Wow. I must apologize. I made a mistake this past Wed (July 16) night. Spencer, thank you for calling me out on this one.

His video comment can be found here:
Basically, I said that the 144,000 sealed Jews in Revelation chapter 7 might not be believers.

Sorry. That does not make sense. They would have to be believers, or shall we say Messianic Jews. Every commentary I consulted on this agrees that these are 144,000 Jews who convert to Christianity (which, technical side, is why the idolatrous tribe of Dan is not included).

So, I am sorry that I mislead you all on that point. It is great, though, that you are thinking about the lessons after we dismiss on Wednesday nights!

That’s right!

This summer was off to a slow start, but now….entering warp speed!

Wednesday, July 9, we will have our MegaWed from 4-9. Join us for games, fun, food, picnic supper, Bible study, etc.!

Sunday, July 13 we will have a church picnic at 5.

Sat, July 19, we will have our Guy/Girl Event

Tues, July 22, we will head to King’s Dominion

Wed, July 30, we will have a wet night for Youth Group. Come dressed to get wet (not soaked, but wet; modesty please) - the usual water balloon toss type stuff.

Then, we are off to camp Aug 2-9th.

That’s right, we have something going on practically every week this summer. Come join the fun!

See ya!

Last night I had a girl mention to me about her church.

She asked what religion we were. We said “Christian.” Then she said that her church was a form of Christianity. She is right. She is from a Lutheran church. They are a form of Christianity, but not all who attend are Christians. (Not all who attend our church are Christians either).

At our church, one must be a Christian (confess faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior) before they can join. In the Lutheran and Catholic and some other churches, one must attend catechism classes  before one can join. Now these classes teach the fundamentals of Christianity and the Bible, they do not stress the need for a relationship with Christ.

Therefore, we need to be in prayer for those we know who attend these different churches. Be in prayer that:

1- Our friends are saved and have a relationship with Jesus Christ
2- That others in their churches get saved and have a relationship with Jesus Christ

We have just had a great week of Vacation Bible School. I pray that you all learned something this week (even if it was just to “B a wiki”).

I wanted to congratulate the group. We pushed for a high attendance on Wednesday of 20, which we did not reach.

However, in the past 4+ years that Hil and I have been at PBC, the highest VBS night for the youth has been 15 (in 2006). Guess what?! This year we matched that. We had 13 youth in the youth room, and we had 2 youth helping with other age-groups in VBS.

Therefore a congratulations is in order! Good job guys and gals!

In this year’s VBS, we will sing about a wiki.

Wiki Wiki is the word “quick” in Hawaiian.

So, join Pastor Pila, Hilalio, and Kukine this week at Vacation Bible School!

This was online when I first found the internet, back in 1994. (Wow, it’s 14 years old, older than some of you!)

http://www.pixelscapes.com/spatulacity/button.htm

Well, since I ask you youth to apologize when needed, I thought I would give an apology to you through the blog.

On Sunday, June 1, we had our Flag Football game against some other churches in the area. We ended up at the wrong location to start with and were thus 30 min late to the event.

I have to apologize for that. I was told once where it was going to be, but I failed to write it down. Then, when I was finalizing our plans, I did not double-check the location, but assumed it was at the usual spot. Therefore, it was my fault and I apologize.

Though I realize that it was not a major mistake or anything, I thank you for reading the apology and pray that you will accept me apology for this mistake. Thanks!

I’ll tell you what, this reading of the Bible in our quiet times is getting interesting. (Ok, maybe not R - rated interesting this time like what happened to Dinah and so forth, but interesting all the same.)

This week, we read about the passover meal being instituted. Ex. 12:11 seems interesting to me. It says, “And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover.”

The Hebrew there indicates not just a belt around the waist, but the lower garment tucked up into it (so that their garment was alittle above their knees). This is how they wore their garments to do running and so forth.

They were to be dressed and ready to run. They were to eat it in haste (quickly). But why? perhaps we will see in a few verses. Read on…check it out!

In reading through the plagues, I keep noticing that God sends the plagues to all of Egypt except for Goshen, where the Israelites were. It is certainly amazing when you look at a map and see that Goshen was in the north, but there is still Egypt above and below Goshen. Take a look:

notice that Ramsees is above it and Heliopolis is below. God is awesome!

It’s that time of year…no, not Christmas, Graduation!

We would like to congratulate those who are graduating this year:

• Michael Hull - BHS
• Ashley Rimbey - NHHS
• RT Mulligan - WHS
• Suzie Mulligan - Coker College
• Rachel Hull - Washington & Lee

Congratulations on your accomplishments. May God continue to bless you in the years to come as you start a new chapter in your life. Keep God first, and the rest will go smoothly!