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Welcome to the Oak Ridge Baptist Church CrossTraining Page! Thanks so much for stopping by. Take a look around and don't miss all the great stuff. Follow the "Newest Stuff" menu at the very top of the page to catch the latest, or just scroll down to view what has happened in the last few months.
Our youth group is all about two things . . . bringing others to the cross and taking up our own. That is the most important thing we do, but getting there is a lot of fun. We have a blast everytime we are together, and we always make time to talk about the important things! Don't miss our next meeting! Every meeting is jam packed with interaction, energy and solid Bible study. Come this Wednesday or Sunday and check it out!
Let me invite you to join us for our Sunday morning FRESH START meeting or our Wednesday night RECHARGE meeting. Directions can be found by Clicking Here.
As you look around, please take see what we are like.
July 6, 2009
2009 Wilds Camp Trip Information
Use the document below if you missed our informational meeting. It has a checklist for packing all the important data and some thoughts from Pastor Jon about the week!
Be sure to check back to this site all week for the live updates!
June 3, 2009
Trust: Banking on God
Here are some helpers on how to understand God is working in your life. And how to trust him through that working. Never forget that "The Christian's instincts of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God. But this is knowledge which Christians today largely lack: and that is one reason why our faith is so feeble and our worship so flabby." (J.I. Packer)
He will give you enough time, energy, and perseverance to study, and he will help you remember all that you study.
You are babysitting the neighbor's children and the two-year-old throws up?
He will enable you to clean up, care for, and comfort the child, and assure you that the child will be okay.
You have to give an oral presentation in history class?
He will help you prepare a good presentation, do your best, not fear the opinion of your classmates, be calm and speak clearly, and say everything you plan to say.
You are trying out for the varsity football or volleyball team?
He will help you do your best in keeping up with the rest of the individuals trying out. If you get cut, still believe that he is good.
You get cut from the basketball team?
He will help you believe that he didn't want you to be on the team this year, work hard and try again next year, and know that your worth and identity are not determined by the team.
You fall and break your wrist?
He will heal you, not allow permanent damage, and give you patience as you wait to heal.
You fail a math test?
He will help you learn the material, study more effectively, and do better on the next test.
You don't get accepted by the college you want to attend?
He wants you to go to another college, has a different and better plan for you, and is wise and knows what is best for you.
School is difficult for you, and no matter how hard you try you cannot get good grades?
He wants you to do the best you possibly can and doesn't just evaluate you by your grades, will help you persevere even when you don't see all the results you want from your hard work, and won't let you become discouraged.
You don't have many friends at school?
He controls your friendships, will provide the right friends for you, will help you to reach out to others, is your closest friend, and is always present to comfort and help you.
(excerpt from Growing Up Christian by Karl Graustein p. 169, 171)
May 30, 2009
Live Thatz How We Bowl
Thatz How We Bowl 2009
Team Bowling
sign up! (first 3 teams registered get bonus)
need a team? email me!
Kickin' Prizes
(trick bowling, team spirit, etc)
Awesome Food
(cookout at the Kopps)
Chillaxin'
Pickup @ Kopps: 8pm
Cost: $4
directions to the Kopps House @ 8pm
Facebook RSVP it
Bring a friend! Each friend is $1 off!
April 24, 2009
Night Out 2009
for the Guys...
manishness conqueringspitting harvesting
fire
eat burp repeat
defeating
settling sports
for the Girls...
feminity purchasing ice cream gigglingsweet giggling teasing
toe nails sleeping purchasing giggling
beautifyng shoes
giggling burping nesting talking
purchasing giggling
shopping ice cream
sweet toe nails giggling
sleeping beautifyng purchasing
shoes giggling burping
nesting teasing dessert purchasing
chocolate beautifying shoes
burping nesting purchasing
shopping ice cream
sweet toe nails sleeping giggling
COST:
$8 gets you dinner, breakfast and activities.
WHEN: April 24-25 @ 6pm to 10am
BRING:
change of clothes, sleeping bag + pillow, friend, toiletries, yourself, money
MEET: (click for directions)
dropoff: @ church
pickup: @ Kopp house
QUESTIONS:
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March 13, 2009
Bracketorama 2009
It's NCAA Bracketarama Time!
You are invited to enter the CrossTraining Bracketarama Competition.
read on to see how to enter...
Catch the rest of . . . Bracketorama 2009 by clicking here.
February 28, 2009
Just a Normal Night in Wiiville
multiple wiis
massive screens
pizza
huge tourneys of fun
saturday
February 28
6-9:30pm
orbc teen room
free!
We'll scarf some pizza, duke it out with some smash brothers, tennis around on some wii sports, race a little Mario Kart Wii, and ski the slopes of Wii Fit.
Massive tournaments will abound.
Lets just put it this way...It's gonna be awesome.
Be there.
February 4, 2009
Ski Trip 2009
Cost: $40 Skiing | $55 Snowboarding
Leave: 4:40am @ Church . | . 5:00am @ Lovell Burger King
These times are not when you get there. This is when the bus leaves.
Return: 10:30pm @ Church ONLY
Bring: Bag lunch or money for one. Money for fast food on ride home. Stuff to ski in (Coat, gloves, hat, socks, snow pants.) Complete change of clothes. A friend or 2 or 3 or 4.
Required: Register. Space is limited to first 18 who sign up.
Facebook it. | 
Google Calender it. | Email me with questions.
November 15, 2008
Manhunt 2008
Vision is impaired. Paranoia kicks in. A crack of a branch sends you into a panic. Are you breathing too loud? Can they hear your heart pounding through your chest? Who can you trust? Where can you hide? The dark envelopes you. Nowhere is safe. It is MANHUNT 2008.
Teams will battle in an epic night of hide-and-seek extreme, where the seekers might not be who you think they are. Some get lost. Some have never been found. The woods taunt you. Your sense lie to you. And every sound could be the last you hear before you are caught...
COST: FREE
WHO: YOU!
WHEN:11.22.08 | 6:00-9:00pm
WHERE: FARROW WOODS
WEAR: WARM DARK CLOTHES
WHAT: FOOD + MANHUNT + SPEAKER
 Click Here to see photos from MANHUNT last year! |
Transportation from the church leaves
at 5:30pm and returns at 9:45pm.
If you plan to ride the van, please sign up with Pastor Jon
- 5 minutes
Read on for more information and for a google maps link...
November 13, 2008
Busy?
I read this article today and was amazed at the correlations to our lives as Christians. If last week's sermon on "RUN" hit home in your heart, take a minute and read what CJ has to say about our business. Let's all make an effort to strip away our weights and sin and start focusing on loving Jesus!
Are You Busy?
by C.J. Mahaney
11/12/2008 10:27:00 AM
Lazy? Not me. I'm busy. Up early, up late. My schedule is filled from beginning to end. I love what I do and I love getting stuff done. I attack a daily to-do list with the same intensity 
I play basketball. Me lazy? I don't think so!
Or at least I didn't think so. That is, until I read about the difference between busyness and fruitfulness, and realized just how often my busyness was an expression of laziness, not diligence.
I forget now who first brought these points to my attention. But the realization that I could be simultaneously busy and lazy, that I could be a hectic sluggard, that my busyness was no immunity from laziness, became a life-altering and work-altering insight. What I learned is that:
- Busyness does not mean I am diligent
- Busyness does not mean I am faithful
- Busyness does not mean I am fruitful
Recognizing the sin of procrastination, and broadening the definition to include busyness, has made a significant alteration in my life. The sluggard can be busy--busy neglecting the most important work, and busy knocking out a to-do list filled with tasks of secondary importance.
When considering our schedules, we have endless options. But there are a few clear priorities and projects, derived from my God-assigned roles, that should occupy the majority of my time during a given week. And there are a thousand tasks of secondary importance that tempt us to devote a disproportionate amount of time to completing an endless to-do list. And if we are lazy, we will neglect the important for the urgent.
Our Savior understood priorities. Although his public ministry was shorter than one presidential term, within that time he completed all the works give to him by the Father.
The Father evidently called him to heal a limited number of people from disease, raise a limited number of bodies from the dead, and preach a limited number of sermons. As Jesus stared into the cup of God's wrath, he looked back on his life work as complete because he understood the calling of the Father. He was not called to heal everyone, raise everyone, preach copious sermons, or write volumes of books.
While we must always be extra careful when comparing our responsibilities with Christ's messianic priorities, in the incarnation he entered into the limitations of human life on this earth.
So join me over the next few days as we discover the root and nature of laziness, so that we might devote ourselves to biblical priorities and join our Savior in one day praying to the Father, "I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do" (John 17:4).
