SpringApalooza 2011

posted May 10, 2011 by eagle brook | |

What do you get when you combine 715 junior high students + 120 adult leaders + 1,000 pounds of goop + 3,500 water balloons, then throw in some free pizza, bouncies, games and worship? The Ground Zero SpringAPalooza. It was a landmark experience at both SLP and WBL, but most importantly, 139 junior high students said YES to Christ for the very first time. Thank you to the volunteer leaders…

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We’ve Been Rescued

posted April 14, 2011 by eagle brook | |

By John Alexander, Junior High Teaching Pastor Last weekend, 128 Junior High students and 35 adult leaders and staff went to Camp Lebanon for the Ground Zero Spring Retreat—Rescue. We prayed. We prepped. We planned. And God showed up. Big time. Rescue was a landmark experience for everyone. Zipline rides, sundaes, nachos, great meals, street hockey, kickball, capture the flag, and two two-hour bus rides equaled exhaustive fun. On Saturday…

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Rev Students Get Messy

posted August 26, 2010 by eagle brook | |

On Aug. 25, our Revolution senior high ministry put on the biggest, muddiest event of the summer—the 1st Annual Mess Fest. Revolution completely took over the Cock-a-Doodle Zoo in Scandia, Minn., turning an unassuming dirt field into an enormous mud pit using 19,000 gallons of water, courtesy of the Scandia Fire Department. Students arrived on school buses clean and excited, but then spent more than 90 minutes getting covered from…

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