evan courtney

I've Moved

2008-08-20T22:59:00.001-05:00

I finally made the move from blogger to wordpress.
And, I am back with a decent design, since mine bombed with blogger.

With that, I'm am making a couple of changes.
I won't be posting on multiple sites either, (sorry Myspace & Xanga fans) but it was too big of a pain to post to. I'm done with copy and paste and copy and paste. I've done that for almost 3 years.

Myspace blog hits.
I don't want to lose you guys, look below for ways to stay connected.

Here are a couple of ways for you to stay in touch with my blog.

Subscribe to my RSS feed. What is an RSS feed? Basically it means you don't come to my blog, my blog comes to you. If you are already subscribed to my RSS feed, I tried to use the same feed, so you wouldn't be lost in the conversion, but I'm not positive. So to be safe make sure that you are subscribing to this feed.

Subscribe via email. Have me in your inbox. Each time I post, it goes straight to your email.

Get the full experience, by going to evancourtney.com

Also to those who have bookmarked, linked or stalked me, evancourtney.com used to forward to blogspot, but now it stays with evancourtney.com so be sure to update:)

I'm really pumped with the new setup.
It means more blogs and more content:)

IF YOU ARE READING THIS GO TO EVANCOURTNEY.COM
I WILL NO LONGER BE POSTING HERE.

Win a free copy of Wild Goose Chase

2008-08-20T13:48:00.003-05:00

Mark Batterson's book Wild Goose Chase just came out.
I have not read it yet, but I will be starting it in a week or two.

Or go to My Mundane Musing to win a free copy

*Update*
Steven Cole is giving one away too.

Wal-Mart is rolling back prices

2008-08-20T08:00:00.000-05:00

My friend Mitchell took this pic, while he was looking for a tv.

Digg it

Nooma She - Premiere

2008-08-19T07:00:00.000-05:00

NOOMA 021 | She will be streaming on the NOOMA Facebook Group page from Monday, August 18th at 12 noon EDT to Wednesday, August 20th at 12 noon EDT.

In case you missed it

2008-08-18T12:50:00.002-05:00

I kicked off our new series called "Roots" yesterday at First Assembly.

Here is the message in words.

Barack Rolling

2008-08-15T10:51:00.003-05:00

Ok.
Ok.
I know this isn't an actually Barackrolling.
But, the dude that did this had a ton of time on his hands.

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What is Rickrolling?

Rickrolling is an Internet meme involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a bait and switch: a person provides a Web link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand, but the link actually takes the user to the Astley video.

Roots

2008-08-14T11:17:00.005-05:00

For the next four weeks First Assembly is doing a teaching series on four roots of the christian faith.

teaching schedule
8.17 - Salvation - Evan
8.24 - Healing - Pastor
8.31 - Baptism of the Holy Spirit - Travis
9.7 - End Times - Pastor

questions
Last sunday we announced our new series and provide each person with a card, where they could ask any questions on the four topics, and the pastors would try an answer as many as possible on the specific sunday.

We also developed an online survey for them to ask questions. Survey.

how we came up with the artwork.
inspiration

first try

what i decided on

part of the creative chaos

My Days Off

2008-08-13T09:20:00.003-05:00

I took a day of vacation last week.
And then yesterday was my day off for the week.
I love to fish of my days off.

I thought this was a great picture.
At Lake Sangchris they have huge power towers running thru the lake.
You can actually hear the electricity when you are under the cables.

Weird Al - Straight Outta Lynwood

2008-08-11T10:40:00.006-05:00

Saturday I went to my second Weird Al concert in 11 months.
Arrived two hours before the gate opened, to get second in line.
I was front and center.

Weird Al proves his time has not past. - concert review

Who is the must see band?

2008-08-06T13:01:00.004-05:00

This Saturday I'm going to see Weird Al.
He puts on a great concert.
Got me thinking about the bands that I've seen that've put on a great show.

Weird Al

Mute Math

Mewithoutyou
Hootie and the Blowfish
Warrant
Quiet Riot

Who is the must see band?

The Pipeline Olympics

2008-08-04T10:45:00.004-05:00

For the month of August, we have divided The Pipeline into three teams.
Each team is competing for points.
The team with the most points after the five weeks, wins a "Party at the Lake".

Each night at The Pipeline we do games, and then we talk about Olympics Moments in history.
Last night we talked about the 1972 Munich Olympic basketball game between USA vs USSR, and then we talked about the Olympic moment in the bible with Noah.

Here is the shot put with a melon.

ht travis

Our goal by the end of the month is for more students to know God, and to pubicly display knowing him, thru water baptism.
We signed up two people for baptism so far last night

Call + Response

2008-07-31T10:17:00.002-05:00

Supposedly there are more slaves today than at any other time in human history. And it preys on women and children - generating more money than Google, Nike, and Starbucks combined!

Call + Response

ht brody harper

Week 2 of Camp in Photos

2008-07-30T10:33:00.002-05:00

more photos

Pooh.

2008-07-28T15:02:00.003-05:00

Pooh was a youth leader when I started going to Pawnee Assembly.
Pooh passed away the other day.

PAWNEE - Loretta Lynn (Wiebke) Eldredge, 38, of Pawnee, died Thursday, July 24, 2008, at Hillsboro Healthcare Center.

Loretta was born June 11, 1970, in Springfield, the daughter of Bill and Alice Tedford Eldredge. She married Bill Wiebke on Oct.16, 1999. Her father preceded her in death in 2002.

Loretta graduated from Pawnee High School in 1988 and was a member of Pawnee Assembly of God Church, where she had been involved. Loretta was formerly employed by the Hope Institute as a CNA for seven years. She loved pets, wrestling and Winnie the Pooh. Loretta was in failing health for more than 15 years but remained strong in her faith.

Survivors include her mother, Alice Eldredge (companion, Don Springer) of Pawnee; a sister, Jackie (husband, Eric) Hughes of Springfield; a niece, Lillian Barnes; and many cousins.

The family will meet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Pawnee Assembly of God Church. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday, July 28, 2008, at Pawnee Assembly of God Church with the Rev. A.B. Bennett officiating. Burial will be in Horse Creek Cemetery in Pawnee.

Curry Funeral Home in Pawnee is serving the Eldredge family.

My Bad Idea

2008-07-27T20:08:00.003-05:00

Tonight I had a bad idea.
To put the trampoline on the basketball court.

We Who Hope

2008-07-24T09:13:00.002-05:00

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We who hope.

Dave.

2008-07-23T20:29:00.003-05:00

This is Dave.
Dave is a super senior at camp this year.
Basically he just really loves camp.
And camp loves him.

Victoria and Kristy

2008-07-21T23:52:00.002-05:00

This is Victoria and Kristy.
They both have given up a week of their summer to help serve at camp.

Other scenes from the first day of camp.

Jared and Megan.

2008-07-18T22:02:00.003-05:00

This is Jared and Megan.
Jared and his family attended our church for about a year.
After high school Jared got married and attended North Central University in Minneapolis.
He recently graduated and is now a children/youth pastor in Warsaw, Illinois.

This past week at camp, you'd see Jared running around with a white rambo-like headband, because he was the white team captain.

Camp. Light Painting.

2008-07-17T09:01:00.004-05:00

How to light paint.
Thanks for the idea Los

McCain, Obama and I

2008-07-16T13:32:00.001-05:00

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Mark.

2008-07-16T08:39:00.003-05:00

This is Mark.
I met Mark when he was playing drums for a Chicago rock band called, Endless Never.
I had booked his band to play at our youth center twice within a couple years to play for 100 teens.
This week at camp, Mark is playing drums for the worship team in front of a 700 teens.

Jeff.

2008-07-15T13:46:00.006-05:00

This is Jeff.
I met him when he was going into 7th grade, eight years ago.
I poured everything into Jeff for seven years while I was in Macomb.
Two years ago, Jeff was going to camp, this year Jeff is helping lead worship at camp.

Youth ministry & parents working together is a beautiful thing.

I'm phoneless.

2008-07-14T16:21:00.004-05:00

So.
My LG Chocolate has broke again. For the fourth time.

It powers on, but the screen is just white.

I can place calls, if I know the number.

I can't send texts.
I can't receive texts.
I can't get into my contracts.
I can't do anything.

I'm out of my phone warranty (which is only 12 months), I've had my phone for 15 months and I have 9 months left on my Verizon ~~imprisonment~~ contract.

Here is my plea, blog readers.
I'm just needing a Verizon phone.
I don't care what kind.
Used works great for me.

I just need a phone, battery, wall charger.

Could you help me out?
Email me evan.courtney@gmail (dot) com

iEnvy

2008-07-12T12:22:00.002-05:00

With all the new iPhone G3 hype, and me living in a community where ATT won't sell to me (because they don't have their own tower nearby), all I have now is iEnvy.