We kicked off this topic last Sunday night with a great conversation with youth and parents together.  I laid out the plan and described my approach to this topic and last night we started in with some specifics.  Thanks to all of the youth who came and participated in the conversation.  Thanks to the parents [...]

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We would like to take this opportunity to reflect and share about our experiences from the “BreakAway” Spring Break Mission Outreach.  For those who attended worship on “Youth” Sunday (4/11/10) you heard about how much God did in the hearts and lives of some of our youth.  If you weren’t able to be there, you [...]

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This past Sunday night, we continued our conversation and our series on our identity and we heard from the great pator Henri Nouwen that we are all dearly loved sons and daughters of God.  It’s hard to say it much better than Nouwen does, so if you missed last Sunday or if you need a [...]

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For those of us who went to the Acquire the Fire event this past weekend, we heard some powerful words from the speaker and some of us had a powerful encounter with God.  For those people and for the rest of us too, I think it’s important that we take this opportunity to dig deep [...]

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We had a great time this past weekend at Acquire the Fire!
Big thanks to all of our friends at Peoples Church for all their work hosting the event and helping to bring great opportunities like this to Fresno.
As you can see from the pictures below, we had a good group of kids (7th-12th grade) who [...]

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It is with sorrow that we announce that Arty Contreras has ended his employment with Hope Lutheran and his involvement as worship leader for our youth ministry program.  Arty has been a great part of our group and we have been blessed by his gifts of music and his passion for sharing his faith.  We [...]

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So, what kind of plans do you have for Spring Break?
Planning to sit at home, try not to get annoyed by your brother or sister?  Try not to get bored playing 8 hours of video games or watching too many movies or two much daytime television?  Planning to sleep for three days straight?
Why not plan [...]

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We had an awesome time with our “Olympic Lock-In” this past Friday Night  We expect to have some great pics up soon, but for the time being, check out our video commemorating the torch relay and the arrival of the Olympic flame at Hope Lutheran Church.  Enjoy!

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Well, it was quite an experience.  Wasn’t it?  We are UNITED and we went to CAMP and there was no doubt that it was WINTER.
For those of you who weren’t a part of this trip, here’s a brief or should I say “15 minute” (that’s an inside joke) recap of our weekend.  We wanted to [...]

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According to the Mirriam-Webster Dicitonary united means “made one; relating to or produced by joint action; being in agreement.”
United Fresno is a movement that has brought together many churches, church leaders and young people in the Fresno, Clovis and surrounding area.  The purpose of this is to unite Christians from across denominational lines in order [...]

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