Friends and Family,

I am excited to let you all know that I am participating in St. Baldrick's Day this year at Larkin's on the River (downtown Greenville, SC) on March 14th. Cody and myself have been following a blog about a 6 year old girl Kate Mcrae who has brain cancer and has hit really hard on our hearts. Below is her website.

http://prayforkate.com/

So, I will be shaving my head in solidarity with children who have cancer and typically lose their hair during treatment, while raising critical funds for childhood cancer research. The St. Baldrick's Day Foundation funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government, more than $12 million in 2009 alone.

I am now asking for three things. First, if you are interested in shaving your head too, I am looking for as many people to do this with me as possible. Along with a few other dads from Stone Academy, the "team" is called the Stone Heads. If you would like to join our team, simply go to the site below to register to be on the team (there is a green link on the right hand side of the page that says "participate with this team"):


The Team site:
http://www.stbaldricks.org/teams/mypage/teamid/66203


Secondly I am asking that you pray for all who have cancer and those of us who will be involved in this wonderful opportunity to serve others. Pray for people to donate above and beyond what they fill is “enough” so we can further this research and help save lives.

Third and most importantly, I am asking for you to please give to this great cause. Please forward this to as many people you know that might be willing to give as well. Thank you for your help...my goal for the Stone Heads this year is $2000... but my “Personal Goal” is $1000. I know if we can spread this out it can happen. Please help us meet this!



Below is the link where you can donate online to my site. All donations go straight to St Baldrick’s and not to me. If you would like to submit to me you can and I will donate to the site.

https://www.stbaldricks.org/donate/donationinfo/participantid/380485/nouser/1


Thank you so much!



Josh Wyatt

DJ ACRIS

I am still ecstatic over the Revolution Church Preview Service that was held at the Hilton in Greenville, SC on June 7th. It is amazing to see so many people show up to help and do God's work. There are many, many, many people I would like to thank I will probably miss a lot of them but just know that if you were there and helped with any part of the service you are appreciated.





First I need to thank my Mom and Dad who will help with anything I am involved in no questions asked just because I am their son. It is an awesome feeling to have supportive parents and people like that around you.





Joe Miloche, I cannot say enough about Joe and how he came in took ownership of the lights and getting them setup and running them throughout the service. It was such a blessing to not have to worry if the lights were going to be setup right or even setup at all.





Skrilla (Josh Wofford) helped a ton as well. From getting all of my stuff, out, setup and running to controlling Media Shout during the service.





Chad Smith and Travis Williams helped get the screen setup and Travis also helped with the house lights which kept me or Skrilla from having to run back and forth to do so.





Hopefully for our next preview service which is at the Greenville Hilton on July 12th, 2009 at 6:30pm we will have the Palmetto Ballroom which has touch screen digital lighting versus a scatterbrained, no comprehensive reasoning, rotary dimmers. (it was terrible)

Invite your friends and family to the next service HERE.





I also cannot give enough credit to Tyler Beemer who brought the sound system, which ROCKED. He gave us a FANTASTIC DEAL. His business is Audio Arsenal and their phone number is (864.477.2523). Give him a call to rent sound equipment, and him and his brother Landen also have a band and can run sound as well. (Good Peeps.)





To all of the Volunteers that had any part of any part of the service, kids, greeting, parking or whatever you did





THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

So first of all I am absolutely relieved that I have this massive weight off my chest. I will not go into details but for a while now myself and my wife have been praying about things that were going on at a place that we frequent. We highly disagreed with the leadership and expressed that but was told that that was the leadership and they were in charge. I try to not compare these types of places to a business but in some ways you have to because in order for a business to succeed you need to have good planning and leadership and workers with the right attitude and vision.

If you have someone that works for you and you know down deep that what they are doing is costing your business money you are not going to say "Oh well, I am going to keep them since I know them and even though they are costing me money and may make my business fail I will keep them because of my personal relationship." BOO CRAP!! If your business was going under you would get rid of that person even if they were your Momma. And if you wouldn't then you would be one broke IDIOT.

I cannot tell you how much it bothers me that someone will make a decision to NOT do something that someone has planned and put a lot of effort into that will bring money or people to a business because their slack business partner who hasn't shown up to meetings and decided to do something smaller that would attract less people or make less money because they are not man enough to step up and do what is RIGHT.

I really put my heart and SOUL, literally, into this place and now I get discarded from "Staff" decisions and conversations because I am apart of someone who is trying to do the right thing.

I know this is spuratic and not making much sense to a lot of people but I had to get some things off of my chest. I probably shouldn't even post this but I am not someone who hides my feelings to spare anothers. The church shouldn't do that either. We should stand up and say who and why we are doing this and if you do not like it then take it up with him. We are not here to please everyone. We are here to spread the word that Jesus died on the cross for you and me and that is it. We are going to do that the way we know how whether you like it or not and we are not going to change because of your preference in genre of music.

When a church starts to try and keep the people that are already saved and members and stops trying to reach out and save the unsaved that is why churches fail. That is why churches don't grow and that is why so many people are "Church Shopping."

People nowadays think it is all about them and that is why I am a big fan of Newspring Church. It was stated by Howard Frist, campus pastor of Newspring Greenville that while you attend Newspring or are thinking of attending, then everything we do is for YOU. Once you get saved and/or join Newspring then everything you do is for the others that are not a member or more importantly not saved. Once you cross the line and become a member of the team. it is not about you anymore.

I know I am ranting but it has just been a crazy week that has taught me a lot about a lot of people and also gotten me down because you get into a groove and you think you can settle in and enjoy the ride. That is another thing that God has shown me this week as well. Chris Lewis put this very well one day in his journal. God spoke to him and said "I have put you into uncomfortable situations....Expect more of that."

You know what I am beginning to realize maybe I am made to be in those situations. I used to think that life was all about experiences and you learn from your mistakes. I have realized that life is about God and he will put you through things you can use as a ministry later on in life.

Listen, If I have offended anyone in this blog, then you are guilty. I am going to bed.

Psalm 3:3-5

PS Action's speak LOUDER than words.

Big up to all who came out to my surprise party. Check out this quick overview of my day. Thanks

DJACRIS




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