Posts Tagged ‘Rapid City’

Amplify Rally

// March 6th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Current Events, Music

amplify rally

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Snow Play!

// January 28th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Family Life

To all my friends who don’t know how to have fun in the snow… or who have yet to see it. ;-)

video embedded: “Snow Play!“

Elevate Student Ministries in 2008

// December 27th, 2008 // No Comments » // Elevate Update

I love my “job”, if you can call it that.  I guess it is, but it’s hard to call it a job when you love what you do so much!

I love our STUDENTS: they are authentic, passionate, real, and raw.  They are not perfect.  They have their shortcomings, just like anyone, but these guys are chasing hard after God and they’ve inspired me in more ways than I can recall.

I love our LEADERS: we’ve got a small team of commited leaders that can out-work, out-love, and flat out-show so many other larger-scale teams that I’ve seen in action.  I’m so proud to be able to watch these guys in action.  They generally want to hang out with, encourage, and equip this generation to another level in their relationship with God.  They are truly an amazing team!

God did so many truly incredible things in the lives of students in 2008.  Let’s take a walk down memory lane together:

* Students’ Prophetic Words going into 2008

* Remember the floods of early 2008?

* Watch the Teen Internet Workshop (for Parents)

*  Valapalooza: featuring the Backstreet Boys-inspired promo, my crazy Valentine’s dance (seriously, it’s crazy!), event pics, and the highlights video

* 10th Anniversary Celebration Testimonies

* Newsboys @ the Civic Center

*  Good Friday video highlights and pics

* Fire Conference Student Dance

* Baccalaureate Service

* Newbies’ Night: Michael Fugitt concert and bowling/welcome-rally highlight videos and pics

* 8th Annual Elevation Talent Show

* Camp videos: promo, day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, “Pduh”, and testimonies; also see the camp pics

* Car Wash Fundraiser

* Hills Alive Music Festival

* Praying through the Neighborhood

* Senior High IHOP Trip: pics, video, and Steph’s rose

* @ the end of summer, we got together for a backyard party at the Lombard’s residence, held our annual parent info-meeting, and started promoting next summer’s trip to Creel: “I Heart: Mexico”.

* See You @ the Pole

* Red Ribbon Event and Angel Dean Concert

* Snow-Inn 2008

* Youth-led Services

* Elevate Christmas Party

It’s almost hard to believe that we did all of THAT in just ONE year!  And… we’ve still got the New Year’s Eve Teen Blast coming next week!  2008 has been an absolutely incredible year for us; I can’t wait to see what happens in 2009.

Connect With Me

// December 15th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Family Life, Technology

I’ve made quite a few online connections this past year.  Too many to keep up with to be honest.  So how about we take all of these newfound relationships to the next level? If you came here through the Net and would like to connect with me outside of this blog, here’s a few different ways I’d suggest that you do that.

rss-48x48 #1) Subscribe to my RSS feed. It’s the best way to receive every post via your RSS reader, iGoogle homepage, or even by e-mail.

twitter-48x48 #2 Follow me on Twitter. If you fancy knowing what I’m doing in my day-to-day life, sign up to receive status updates in 140-character-or-less.

facebook-48x48 #3 Be my friend on Facebook. It’s where all the cool kids hang out (grin).  I’m on MySpace, but I never sign on anymore.  All my love is for Facebook.

contact-48x48 #4 Meet me in person. Don’t worry.  I won’t be waiting with roses or anything like that!  I’m a pretty laid back, normal guy that just likes making connections with people.  If you are ever in the Rapid City, SD region and want to visit over coffee, I’m totally up for it; just shoot me an e-mail.

home-48x48 #5 Flip through the pages of our family site. I take lots of video and pics of our family and share the best of these moments here.  If you’ve only met me, you’re missing out on the “fabulousness” that is the whole of the Shoup family!  I’m the father to four beautiful girls and husband to my best friend, Deanna.

#6 Stop by some of my other sites. I’m a self-admitted web-junkie and can be found all over the Net.  Visit our student ministry site at elevationgeneration.org to see what’s happening at our church.

wordpress-48x48 If you are involved in student ministry, you may be interested in one of the youth ministry network blogs I post at: GP4Y.com (Foursquare’s Great Plains district youth workers) and RapidCityYouth.com (South Dakota’s Black Hills regional youth worker network).  They are sister sites; both are similar and only differ in the local events/news content posted.

A BIG hat tip for this post! This post is a total rip-off from blogging/social media genius/guru Adam McLane.  Since we’re still new friends, I’m hoping he won’t be too much of a hater for the “little guy” ripping him off (smile).  In all honesty, though, if you’re looking for a new, original, creative, smart, honest, and raw blog to follow, Adam McLane’s where it’s at.  Good stuff!

Music @ Project Church

// October 31st, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Music, Spiritual

So excited to be able to help out my friend Jason Salamun by singing at Project Church tomorrow night, 6:00 PM @ the Alternative Fuel Coffee House. I’d love to see a few familiar faces there, if you can make it!

I met Jason earlier this year through our blogs and have had a few meals with him since.  I love the guy’s passion and heart.  Project Church was planted downtown last month and is reaching out to a group of people that many traditional churches don’t generally reach.  I love it!  Here’s a video highlighting their current message series.  Tomorrow night’s message will address the question, “Why does God allow suffering?”

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