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Josh GriffinMore Posts Simply Weight Loss

313.2lbs. That’s my starting weight for a brand new 12-week weight loss contest that ends the opening night of the Simply Youth Ministry Conference in Chicago this February. Want in on it? Details and official rules should be out soon, but for now express your interest to community@simplyyouthministry.com and start eating healthy immediately. I will beat you, I promise. We’ve been talking quite a bit on it during the podcast, and th…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Simply Weight Loss Official Rules

Here are the rules: Weigh-in on Friday, December 4, 2009 (if you’re not going to the SYM Conference, you can weigh in anywhere from December 4-7) Send photo of scale weight and “before” photo Contest will be 12 weeks, ending on Friday February 26th (first night of Simply Youth Ministry Conference for those attending. Contest ends 12 weeks after weigh-in The winners will be the ones with the greatest percentage of weight lost….

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Measuring Church Growth by Weight

Lark News has some funny updates this month, my favorite being the church growth measured by total weight article. Here’s a clip: Grace Valley Baptist church has been losing a dozen members per year. But according to a recent measure, the church is expanding 7 percent annually. The reason: They now measure attendance by weight rather than per person. “We may be shrinking numerically, but in sheer mass we’re growing fast,”…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Weight Loss the Old Fashioned Way

Well, we‘re just about done with The 75-Day Challenge and at best I’ll come in second place. Honestly, I’ve fallen just a bit off the wagon the past few days, so I might even have to settle for third. Still though, I’m happy with losing 30 lbs in 2 and a half months. Some people have asked how I did it, so here are the details: Eat Right – I tried to stick to a “Vita-Shake” for breakfast, a decent lunch…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts GUEST POST: Fat Guy in a Little Coat

Chris Farley in Tommy Boy is the epitome of how I have felt about myself for a long time. I felt down on myself cause I struggled with who I am and where I was going in a while. I didn’t truly value myself like I should. I didn’t see my value in Christ. Right now I am down 13lbs since I started dieting a short while ago. I realize my weight has nothing to do with my value, but it has a lot to do with how I see myself. I started dieti…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Endurance Object Lesson

So since the entire High School staff was away at the annual Chi Alpha winter retreat, Tony, Taffy and I led all 4 high school services. Good times! Taffy was speaking on endurance, so we planned a special cool little challenge. A volunteer made a frame that would support some serious weight so we could play a Survivor-esque game – the one where they have to hold an increasing amount of weight off the ground for as long as they can. Basica…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts GUEST POST: Every Youth Pastor Is An Apologist

… we answer these questions when we either ask them or they are asked of us? Our ignorance in such matters is very costly to your students and the many who struggle with the tough questions being raised today. In his book, The Weight Of Glory [1], C.S. Lewis gives a prophetic call to all of us, in this case those of us who are interested in reaching and keeping our students in the faith. Lewis calls us to answer the call to engage in the intellect…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts The 75-Day Challenge

Over dinner tonight with a couple of HSM summer interns and a key volunteer it was decided we would all do a 75-day challenge to focus on eating right, exercise and sleep. We’re going to track our progress until August 1st, where the person who loses the most weight (calculated as percentage of total body weight) wins everyone’s combined entry fee to the competition. I’m hoping to add to my Segway fund with the winnings –…

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Josh GriffinMore Posts POLL: Calling All Heavy Youth Workers!

I just did one of those height/weight calculators online to see how much I should really weigh – the top end of the weight window was 194. So according to that, I’m more than 100lbs overweight. You? JG …