FacePlant Skate Comp Results

FacePlant 12-13-10 Skate Competition Results

We had a huge turnout at our first skate competition since moving SkateChurch locations to Ripzu Skate Park. Hero Yoon brought a crew from the FP Lab in Tigard. There was a lot of shredding taking place. A few of our local guys from SkateChurch placed. One big highlight was that our very own Ricky Brewer placed in the competition and was asked to ride for Era Skateboards. Check out the pictures and results of last nights' competition below:

YOUNGER/BEGINNER STREET PLACERS- 1st: Kyle Ward, 2nd: Corbin Raptis, 3rd: Chanse Gilbert

OLDER/ADVANCED STREET PLACERS- 1st: Ricky Brewer, 2nd: Nick Peterson, 3rd: Micah Ejah

YOUNGER/BEGINNER MINIRAP PLACERS- 1st: Kyle Ward, 2nd: Conor Carroll, 3rd: Chanse Gilbert

OLDER/ADVANCED MINIRAMP PLACERS- 1st: Joey Carnera, 2nd: Adam Freeman, 3rd: Ricky Brewer

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COMPLETE SKATE COMP RESULTS:

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YOUNGER/BEGINNER STREET:

1st Place: Kyle Ward - 60pts

2nd Place: Corbin Raptis - 44pts

3rd Place: Chanse Gilbert - 39.5pts

4th Place: Matthew Pitch - 36.5pts

5th Place: Austin Waite - 27.5pts

6th Place: Conor Carroll - 27pts

7th Place: Matthew Alexander - 26.5pts

8th Place: Daniel Diaz - 25.5pts

9th Place: Marilyn Danley - 23.5 pts

10th Place: Quentin Nass - 23pts

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OLDER/ADVANCED STREET:

1st Place: Ricky Brewer - 54.5pts

2nd Place: Nick Peterson - 50pts

3rd Place: Micah Ejah - 49pts

4th Place: Joey Carnera - 48.5pts

5th Place: Josh Newton - 45.5pts

6th Place: Franklin Richardson - 44.5pts

7th Place: Dominic Garcia - 36pts

8th Place: Victor Marquay - 26.5pts

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YOUNGER/BEGINNER MINIRAMP:

1st Place: Kyle Ward - 44pts

2nd Place: Conor Carroll - 31pts

3rd Place: Chanse Gilbert - 21pts

4th Place: Marilyn Danley - 15.5pts

5th Place: Daniel Diaz - 15pts

6th Place: Christian Stanton - 14.5pts

7th Place: Matthew Alexander - 13.5pts

8th Place: Corbin Raptis - 12pts

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OLDER/ADVANCED MINIRAMP:

1st Place: Joey Carnera - 43pts

2nd Place: Adam Freeman - 42pts

3rd Place: Dominic Garcia - 39.5pts

4th Place: Ricky Brewer - 39pts

5th Place: Anthony Grant - 36.5pts

6th Place: Josh Newton - 34.5pts

7th Place: Micah Ejah - 32pts

8th Place: Danny Hamilton - 29pts

9th Place: Alex Trautman - 28pts

10th Place: Quentin Nass - 26.5pts

11th Place: Franklin Richardson - 26pts

12th Place: Nick Peterson - 25pts

13th Place: John Hess - 21.5pts

14th Place: Victor Marquay - 20pts

15th Place: Jesse Elkinton - 4.5pts

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GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE WHO COMPETED!!! A special shout out to our judges: Travis Reeder, James Atchley, Zach Barazowski, Chad Stevens and Curtis Christnesen; to Bryan Neyman for timekeeping; to Jonas Jung for the photography; to Collin Whalen for the filming; to pam Knowles and Leeanne Hull for helping with the check-in madness; to Chris Gilbert and Ripzu Skate Park for help with the prizes and for always letting us shred your skate park on Monday nights.

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To all those who were new to FacePlant SkateChurch last night: Feel free to come and check us out every Monday night from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Thank you all for coming out last night.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

FACEPLANT SKATE COMPETITION!!!

FACEPLANT SKATE COMPETITION at RIPZU - MONDAY, DECEMBER 13th

Please join us for our first FacePlant skate comp since we've moved locations to Ripzu Skate Park this Monday, December 13th. Registration will be from 5:30 to 6pm. Skate comp will start at 6pm. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Street and mini-ramp sections. Age and experience-based brackets. $4.00 to skate in the competition. Spectators are FREE! You won't want to miss out. Hope to see you there.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

FacePlant SkateChurch Fall 2010 VIDEO

FacePlant Skaters Who Placed at Ripzu's Comp

SIX OF OUR SKATERS PLACED AT THE THEEVESGIVING SHRED-FEST

That's right! We are super-proud of the skaters from FacePlant SkateChurch who placed at Ripzu's first skate competition ever. My family and I came by the comp this last Saturday and there was a really good turnout. Here are FacePlanters who placed:

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STREET SECTION:

Good: 2nd Place- Chanse Gilbert; 3rd Place- Corbin Raptis

Great: 2nd Place- Dakotah Carlson; 3rd Place- Ford Bennet

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TRANNY SECTION:

Good: 2nd Place- Corbin Raptis; 3rd Place- Chanse Gilbert

Great: 1st Place- Tim Hartman; 2nd Place- Ricky Brewer

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MINI-PIPE SECTION:

Good: 1st Place- Chanse Gilbert

Great: 1st Place- Tim Hartman

Expert: 3rd Place- Ricky Brewer

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CONGRATULATIONS GUYS! We at FacePlant SkateChurch are so proud of you all. Just a quick reminder that we will be having a skate competition at SkateChurch on Monday, December 13th as well.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

Theevesgiving Shred-Fest Skate Competition

Theevesgiving Shred-Fest Skate Competition at Ripzu

Hey guys. Come register for and skate in Ripzu's first skate competition this Saturday, November 20th. There are three events: Street, tranny and mini-pipe and three skill levels: Good, great and expert. Prizes will go to 1st though 3rd place winners.

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Christian Jung
FP SkateChurch Pastor

JESUS HEALS A MAN WITH LEPROSY - Mark 1:40-42

JESUS HEALS A MAN WITH LEPROSY

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Mark 1:40-42, "A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, 'If you are willing, you can make me clean.' Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man, 'I am willing,' he said. 'Be clean!' Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured." (NIV)

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We continued our teaching through the gospel of Mark last night at FacePlant SkateChurch. We have been doing our best to come up with relevant ways to teach the skaters and spectators who come out every week about the life of Jesus. Last week, Curtis brought in a weed-wacker and a gas can to illustrate how prayer is like fuel; without fuel the weed-wacker doesn't work. Similarly, without prayer, our life as Christ-followers just won't be productive. We are sticking with small group questions for the older teens, but are doing more object lessons with the younger youth during our small groups in order to continue to drive the teaching home with them.

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This week, I went into detail by dramatizing what a person with leprosy had to go through in Jesus' time. According to Leviticus 13:45, lepers by law were forced to tear their clothes, have absolutely no human contact, hold their hands over their mouths and scream, "tame (taw-may)!tame (taw-may)! which in the Hebrew language means, "unclean! unclean!" What a horrible existence to be ostricized from their community, as well as being ritually unclean and not being able to worship God in the temple. Leprosy is like sin. Sin makes us feel distanced from God and causes rifts in our relationships with others as well. Yet this man with leprosy begs for Jesus to heal him. Then, after possibly years of not ever feeling a human touch, Jesus reaches out His hand and touches the leper. Unheard of in that day! Right after this Jesus says the word and the man was physically healed of the leprosy. But look at the emotional healing that must have taken place when Jesus, moved with compassion and breaking the law, touches the man.

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God cares so much about every detail of our lives. His healing is holistic; desiring to heal us in body, soul and spirit. I ended with another story and eight young people raised their hands asking for prayer; some to receive Christ for the first time and others to rededicate their lives to Christ. It was a wondeful night at SkateChurch tonight. We had great discussion in our small group as well. James, Chad and Ricky took the younger skaters and had a giant group game to further illustrate the truth of what was taught in Mark 1:40-45. God continues to shine His face on us at FacePlant Ministries, giving us more and more wisdom in how to reach these young skaters in culturally relevant ways with the gospel of Christ. We continue to see changed lives week in and week out and thank God for this.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

FacePlant Ministries Staff Spotlight - Pam Knowles and Lee Ann Hull

Faceplant Ministries Staff Spotlight

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Pam Knowles

Pam has been a vital part of FacePlant SkateChurch over the past couple of years. She actually began to become involved at SkateChurch back in 2008 when I had asked her if she could help check youth in every week when we opened the doors. When Aiden took the reins as FP SkateChurch Pastor in early 2009, Pam stepped up and began to do all of our logistical paperwork; keeping track of who was there week in and week out, updating our roles, getting waivers completed and filed, as well as overseeing all the concession sales every week and making sure the money got to our missionaries. She continues to do all of these things as we have moved to Ripzu skate park, but she and Lee Ann also are very purposeful about discipling any girls who come to SkateChurch every week. You are awesome, Pam! Thanks for all of your sacrificial hard work over the years.

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Lee Ann Hull

Lee Ann started coming out to help at FacePlant SkateChurch last year and has been such a blessing. Not only does she assist in checking in skaters and spectators every week, but also happens to be a nurse. Believe me, we see plenty of cuts and scrapes at FacePlant SkateChurch weekly, and Lee Ann cleans and dresses these wounds and cares so much for the skateboarding youth community here in Vancouver. She and Pam both take the girls who come in to SkateChurch under their wing and lead them in small group questions, as well as interact with them throughout the night. Thank you so much, Lee Ann, for all that you bring to the table at FacePlant Ministries! We are blessed to have you.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

Teaching the Cub Scouts about Skateboarding and Safety

Teaching the Cub Scouts about Skateboarding and Safety

So Brett asked if a few of us from FacePlant Ministries could come out to the Cub Scouts in Vancouver, WA and teach them about skateboarding and safety so that they could earn their Skateboarding Belt Loop. Brian, Jonas and I taught three groups of Scouts and even had them put on helmets and skate a little. It was a lot of fun. Brett handed out the Skateboarding Belt Loops after each kid passed the safety section and actually rode a skateboard.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

Christian Rap/Hip-Hop Night at Ripzu

WILD IN THE PARK

Hey everyone! If you are stoked on listening to rap and hip-hop from guys that love Jesus AND love to skate, I wanted to invite you to an event at Ripzu Skatepark coming up on Friday, November 5, 2010. Doors open at 8:00pm. $6.00 to skate. Speactators are FREE. Check out the flier below for more info.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

Small Group Questions for Mark 1:21-28

Small Group Questions for Mark 1:21-21:

(1) Knowing now that Jesus can fix anything in your heart, mind or spirit, what are some things in your life you could ask Jesus to speak authoritatively into?

(2) What are some issues you could pray for Jesus to speak authoritatively into for other people?

(3) What are some things you stress out about or get anxious about in your day to day activities?

(4) How do you think you are going to handle them now that you have heard this lesson?

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James Atchley

FP SkateChurch Staff

More And More Youth Coming Every Week

FacePlant SkateChurch Grows In Numbers

That's right! We are super-stoked at the growth we are seeing at FacePlant SkateChurch every week. We have been meeting at Ripzu Skate Park for one month now, and the amount of paying skaters has gone up literally every week:

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Week #1: 18

Week #2: 21

Week #3: 24

Week #4: 27

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These numbers don't include staff, interns or spectators. Now we're not all hung up on numbers at FacePlant Ministries, but it is still exciting to us that more and more youth are coming out to SkateChurch every week. A buzz is being created, and rightly so. FacePlant SkateChurch freakin' rocks, man. We have so much fun skating, learning and talking about God, and skating some more. Our small groups are going well. Another young man gave his life to Christ two weeks ago, making two kids giving their lives to Christ since we started meeting at Ripzu. Our staff and interns are on a rotation teaching through the gospel of Mark. Ricky spoke on Mark 1:14-20 last night. We measure success at FacePlant Ministries not on how many kids come out to SkateChurch every week, but how many lives are changed. So please pray for us at FacePlant Ministries, that we would continue to see this kind of success.

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I have been filming and will be putting out a new SkateChurch video pretty soon. So keep an eye out for that, as well as news about a skate competition we will have at Ripzu on a Monday night coming up in December. You won't want to miss it. Check out some new pics from Ripzu below.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

New SkateChurch Pictures Taken at Ripzu

Wall ride on the vert wall............................Kick flip over stair gap on bank

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Skating the step-up......................................Nice stall on the miniramp










Ollie air out of quarter pipe into bank.........Airing over coping on miniramp

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Kickflip rock to fakie on miniramp..................FS 180 off of the ledge

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Sticker-slapping the vert wall....................Rock to fakie on the miniramp

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Skaters gather to hear Bible teaching...........Teaching through gospel of Mark

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Small groups discuss the teaching

Christian teaching from Mark

Small group interacting with staff.............Small group meets on other side