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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Ricky Brewer (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

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