Elevate Student Ministries » new http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog elevating a generation Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Gungor: “Beautiful Things” http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/gungor/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/gungor/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:16:44 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3887 There are probably a lot of you familiar with Michael Gungor and his music, you just don’t know it yet.  Michael toured with Acquire the Fire a few years back and became well known for his worship songs “Battle Cry”, “Wrap Me in Your Arms, “Friend of God”, and the like.  He has recently changed his band’s name from “Michael Gungor Band” to simply “Gungor”.  With it comes a new and refined sound and creativity that I am absolutely digging.  The creativity and musicianship is excellent; I cannot get enough.  Here’s a taste of their newest release, “Beautiful Things”, that was released earlier this year.

This week, people started asking me, “Who is that singing/playing that last song in Zion’s ‘first day video’ [shared here on my personal site] ?”  That’s when I realized that I wanted more people to experience Gungor.  Here’s a beautiful acoustic version of their title song, “Beautiful Things”…

Lastly, Gungor plays “The Earth is Yours” live and in the forest. Love it!

Dare I say Gungor’s “Beautiful Things” might be my favorite album of the moment? I think it might be! Go check ‘em out on their [official web site] and snag yourself some awesome music now!

]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/gungor/feed/ 0 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:52:54 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3879 I can’t get enough of Aslan! Really looking forward to watching this with the family…

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader/feed/ 0 Paper Tongues and OK Go http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/paper-tongues-end-love/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/06/paper-tongues-end-love/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:47:22 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3874 Ran across a few cool music videos I wanted to share.  First up, “End Love” by the always creative and fun-to-watch guys from OK Go…

Paper Tongues is a fairly new band that just released their debut album this March.  Check ‘em out more at their [official site] and listen to “Trinity”…

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/05/facebook-in-the-real-world-new/feed/ 2 ELEVATE UPDATE: 5.5.10 http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/05/elevate-update-5-5-10/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/05/elevate-update-5-5-10/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 22:06:56 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3742 This week’s update introduces the new student message series and features a snippet from the powerful documentary, “Heart of Texas”…

Visit the official “Heart of Texas” movie site here.

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]]> http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/05/elevate-update-5-5-10/feed/ 0 I [HEART] This Place: New Message Series http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/05/i-heart-this-place/ http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/2010/05/i-heart-this-place/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 21:53:41 +0000 Shawn Michael http://www.elevationgeneration.org/blog/?p=3736

Part of the title in this series is a play on words.  Pastor Deanna and I (Shawn) really love Destiny and the teens at Elevate Student Ministries.  We LOVE this place!

The real idea behind this series, though, is that God hasn’t designed us to experience life alone. We were created to have friends and relationships who help us pursue God’s purposes and plan for our lives.  Friends  who walk alongside us through good and bad times.

This series is designed to turn our attention toward the importance and benefits of healthy friendships. As we pursue and develop deep friendships, we are helping to create community and reflect God’s love to the world around us.

We are going to examine the rewards of having high-quality friendships, consider ways to encourage oir friends, and grasp the dangers of gossip. The end-goal is to help all of us make healthy friendships a high priority in our lives, just as it’s a high priority to God.

Here’s how we see it breaking down:

Week 1: Quality vs. Quantity (Proverbs 27:17)
Week 2: Encourage, Encourage, Encourage (1 Thessalonians 5:11)
Week 3: How to Ruin a Great Friendship (Proverbs 16:28)

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Basketball fans might notice a special appearance by @THE_REAL_SHAQ, too!

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Check out his official site at http://manafest.ca.

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