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Baller Basketball

Baller Basketball, a division of Baller Athletics, is set to launch a high school league at Crestwood Baptist Church, Kentucky.
Baller Basketball is dedicated to cultivating the player and the game.
Guiding Principles //

Be a player of character.
Be a player that works hard.
Be a team player.
Be a player that respects the game.
Be a player that [...]

Servolution

Servolution is a website where churches, organizations, and groups can partner together with the goal of reaching out to their communities through simple acts of kindness for the sole purpose of expressing the love of God to people in their community.
Honestly, the idea is not new. But I like the idea of a movement to [...]

Youth Party, Rock Band, Wife on Lead Vocals

Saturday night was our youth lock in / Christmas party and we had a ball.
Speaking of ball, there was a lot basketball playing through out the night and we had a King Dodge Ball tournament. The Middle Schoolers decided they wanted to challenge the High School. They put up a good fight [...]

Hip Hop Concert @ New Dawn

We had a good turn out for our service/concert yesterday. We did have a few visitors from the community and also another church in our county that came to join us.
The youth loved it, but I’m not so sure some of the older folk were into it (there were a few that were [...]

Ex-Drug Dealers, Hip Hop, and New Dawn

On October 19, these two ex-drug dealers, aka Blue Chip (Gerard Hennig) and Specialist (Rudy Ramos), will be coming to our church to rap and preach the Word during our main service (11 am -12:30 pm).
This Hip-Hop duo has toured the U.S. and overseas in Europe and have shared the stage with Corey Red, [...]

Youth Event, Change of Plans, Reflection Time

This weekend has been an eventful time filled with adventure, change of plans, and a moment to reflect of this past year with our youth group.
For starters, I was in charge of planning a weekend of events for a church from Florida that comes up to Kentucky every year to support us. Well, to leave [...]

Back From Georgia Part II

At a lookout point on a mountain in Chatsworth, GA.

Cookout at our pastor’s parents house.
The whole crew about to take a “water taxi” over to Stone Mountain.
Took a tram ride up to the top of Stone Mountain.
This little guy is known as No-No (I’m serious, this [...]

Back From Georgia Youth Trip

We are back in the state of Kentucky. And we survived another summer youth trip! But seriously, we had a great group of young people and a great trip.
A highlight on the trip down was when I heard that one of the graduates, that I mentioned before, actually brought his Do Hard Things book [...]

Youth Trip To Georgia

Hard to believe, but it’s that time of the year again. Time for youth groups all around the country to go on summer trips and camps. If you missed our experience last year, check out We Survived Youth Camp.
This year, as we were making summer plans, something different happened.
One of our youth suggested that [...]

New Dawn At The Park

On Sunday, our church decided to change it up and meet at the park for our service. The weather was great and we all had a fun day.

My brother-in-law, Anibal, leading in a few songs.

Hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, and jalapeños on the grill (I was sweating after eating those, a lot of seeds).

After [...]