Houseboats 2016 was a huge success. This was the second Houseboat trip for Canyon Springs church and boy did word spread about this trip. We went from 75 high schoolers this year to 115. When planning this trip I set the goal for 100 kids. To see this many kids want to come to this camp was quite amazing. It [...]
Dear Canyon Springs families, As most of you know Micah Diaz, our Assistant Youth Director is getting married this next week. I'm guessing most of you were probably like me when you got married. It wasn't the new waffle iron or China setting that got me most excited when I opened wedding gifts. It was those little envelopes that had [...]
CRAZY CONNECT was so much fun. We are so pumped to have our 5th graders coming up into Oasis. We got to play some games and do small groups together. Here is a recap of what we learned: -Rejoice means to go back to Joy -Transitions are scary and it is okay to get anxious or nervous -If you use [...]
I AM WAITING was a total hit. We had 130 students show up to hear about why we should wait to have sex. Thank you guys for coming out and hearing what the bible says about these topics. I hope that you really got something out of this talk and it will spark up some good conversations amongst yourselves and with [...]
Thanks to all the student leaders that have been coming out once a month to get more involved in Oasis. You guys are really bringing a lot to the ministry and I think God is going to use this group in some big ways. Just to recap yesterday we talked about stress and mentorship. First, it is important [...]
Tonight, at Canyon Springs, we are starting a campaign called, “I Am Waiting.” It is a campaign centered on teaching our young people about sexual intimacy. We are doing this because our world is screaming at them something completely different. The world our young ones are growing up in is drastically different from the days of I Love Lucy. Our [...]
Hey Everyone, here is an email I sent out to our incoming 6th grade parents. This is the same thoughts I shared when I first came to Canyon Springs at our parents night. I think this is a great reminder on what Oasis is all about. Enjoy! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The bible does not say much about when Jesus was a Middle [...]
Hey Everyone, Attached is the In the Water for April 2016. We have all of our events and program for the Summer in this newsletter. WANT TO BE A PART OF THE EMAIL LIST? EMAIL [email protected] AND SAY, "IN THE WATER." Here are a couple things that did not make it that we need help with. Sink or Swim: We [...]
Gossip is ruining lives. It is an epidemic in society. The longer I work with youth the more I realize how serious it is. It is nothing short of bullying and the words we use are becoming vehicles of destruction. Here is the truth about gossip: It is wrecking us spiritually and separating us from people. When we gossip we push others out [...]
Thanks for coming out last night everyone. It was so fun to see everybody bring their friends. We had a great turnout of 50 kids! Here were some of my highlights from last night. What were yours? Alex launching Ryan Desagher and Harrison Issac getting stuck upside down Some of the crazy/lucky goals Knocking over the scoring table accidentally What [...]
