This morning, the First Mansfield Students staff will be heading to Glen Rose, TX for our annual planning retreat. We’ll be staying at the Still Water Lodge to carefully and prayerfully look at the 2010-2011 school year.

Our students and their families are the reason we are in ministry. My prayer is that God is with us as we plan the fun and teaching that will happen in the coming year!

Thank you Brian for the recommendation! This reference is dedicated to Steve Billingsley.

Check out Jon Acuff’s blog Stuff Christians Like for a post entitled “Treating Youth Ministers Like Silver Medal Ministers“. It’s funny and inspiring.

On July 11th, 2010, a terrorist bomb took the life of a member of Invisible Children‘s staff Nate “Oteka” Henn. Here’s the IC blog post.

Check out his website NateHenn.com to find out how to support his family and his cause.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.