Small Vision for the future...

I am now entering another world. I have read a lot of blogs...and they can get pretty intense. I am pretty sure that our blog won't have any controversial topics like injustice missions raiding abortion clinics, or emerging church vs. emergent church, or even if the roll should go over the top or underneath.

This blog was created because we as CWSM just wanted a way that we can communicate with you, let you know our hearts, and to keep you updated with the happenings around the church. For starters...we (the CWSM staff) are starting to toss around new ideas of why we do what we do...

Not that what we are doing is bad, in fact I have loved getting to know you as a group and as individuals. It's just that we don't have any clear picture of where we want to see students be in their walk with God by the time they graduate high school. We are working hard trying to understand YOUR needs. We are piling over adjectives to describe the young adolescent mind. We are racking our brains for the proper wording of a purpose statement that you can be proud of. We are discussing and deliberating over the proper usage of adverbs. All things that are very important when trying to create a new purpose statement.

As a sneak peak for all of you who are just dying to know what we are all about as a ministry (hundreds I'm sure) I will tell you this. Where we are going is not flashy. We are not going to train squirrels to duel with lightsabers in order to get you to come out. What we want to do is provide an opportunity for you to be able to connect with God, connect with other students, and connect with caring adults who are smarter than you and have all the answers. Wait, that last one should just read caring adults. Sorry.

It's as simple as that. What that looks like may be similar to what we are doing. There may be small changes in the coming summer and following year. Know this, we are praying for you, and for the ministry that God has called us to be a part of.
We love you (phileo that is) and we can't wait to see what God has planned for CWSM.

Johnny

Ladies and Gentlemen

We'd like to greet you all with a warm welcome to Crosswalk Student Ministries' BLOG. All of us here on the CWSM staff is excited to be able to communicate with you all in a new format.

Our desire is that this blog might serve as a home base for CWSM on the internet. I know this is a little overwhelming and there are a host of emotions boiling up inside of you, but let me calm some of your developing anxieties by approaching some of the common questions.

Where are all of the amazing theological, cultural, and comical articles here that I can use to gauge everything in my life by?

Well, that does seem like an overstatement on the influence we have here, but
what is a rose by any other name? The truth is, since the creation of this
website there have not been any new amazing, theological, cultural, or comical
articles that have been produced. We, as CWSM staff, will be sifting through our
databases looking for such articles, but until we find them. Further, amazing
blogs are YTC (Yet To Come).

I go to this youth group! Where are all of the pictures of me?

Again, the pictures are on their way, YTC.

Is there a way I can figure out when the next event is?

Yes, as soon as we figure out how to work a blog, we
will upload any pertinent information.

Is this a blog where I can complain about everything I don't like?

No, please send the complaints to Reid's email with the subject "complaint," so he can to delete it. Haha.. Ahh, just kidding. If you are experiencing some sort of conflict involving the ministry please communicate that to us. This public forum might not be the best place, and I don't anticipate this blog functioning as such, that is just the modern assumption with blogs: Blogs are places where people without any creditials can polute even weaker minds with thoughts that aren't worthy to be put in any other type of communication medium (i.e. books, magazines, or newspapers).

So, this is it! Come, enjoy, interact as we dive into the wonderful world of blogging!

- CWSM Staff