FACEPLANT SKATE TOUR 2008 - Lincoln City

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LINCOLN CITY SKATE PARK ***

FacePlant Ministries had its Winter Camp on the Oregon Coast in Rockaway by default this year. The cool thing is, that Lincoln City, about an hour south of where we were staying had a somewhat covered skate park. The problem is, the rain and wind were so bad that the covered part was still wet, which made for tough skating conditions. On top of that it was stinking cold. After a while part of the park was dry enough to skate for a while. Josh, Robbie, Ricky, Cody, Kyle, Chris Cory, Eric and I were all present. They all ripped even with the tough conditions. Under the covered area is a really small street section with a table-top, couple of ledges and a rail in the middle with two quarter pipes on either side. It is a bit hard to get a lot of speed because the street course is so short. If the weather is good, this would be a vert skater's paradise with a nice covered big bowl section and a new huge half-pipe slalom section being built. The locals there are super good at vert and trip out on anyone that can skate "tech." Seeing as we didn't have a chance to skate the entire park, I give it a 3 star rating for the mere size of it, especially with the addition they are constructing.

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Christian Jung

Youth Pastor

Team FacePlant Lincoln City Video

WINTER CAMP 2008

WINTER CAMP 2008

We had an awesome time at Winter Camp 2008. We were supposed to go to Camp Davidson in Sisters, Oregon for the weekend, but we have been having record snow up in the Cascades this past few weeks and Highway 20 was shut down making it impossible for us to go to Camp Davidson. The cool thing is that God totally opened up the door for us to have our Winter Camp 2008 at Twin Rocks Camp in Rockaway, Oregon on the Oregon Coast. They just happened to have an opening the day before we were to have our camp. Thank you God for your provision!

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We had around 25 middle school and high school students in attandance as well as 10 staff members and an awesome band called "The New Divide." Eric Nelson, a youth pastor in Woodland (also guitarist for The New Divide) came and spoke on being painted into God's masterpiece based on Ephesians 2:10. He also spoke a lot from the book of Jeremiah. He did an awesome job speaking and relaying God's message to the young people. The New Divide did a phenomenal job leading us into God's presence through worship and original music as well. We had intense small group times after the teachings, one student actually gave his heart to Christ in the small group setting. There was also a great ministry time one evening where many young people came to receive prayer.

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The camp provided a killer environment for fun with a huge gym with lots of games and activities. Some went to the Tillamook Cheese factory on Saturday while others went to Lincoln City skate park. A group headed to the beach for a while as well. Zach, as he usually does, led the youth in a great night game of "Capture the Fish" (A variation of "Capture the Flag"), so sorry parents if your kids' clothes smelled a bit fishy. We had a movie night on Saturday night where we ate pocorn and ice cream and watch "The Chronicles of Narnia." And even though there wasn't any snow at camp, we made a stop in the coastal range for a nice snowball fight on the way back home. It was a great time. Thanks to everyone involved.

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Christian Jung

Youth Pastor

New Converts Every Week in January at SkateChurch

NEW CONVERTS EVERY WEEK IN JANUARY AT SKATECHURCH.

We have had a great start to the year 2008 at SkateChurch. We have seen a lot of new faces and many people are inviting friends out. The indoor skate park has been pretty packed every week in January. We have continued our teaching through the gospel of John and have seen young people respond to the gospel every week. Each Thursday night we have seen young people put their trust in Christ for the first time and ask Him into their hearts. Here were the decisions for Christ in January 2008:

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January 3rd: 3

January 10th: 9

January 17th: 3

January 24th:1

January 31st: 2

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We continue to be amazed as we stand back and see the Lord change lives. We have seen 18 conversions so far in 2008. We had 83 conversions in 2007 and 80 conversions in 2006. That brings us to a total of 181 converts since FacePlant Ministries began a little over 2 years ago!!! Thank you Jesus for your grace and mercy. I pray that this would just be the beginning and that many more young people would enter into a personal, hand-holding relationship with Jesus Christ this year.

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Christian Jung

Youth Pastor

Winter Camp 2008 Promo

FacePlant SkateChurch Winter 2007-2008 Video