The
Student Minister at Temple is Casey
Williams. Casey is a graduate of
William Carey College with a degree in
Religion and History. While at Carey
he met Mary Catharine Waters, "Kate," and
on December 31, 2005, after two
and a half years of dating, were married.
Casey has a desire to see students
come into an intimate walk with Christ by
studying God's Word faithfully, having
a prayer life that is a constant, and by
not ignoring the fellowship of believers.
He loves to play sports (soccer
especially), sing, play guitar,
wakeboard,
whitewater raft, hike, and jump off stuff
into water. But not necessarily all at
the
same time, cause that could cause major
damage. Casey is fun to be around and
very energetic but seeks to be the
definition that has stuck out to him as a
crisis
man by Jim Elliot, "Father make me a
crisis man. Bring those I contact to
decision.
Let me not be a milepost on a single
road: make me a fork, that men must turn
one way or another on facing Christ in
me."
Interns
John Queen is a Juinor at Louisiana Tech
University.
Favorite
drink at Starbucks: I don't go there
Favorite Movie: Monty Python and the Holy
Grail
Music I am listening to right now: Love
Song by Third Day
Brittany
Batten is a Sophomore at Louisiana Tech
Favorite
Drink of all time: Coffee!!!
Favorite Book: Captivating by John and
Staci Eldredge
Favorite Musician: Frank
Sinatra
Grant Terry is a Sophomore at Delta
Community College
Favorite drink at Smoothie King:
Strawberry Kiwi Breeze
Favorite Movie: High School Musical 2
Music I am listening to right now: Casey
Williams Bootleg
Praise Band
The Agape Worship Band is led by Grant Terry,
Jacob Davis, Casey Turner, Lane Cox, and
Brandon Hearn.
Axis
WHAT
IS THE AXIS LEADERSHIP TEAM?
The
Axis Leadership Team is a group of senior
high students who have a passion for
Jesus Christ, and seeing themselves as
well as their peers grow. This core group
is
voluntary in participation, but it does
have accountability through commitment.
The
sole purpose for Axis is to build an
accountability group that will lead
through
discipleship, faithfulness, and
relationships.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1.
LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Philippians 1:27
The Axis member of the leadership team
need not be a great speaker or organizer.
Instead, he/she should be a person who,
by the power of his/her own Christian
example, motivates others to a
relationship of dedication to Jesus
Christ. He/She
should be a model of Christian living
that awakens a responsive desire in
others to
follow. (A leader moves people by
example, not by position.) The leader
should be
someone who has a faith that is living
and growing.
2. HAVE GODLY CHARACTER: 2 Corinthians
3:5-6
Having a good reputation around the
church community as well as outside the
church setting is a must--the reputation
of being an honest and caring person who
is above reproach.
3. BE UNDERSTANDING AND ENCOURAGING:
Hebrews 10:19-25
Without this understanding, communication
becomes almost impossible. We have
to be able to accept people where they
are and for who they are.
4. LOVES SERVING OTHERS: John 13:12-17
Probably one of the most predominant
thoughts in the minds of youth today is
simply, "Do you like me? Am I OK?" We
must ask ourselves if we really love
those
whom God has called us to shepherd.
5. BE PATIENT: James 1:19-23
Our peers don't always respond the way we
think they should. Our authority, at
times, is not respected as much by the
youth as we feel it should be. To work
together,
we must have patience. We must accept
people where they are and help to bring
them to where they ought to be (discipled
student).
7. POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND GOOD SENSE OF
HUMOR: Philippians 4:8
We have a specific philosophy of Student
Ministry at Temple Baptist Church. The
leaders must read it and be in full
agreement with what it says. There are
two ways
to view a cookie jar: "half-empty" or
"half-full." We would prefer to have
leaders
on the AXIS leadership team who look
beyond the faults and inconsistencies of
adolescents (half-empty) to see the big
picture of who they are and what they can
become (half-full). Youth need friends
who will laugh with them at their
mistakes
and who will let them know they are loved
even when they mess up.
8. CARRY YOUR CROSS DAILY: Matthew
16:24-28
To
be frank, we don't want Axis leaders who
are too busy or too involved with
other ministries to devote the amount of
time that is needed to impact our youth.
Remember: 90% of effective discipleship
is relationship. The actual amount of
time required will vary a great deal from
person to person.
ALTtitude
Adult
Leadership Team! This is a Voluntary
Leadership Group from College,
Young Adults, and Youth Parents, to
Senior Adults who help in the Student
Ministry, and
will be starting around April 7
@7.
Wednesday Nights
5 p.m. Supper
6 p.m. Agape
Sunday's Mornings
9 a.m. Life Groups
10:10 a.m.the
gathering
10:15 a.m. The Blend