see the link below for the story and video from the shoe distribution that whit's office did in Detroit this week with the Detroit Pistons...
http://www.nba.com/pistons/
Thursday, October 22, 2009
samaritan's feet shoe distribution
hey all,
see the link below for the story and video from the shoe distribution that whit's office did in Detroit this week with the Detroit Pistons...
http://www.nba.com/pistons/community/samaritans_091021.html
see the link below for the story and video from the shoe distribution that whit's office did in Detroit this week with the Detroit Pistons...
http://www.nba.com/pistons/
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Camping 101
hey folks...
I'm already looking forward to the camping trip in a few weeks, it's going to be a great time of fun and fellowship in the woods. And, lets not forget FOOD... speaking of, I wanted to ask y'all what you think would work better for food: a) plan a few group meals (smore's fri night, b-fast & dinner on sat) and have everyone chip in a few bucks, or b)each person be responsible for their own food. this could open it up for people to team up for a meal or just bring all your own stuff.
what would y'all prefer?
Nick is working on the list of people coming and we'll post other needs (tents) we may have soon. We'll bring the corn-hole set, and the bikes of course; if you have any other ideas, post em here.
safe to say you should plan on bringing your own sleeping bag, chair and toiletries (yes, we do have showers).
see you soon.
I'm already looking forward to the camping trip in a few weeks, it's going to be a great time of fun and fellowship in the woods. And, lets not forget FOOD... speaking of, I wanted to ask y'all what you think would work better for food: a) plan a few group meals (smore's fri night, b-fast & dinner on sat) and have everyone chip in a few bucks, or b)each person be responsible for their own food. this could open it up for people to team up for a meal or just bring all your own stuff.
what would y'all prefer?
Nick is working on the list of people coming and we'll post other needs (tents) we may have soon. We'll bring the corn-hole set, and the bikes of course; if you have any other ideas, post em here.
safe to say you should plan on bringing your own sleeping bag, chair and toiletries (yes, we do have showers).
see you soon.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Praise the NAME of the LORD
13Let them praise the name of the LORD,for his name alone is exalted;his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
14He has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of all his saints,of Israel, the people close to his heart.Praise the LORD.
14He has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of all his saints,of Israel, the people close to his heart.Praise the LORD.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Spiritual Act of Worship
What is our calling? What specific act can we perform that is spiritually worshiping our Father? Thanks for sharing this last night Nick...
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.
Romans 12:1
Thursday, March 26, 2009
2 Corinthians 4:7 NLT
"But this precious treasure--this light and power that now shine within us--is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies.* So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own."
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Rebuilding the Wall
My friend has organized this Saturday as an opportunity to serve in a inner-city 1 day mission trip!! I thought I'd pass the info to ya'll to see if anyone is interested.
Where? 24th & Guilford -- Downtown Indy
When? THIS Saturday from 9AM - 3PM
Who? Anyone, the more the merrrier!
Why? Check out there awesome website, www.rebuildingthewall.org
Make sure you dress in old clothes, we'll be doing some demolition and/or siding. Also, everyone is packing water and lunches...we'll all eat together!
If you want to come, just email or call me. We can carpool too!
Friday, February 27, 2009
People of Prayer
Recent prayer requests:
Harris' - Father is in intensive care for burns over his body, including his whole face.
Jorge's Friend - Complications with pregnancy.
Craig & Amy - Craig's father unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack.
Josh - Continual efforts for great sleep.
Jon - His father's health struggle with cancer.
(These are the ones I am remembering at the moment, please add others that I may have forgot)
Harris' - Father is in intensive care for burns over his body, including his whole face.
Jorge's Friend - Complications with pregnancy.
Craig & Amy - Craig's father unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack.
Josh - Continual efforts for great sleep.
Jon - His father's health struggle with cancer.
(These are the ones I am remembering at the moment, please add others that I may have forgot)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Request for Prayer
For those of you who don't know our friend JT, he is a talented guy who has been blessed with several great acting jobs recently. He has done a few commercials, a nationally-released movie (Billy - the early years) and now is part of the cast of "To kill a mockingbird" which is playing downtown at the IRT. Below is his request for prayer for him and the cast. please remember him as he tries to bring light into a very dark part of our world...
from JT:
Thanks for your interest in the play. This past weekend was opening weekend and I think it went really well. It's been fun, challenging, exciting, exhausting, and surreal all at the same time. It's funny that you emailed because i've seriously been wanting to send out an email to you and some folks just see if you guys would be praying for me and for God to move in that place. It's truly a missions field and the theatre world is a DARK place. Just a few bullet points to whet your imagination to what and who I work with:
1. A practicing "witch" named Constance, who boldly but shrewdly practices her sorcery among us daily. (with Tarot cards, meditations, and pre-show rituals, etc.)
2. 4-5 Angry Atheists (Guys who actively ridicule Christians and revel in their "intelligence)
3. A Cynical Agnostic
4. A 13 year-old kid who is deeply entrenched in the deception of Occultic kids literature
And so, on and so forth! But praise be to GOD, who is GREATER than he that is in the world! I would really like to mobilize 10-20 people who will stand with me and commit to pray for the next 20 days, for God to breakthrough in these folks lives!
Ok, to answer your questions, the play runs until Feb.21. Although we do matinees' every day, the public performances are Thurs. night, Friday night, Sat. afternoon, and Sat. evening. I would recommend a Fri. or a Sat. evening anytime within the next few weeks. The play is about 2 hours and 17 min. To book tickets, visit www.irtlive.com
Later!
JT
from JT:
Thanks for your interest in the play. This past weekend was opening weekend and I think it went really well. It's been fun, challenging, exciting, exhausting, and surreal all at the same time. It's funny that you emailed because i've seriously been wanting to send out an email to you and some folks just see if you guys would be praying for me and for God to move in that place. It's truly a missions field and the theatre world is a DARK place. Just a few bullet points to whet your imagination to what and who I work with:
1. A practicing "witch" named Constance, who boldly but shrewdly practices her sorcery among us daily. (with Tarot cards, meditations, and pre-show rituals, etc.)
2. 4-5 Angry Atheists (Guys who actively ridicule Christians and revel in their "intelligence)
3. A Cynical Agnostic
4. A 13 year-old kid who is deeply entrenched in the deception of Occultic kids literature
And so, on and so forth! But praise be to GOD, who is GREATER than he that is in the world! I would really like to mobilize 10-20 people who will stand with me and commit to pray for the next 20 days, for God to breakthrough in these folks lives!
Ok, to answer your questions, the play runs until Feb.21. Although we do matinees' every day, the public performances are Thurs. night, Friday night, Sat. afternoon, and Sat. evening. I would recommend a Fri. or a Sat. evening anytime within the next few weeks. The play is about 2 hours and 17 min. To book tickets, visit www.irtlive.com
Later!
JT
Friday, January 30, 2009
Super Bowl Party
Friends!
I added the party to our calendar, I hope you can make it. Please RSVP to my email or give me a call and let me know so I can plan on how many people will be there. If you're planning on coming, if you could bring something small to share, that would be great!
Let me know if you have any other questions!
edgarwharton@gmail.com
765/808-1854
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
The Circumcision Covenant
This topic came up briefly in our discussion last week, and I wanted to find out more about it, so I turned to the Word. These are just my observations of when God started the covenant with Abram, I hope you'll share your thoughts!
First, God told Abram who he was. He made it clear to Abram he was dealing with the Almighty, with the Creator. "I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless" Genesis 17:1 I'm sure this would have comforted Abram a little, knowing this voice is the voice of God and he's asking him to "walk before me". Second, God tells Abram about his covenant which is between the two of them. It's not a one-way covenant. It doesn't say just Abram or just God has to keep there side of the covenant. God says "I will confirm my covenant between me and you..." Genesis 1:2
Third, God re-named Abram to Abraham. I think this is really neat. It's like God is telling you this day is special, and this covenant is even more important so I'm going to change your name. Don't you think this would have been a nice reminder to Abraham about God's covenant, every time he was called by his new name? By his friends, his wife, and God! I mean he had been called Abram for 100 years, literally! And it's not like God says here is a new nickname for you, he's your heavenly Father and he is re-naming you!
Fourth, God tells Abraham a piece of his end of the covenant. This is an important part of the deal not only for Abraham, but for his children and ALL of his descendants. "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: be fruitful and multiply." What?! Just kidding on the last part, I was just making sure you were paying attention! God instead says, "Every male among you shall be circumcised." Genesis 17:9-10 He goes on to say in verse 11-12, "You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring."
But, listen to this, it's very important..."Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant." Genesis 17:14 Do you think God would really cut off one of his people just because they were uncircumcised? Would he cut off Abraham, Issac, or Jacob? These are key people to the history of Israel. What about Moses? Here's a story to read, which inspired me to post this blog! :)
We fast forward to Exodus chapter 4. God has just spoke to Moses through the burning bush about going to Egypt and bringing his people out of slavery. As Moses is on his journey to Egypt, the Lord comes to kill him. What!? This time I'm not just seeing if you're still paying attention. Here's the scripture, "At a lodging place on the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him." My first question reading this story is the obvious, why? Why would God do this? Wouldn't this keep his people oppressed as slaves if he stopped Moses? Well, we find out why God was about to kill Moses. It's the part of the covenant that I told you to listen, it's very important! Here, I'll remind you, it's at the beginning of the previous paragraph, take a quick look again. So, why didn't God kill Moses? Here's the next verse, "But Zipporah (Moses' wife) took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it. 'Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,' she said. So the Lord let him alone." (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.)
First, God told Abram who he was. He made it clear to Abram he was dealing with the Almighty, with the Creator. "I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless" Genesis 17:1 I'm sure this would have comforted Abram a little, knowing this voice is the voice of God and he's asking him to "walk before me". Second, God tells Abram about his covenant which is between the two of them. It's not a one-way covenant. It doesn't say just Abram or just God has to keep there side of the covenant. God says "I will confirm my covenant between me and you..." Genesis 1:2
Third, God re-named Abram to Abraham. I think this is really neat. It's like God is telling you this day is special, and this covenant is even more important so I'm going to change your name. Don't you think this would have been a nice reminder to Abraham about God's covenant, every time he was called by his new name? By his friends, his wife, and God! I mean he had been called Abram for 100 years, literally! And it's not like God says here is a new nickname for you, he's your heavenly Father and he is re-naming you!
Fourth, God tells Abraham a piece of his end of the covenant. This is an important part of the deal not only for Abraham, but for his children and ALL of his descendants. "As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: be fruitful and multiply." What?! Just kidding on the last part, I was just making sure you were paying attention! God instead says, "Every male among you shall be circumcised." Genesis 17:9-10 He goes on to say in verse 11-12, "You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring."
But, listen to this, it's very important..."Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant." Genesis 17:14 Do you think God would really cut off one of his people just because they were uncircumcised? Would he cut off Abraham, Issac, or Jacob? These are key people to the history of Israel. What about Moses? Here's a story to read, which inspired me to post this blog! :)
We fast forward to Exodus chapter 4. God has just spoke to Moses through the burning bush about going to Egypt and bringing his people out of slavery. As Moses is on his journey to Egypt, the Lord comes to kill him. What!? This time I'm not just seeing if you're still paying attention. Here's the scripture, "At a lodging place on the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him." My first question reading this story is the obvious, why? Why would God do this? Wouldn't this keep his people oppressed as slaves if he stopped Moses? Well, we find out why God was about to kill Moses. It's the part of the covenant that I told you to listen, it's very important! Here, I'll remind you, it's at the beginning of the previous paragraph, take a quick look again. So, why didn't God kill Moses? Here's the next verse, "But Zipporah (Moses' wife) took a flint knife, cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it. 'Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,' she said. So the Lord let him alone." (At that time she said "bridegroom of blood," referring to circumcision.)
Wow, powerful huh? That's what I thought! I mean Moses is as important to the early old testament scriptures as Paul is to the numerous books of the new testament. How different the bible would be if God didn't spare Moses that day! Anyway, I thought this was an interesting story, but I'm more interested in hearing what all of you think about this same thing! :)
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Helpful Study Tools
Crew -
As we study through Ephesians, I wanted to take the opportunity and suggest some sites that may be beneficial for you for further study in the Word. I have found these sites to be great study tools and very helpful for quick references.
Biblos.com - wonderful tool for multiple commentaries, various translations, and dictionaries/encyclopedias
Biblegateway.com - easy-to-use search tool for all of Scripture
ESword.net - great application that you download to your computer (good for when you do not have internet access), all the tools you need to do in-depth studies
Hope these prove helpful for you!
As we study through Ephesians, I wanted to take the opportunity and suggest some sites that may be beneficial for you for further study in the Word. I have found these sites to be great study tools and very helpful for quick references.
Biblos.com - wonderful tool for multiple commentaries, various translations, and dictionaries/encyclopedias
Biblegateway.com - easy-to-use search tool for all of Scripture
ESword.net - great application that you download to your computer (good for when you do not have internet access), all the tools you need to do in-depth studies
Hope these prove helpful for you!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Guy's Night
Hey crew,
Just a friendly reminder that we are having another guy's night at the Fox & Hound on 146th st tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 7-ish. come hang, eat and play some table shuffleboard. Nick has offered to buy a drink for anyone skilled enough to defeat him on the 'board. He really thinks he's that good...
see you there.
Just a friendly reminder that we are having another guy's night at the Fox & Hound on 146th st tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 7-ish. come hang, eat and play some table shuffleboard. Nick has offered to buy a drink for anyone skilled enough to defeat him on the 'board. He really thinks he's that good...
see you there.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Welcome!
Hey Friends!
Welcome to the Carmel Crew blog site. Here you'll be able to view our calendar of events, see old blogs, and/or make comments.
I'll be adding and updating this frequently, so bookmark this page and stop by daily!
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:2
Welcome to the Carmel Crew blog site. Here you'll be able to view our calendar of events, see old blogs, and/or make comments.
I'll be adding and updating this frequently, so bookmark this page and stop by daily!
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:2
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