Watch SuperBowl Commericals

How many of you only watch the SuperBowl every year, so you can watch the commercials?

Come on... be honest!

(Click HERE to watch all of them from last years game to get ready.)

"It Must Be Football Season!"

Remember those "It Must Be Football Season!" commercials that 'Southwest Airlines' did?

Well... Here are some old spoofs we made about them for youth group nights at New Covenant back in the day! I thought it would be fun to share these now, because the SuperBowl is next weekend. (And we all know many of you only tune-in for the commercials and not the game.)

These were perfect youth group funny videos. They were short and easy to make. All 3 of them were made the day of youth group night and edited with iMovie on a iMac. I had a lot of fun back then working with my team of talented guys.

Which one do you like the most?

#01


#02


#03 (w/ outtakes)

Compassion International

My wife (@jillparker) and I have been wanting to do this for a while now, but we haven't done it yet. Until now. Last night...we started sponsoring a child with COMPASSION.

It all started on Sunday Morning, at North Point, when Jill and I heard Andy Stanley's message on using your "extra money" for something great. Then later that night she watched a video over at WhittakerWoman's blog... then I watched it... and the rest is history.

MEET LOY



Please join us and sponsor a child too. It's only $32 a month. This money will make a difference in their lives. Actually 80% of the $32 goes toward meeting the physical, metal, social, economic, educational and spiritual needs of your sponsored child. And remember, a little will go a much longer way in a third world country.

We do not have "extra money" each month, but we figured out a way to make this happen. We canceled our home phone line and changed our cell phone plans to a lower package.

See... if we can do this, You can do this.

Check out the Compassion Blog HERE.

new word: brinner

Today I learned a new word....

BRINNER:

(brin-ner) adj. breakfast eaten at the time in which you eat dinner.

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HT: HeatherStagl

Praying for the President

Andy prays for the President.

He asks us to pray for the President.

And today, Andy prayed for the President in front of the President.



I'm sure many of you didn’t know or didn't get to see this today. The Senior Pastor of North Point Community Church, Andy Stanley, prayed for The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, at the National Prayer Service in Washington, DC. The service was held at the National Cathedral.

"Grant to Barack Obama, president of the United States, and to all in authority your grace and good will. Bless them with your heavenly gifts, give them wisdom and strength to know and to do your will." - Rev. Andy Stanley

HT: Jeff Henderson & BuckHead Church Blog

Christmas stage design.

This was the stage design for the two Christmas weekends at North Point Community Church.





Guest Speaker on December 14th - Scott McKnight



Opener on December 21st - East & West Auditorium
(Found this video on youtube. Don't know this guy, but he sure does like NPCC)

santaphobia?

My "SantaPhobia" started at a young age! This is me at 15 months old.



Santaphobia :
An abnormal, persistent fear of Father Christmas

shooting range

So I went to the Shooting Range with Luke and Matt the other day. We rented a GLOCK 19 9mm. I shot four rounds worth. (15 shots a round/in the clip.) My first round was by far the best one. I can't believe how loud and how much kick that little gun had. My adrenaline was pumpin' big time as I was poppin' a cap into those paper targets! I had a lot of fun. Hope to do it again soon.

Who wants to take me next time?

Don't mess with me!

'why worry' set-design.

New 3 part series at North Point





"WHY WORRY" w/ Andy Stanley





This series was LIVE at Browns Bridge Church. BenjaminJames, the Lighting & Scenic Director at BBCC, came up with this set-design. I'm so glad he's on our NPCC SPD team. We get a lot of great ideas from him. Check out his Blog HERE for pictures of his stage. (And I know.... his looks really good! More lights and good photographers are always a plus!)

Trick-r-Treat

We had a fun family Halloween night. The boys got all dressed up and we headed over to The Petty's house for their annual 'chili cookoff' event. There was many other families there too. First we took all the kids out for 'trick-r-treating' and headed back to their house and had some of that chili and played with the kids. It was a lot of fun.




McKay was Buzz Lightyear.
Bryce was a Monkey.
Carson was a Bumble Bee.

HELLO JELL-O!

My son loves his Jell-O Chocolate pudding Snacks...



Can you tell?

another set design.

New 2-part series at North Point



"ILLUSIONS" with Jeff Henderson






Special Thanks to Jared Roman for this one. They did this series & set design over at BuckHead church already. Look for BJ to do this series too at Browns Bridge soon.

phat phishes

Our Trip to the Georgia Aquarium today.

We finally did it. We made it out to the Georgia Aquarium today. And it was a blast! The boys really enjoyed the "petting zoo" part. They got to touch electric sting rays and a baby shark! Plus... we found Nemo and all his friends too.



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"Ladies & Gentlemen"

OPENER AT NORTH POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH




"Ladies & Gentlemen" - by Saliva

Vocals - BigSnow & Moxie

Band - NPCC Production Band

Strings - ClassyChicksTrio

Umm...bat coffee.

A new form of kopi luwak coffee?

Woman wakes up, should have smelled the coffee

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (AP) September 29, 2008 - It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.

The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next morning.

She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.

Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.


HT: @lukemundy

through the years

Randy Parker through the years ::: 1950-2000



This is a lot of fun. Go on and YearBook Yourself too. It's easy and a lot of laughs. I see: Austin Powers, Kurt Russell, Jerry Lee Lewis, and...?

Who do you see?

HT: J-VO

new stage look

New 2-part Series at North Point Community Church.



"YOU THINK. YOU ARE." with Clay Scroggins