Okay I have an offer for you guys. I said yesterday that I’ll be in the Atlanta area for about 2 weeks in October. During that time I’ll be in Atlanta for the Catalyst conference and also visiting some friends in Nashville.

Here’s my offer. If your church or youth group wants a missionary/speaker to come and talk… I will drive to you as long as you’re within an 8 hour radius of either Atlanta or Nashville. I’m not looking for anything or to get paid. I just think it would be cool to hook up with some of you and experience your minstries. Besides, how can you turn down free?

So anyone want a free missionary?

Interested? Comment or email me (sdelony@yd.org)

Friday and Saturday we partnered with a church youth group to have an Indiana Jones marathon overnighter. Three Indiana Jones movies from Friday night to Saturday morning, then we went to see the newest one at noon. We had a great time haning out with kids, laughing, playing and watching movies. I forgot how good the movies were and it’s always fun to share them with kids experience them for the first time. Raiders and Crusade are by far the best ones in my opinion.

But the Crystal Skull… oh boy. I’ll tell ya, I wanted so bad to like that movie. I really did. But watching it, I got the same feeling I had when I watched Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I came in with great love for these movies and high expectations. And none of my expectations were met. It was crap.  My friend summed up the movie the best way possible when he said, “You know if it had been The Mummy 4, it would have been awesome. But I expect more from Indiana Jones.” I won’t list any spoilers, but I will give you a few grievances: aliens, swinging from trees like Tarzan (I’m not kidding), Indy surviving an atomic bomb blast and fighting monkeys to say a few. Shame on you George Lucas and Steven Spielberg for wasting our nostalgia to simply make a buck. Indy will survive in our memories, but the fedora is a bit tarnished.

Any one else feel that way?

I first heard about this from Tim Schmoyer’s blog on “How to get an Xbox 360 Elite for free.” I was intrigued by the idea and thought maybe I should consider trying it for our youth. Well, lo and behold, I hear that Tim just got said free Xbox 360. So, if seeing is believing, I’m interested. So here’s how it works (text below taken from Tim’s excellent youth ministry blog - thanks Tim!)

HOW IT WORKS
It’s pretty easy to do. It probably takes about 10 minutes to setup. Click on the link below, register, pick an account type (referral is the easiest) and complete just 1 offer. This is not like other sites where you need to complete one offer on 2 or 3 different pages. And a lot of these offers are free trials with nothing else to buy and no commitments!

There are plenty of cool offers to choose from, such as Netflix, Stamp.com, BMG music, Blockbuster online and Gamefly, services you might regularly sign up for anyway. I’m going to do the BMG music membership for music for the youth. Another good offer is renting DVDs through Netflix (it’ll cost ya $9.95 to try it) - I’ve had it for years and I love it!

After signing up and completing your one offer, simply refer 8-13 people (depending on the free prize you choose) to do the same under your link. Then they will ship your 360 Elite or your selected item for free.

Step 1: Click on this link: http://www.360Elite4free.com/index.php?ref=4418438

Step 2: Sign up and choose an account type (Referral is the easiest)

Step 3: Complete just 1 offer (like Netflix or Stamps.com) and refer up to 10 people to do the same.

Step 4: Receive your Xbox 360 Elite for FREE!

Here’s a news report and also another one on YouTube that explain how all this works and proves that it is indeed legit.

Anyone wanna help our youth and work towards their own free Xbox 360 Elite?

Click here