We're Back

Chandler Baptist Youth Group is alive and well.

Whoo Hoo.

So how is everyone doing?

Great.

See you on Wednesday night.

Rhett

Trunk or Treat

Trunk or Treat is weeks away. So get up, get stoked, and get ready, cause the Youth group is responsible for 2 themed trunks.

One is a Wild Wild West theme. So search your closets and basements for cowboy hats, toy guns, holsters, cowboy boots, chaps, lasso's, vests, and flannel.

Or join the other theme which is Hawaii Elvis by rounding up some one piece white Elvis jumpsuits, black hairpieces, bling-bling shades, hawaiian necklaces, white christmas lights, Teddy Bears, blue suede shoes, and killer Elvis impersonations. Thank-ya-thank-ya-very-much!

Chili Dinner begins at 5:30pm and Tunk or Treating starts at 6:oopm. Mmmmmm chili. I love chili.

First person to post on here gets a special prize.

Fall Festival is Coming

Friday September 22 and Saturday September 23 the Youth Group will be working the Liberty Fall Festival up on the square. Sign-up sheets will be in the youth group office this Wednesday night. Check your calendars and get signed up before all of the good spots fill up.

For those of you that don't know. CBC's Youth Group works a booth up on the square and we sell pop, water, and baked goods that have been donated from our church.

So get excited and pumped! Whoo Hoo!

Senior High Girls TRIUMPHANT!!!!!!!

Clue Dunnit?!? was a blast. I hope everyone had fun. I know Hollie and I did. If you see any of the following people:

Richard Tingler
David White
Kelli White
Joanie New
Allyson Konneman
Kay Elliott
Tammy Shinneman
Tina Thaden
Tim Everly
Brenda McFadden
Hollie Konneman
Nancy Staves

Tell them thank you, because they either played a part, a role, or helped out in some way behind the scenes. We couldn't have pulled it off without them.

A big shout out goes to the Senior High Girls who won the game. By winning the game they will get a party/lock-in of their choice, hosted by The Konneman's. Coming in a very close Second was the Junior High Boys, who were probably 10 steps behind the girls from winning, and they literally lost the shirts of their backs, in doing so. Way to go Krazy Kay!!!!! And a very special shout goes out to the Senior High Boys who were short on numbers and had a tough go at it. If they had more people they probably would have won! Right Jayce?

I hope eveyone is looking forward to small groups kicking off next Sunday night. We will meet in the youth room at 6:00 pm and will then break off into our small groups for study and growth.
Remember to bring your bible.

How to Read The Bible for All It's Worth

Bible Reading 101

For those of you out there that have been meaning to start reading your Bible more, but just haven't had time, for whatever reason, then this post's for you.

The easiest way to get started is to climb up the high dive, and jump straight in. "But the Bible can be so confusing and weird, I dont know where to start." Great point. So let's pick a book. How about the book of Mark: The Fast-Paced Gospel.

Mark is one of the shortest books recounting Jesus's life on earth, including his ministry, his 12 disciples, the Lord's Supper, his crucifixion, and his Resurrection. In the first chapter of Mark, you will find:

• John the Baptist Preparing the Way
• Jesus being Tempted by Satan
• The Calling of the very first Disciples
• Jesus Driving out evil Spirits
• Jesus Praying in a solitary place
• and a Man with Leprosy

So read through as much as you can in one sitting. For some of you, that may be a few verses, and for others you may read 3 or 4 chapters.

After you have had a chance to read Chapter 1. Post your thoughts or comments on what you have read. Did anything jump out at you? How can you apply it to your life? How does it help you with your new math class?

You can also post questions from your reading on here. I will try and answer them if I can.

For this particular post, let's try and keep the comments somewhat serious, and be respectful of other people. I know we like to joke and have fun on here, but for this thread, let's try to be thoughtful.

Ephesians 4:29 "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs."

I can't wait to see what some of you have to say. My prayer is that all of you become excited about reading your bible and talking about it. You don't have to be a bible scholar to understand the Bible. So get reading!

God Bless - Rhett

Laser Tag Recap

Well last night was quite an eventful evening for the CBC Youth group.

Upon arriving at JAEGERZ laser tag facility, the teams were divided into RED TEAM and GREEN TEAM.

Green Team got off to a quick start in game one. Unbeknowst to many of our team members, there was an intruder in our midst picking us off one by one by our recharging station. Before we knew what hit us, several of us were dead before the pesky varmint, later identified as Zach Owen, was terminated, but not before giving Green Team a hefty lead, and eventual Victory.

Game Two was much closer, lots of back and forth fire fights, people learning the terrain, players devising game plans, and interesting strategies ensued. Apparently, using your dead players body as a shield is frowned upon, but myself and Mr. Owen were seen participating in this type of strategory several times throughout the game. Robert New, and Jay could be seen administering the Kamikazee style of attack quite often, with great courage and skill, however, their trickery was short lived, as RED team won the second game 7,242 to 7,239, barely by a hair.

The remaining games we played are fuzzy in my memory, but suffice it to say, they were all victories for the RED Team and blowouts. They could have used the skills of this guy over here. However, I must say this was suprising due to the ever speedy and shifty Drew Dempsey on the Green Team. His skills were only surpassed by that of his father, Ron Dempsey, who had high scores on atleast two of the games. A special shout out goes to Hannah Thaden, who is currently nursing a badly bruised arm as a result of a smackdown she laid on me when I suprised her behind enemy lines (Green Enemy Lines) Barricade. It was a nasty collision, ending with me dying and heading back to the Red Base and Hannah with a bum arm. (I hope your arm feels better :) Hannah)

Also, there is alot to be said for the heroics of Angela, Joanie and Nathan. They were often seen sniping from the elevated position on our base. Im not sure exactly what they were doing, but we kept winning, so I was happy. Now Miranda and Callie, unfortunately couldnt seem to keep themselves from getting killed by Zach, Jay and Jayce. Every time I turned around that Green Team trio was lighting them up. Sheesh. They didn't even have a chance.

In the end, it proved a really fun time. Especially the part when it was over and we were all dripping sweat, needing showers, and then we walked outside of Jaegerz and it smelled like throwup and raw sewage. Gotta love that!! But wait . . . there's MORE!

The white CBC van, which I was driving, wasn't even a mile from the Jaegerz parking lot, when lo and behold, it breaks down on me. NICE. After much praying, we got it started again, going like 15 mph as traffic raced past us going 50mph, as the hood began to shake and clack like a popcorn maker. Then we get to a stop light and we coast to a stop. DEAD AGAIN. I finally get it started again after much honking, only to drive 10 more miles and have it die underneath the 291 overpass. This time there was no more resuscitating it. GAME OVER. Luckily Darrell, Stacey's Dad, happened upon us, and helped us roll the van off the road, down into a ditch, poured gasoline on it, lit a match, and watched it burn. Oh wait, I dreamed that part. But we did roll it off the road. And then Darrell kindly drove us all back to church where we suprised Angela with her 17th Birthday Cake in the youth room.

Needless to say it was a night to remember for everyone. Oh and Zach, you still owe me a dollar. A fun, wild, and crazy time had by all.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Church Wide Roller Skating Party

Next Sunday Night

8/6/06

Cost: $4 per person

Wed. Night Youth Laser Tag

8/9/06

Cost: $10 per person

Meet at the church at 5:30 pm

Phroneo Christou - Do You See It?

A beautiful scenic shot of the gang posing in front of some church, in some grassy knoll, in some park, taken by some random biker dude, in Silverton, Colorado. Is that a sniper in the bell tower behind us in the picture? No. Anyways. Carry on with thoughts and comments here.

Jayce is so cute when he sleeps.

Is that one of the Beatles?

Community at its finest.

Hold on Jackson!!!!!!!

For more pics, check out the Youth Bulletin board at church, or you can grab a CD-Rom from Rhett or Hollie with pics from Durango on them.

Stay tuned for more random pics here on the blog. If you have a cool pic from the trip and want it featured on the blog, email us with it. Peace out.

Colorado Meeting This Wednesday Night

Spread the word. After youth group this wed. night at 7:30 pm we will be having an informational meeting regarding summer camp. If your going to camp, you need to be there. Please have your parents attend this meeting if at all possible. We will be signing release forms and answering questions about what to bring on the trip. And of course what NOT to bring. Like chickens. You definitely can't bring live chickens to camp with you. Especially the ones that have LARGE TALONS. So I'm glad we have that covered and out of the way now.

Splish Splash

I am happy to announce that we will be going on a White Water Rafting trip on our final day in Colorado. The cost is $28.00 per person and it is a 2 hour trip. For those of you going to camp, please indicate on the comments section if you will be rafting. We need to get our reservations into the Company ASAP.

Rafting Q & A:
Q. Will I get wet?
A. Yes.

Q. Will I get a sweet looking helmet, wet suit, and life jacket?
A. Of course.

Q. Will I get a free digital picture of my rafting experience?
A. Heck yeah!

Q. Should I tip our tour guide $2 bucks?
A. Yes, tipping is reccommended, as long as its a money tip, not boat tip.

Q. Are the guides certified and safe?
A. Yes, extremely safe. Safer than Friday Nite Bingo at the VFW.

Q. Can I go online and read about the rafting company?
A. Yes, click here http://www.raft-kayak.com/

CBC WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's official: THE CURSE HAS BEEN LIFTED. The Chandler boys of Summer came through with a convincing 7-6 win over the Shockers Thursday night. With Ron Dempsey throwing pills from the stretch, to the Owen Bros. perusing the outfield, the team put together a string of timely hits in the early innings to set the pace for this win. Although the Shockers attempted to SHOCK Chandler with a late 7th inning rally that made things close, it wasnt enough. The game should have been a blow out but, the Umpire was decidely off his game when he called out Matt Owen at home plate in a potentially BIG INNING for CBC. Apparently, you dont have to tag runners out anymore! But alas, the good guys won, despite playing without Journeyman Rhett Konneman, who is still rehabbing a bum knee. The team indicates he is getting around better and could possibly see action as early as next week.

Stay tuned to this site for future CBC action, and for a chance to chat in the comment room with the CBC all stars who frequent this site quite often (Zach Owen, and Jay Vanzant just to name a few). Until next game. God Bless.

The Curse of the Samurai

Attention all. Last week there were two Samurai Warriors at the CBC softball game who decided to put a curse on our team. Apparently, when they learned how awesome we played in Week 1 they maliciously took it upon themselves to cook up an atrocious curse that would effectively jinx every single player on our team by inducing walks, errors, missed balls, and every other conceivable softball miscue known to man; resulting in us losing. Something that is against our very nature.

Below is a picture that was captured by Hollie's digital camera showing these evil fiends at their trade. If you see them, beware, and stay away. Let Joe Vanzant handle them. He has experience dealing with riff-raff such as this, and he assures me that this Thursday night, the curse of the Samurai will be lifted and they will not be present at any more of our games. He guarantees victory this week. SO, tell all of your friends and family that it is safe to return to Fountain Bluff, For the Curse Has Been Lifted.



BTW, there will be no YOUTH GROUP this WEDNESDAY NIGHT May 31, 2006. Please pass along the word. Oh and Jayce, it hasnt been a month since the last post. Only 22 days. Sorry for the long wait.

What's The Question Box?

The Question Box is a place where you can bring your most serious, curious, and even dumb questions that you may not have the confidence to ask at church around other people, but, youve always wondered, none the less.

For example: Why does bad stuff happen to good people? Or better yet, why does God allow it?

That's a great question. So look for the Question Box in the youth room and drop a question or two in there. At some point during the month I will take time on a Wed. night to answer the questions to the best of my ability. I may not always be able to answer the questions but at least we will give it a go.

In my opinion, church should be a place where we can feel free to ask tough questions and attempt to wrestle and struggle with the tough issues that exist in our life.

We need to be able to ask: What does the Bible have to say about this? What has God already said that could shed some light on my situation? Maybe someone else has already experienced it and we could learn from that person's experience.

Asking questions is a positive and healthy part of a Christian's life. Sometimes we don't have all of the answers, and that's okay!

INCOMING

Tonight,

We are starting a new series called: How Not to Be a Fool. The Book of Proverbs is filled with warnings for the foolish and encouragement for those seeking wisdom. Tonight we will look at how your choices determine your destination in life.

Invite your friends. It should be 'enlightening.'

And Chem.

See ya there!

Thoughts from 351 E Kansas

Random Facts that you may not have known:
In size, materials, and human labor, the Great Wall of China is the largest construction project ever undertaken by man. Enough stone was used in the 1,700-year project to build an 8-foot wall girdling the globe at the equator. The Great Wall snakes its way over more than one-twentieth of the earth's circumference.

In an effort to sell more licensed apparel, minor-league baseball teams were changing their names so often that the sport's governing body now limits franchises to team name changes every three years.

The sun burns 9 million tons of gas a second. At this rate, it has been estimated it will burn out in another 10 billion years.

For its release in France, the film City Slickers (1991), starring Billy Crystal and Jack Palance, was re-titled Life, Love, Cows.

Strange But True News:
Apr 12, 2006 (GILLETTE, Wyo.) - A teenage boy accidentally set himself on fire early Wednesday morning after allegedly trying to siphon gas from a firefighter's car.
Police first learned of the injury after a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy claimed that someone had thrown gasoline on the 17-year-old at the Common Cents service station and lit him on fire, said Lt. Rod Hauge.

The boy was taken to the hospital with second- and third-degree burns on his legs. Police were called to the hospital to investigate the incident and later learned that the 17-year-old spilled gas on his pants while siphoning gas. He then used a lighter to try to determine how wet his pants were and set himself of fire, Hague said. Both boys have been ticketed with larceny, Hauge said.

On a more serious note:
How is everyone's quiet time going lately? I find the early AM to be one of the best times to spend time with God. This quote is a great reminder of that:

"In the calmness of the morning before the mind is hearted and wearied by the turmoil of the day, you have a season of unusual importance for communion with God and with yourself."
By William Wilberforce

"Napoleon Speaks Out"

AUDIO ANNOUNCEMENT

Young Christian's Weekend

Guys it was a fun weekend. Hollie and I enjoyed getting to know all of you better and watching you interact with one another was fun as well. And nobody fell off any of the rollercoasters.

Please fill up the blogsite comments section with you favorite memories from our trip.

Remember to tell us who you are, and to keep it clean and uplifting.

God Bless
Rhett

P.S. "Anyone need a hug?"

HOT OFF THE PRESS

The 2006 CBC Youth Group Summer Camp will be:

WHAT:
Student Life Camp 2006

WHEN:
July 3-7, 2006

WHERE:
Fort Lewis College
Durango, COLORADO

CAMP PASTOR: Dave Edwards
WORSHIP LEADER: Tree63

PRICE: $180.00

THEME:

You will not be separated upon arriving in Colorado. Our church will stay together for the most part. And for those of you out there that help out Crazy Harry with his Fireworks stand on the 4th of July, or if you always go and eat watermelon and fried chicken at Uncle Bob's and Aunt Suzie Q's 4th of July Family Bonanza . . . . . take a raincheck! Because YOUR COMING TO COLORADO!

Watching a grand finale fireworks extravaganza in the valley of a mountain range in the city of Durango is probably going to top ole' Crazy Harry's firework stand, or Aunt Suzie's melon and chicken.

So there you have it. Get signed up.

"How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains?"

SEMANTICS 101

In the fall of 1999 I had the privilege of attending an Orange County Supertones concert in Kansas City. At the time I was very much a Supertones Newbie. But alas, by the end of the night, I was skankin' like the rest of the ska-crazed Supertone-Heads that were at the concert. For 3 weeks after that concert, I seriously considered buying a chain for my wallet and signing up for trumpet lessons! And then the pure excitement of it all soon wore off as quickly as it had come and I was back to my normal self again. BUT.

I will always remember that concert, for it can only truly be described by one word: CHEM.

This word is pronounced with a cha sound and ends with the letter 'm' sound, as in 'em'.

CHEM.

Phonetically, all together now, class: CHEM.

Very good!

For our purposes, CHEM is a good thing. And from now on, whenever you see someone do something cool, whenever you experience something awesome or sweet, or if you see Zach suddenly vomit Pop Rocks through his nose, we would all say: "Oh man, that was so CHEM."

Got it everyone? Chem is the new "COOL". Chem is the new "SWEET." From now on Chandler Baptist Youth Group is no longer SPECTACULAR . . . it's . . . (that's right) CHEM-TACULAR.

Okay here's the deal. The first person I run into at church who actually uses the word correctly in a sentence, will get a special prize unlike anything you could ever possibly imagine. And no Jayce, it's not free one-on-one Karate lessons with Chuck Norris. Apparently, he's too busy donating blood to be giving people free Karate lessons. But never mind that, I'm getting sidetracked, the PRIZE, yes the prize, will be INCREDIBLE.

So let the games begin. Spread the word. Or don't. You decide.