Pray for Desmond

Over the last couple of months I have been spending time with a friend from university: Desmond. Desmond is not his real name, but it will be his name for the sake of this post. When changing names articles often use boring names - Desmond isn’t a boring name, a bit ol’ school [...]

Demetri Martin Stand Up on Rove Live

(h/t to TooseHooseOnline)

Saying Sorry

Today a friend spoke to me to apologise for a comment that they made to me on the weekend. I said I took no offence to the comment and that the apology wasn’t necessary (I knew that the comment was in jest). I did, however, say that I thought that it was a [...]

We’re back in the top 25!

On the Poddy (ccecyouth’s weekly podcast that Dan and I put together) is back in the top 25 on iTunes!! Yesterday we peaked at #22 in the Christianity section.
If you’ve never listened to On the Poddy, go to this page to check it out. If you like it subscribe to it in [...]

Beatboxing flute inspector gadget remix


Youth Ministry: Jesus - The Real Deal

Tomorrow we will be starting a 12 week series in two local high school lunchtime Christian groups. The Series is called JESUS The Real Deal. Each week is based on a chapter from John Dickson’s A spectator’s guide to Jesus (find the book here).
Dickson also has a podcast on the content of this [...]

Crown Him With Many Crowns

Here is a bootleg of Crown Him With Many Crowns. It was written by some bloke a long time ago - and Dan Godden has recently written a new tune to it. It is my favourite song at the moment - and I think the best hymn re-write that I know.
A few people [...]

Frank Retief @ CCEC

The men from our church who are travelling to MKC might feel a bit gypped. Our senior Minister will be speaking as well as Frank Retief from South Africa. Why would they feel gypped? Because they hear Andrew every week - and on Monday night Frank Retief will be speaking at our [...]

Hotel, Hotel

(h/t Josh - he made it)

Happy Valentine’s Day

Tomorrow is the big day rose-lovers. Today I recorded and produced the best Podcast I’ve recorded and produced all year!* I had a couple of special guests join me for the show. Lots of fun. Download it from here. Check out our new website here. Subscribe with iTunes by [...]

Youth Ministry: CCECYOUTH 07 YouTube


Youth Ministry: CCECYOUTH.COM version 4.0

In December I announced that our youth group website would be getting a major face-lift.
Drum roll…
Here it is: www.ccecyouth.net.
If you could take a minute to check it out - and also send through (in comments or by email) broken links or any problems you can find. If you have a number of different browsers [...]

Youth Ministry: MySpace MyHeartWarms

Some people write some pretty stupid things on MySpace. Some don’t. This quote is part of the latter. Very encouraging…
blessed amazingly by ccec. i love ccecyouth, a wonderful youth group. it’s a wonderful encouraging time each friday night (erina high school hall, 7-9.30, send me a message if you want to know more!) [...]

Kanye West ft. Adam Levine - Heard ‘Em Say