http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com All about EYC at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Waco Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:21:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "How much better to get wisdon than gold!  To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver." How does this verse make you feel?  What do you understand this to mean?  For me, wisdom is much more important than gold and silver.  How wonderful to have wisdom to get you through ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/proverbs-1616/ Hey everybody!  I hope summer is going well still, and that you are staying out of the heat! Just a quick reminder... we will not be going to Lion's Park on Thursday, but instead meeting to go see Prince Caspian at Hollywood Theaters.  Please email me if you are interested in ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/thursday/ Hello everybody!  So, lots of people have asked me how to create a post on the blog as opposed to only leaving comments.  Here is what I have found out... you have to become a wordpress.com user with your own blog, then I can add you as a contributor on this ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/creating-your-own-posts/ Well, who can believe it?!?  Summer is here!  I know that I am having a hard time with the fact that it is June already (well, close enough as of the day this will post)!  My little girls are growing up so fast, seniors are graduating, youth are moving up ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/summer-is-here/ I just wanted to post a few congratulations to youth in EYC.  If you know of an achievement not listed here, please post a comment or e-mail me to let me know and I will make sure it gets added! First (and unfortunately) though, I need to say congrats to the ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/a-few-congrats/ Hello to all my youth... I just visited this wonderful website where you can participate in daily devotions, online!  You can read the daily lectionary, and then work through it using a devotion, prayer response and reflection.  It really is great!  Plus, as much time as you all spend at the computer, ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/cool-site/ In understanding teenagers this has to be one of the most important things to remember- the teenage years are the equivalent of constant transition.  Teens are not really children, but not yet adults either.  Just looking at them can tell you that, right?  Some develop much quicker than others, for example- ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/transitional-teenage-years/ So, this past Wednesday we discussed a few issues that teens face- peer pressure, friends and drugs.  The last post focused on friends, so for this post we will look at drugs and peer pressure. I was amazed when every youth in the room raised their hand when I asked this ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/more-issues/ First, let me start this by saying that I am sorry I haven't posted in awhile.  With the Youth Ministry Conference this past weekend, things just got crazy.  But no worries, I'm gonna make it up to you with two posts over the next few days, so read on... We had ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/issues/ "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.  The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on ... http://stpaulseyc.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/in-honor-of-april-fools-day/