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Last Youthgroup This Week! - Hawaiian Party
Yep, the end of the year is here already as far as youthgroup goes so we're finishing off with a big Hawaiian Party. Meet at church at 6.45pm and bring your togs + hawaiian clothing. Should be heap...

Adventure camp photos now online
Click on "Gallery" above to view the photos

Missions Trip to Vanuatu 2009
Updated 14 Oct 08The Vanuatu Missions for 2009 has been confirmed as Amy, Anna, Bex, Casia, Courtney, Dino, Gavin, Glenn, Karlton, Kelly, Julie, Mitchell, Sarah and Susie.Our upcoming events includ...

Where is God if you don't come first? (an inspiring video from US Marathon Olympic Trialist)
Hey guys. This got emailed to me a few weeks back and is actually a pretty challenging and inspiring story so though I'd share it with you. If you ever find anything that is inspiring or just plain...

Congrats to Susie & Massey High - Winners of Bring It On (West)
Oh yea, Susie and the Massey High School dance crew have taken out the 2008 Bring It On Regional Finals once again. Shot Sus...

 

Up Coming Events
If you want to download a 2008 Youth Calendar that you can print, click here

VIDEO: How to Unblock a Toilet
Three methods of unblocking a toilet.

Mars Hill - Weekly teachings
The weekly sermons from Mars Hill Bible Church (Rob Bell) are now available on our website!  These are in MP3 format.  You can listen to them online, or download them to listen on your iP...

VIDEO: Hunting Trip 2006
Click through for the hunting trip video!...

VIDEO: Milk drinking contest at Joe's birthday
Ew he made us drink a whole 2L bottle of milk to see who could do it the fastest... 





Adventure camp photos now online
Click on "Gallery" above to view the photos

Where is God if you don't come first? (an inspiring video from US Marathon Olympic Trialist)
Hey guys. This got emailed to me a few weeks back and is actually a pretty challenging and inspiring story so though I'd share it with you. If you ever find anything that is inspiring or just plain...

Easter Camp 2008 - photos now online!
Check out the gallery now for some of the photos from Easter Camp 2008. More will be put up during the coming week and a video will be produced asap but for now here's a few of the highlights.

 - New Poll - where do you draw the line?
 - Shane becomes Head Boy at Kingsway!
 - Paul and Ruth got engaged!
 - Parachute - Final profit
 - Nathan and Carla got engaged!!!



Noise conference 2006
At the Telstra clear stadium 10 days after Easter camp, the noise conference began. The object of noise was to bring together Christian musicians, help them up skill, inspire them into doing grea...




Critical engagement
It’s not enough to evaluate films on the basis of wholesomeness alone. Too often, many Christians assume that the “cleaner” a film is, the better it is. We are caught obsessing ...




Frenzy miniCamp photos are online
The photos from the Frenzy miniCamp are finally online!  Sorry about the delay.  Enjoy here! 

Frenzy 2006
  Frenzy 2006 Like any ministry that you step into there is always a history. Many years ago (in the dinosaur age) the parents of KBC used to organize events for the Year 7 and 8.




Congrats to Susie & Massey High - Winners of Bring It On (West)
Oh yea, Susie and the Massey High School dance crew have taken out the 2008 Bring It On Regional Finals once again. Shot Sus...

Kent & Kharma's Wedding Photos
Kent and Kharma's wedding photos are now online. Click here to check them out...what an awesome couple!!!

Update on Nigel and Cathie - Christmas 2006
Hey guys. This is a little update on the lives of the Cottle family since leaving Kumeu. It has been almost 6 months, and they have flown by. Cathie accepted a 6 month contract to teach a new entra...

 - Fearing our sick friends



Space Invaders game
Play space invaders here...




Invisible Children in the newspaper
Here you can read the Newspaper clipping from the Norwest Newsbrief regarding the Invisible Children fundraising evening.

Invisible Children
Daniel, Rob, Aadjan and I were all sitting at the zoo one day, chatting about how we could change the world. Daniel then went on to tell us about a certain DVD, Invisible Children. Invisible Childr...

World AIDS day 2006
Today is World AIDS day (December 1st)  

 - The kingdom of capital
 - Micah challenge



The meaning of Christmas
Christmas is a celebration, but when its full meaning is considered it is a bitter-sweet celebration. The name is a contraction meaning "Christ's mass". It is embodying both the birth of...

Faith and commitment
Let’s suppose a member of KBC gives you three million dollars because they could. You pay off all your debts (mortgage, car, credit cards etc), resign from your boring job and live off the di...

Democracy: A bad idea in the church?
After a 40-day leave of absence, the children of Israel at the foot of Mt. Sinai gave up wondering about Moses’ return. Converting plaguing questions into action, they assembled to decide wh...

 - Forgiveness - What is it? (By Cheryl Dobbe)



What did you do in the holidays???
We want to know what you got up to in the holidays so get yourself logged in and tell us your stories by posting a comment. We wanna know where you went, what went wrong, crazy stuff you did etc. W...

Christmas interview
I decided that it would be really nice to ask some people in the public a few questions about Christmas. The questions were...

Interesting facts from the Christmas magazine 2006
Click through for some interesting facts that were found in the Christmas 2006 edition of the Soli Deo Gloria magazine.

 - The chronicles of Riddick
 - The happiness conspiracy
 - Removing Ink Stains
 - What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right now?
 - Some grave lessons



Missions Trip to Vanuatu 2009
Updated 14 Oct 08The Vanuatu Missions for 2009 has been confirmed as Amy, Anna, Bex, Casia, Courtney, Dino, Gavin, Glenn, Karlton, Kelly, Julie, Mitchell, Sarah and Susie.Our upcoming events includ...

VIDEO: Philippines 2003 - Motorbike drive
This video was recorded on the back of Pastor Hernani's motorbike in the Philippines... just cruising.

VIDEO: Philippines 2003 - Wet Market
This video is of inside the Wet Market in Panabo, Philippines.  It was taken in 2003.

 - VIDEO: Philippines 2003



Movie review: A prairie home companion
Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion is based on Garrison Keillor’s unique variety show of the same name, which has—in various forms—been a staple of public radio sinc...

Movie review: Superman returns
After his five-year disappearance, the Man of Steel is back to saving the Earth and winning the girl, but will the action-filled Superman Returns be like all the other comic movies that come to lif...




Who is this man of steel?
There is a picture of me taken in the spring of 1979 in our front yard in Hurst, TX. I’m 7 years old, wearing a homemade Superman cape and leaping off of a small cliff. There is about five ...

Lessons from Click
There is an old fable that tells the story of a schoolboy that comes across a bizarre gold ball with a cord extending from it. He learns that when he pulls on the cord, it causes him to go forwar...

The enduring cinema
I remember with fondness the dingy strip mall in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma which housed the 4 screen “megaplex” where I saw, for the first time, such childhood favorites as Back to the F...

 - Escapism



Fire at Kaipara College
An large school building at Kaipara College in Helensville was partially destroyed in a suspicious fire early this morning.Northern Fire Communications shift manager Scott Osmond said the fire star...

'Krumping' dance troupe aims to defuse South Auckland youth gang violence
"Don't worry, parents, they're not having a fit," said MC Lua Maynard at a rally against domestic violence in Manukau yesterday.  He was introducing South Auckland's answer to youth ...

Drink-drive message may be getting through
A blitz on drink driving in the west Auckland area this weekend has netted a slightly lower number of intoxicated drivers than in the past.

 - Motorists drive past dying six-year-old child in car



Rising 20's update - December 2006
Rising 20’s has come to an end for 2006, our first year as leaders of this young group of people...

Rising twenties
It is a great blessing to have been asked by Nigel and Cathie, to work with the Rising Twenties group in 2006. Whilst being a very diverse group of young people, they all have one thing in common,




Angels and Demons - by Paul Gravatt
This is the notes from Paul Gravatt's message on Angels and Demons - November 2006.

Mars Hill - Weekly teachings
The weekly sermons from Mars Hill Bible Church (Rob Bell) are now available on our website!  These are in MP3 format.  You can listen to them online, or download them to listen on your iP...

Who is Jesus?
A darkness so terrifying that you dare not stare into it for too long. It’s got depth that we cannot fathom, limitless end, boundless, boundary-less, it’s cold but that’s not why ...




Rugby match 2006
We as the youth of Kumeu Baptist invited our neighbouring church, Northwest Baptist to share with us in one of God’s awesome gifts to us. The gift of Rugby. We met at the Riverhead grounds on...

Mountain Biking
On 13-08-06 a group of 11 youth and two ‘oldies’ went for a mountain bike ride in Woodhill forest. It was a chance to get away and conquer some fears of jumps, bridges, structures, and ...

Kumeu Baptist Victorious in Soccer Tournament
On the 25th June 2006, Kumeu Baptist Youth Group, a.k.a. High/r/e/s/youth, stormed to victory in what was dubbed the “West Auckland Cup”. The event, organized by Bryce Reynolds of ...




Last Youthgroup This Week! - Hawaiian Party
Yep, the end of the year is here already as far as youthgroup goes so we're finishing off with a big Hawaiian Party. Meet at church at 6.45pm and bring your togs + hawaiian clothing. Should be heap...

The Reach Cookoff - and the winners are...
Congratulations to Donald and the boys - they are the undisputed Cookoff Champions for 2008.With slick hair do's and some seranading on the guitars, the food quality wasn't the be all and end all b...

Up Coming Events
If you want to download a 2008 Youth Calendar that you can print, click here

 - 3 days risen - what is it?
 - Bryce and Nicola
 - New youth leaders for 2006



VIDEO: Milk drinking contest at Joe's birthday
Ew he made us drink a whole 2L bottle of milk to see who could do it the fastest... 

VIDEO: Pauls woodhill video #2
Click through to watch Paul's second Woodhill video.

VIDEO: 2006 NZ 4WD Winch Challenge
Click to watch one of the video's of Graeme Kern and Nathan Peter's in the 2006 NZ Premier 4WD Winch Challenge.

 - VIDEO: Hunting Trip 2006
 - VIDEO: 2Fast2Furious
 - VIDEO: Summer Harvest 2003-2004
 - VIDEO: Pixar - Scrat in: gone nutty
 - VIDEO: Pixar - For the birds



Your old profile images
I have made a copy of all your old profile images.  These are all on this new site and can be found here.  The reason I copied these over to the new site was so you can use them again her...




Iraq war worsening terrorism, John Kerry charges
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. John Kerry, a potential White House candidate in 2008, said on Friday the Iraq war had worsened terrorism and that the Bush administration had ...

It's time to say sorry for Iraq's agony
General Sir Richard Dannatt, the army's biggest gun, has blown apart Blair's promises and exposed the disaster our leaders try to hide.




Leaders Resource Contents Page
Hey legendary leaders.Just click on this link to be taken to the leaders content page where you can access key upcoming dates and discussion outlines.**** Leaders Content Page ****Cheers,Gavin

Gavin and Amy - 2006
We all know the old Forest Gump saying, “life is a box of chocolates”…well, this year it was certainly a case of we didn’t know what we were going to get! With Nigel and Ca...

Highresyouth 2006
So this is really the first and last editorial type article that I write as youth pastor here at Kumeu. I have wanted to do a magazine since I arrived, but as with most things we have to wait until...