Pastor Adam

New Blog

2010-12-15T10:47:00.000-05:00

Blog has moved to:www.arweatherly.blogspot.com Due to an error on blogger's behalf and the change of e-mail, this will eventually be deleted. Please go to www.arweatherly.blogspot.com for my new blog. Sorry for the inconveniance. I hope that you have enjoyed this blog and will enjoy the new blog at www.arweatherly.blogspot.com. Thank you for following me.

Spiritual Gifts

2010-11-04T15:14:00.000-04:00

Spiritual Gifts: Week 1 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 Its getting to that time of year again, where we all start making our Christmas lists. We start asking for all kinds of things that we want like video games, computers, cameras, CD’s, DVD’s, TV’s, and what ever else we want. By raise of hands, how many of you have made your Christmas lists already for this year? Doesn’t it feel good when we receive a

2010 STL "Hick Fest"

2010-10-25T21:22:00.000-04:00

IT'S ALMOST HERE, THE 2010 SPEED THE LIGHT HICK FEST!!! There are going to be fun games, prizes, Coke, and Food. We are giving away a $15 iTunes gift card to the student who brings the most first time visitors. This is going to be the most seed spittin, apple bobbin, bottle blowin, needle findin, Hick impersonatin time of your life. SO DON'T MISS OUT!!! It is this Wednesday (November 27th)

Who?

2010-10-16T10:26:00.001-04:00

The question I've been asking myself here lately is "Who am I?" What is it that really defines who i am? I am first a follower of Jesus, second a husband, third a pastor and a leader, fourth a photographer and graphic designer, and fifth a student. But what is it that really defines who I am? The answer is JESUS!!! It is Jesus who has molded me and made me into who I am. After all he is the

The List

2010-10-16T10:06:00.002-04:00

Every year around this time people start making the list for you know who… Santa Clause! So many times people want things that will be broken, tossed out, or set on a shelf and forgot about. Unless its a video game system, then "Santa" (notice the quotes) ends up buying video games through out the entire year (lol). I got to thinking, what is it that I want more than anything this year? I've

H2O Leadership Team

2010-10-10T21:27:00.000-04:00

Today we had our first H2O Leadership meeting. We went to Cici's Pizza for lunch, and then went back to church to cover some business items. We are looking forward to what God is going to do at H2O in the coming months. Our Student Leaders are: Michelle, Raquel, and Channel. We will be adding more Student leaders to our team after football season is over. Our Adult Leaders are: Stephanie,

H2O Student Update!!!

2010-09-20T19:49:00.000-04:00

We finished our third week in our "Days of Elijah" series. We talked about how we need to follow Elijah's example and both pray and listen, and we played an all group game. Announcements: Speed The Light offering is on September 29th. Students are challenged to bring $10 or more to give to STL!!! September is the 1 Month Challenge. Remember to carry your Bible, visibly, with you where ever you

The Days of Elijah Week 3

2010-09-20T10:01:00.000-04:00

Lets take a look at what God taught Elijah about prayer and listening. 1 Kings chapter 18. We will start in verse 41 and will work our way through chapter 19 verse 18. Because God sent fire from heaven and licked up the bull, the altar, the water, and the soil the people of Israel saw that the drought wasn’t an accident. They realized it was a disciplinary measure that was provided by God

Book Review: Developing the Leader Within You by John Maxwell

2010-09-20T09:35:00.000-04:00

Over the past 4 weeks Pastor Russ and I have been reading through John Maxwell's book "Developing The Leader Within You." This is like the 4th or 5th time Pastor has read it, and is my 2nd time to read it. Over the past 4 weeks, I have taken 32 pages of notes. Those 32 pages of notes are in addition to the highlighting I did in the book the last time I read it. This is an AMAZING BOOK!!! Thanks

Compelled by Love

2010-09-05T17:10:00.000-04:00

Beginning in September each year, over 70,000 junior and senior high school students begin preparing their entries for the District and National Fine Arts Festivals. Students may enter as many as 35 of the 52 categories offered in 7 main divisions: Art, Communication, Drama, Exhibition, Instrumental, Vocal, and Writing. This years theme is "Compelled By Love". This year we want H2O to

1 Month Challenge

2010-09-05T16:15:00.000-04:00

Today Bethany and I went to the Cracker Barrel in Homestead Florida with Pastor Russ and Shari, and we took our Fire Bible with us!!! Where all have you taken your Bible this month for the 1 Month Challenge!!!

1 Month Challenge

2010-09-02T14:23:00.000-04:00

Went to the Starbucks cafe at Barns and Noble today for a meeting with Pastor Russ, and I took my Fire Bible with me. 1 Month Challenge is to visibly take your Bible where ever you go for one month. (to the movies, out to eat, to school, to the park, to work, etc.)

Days of Elijah: Week 1

2010-09-02T14:19:00.000-04:00

We have started our 4 week Study on "The Days of Elijah!" Last night we studied the 3 lessons that Elijah had to learn, and that we have to learn in 1 Kings chapter 17. We are dried-up, empty, and dead with out God in our lives. Now your probably thinking those are all negative things, they are bad things, and I don’t want to be dried-up, empty, and dead! Lets look to what the Bible teaches us

H2O Student Update!!!

2010-09-02T14:03:00.000-04:00

It was a good night at H2O last night. We started our first night on our new series "The Days of Elijah". There were 18 students that showed up last night. 2 of them gave their hearts to Jesus for the first time, and 2 others recommitted their life. Gina and Grace faced off in a "Minute to Win It" game called "Puddle Jumping". Both girls were laughing so hard that they couldn't complete the

The Days of Elijah

2010-08-28T12:03:00.000-04:00

Join H2O every Wednesday night in September for our new series "The Days Of Elijah!" We are going to spend the next few weeks looking at the life of Elijah from the books of 1 & 2 Kings. Elijah did some awesome things in his life. He caused a drought, called down fire from heaven, had over 400 false profits killed, brought rain, ran at super human speeds, and escaped death. Elijah did all of

H2O Student Update!!!

2010-08-27T14:48:00.000-04:00

Wednesday was our Amazing Back To School Challenge, and it was a blast!!! Over 30 students showed up to play some wild crazy and messy games. The students were separated into 3 teams and competed for silly bands and a chance to Pie Pastor Adam at the end of the night! We gave away over 750 Silly Bandz, and made a huge mess! After the games were over we talked about how God has a purpose for each

H2O Student Update!!!

2010-08-05T11:13:00.000-04:00

H2O was kinda weird last night. The service started off good and we played a game with paper airplanes and someone brought muffins. Then once we started the videos the computer froze up, and when Michelle and Ashley started Praise and Worship the key board wouldn't work. Needless to say, we had a few technical difficulties yesterday. But we got everything taken care of and ended up having a

Campus Missionaries! TELL

2010-08-05T11:00:00.000-04:00

There are people who are looking for hope in life. Sadly, these people have been blinded and are lost. They are searching for hope in all the wrong ways. They look for it through worldly things such as money, music, sex, drugs, alcohol, and this list can go on for ever. Worldly things may make people happy for a time, but eventually it gets old, boring, or not good enough to make them feel good

H2O Student Update!!!

2010-07-29T09:48:00.001-04:00

H2O was awesome last night. Everything seemed to run real smoothly. This week we are continued our series on the 5 things that all Christians must do, and those 5 things also lead us to become Campus Missionaries. We are talked about how we must Give. This week Alissa and Amanda went head to head in a game. They had 60 seconds to through as many tennis balls into as basked that was about 10

Campus Missionaries! Give

2010-07-29T09:26:00.001-04:00

This week we are continuing our series on the 5 things that all Christians must do, and those 5 things also lead us to become Campus Missionaries. Tonight we are talking about how we must Give. Just like we should commit our lives to Pray, to Live a life pleasing to God, and to Serve, we must also commit ourselves to Give. Giving is at the base of our Christian faith. With out God’s gift of

Fall Schedules

2010-07-26T15:04:00.000-04:00

Hey H2O Students and Parents!!! Bethany and I would like to come to your school events to support you and your school! If you play any sports (Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Cheer leading, FCA, etc.), or are in any school clubs (band, dance, art, drama, etc.), or any other activities (in or out of school) then please let us know. We want to come and support you. Let us know when

H2O Student Update!!!

2010-07-22T12:31:00.003-04:00

Last night at H2O we had a blast… We covered the third part of our six part series on Campus Missionaries… SERVE. Every student committed to SERVE God by Serving People. We also played Nose Soccer! Shanny and Alondra competed against each other in a 2 min match to see who could roll the most ping pong balls with their nose into a basket from one side of the room to the other. Alondra came

Campus Missionaries! SERVE

2010-07-22T12:18:00.000-04:00

This week we talked about the third thing we must do as a Christian that also helps lead us to become Campus Missionaries… Serve. Just as God has called us to pray and live, God also calls us to serve. We must serve God and serve People. In order to serve, we must become servants. A servant is a person who does things for other people. God calls all of us to serve. We get to choose if we serve

Silly Bandz

2010-07-20T16:50:00.000-04:00

Last week I got my first 2 Silly Bandz! I really don't understand what students love about Silly Bandz. They are just silly, and are rubber bands. Any ways, I went out and bought a 5 packs to give away at H2O last week, and I still have 3 packs left. Silly Bandz Give Away! Wednesday, July 21 2010, I will be giving away 2 packages of Silly Bandz. to the winner of the game. and one to the

H2O Student Update!!!

2010-07-15T12:06:00.001-04:00

Last night at H2O we had an awesome night… We covered our second part of our six part series on Campus Missionaries… LIVE. There were 3 Students who accepted Jesus as their Lord God and Savior, and all 16 students committed themselves to LIVE their Lives to set the example and to please God. Announcements: Kids Summer Block Party this Saturday Meet at the Church at 9am sharp The Pen Florida

Campus Missionaries! LIVE

2010-07-15T11:09:00.001-04:00

Last night we covered the 2nd part of our 6 part series on Campus Missions. There are 5 things that every Christian must do, and those 5 things lead us to become Campus Missionaries. Those 5 things are to Pray Live Serve Tell and Give. Last night we talked about LIVE… we all need to LIVE our lives to please God and to set the example for those around us. Last week we talked about how we need to

Campus Missionaries! PRAY

2010-07-08T11:27:00.000-04:00

Last night we started our six week series talking about being Campus Missionaries. In order to be a Campus Missionary there are 5 characteristics that we need to have in our lives. These 5 Characteristics are to Pray Live Serve Tell Give. Colossians 4:2-6 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may

Kids Summer Outreaches

2010-06-21T17:46:00.000-04:00

This Summer we have an Awesome opportunity to reach out to the kids of Miami. H2O and Kids Inc are partnering together to impact and change the lives of people in their own communities by reaching out to their kids. We are throwing 6 block parties this summer (June 26, July 10,17, 24, 31, and August 7), and we need your help. We need people to run the Cotton Candy, Snow Cone, and Popcorn

Yard & Bake Sale!!!

2010-06-15T17:59:00.000-04:00

This Saturday (June 19th), from 7am till Noon, H2O and Kids Inc. are teaming up! We are trying to raise funds to get students to camp, and to help with each ministries budget for this year. If you have anything you would like to donate for H2O and Kids Inc. to sell please contact Pastor Adam or Pastor Kevin. Or, if you would like to purchase a table to sell your own stuff, you can do so for $20

Danger! Your Life Will Be Changed

2010-06-06T16:05:00.003-04:00

double click the image above, right click it and save it to your computer, then set as your desktop wall paperThis morning, at the Sunday Experience, Pastor Russ talked about the most Dangerous place in Miami. He talked about how when Jesus spoke he was so dynamic that there was no telling what was going to happen, and that every time he spoke people wanted to kill him. At that same time

Weigh in #1

2010-06-04T14:18:00.005-04:00

Weigh in #1Its been 12 days since I officially started this new life style change! All I have done is cut out all the bread, rice, pasta, and sweets. I have 1 free meal per week where I can eat that kind of stuff. Out side that I have started walking every couple of days or so. So far I haven't felt hungry, but I have been craving the things that have made to cut.Goals:loose 10% of 254lbs (

Getting Students To Show Up

2010-05-27T13:38:00.008-04:00

I just finished reading Jonathan McKee's book "Getting Students to Show Up: Practical Ideas for Any Outreach Event - from 10 to 10,000"This is a great book that I recommend to all pastors who deal with youth or college students, or pastors looking to do an outreach. This book starts you at the beginning and walks you through the planning process of outreaches and then releases you to do them.

Summer Slim Down!!!

2010-05-24T09:40:00.008-04:00

Hi, I'm Pastor Adam. I have a weight problems. Will you help encourage me to lose weight?All my life I have been over weight. I remember weighing in at close to 200 lbs when I was 11 years old. Right now, I weigh 254 lbs, a BMI of 35.56 (which is obese), have a 50 something inch belly, and a 44 inch waist. This is starting to cause health problems in my life. Not only is it causing health

Prayer and Fasting

2010-05-13T10:12:00.004-04:00

Read Matthew 6:5-18 & 9:14-15Prayer is when we have a conversation with God.Jesus Gave us an example of how to pray in Matthew 6:9-13. We know this as that Lords Prayer. Basically what Jesus said is: 1. Our prayers should honor God; 2. Our prayers should be centered around Gods kingdom, power, authority, purposes, and way of life. Not with our problems and situations; 3. Our prayers should ask

H2O May Desktop Wallpaper

2010-05-08T11:38:00.003-04:00

double click the image above then right click it and save it to your computer1920x1200Download this free desktop wallpaper from H2O, and let us know what you think!Come to H2O every Wednesday Night from 7 to 8:30pmFun Games, Hangout, Worship, and a Life changing MessageHope to see you there!If you come up with a Wallpaper and would like to share it with H2O please send it to Pastor Adam via

Salvation

2010-04-29T18:03:00.002-04:00

Discussion questions :1. When did you get saved and who lead you to Jesus Christ? 2. How has your life, or attitude changed after you have been Saved? 3. How do you feel God’s grace working in your life lately? • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •Ephesians 2:4-8“4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ

Fun Times

2010-04-22T11:02:00.003-04:00

We had an exciting night at H2O last night. We talked about the 4 biggest questions that skeptics have about Jesus, and we challenged the student to tell 3 of their friends about Jesus and to give their friends the answers to the 4 questions. We played 2 new games last night. SPUD and the team game BLANKET FLIP. It was a fun time and we will play those game in the future. Congratulations to

Who Is Jesus?

2010-04-22T10:12:00.004-04:00

Last night we talked about the 4 biggest questions that skeptics have about Jesus.How do you know Jesus ever existed?Did Jesus really claim to be God, and if so why should I believe him?Was Jesus really born of a virgin? and aren't there legitimate objections to it that make it not true for today?Did Jesus really rise from the dead?We know that Jesus existed because of the eyewitness accounts

SUMMER CAMP

2010-04-19T14:38:00.005-04:00

Summer Camp is coming soon. June 28th through July 1st (4 days, 3 nights).Cost is $140, and all registration MUST be in by Wednesday June 2nd.Please let Pastor Adam, Bethany, or the church office if you want to go! This will be an amazing week! Camp forms will be given out during H2O on Wednesday nights or Sunday Mornings (please see Pastor Adam to get forms)The camp is located at:Masterpiece

H2O Desktop Wallpaper

2010-04-18T21:44:00.003-04:00

double click the image above then right click it and save it to your computer1600x1200double click the image above then right click it and save it to your computer1920x1200New desktop wallpaper for H2O Student Ministries. Be the first to download it.Let me know what you think!

H2O

2010-04-10T02:27:00.002-04:00

The ballots are in… The new name for the Sunset Chapel Youth Group is…H2O (His 2 Own)Thanks to everyone who voted this last Wednesday.See you all on Sunday for Life Training at 9:30am, The Experience at 10:30, and a special Water Mark Experience after the Experience.If you have not been baptized and would like to please come to Sunset Chapel this Sunday!

Steering Through Chaos

2010-04-01T14:17:00.006-04:00

Scott Wilson has been nice enough to send me a free copy of his new book "Steering Through Chaos: Mapping a Clear Direction for your church in the midst of transition and change." All he asked in return is that I post something on my blog and a comment on amazon.com.I started reading this book the last part of February and have made it to the 5th chapter. Had to stop because I became the Student

Over Spring Break!!!

2010-04-01T09:43:00.003-04:00

We had another Awesome night at Youth!We continued talking about Joseph this week and looked at how he was tempted.12 people showed up (9 students & 4 leaders)2 Students made decisions for Christ2 Students asked for prayer for the temptation they are facingand 2 Students stepped out as spiritual leaders and prayed with leaders at the altarWe want to Welcome Jackie and Nicholas. Thanks for

Joseph & Temptation

2010-04-01T09:21:00.003-04:00

Over the past couple of weeks we have been talking about the life of Joseph. Remember Joseph was the son of Jacob, and he had 11 brothers who hated him because he was their dad’s favorite.2 weeks ago we talked about Joseph’s 2 dreams, about how he was going to rule over his family. This made his brothers hate him even more. So much more that we talked last week about how they abandoned him. They

24 March 2010

2010-03-25T09:53:00.003-04:00

We had an Awesome night at Youth! We played a few games, and talked about Joseph and Abandonment.We welcome Amber to our group. She came to visit with her family, will be moving to Miami this summer, and will attend Sunset Chapel! Woot!!!Special shout out to Calvin, Jordan, Michelle, Ashley, Danny, and Joshua for doing an Amazing job with worship! There were 16 students who showed up and 8

Joseph & Abandonment

2010-03-25T09:01:00.004-04:00

Last night was a great night for Sunset Chapel Youth!We talked about Joseph and how he was abandoned by his brothers from Genesis 37:19-28. Joseph did what he was asked to by his dad, Jacob. He set out looking for his 11 brothers. Then his brothers ambushed him and through him in a cistern. Not only that, but they sold him for 20 shekels of silver to the first person who came by. 20 shekels of

Whats In A Name Contest

2010-03-16T13:20:00.002-04:00

This last Wednesday we started a contest to see what the name of our Youth Group will be. We had some people turn in some really good names, but we would like to extend the contest till Wednesday March 24th. Please submit Youth group Names. Our Youth Leaders will choose our top 3-5 favorites, and the students will vote on the name on the 24th.There is only 1 rules: The Name can not be Fusion.

Sec 17 Youth Meeting

2010-03-11T14:56:00.002-05:00

This morning I had the privilege of meeting with a few other Youth Pastors here in Miami. They are all great Men of God, and each one brings a different set of skills to the table. I am happy to be part of this group of Pastors that are trying to win the Students of Miami for Christ.

New Desktop Wallper

2010-03-09T13:46:00.003-05:00

double click the image above then right click it and save it to your computer1600x1200New Desktop WallpaperSunset Chapel Student Ministry WallpaperLet me know what you think!

February Desktop Calendar

2010-02-09T11:38:00.004-05:00

Double click the image above then right click it and save it to your computer1600x1200Here’s the February 2010 wallpaper.Let me know what you think of it.

Walking Billboards

2010-02-01T16:07:00.001-05:00