YEAR END CELEBRATION OF CHANGED LIVES

YEAR END CELEBRATION OF CHANGED LIVES

I have been going back through all of our Facebook posts over the last year and keeping track of all the skaters who have prayed and given their lives to Jesus. What an amazing journey we have been on at FacePlant SkateChurch not only over this past year, but over the past six years since we first started! Check these stats out and celebrate with us:

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2006 - 80 first time decisions to follow Christ
2007 - 83 first time decisions to follow Christ
2008 - 58 first time decisions to follow Christ
2009 - 10 first time decisions to follow Christ
2010 - 9 first time decisions to follow Christ
2011 - 39 first time decisions to follow Christ
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2006 to 2011 - 279 first time decisions to follow Christ

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I would also like to note that around 50 skaters made a decision to follow Christ this last year at the demo in Siletz, Oregon. We have also seen others come to Christ as we have gone to various skate parks and shared our faith over the years. The statistics above are all from our weekly FacePlant SkateChurch meetings in Vancouver, Washington. We have no idea what this next year has in store for us at FacePlant SkateChurch, but I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has invested into this awesome ministry this past year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Christian Jung

NEW FACEPLANT SKATECHURCH LOGO

FacePlant SkateChurch Montage 2 VIDEO

FacePlant Demo at the All Church Picnic

Get to the All Church Picnic this sunday @ 1pm @ the Pearson Air Museum, Its gonna be a blast and its free! bring a blanket and a picnic lunch to enjoy concerts and all kinds of activities! We'll be in front of the hanger, check out Skate Church as we share our ministry in demo's and testimony!

VIDEOS from the FacePlant Demo in Siletz

FacePlant SkateChurch Montage 2011 VIDEO

FacePlant Summer Kick-Off with a BBQ at Victor's

FacePlant Summer Kick-Off with a BBQ at Victor's

To kick off the summer, we had a bunch of youth from FacePlant SkateChurch gather last night at Victor's house for a BBQ. Josh was quite the chef, cooking up a bunch of hotdogs. Victor's mom made some fajitas. We had fun just hanging out and chatting. Some of the guys had a little skate sesh, including Josh who bombed the hill near Victor's house (see video below).

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Hero from Farm Project and Era Skateboards came out as well. We had a chance to talk more about how we can partner together to create a positive and productive environment for youth in the skateboarding community here in the pacific Northwest and beyond. Good stuff. I also want to let you know that I opened a YouTube account under "faceplantministries" where we will be adding new FacePlant videos. I also uploaded and archived a ton of old FacePlant skate videos. Feel free to check it out. You can get to our channel through the video below. Enjoy!

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Christian Jung

Upcoming FacePlant SkateChurch Events

Upcoming FacePlant SkateChurch Events

Hey everyone. Summer is here. School is out. We wanted to let you know about a couple of upcoming events.

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WHEN: Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 7pm

WHAT: BBQ at Victor's House - $3

WHERE: 808 NE 117th Street; Vancouver, WA 98685

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WHEN: Saturday, July 2, 2011

WHAT: FacePlant Skate Demo

WHERE: Skatepark in Siletz, Oregon

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Please feel free to get a hold of James Atchley or Ricky Brewer about either of these events. We also want to let you know that 2 kids last week and 1 kid the week before gave their lives to Christ at SkateChurch. Good stuff!

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Christian Jung

SkateChurch VIDEO by Ford Bennett

Article on TEAM FACEPLANT DEMO in SILETZ, OREGON

Hey all you FACEPLANTers!
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Check out this article about the SKATE DEMO that TEAM FACEPLANT is going to go put on in Siletz, Oregon on July 2nd:

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http://www.windsofpraise.com/
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When you get to the website, look on the left side and click on "Winds of Praise POST." Then you will see where it says, "June 2011 POST." It is a pdf file. Click on it to open up the article in pdf form. The DEMO is gonna be sick. Come out to FACEPLANT SKATECHURCH tonight for tryouts to get on TEAM FACEPLANT for this DEMO.

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Blessings,
Christian Jung

Nine Skaters Rededicate Their Lives to Christ

Nine Skaters Rededicate Their Lives to Christ

This last week at FacePlant SkateChurch, nine skaters came forward in the presence of their peers to say that they've been struggling with trying to have one foot in heaven and the other foot in hell. They gathered in two separate groups with James and Chad to pray and rededicate their lives to Christ. We are so proud of these guys and continue to see Jesus transform lives every week. Praise for FacePlant SkateChurch!

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Christian Jung

More New Pics

More New Pics at FacePlant SkateChruch

All of our FacePlant skaters have just been shredding so hard lately at SkateChurch, I had to put up some new pics of them on the blog. Also, we've had 1 more first time decision to receive Christ and 3 more recommitments. Very cool!

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Christian Jung

Josh Newton airing WAY over the coping on the miniramp

Victor Von Claus with a super-tweaked grind on the miniramp

Ricky Brewer with a crazy over-tweaked stall over the ledge on the miniramp

Matthew Alexander with a nice pop shovit off of a kicker

Ford Bennett the first to land a kickflip down the new five stair

Small Remodel at Ripzu - New Hip and Five Stair

Small Remodel at Ripzu Skate Park

Chris Gilbert and I worked on a small remodel at Ripzu on Thursday and Friday of last week. We dismantled part of the existing street section and framed out a new hip, five stair and two hubbas. Man, this is gonna be a sweet section to skate. I'm not sure if Chris finished sheeting it all with plywood and masonite for SkateChurch this Monday, but it is a sick addition to Ripzu. Check out the pics below:

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Also in other news, while I was away in Thailand, after Ricky's teaching there was one young man who gave his life to Jesus and two others that rededicated their lives to Christ. I've added some other new pics to the blog below. Check out the sticker slap contest. Ricky won with a whopping 16 foot sticker slap. Crazy! Also just a quick heads up that the cost at the door to skate every Monday night at FacePlant SkateChurch will soon be going up from $4.00 due to the amount of skaters coming and the cost to run Ripzu Skate Park. Thanks for your understanding.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

FacePlant SkateChurch Staff Meeting

FacePlant SkateChurch Staff Meeting

FacePlant SkateChurch Staff Meeting at Whipple Creek Church

FacePlant SkateChurch Staff 2011 (L to R): James Atchley, LeeAnn hull, Pam Knowles, Curtis Christensen, Christian Jung, Brian Worcester, Zach Barazowski, Ricky Brewer, Chad Stevens, McKenzie Knowles (not pictured: Josh Newton and Victor Marquay)

Battle Royale and Another Seven

Harvest Time at FacePlant SkateChurch

The fun continues at FacePlant SkateChurch on Monday nights. This past two weeks we saw seven more skaters come to Christ. 5 kids gave their lives to Christ over a week ago after James taught on Jesus calming the storm from Mark 4:35-41. We also broke up into small groups and prayed for eachother as almost all of the kids said that they had "storms" going on at home. Many, if not most of the skateboarding youth community here in Vancouver, Washington come from broken homes. So it is amazing to be able to support one another and pray for eachother at SkateChurch every week. 2 more kids made first time decisions to follow Jesus last night as Ricky spoke on the man possessed by a legion of demons from Mark 5:1-20. We are seeing a mighty harvest of youth coming to Christ. So far we have seen 25 youth come to Christ in 2011 alone. That makes at least 265 young people who have prayed to receive Jesus Christ since we started SkateChurch in 2006. To the best of my knowledge, here is the breakdown of salvations every year at SkateChurch:

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2006 - 80 first time decisions to follow Christ

2007 - 83 first time decisions to follow Christ

2008 - 58 first time decisions to follow Christ

2009 - 10 first time decisions to follow Christ

2010 - 9 first time decisions to follow Christ

2011 - 25 first time decisions to follow Christ

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2006 to 2011 - 265 first time decisions to follow Christ

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Maybe it sounds a bit repetitive when we write about youth placing their faith in Jesus Christ week in and week out, but to us, this is the main reason FacePlant SkateChurch exists. Every time one of these skaters raises their hand and prays with us, inviting Jesus Christ into their lives, the angels are partying in heaven as new names are being added to the Book of Life. So we like to party with the angels over these young skaters, many of which wouldn't darken the doors of a normal church. Hope you can celebrate with us!

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On another note, the guys continue to find ways to amuse themselves. They now have a game they have made up on the mini-pipe called, "Battle Royale." They all drop in and skate the mini-pipe at the same time, trying to knock eachother off their boards (it's okay parents, haven't had any injuries). The last man standing wins. Fun stuff.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

Seven More Youth Come To Christ

Seven More Youth Come To Christ

We have really seen some amazing things take place during the 21 days of prayer and fasting at Whipple Creek Church. One thing we were specifically praying for as a church is a harvest of souls coming into the Kingdom of God. We've just recently seen seven more youth come to Christ over the past few weeks. On January 17th Zach taught from Mark 4:21-25. After his message four youth raised their hands and prayed to receive Christ. The following week, on January 24th Chad spoke on ark 4:26-29 and three more youth not only raised their hands and invited Christ into their lives, but did so publically in front of their peers. Our staff and interns are on a teaching rotation so that not one person has to have the responsibility of giving the Bible lesson every week. I am so proud of our FacePlant SkateChurch staff and applaud them for the wonderful job they are doing in studying, preparing and delivering the message week in and week out.

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Please Invite People To FacePlant SkateChurch

I would like to take a moment and just ask that you would invite any skater you know to come out to FacePlant SkateChurch on Monday nights. Chris Gilbert has so graciously allowed us to use their skate park every Monday night. Our attendance seems to always fluxuate; some weeks we have 15 skaters and other weeks we have over 40 skaters. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to who attends and when. One thing we really need to have in order for it to be worthwhile for Ripzu to continue to let us utilize their facilities is an attendance of at least 30 skaters at FacePlant SkateChurch every Monday night; at least if we want to keep the cost down to $4 per skater every Monday night. Ripzu Skate Park has an overhead and it has to make sense in order for them to be able to pay their lease payment and utilities. So this is just a call to invite friends to come and skate, as well as a challenge to all the regulars; if you call this your church home, please do all that you can to make it out consistantly on Monday nights, not only to keep our costs down, but because you are probably missing out on something that God has for you if you aren't getting fellowship anywhere else. We care about you and want you to continue to grow in your walk with God. There are so many times that skaters are encouraged by a teaching or by being prayed for by their peers during small group interaction. Anyhoo...hope to see you guys as much as possible. We love all of you!!! =)

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

NEW FACEPLANT FLYER

11 SKATERS COME TO CHRIST IN 1-11

11 SKATERS COME TO CHRIST IN 1-11

The number eleven might not mean much to most people. But for a while now nearly every time I look at the clock it reads 11:11. I am writing this post on 1-11-2011. I believe we are in the eleventh hour. In plain English, Jesus said that He would return to the earth to be with His people forever which would be the twelfth hour, and He gave a lot of clues as to what the world would look like in the days nearing His return. Now I'm not one of those crazies that places dates on when Jesus is coming back, but I believe we are right at the door of when Christ will return, and that 2011 is going to be an important year in the history of mankind.

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The book of Revelation talks about two separate harvests that will be taking place surrounding the return of Christ. I believe that the first of these two harvests in Revelation 11:14-16 deals with a great harvest of souls that will come into the Kingdom of God through a personal, hand-holding relationship with Jesus Christ. The second of the two harvests in Revelation 11:17-20 deals with God's judgment that will take place upon the earth. I don't find it coincidence that in the first few weeks of 2011, we have seen 11 skaters give their lives to Christ. One skater prayed to receive Jesus a few weeks ago after Ricky had given the message, then last night ten more guys raised their hands and prayed, asking Jesus to enter into their lives. Amazing! And the really cool thing is that the guys who are teaching through the gospel of Mark every week and leading people to Jesus are skaters who gave their lives to Christ through FacePlant SkateChurch five years ago when we first started FacePlant Ministries. Check out the pictures of these guys teaching their peers (Curtis Christensen not pictured):

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Josh Newton (L): July 2008 (R): January 2011

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Victor Marquay (L): July 2008 (R): January 2011

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PIZZA AND SKATE NIGHT

We still had about 25 of us at SkateChurch last night in spite of the Auburn vs. Oregon National Championship college football game. We decided to change things up a little bit and have pizza together after the message instead of small groups. It was a blast! Check out the new pics from our "Pizza and Skating Night" and other nights in January at FacePlant SkateChurch.

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Christian Jung

FP SkateChurch Pastor

Shredding the mini-pipe at SkateChurch.......Grinding a rail at SkateChurch

Pizza and Skate Night at SkateChurch..................Little Caeser's Pizza baby!

Skateboards hung up on rails at Ripzu...Skaters gather to hear Bible teaching

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The fellas with their nerf guns.......Some of our FP staff eating at Taco Bell