Elevate Student Ministries » holiday http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog elevating a generation Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:05:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 House of Heroes: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/hoh-o-come-o-come-emmanuel/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/hoh-o-come-o-come-emmanuel/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:27:18 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3371 Christ, here with us… what an amazing thought.

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Goofy goes skiing, Donald Duck goes ice skating, and Pluto finds himself in a cat-and-mouse game with two feisty chipmunks hiding in Mickey’s Christmas tree… While it returned to television each season in various forms over the following decade, it has yet to be released on DVD.

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/disneys-christmas-gift-special/feed/ 0 Do You Hear What I Hear? http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/do-you-hear-what-i-hear/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/do-you-hear-what-i-hear/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:45:55 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3362

Holiday fun from Tim Hawkins.

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/do-you-hear-what-i-hear/feed/ 1 T’was the CRUNK Night Before Christmas http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/twas-the-crunk-night/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/twas-the-crunk-night/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:30:47 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3353 We are so blessed to know and love so many amazing and beautiful people!  Here’s our family Christmas video to you… “Merry Christmas to all!”

Music is from one of our favorite crunk bands: the always fun Family Force 5.  Check ‘em out here.

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/twas-the-crunk-night/feed/ 2 Carol of the Bells (There’s an App for That?) http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/carol-of-the-bells-app/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/carol-of-the-bells-app/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:06:12 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3344 Love this!  Students at HSM Saddleback opened up one of their recent services with “Carol of the Bells” played ONLY with iPhones and iPods: 1 bass, 1 electric, 2 pianos, and 1 drummer… all on Apple apps.  There’s a slightly embarrassing “interruption” in the middle of their performance… just watch!

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Try “la la la”… that’s a good one!

]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2009/12/songs-of-the-season/feed/ 0 Garfield's Christmas Special http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2008/12/garfields-christmas-special/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2008/12/garfields-christmas-special/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:23:29 +0000 Shawn Michael http://elevatingageneration.org/?p=1808 I don’t know about you, but as the father of two little ‘uns and two bigger ‘uns, I’m still looking for fun Christmas specials to watch and enjoy with the family over the holiday break.  Today I ran across this classic Garfield Christmas special.  Yay!  Pop some popcorn, get out the laptop, and enjoy!


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And here’s the rest:
Part 2
Part 3

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