With just a week away before we head down to the Life Ministries Castle in PA for our annual Teen Retreat, the Lord has proven to be so faithful to us. He continues to meet with us in a special way. In the spring, we had the privilege to take a small team of students from Calvary Chapel Macedon, CC Rochester, and CC Finger Lakes to pioneer a rope course that will be used by church and youth groups for God’s Glory. Here is a video to help wet your appetite and to foster prayer for our week to come…

Our Lord is once again stirring my heart and reminding us that we have a distinct and purposeful calling to fulfill the Great Commission, I am in awe by the complexity of emotions as a young couple exchange vows. Reminded of how our Lord likens us, His church, as His bride…

“A beautiful bride-that’s the key to evangelism. Brides bypass intellects and capture hearts. Tough, calloused, hardened; men are known to weep in their presence. Men of steel melt and their wives get misty-eyed. Ideally, a bride is the epitome of all that is right and beautiful. She’s a symbol of purity, hope, purpose, trust, beauty, and wholeness in a world pockmarked with ugliness. The bride motif, found in both testaments, is used by God to illustrate his strategy for attacking mankind to his life-changing grace.”
–Joe Aldrich