Question of the Week (Spring Break)

What do you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?

Question of the Week (3-2-11)

What goes up and down, but still remains in the same place?

Question of the Week (2-3-11)

You have only one match and you entered a COLD and DARK room where there is an oil lamp, an oil heater, and a candle, which do you light first?

The DeSoto Hills Baptist Youth Ministry invites all students (7th – 12th grade) to celebrate the New Year together on DECEMBER 31, 2010.  The New Year’s Eve hangout will start at 9:30 PM in the Attic (3rd floor of church).  This will be a great time of just hanging out together.  We will be watching the New York City Ball drop on the screens, playing a little ultimate ping-pong, and of course there will be LOTS of food & drinks.

This FREE event will last till 2011 arrives (12:30 AM).  Come on out and don’t forget to bring your friends.

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Email (michaelbucy@desotohillsbaptist.com) or text me your name & answer.  Good Luck!

Here is how the puzzle works:

Once you have downloaded the puzzle PDF file you will see that the letters of a quote about God has been replaced with blanks and randomly assigned numbers.  Your job is to figure out which numbers go to which letters.  The “N” has been given to you already.  I will also tell you that every “13″ is an “Y.”  Good Luck!

When you have the quote, you can either text me the quote, email (michaelbucy@desotohillsbaptist.com) me the quote, or turn in the completed document to me in person.

Puzzle Quote

To get this week’s riddle click on “more.”

RIDDLE OF THE WEEK:

“What has 18 legs and catches flies?”

Email your answer to michaelbucy@desotohillsbaptist.com.  Thanks for playing and check out the rest of the youth page for pictures, videos, and more!

To get this week’s riddle click on “more.”

RIDDLE OF THE WEEK:

“David’s father has three sons:  Snap, Krackel, & ____ ?”

Email your answer to michaelbucy@desotohillsbaptist.com.  Thanks for playing and check out the rest of the youth page for pictures, videos, and more!

On Wednesday night, September 22, the youth ministry of DeSoto Hills Baptist will be joining with several other churches in the area for a night of worship and prayer at Olive Branch High School.  We will leave from the church at 6 PM and EVERYONE will need to be picked up at 8 PM FROM OLIVE BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL.

It is great to have a day like this to have all Christians coming out early to school with the purpose of praying for teachers, principals, and classmates.  However, this does not need to be a once a year thing in your life.  Prayer should be a daily, if not hourly, part of a Christians life.  Prayer is powerful, because when a Christian prays you are presenting your thoughts and concern before the throne of God Almighty.  Make prayer a daily part of your life.

Heard a great story about how God is beginning to use our efforts here in Cicero.  A man and his son came by the Lakeshore Baptist building today while Pastor Karl was working.  He heard about the block party through the fliers and wanted to come check out the location.  His whole family will be coming to the party Friday.  On top of that, it turns out that this man is a contrator and he is willing to start putting up dry wall at the church (MAJOR NEED) every Saturday.  It is amazing how God can work and bring people together.

I leave you with a few more pictures.  I think will are going to have a little fun over at a bowling alley tonight.  Keep praying & we’ll keep working!

Michael Bucy

After we got settled in the hotel and had a little food, we got to work preparing for the Bible clubs.  Late this evening we handed out fliers in a few local neighborhoods surrounding the neighborhood bible club location (100+ homes).  For the most part, the people we spoke to were polite and somewhat responsive.  I think everyone had at least a few doors closed in their face before finishing a single sentence, but that is to be expected in this area.  We also had a chance to see the new church property that is being renovated and where we will be hosting a block party on Friday.

Tomorrow the mission choir will be singing at two different churches (once in morning and once at night).  Between the two church services we will be once again handing out fliers at the other Bible club location.

Keep praying!

Michael Bucy

We made it safely through the night to Sandusky, Ohio.  LONG DRIVE (13+ hours, ON A BUS)!  If you were lucky, you might have got 5 or 6 hours of sleep, but most got very little.  However, we were quickly awakened by a roller coaster at Cedar Point that launched us at 12o MPH!!!  This is on top of one of the world’s fastest stand-up coasters, a coaster that drops you about 300 feet at close to 100 mph, and wood coasters going near 60 mph!

What an amazing coaster park!  Everyone seemed to have had a great time, but I think the lack of sleep and a day of walking in the sun has taken its toll on everyone.  I don’t think sleeping will be a problem again tonight.

Tomorrow we finish the remaining 6 hour drive to Cicero, NY.  If time permits, we will begin handing out flyers for the Backyard Bible Club (BBC) and upcoming block party.  Be praying for your kids; this task will require them to go door-to-door (in groups) to hand deliver the flyers (a huge push out of your comfort zone for most people).

Please keep prayin’ & I try to keep updatin’!

For God’s glory,

Michael Bucy

The Winter Olympics begins this week.  I recently came across a story about Olympic speed skater, Dan Jansen, that related to these verses out of Philippians:

After falling twice in the 1988 Olympic speed-skating races, Dan Jansen sought out sports psychologist Dr. Jim Loehr, who helped him find a new balance between sport and the rest of his life, and who helped him pay more attention to the mental aspects of skating.  Peter Mueller became his coach, putting him through workouts that he has since described as “the toughest I’ve ever known.”  By the time the 1994 Olympics arrived, Jansen had more confidence than ever.  He had set a 500-meter world record just two months previously.  That race seemed to be all his!

Then, Jansen fell during the 500-meter race.  Dr. Loehr immediately advised, “Start preparing for the 1000.  Put the 500 behind you immediately.  Stop reliving it.”  The 1000!  For years he didn’t believe he could win that distance.  He had always considered it his weaker event.  Now it was his last chance for an Olympic medal.  As the race began, Jansen said, “I just seemed to be sailing along,” and then he slipped and came within an inch of stepping on the lane marker.  Still, he didn’t panic.  He raced on and recorded a world-record time that won him the gold medal! ¹

Goals can be very intimidating, because it can sometimes feel like you might be setting yourself up for failure or disappointment.  However, without goals you will never be pushed to achieve anything.

Our relationship with God should really be no different.  We need to push ourselves to be more and do more within the Kingdom of God.  Just like with the athelthes at the Olympics, it is going to take some hard work and training on your part.  You may even need to set some goals for yourself.  One goal we have set as a church staff is to read through the Bible in a year.  You could have this goal or countless others: “Memorize one Bible verse a week or month.” “Share the Gospel with at least one person this month.” “Spend 15 minutes alone with my Bible & God every day.”  You get the idea!  Even if you fail at some of these goals, your walk with Christ will be so much better than if you had never tried.

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”
-Unknown- ¹

1. “God’s Little Devotional for Graduates.”  Honor Books, Inc., Tulsa, OK.  1995.  Pgs 174-175.