To those thinking about joining the Concordia clan of St. Paul, make sure you enjoy everything the cities have to offer!

Here’s a little video edit of “Exploring the Cities” in 11 min!

- Here’s to you, Concordia!

In honor of recent weather conditions, I am pleased to share this beautiful mix with my readers:

As I have learned from my fourth grade class at Central Lutheran, 400 year old hymns can be pretty sweet to the ear even today - so why not a little afro and oldies to share the happiness of blue skies?

Have you ever felt SO connected to a song that it puts your heart at rest? Something so simple as singing to God can ease the soul and remind us that He has everything under control. Here is a song that I have been continually amazed with the last few months that I have shared with many people and led a 4th grade class in devotion and they led me in prayer my last day to these words:

“Your Love Is Strong” by Jon Foreman (lead singer of Switchfoot)

Heavenly Father
You always amaze me
Let Your Kingdom come
In my world and in my life
You give me the food I need
To live through the day
And forgive me as I forgive
The people that wronged me
Lead me far from temptation
Deliver me from the evil one

I look out the window
The birds are composing
Not a note is out of tune
Or out of place
I walk to the meadow
And stare at the flowers
Better dressed than any girl
On her wedding day

So why should I worry?
Why do I freak out?
God knows what I need
You know what I need

Chorus (3x):
Your love is
Your love is
Your love is strong

The Kingdom of the heavens
Is now advancing
Invade my heart
Invade this broken town
The Kingdom of the heavens
Is buried treasure
Would you sell yourself
To buy the one you’ve found?

Two things You told me
That You are strong
And You love me
Yes, You love me

(Chorus 3x)

Our God in heaven
Hallowed be
Thy Name above all names
Your Kingdom come
Your Will be done
On Earth as it is in heaven
Give us today our daily bread
Forgive us weary sinners
Keep us far away from our vices
And deliver us from these prisons

We have [had] (date change to Fall 2009) an event coming up once again this year and it’s always an exciting time at CSP with the fun activities! This event is known as EXPLORING CHURCH CAREERS!!!!!!! It is also a time to reflect on this school year and the things accomplished - figuring out where our lives are headed.

One of the exciting opportunities I had last year was to show the students attending Exploring Church Careers what life is all about at Concordia! Here’s a snapshot of “Exploring the Cities!”

For more info on the next EXPLORING CHURCH CAREERS (November 13-14, 2009), click here!

If you are currently asking yourself, “What is heartsupport?” I want you to watch this video:

Please check out XXXchurch.com and heartsupport.com today

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By El Clinto on Tue, Mar 31st 09 at 05:08PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Hey heartsupport community, I’m so stoked to tell you about this email we received from Barrett, a student at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He writes:

“My friend, Emmanuel, is finishing up his senior art project. I did not know until yesterday what the theme of his project was. One of his pieces includes the creation of forty hearts (forty for the number of trial in the bible) in a postsecret type fashion. Each heart will be unique from the other 39. This led me to ask what he was going to do with the hearts when he was done. He was thinking about selling them and donating the money to a charity. I told him about the heartsupport community. He seemed intrigued and was willing to raise money for the community.”

Emmanuel sent over some images of the project and the exhibit is amazing to say the least. He is currently working on posting the hearts up for individual sale to raise funds for heartsupport!
We’re all pretty stoked and blown away to say the least and we’ll be posting a link to the [he]art sale as soon as they’re ready. Below are some images from the exhibit.

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bryony wrote on March 31st 09 at 07:35PM
AWESOME!
Ryan Coenen wrote on April 1st 09 at 08:41PM
My name is Ryan Coenen and I attend Concordia University of St. Paul with Manny and he’s an incredible guy! The exhibit was very intriguing and inspiring to say the least.

This is a great organization along with XXXchurch. I was glad to hear that Barrett & Manny were doing something great to help others. It is my hope to be working with XXXchurch this summer!

Thanks for posting!!

There is no “L” in Woves…
The Minnesota Timberwolves have one of the worst records in the NBA…and as it turns out, they also have the worst spelling. Last month, the Timberwolves sponsored a “Sam Mitchell Appreciation Night” in honor of their team’s first star. It was also “Reading to Succeed” night, which would turn out to be rather ironic. Prior to tip-off, the Wolves handed out posters of Mitchell wearing an a ‘Woves’ jersey. That’s right: WOVES…missing the L. The Timberwolves front offices gave out 10,000 posters of Sam Mitchell wearing a jersey that is misspelled. How a team that racks up more “L’s” than most in the league can forget that letter is difficult to understand.

You know I have mentioned LifeSkills a few times already and have spoken at a Benefit Dinner of over 250 people for them - well now is my time to REALLY delve into the man LifeSkills has taught me to be!!

This summer I have the opportunity to work for an organization called xxxchurch. Their website is xxxchurch.com and it is an organization that helps those who are struggling with the issues of pornography and gets people who are in the industry OUT of it!!!!!

It is my hope and prayer that this summer, 2009, will be the summer of a lifetime once again - which may lead me to hand out Bibles at porn conventions, speak, update webpages, photography, etc. This volunteer position is kind of up in the air with what I may be doing… all I hope and pray for now is that God may use me and my talents to help others who are struggling and work for a fantastic ministry.

PLEASE check out xxxchurch.com today,
ryan

“Flying car goes to market”
A Boston-area company plans to begin flight tests this year of a two-seater airplane that moonlights as a car. The illustration shows the aptly-named Transition aircraft, wings partially unfolded, as it shifts from road-worthy to air-worthy. The vehicle carries a price tag of $194,000. You sit down behind the steering wheel, drive to the runway, unfold two wings and take off. You can fly 500 miles on a tank of gas — regular unleaded — and when you land, you simply fold up the wings and drive where you want to go. At the end of the day, you fly back, drive home and park inside your garage. Read the whole story here!

I had the most amazing time skiing today with a bunch of Concordia friends! - SOOOOOOOOOOO awesome!!!! Yay for Afton Alps!!!!!!!!!!!!

We spent about 5 1/2 hours there today and I NEVER FELL!!!!! WOOH! Such an amazing time with some amazing individuals! - I HIGHLY recommend skiing at Afton Alps!