole bat thing was all about. My parents visited along with Holly, my sister, and James, my brother. By simply taking in the city and being a part of the thousands (literally) who come out every night to watch the bats under the bridge (a very "weird" experience I might add) reminds me of the simple beauties of this city. God has blessed me and my family in so may ways here in Austin, and it's a privilege to do HIS work here.

keep running the race
Brian