Year In Review Part 2

So it is Christmas and I am blogging. So you haters out there who didn't think I would blog today owe me an apology.

I have to admit, I am not feeling all that happy right now. I just watched my Dallas team lose horribly to Stan's Eagles. I definitely did not ask for that for Christmas. I did get some stuff I did ask for, which is always nice. One of them being getting my office painted by my awesome wife. So you can look forward to getting to see that. It's going to be mighty sweet.

So enough of that, on to the rest of the review.

July: Clubs and Doom
* Series: Looking Good in the Neighborhood still
* July 3rd was my Birthday and I am still waiting for some Birthday presents from some of you.
* We still got to enjoy watching Little Lady Leyden in the intro video to the series, which can still be seen on You Tube
* We did BYBCs wich were great. We had 12 kids come to Christ and one Mom. Wich was super awesome.
* We all went and saw Pirates of the Caribean 2 and then played Pirates in the Hills pool.
* We spent a lot of time together and it rocked.
* At the beginning of July we had an all-nighter and the guys played a little game called Room of Doom. That was maybe the coolest thing we did all year. The girls were chilling with Krista at our place and I they tried to have as much fun as the guys did, but that was hard to do.

August: Back to School...boo
* Series: How to Go Thru Life Without Looking Stupid
* We had a ton of awesome youth leaders join the Ministry. Bobby and Kristin, Stan and Lindsey, Jason and Beth and of course Ellie Kirkland.
* The 7th graders were promoted into the youth group and we initiated them by taking everyone to Schlitterbahn. Where we played some mad games of wave pool tag.
* Everyone was introduced to the comedic genius of Bryan Regan thru this series and challenged to make wise choices
* We had a back to school swim party at me and Krista's place. It was okay, but the pizza didn't show up until late which was not cool. Not cool at all.
* A few awesome students joined me at Bowie High and Clint Small to serve those schools by getting textbooks ready to be handed out. That was hard work, but really cool.
* Y'all went back to school.

September: Dodging and D-Grouping
* Series: Becoming a Trendsetter
* We played a sweet game where some of you dressed up like crazy people. The Franklins rocked that game. I don't know what that means.
* D-Groups got going and so did the jr. high and high school football games. Good times for all.
* We did a little outreach called the 1st Annual Dodgeball Tournament. It was amazing. We had over 60 people there and we had one guy come to Christ. That was the best. Sean's friends took the cake and the trophy and the cash prize. I really need to put their names on the trophy. Maybe I should make that my new years resolution. Maybe.
* Three days later we did a Chill Night and another guy came to Christ. A friend of Josh and Aarons. Very cool. Very cool indeed.

October: Retreat!
* Series: The Story of His Glory
* The Junior Highers went on a Fall retreat. We had a great time and have awesome shirts to prove it.
* D-Groups continued on and the Jr. High guys won a game..I think.
* Krista had a birthday and I did a great job on her presents.
* I can't remember anything else that happened this month. You might need to help me out here.

November: Murder and Stories.
* Series: The Story of His Glory still
* Colin won the story of the Glory contest on the blog pages. You can still see his "I walked with Penguins" story on his blog. If you haven't read it you should. It was awesome. Colin, did I get you your prize for that yet?
* We had our first ever Murder Mystery Outreach. It was a lot of fun. I can't wait for next years. Good customes, a good mystery and good food. It is hard to get much better than that.
* We had a great chill night. The girls had Tea and the Box's and the guys had a huge football game. The jr. high guys lost again. Ouch.
* We celebrated Thanksgiving and the Cowboys won that day.

December: Christmas Cheer
* Series: 5 Truths the Christmas Story Communicates
* Kayle and Faith won the Spreading Christmas Cheer by Singing Loud for All to Hear Contest. Well done ladies.
* The Jr. High Guys went on a sad losing streak to end out the year.
* Matt J. joined the Youth Leadership Team.
* We had the Christmas Polaroid Scavenger Hunt and lots of Christmas joy was experienced by all. One guy, a friend of Spencer's, became a Christian that night. And that is the best way to spread Christmas Cheer.
* Y'all got of school.
* We had Christmas and Dallas lost.
* Aaron and Kayle game me an awesome Christmas present...I am still waiting for my presents from most of you. I can't wait to see what you have for me when I get back.

So there you go. A quick recap of 2006. Lots of fun times, lots of new youth leaders, 16 new believers as a result of our ministry and a youth group that has doubled in size. That is a lot of happenings in one year. I can't wait to see what God has in store for us in 2007. I think this years motto has got be: It's like Heaven in 2007. What do you think? I think that could really stick.

Well, just like last week. Let me know if I missed anything you deem as noteworthy. And Merry Christmas everyone! I'll see you when I get back in town.