welcome to christian city church's blog. we're stoked you're here! 'in other words' is the eventful mixture of stories, videos and photographs of whats happening in and around church. stay posted every week for new stories and if you see anything you like feel free to leave us a comment!

zoe abigail sigrid matthesius was born last night at 10.50 pm! she is 7 pounds, 11 ounces and 20 inches long. she is perfectly healthy and beautiful! we will post photos as soon as we can! congrats ps jurgen and leanne!!!!!!

we've been getting calls and emails asking if ps leanne has had zoe yet...we're all still holding our breath! we'll be posting right here as soon as she is born!

guest blogger: PS NATALIE!

kidz church team leaders had the special delight along with several special guests to attend our FIRST ever murder mystery night event ever! the ‘mystery manor’ (thanks jerry :) was the setting for an afternoon of murder and suspense. once you stepped foot at the large estate the old self was put aside as we all got into characters and embraced the theatrical event to its fullest.
the colourful event was a progression of meeting our new relatives, friends, lovers, a lawyer, police officer, psychiatrist and even the pool boy! as it soon became evident who the other party guests were friendships were formed, relationships were exposed, plots were unfolding and appetites were rising with the succulent dinner aromas.
after a sit down dinner and the will reading, the night intensified with the murder of our maid aka janelle! our guests looked and listened to the will reading with more drama broking out as news evidence came into the light. it was like a scene from the young and restless with yelling, man stealing and even a face slap! (jenny and scott REALLY got into character!!)
the evidence presentation from the officer (aka: me) gave everyone the final chance to run through clues and leads before making their accusations as to ‘who was the murderer’??

with a twisted plot and interwoven details the murder was exposed in the victims last will. the murderer was indeed the chauffer aka brad!

this was a night of fun for all, a night that will definitely be remembered for years to come!

if you've been to ccc in the last two weeks you'll know that we've moved across the building to the boys and girls club. there was A LOT of work involved in the move...here' s some shots of the fun!

eric, mike, summer and andrew doing a mock set up of the new stage.

must have starbucks for big move days!

we've been getting a few requests from people who want to know a bit more about briana and chiddick who are our youth leaders at detonate. so here are some serious and not so serious facts about two of the greatest youth leaders EVER!

david...
when did you start attending ccc? january of 2006

what is your dream for detonate? i want to see detonate in stadiums, in highschools all over san diego and having a detonate confrence all over the u.s.

what was your childhood ambition? to be a navy seal

what was your proudest moment? when i made through hell week

what would be your perfect day? i would start the day by going deer hunting in the early morning. i would " get " a deer take it home then go out to a great breakfast with my beautiful fiance briana at the la valencia hotel in la jolla. after that i would go spearfishing with the fellas and shoot the biggest halibut ever taken by a spearfisher. then i would spend the rest of the day with briana where we would go to the beach with my dog, go to an amazing restaurant for dinner, take another walk on the beach and watch the sunset as the women of my dreams is in my arms! we would then go see a movie. then i would take her home walk her to the door and say good night as a single tear drops from her cheek because she just had the most perfect day of her life. i would then return home where i would pick up my lobster diving gear and the guys and capture giant lobster!

what was your last purchase? an engagement ring (BLING! BLING!)

what is your favorite movie? the third lord of the rings

if you had a superhero power what would it be? the power to heal myself

craziest high school memory? my buddy and i took these two girls for a drive in his car out in the booneys where we tried to impress them by our quick manuvering around tight corners until we hit a slick spot and flew off the road and into a farmers barb wire fence where we had to call a tow truck to get us out.

most interesting trip you have ever been on? i once went to the grocery store. that was a crazy trip!

have you ever tp'd a house? yes! when i was in high school. we didn't just tp the outside we actually went insside and tp'd that as well.

what would be your soundtrack? eye of the tiger

briana...
when did you start attending ccc? january 2006

what is your dream for detonate? to be a platform for teenagers to see and believe all that they’re worth and all they can do! that the youth of san diego will detonate throughout the world and that this generation will be a history changing generation because of the love and power of god in their hearts.

what was your childhood ambition? to be a veterinarian. i used to cry if i or anybody else even stepped on an ant!!

what was your proudest moment? making it into the boys soccer team in germany. all the boys were scared of me because of my killer kicks.

what would be your perfect day? sleep in, make waffles for breakfast, go to the beach and play volleyball and surf, eat lunch, more sports, eat dinner, more sports, watch a movie, sleep (all of this of course with chiddick)

first job? tutored math and english

favorite movie? how to lose a guy in 10 days (tried them all on chiddick…he didn’t budge haha)

favorite fast food? fast food…..yuk…maybe carl’s jr. six dollar burger?

Indulgence? ice cream (ben and jerrys half baked)

craziest high school memory? my mom and i were almost kidnapped in mexico city by a taxi cab driver!

what is your favorite piece of clothing? that's a hard one….sweat pants!

what's the last book you read? you the leader (by phil pringle)

what would be your soundtrack? any chris brown music.

the goal for project m.a.d's 100 mile race was to raise $10,000 and we smashed it! after the emerge mens conference the total is $13,400!!!!!!!!!
thanks to nathan a'bell for the initiative and the passion to raise money for catherines kids orphanage and to everyone who generously donated!

june's “extra mile” volunteer award goes to the sensational elle! she served every week on a team for almost three years! she's the vocal team leader for detonate and sings and plays on the music band. elle is the ultimate go-to girl, she's so reliable, faithful and the most amazing model of a volunteer! thanks for all you do!

what would be the first thing that you would do if you won the lottery? fly me and my family to the dominican republic

if i came to your home and looked in the fridge, what would i find? olives and strawberries

if you had to have one less finger, what would it be and why? yikes...i guess my right pinky finger because it's the one i use least when i play instruments. the other ones can make up for the little guy.

what is one thing about you that not a lot of people know, but you wish they did? i'm very fond of dark chocolate... anyone can get me some any time they want and i won't be angry at all!

if you could only take three things with you on a deserted island what would they be and why? foley (because he's flippin mcgiver - and of course is very lovely to be around), ipod (gotta have music) and my guitar (best way to get good at it, right?)

jelly beans or pickles? pickles, please (but not the sweet kind)

that was ps jurgens comment after reading through the questions that the girls had written for the panel at cherish relationship jazz. this time it was men in the hot seat! we had a panel of six guys of all different ages and walks of life who were there to answer any questions the girls could throw at them. and there were some doozies...of course lots of questions about sex, whats your favorite feature on a girl, do you like it when a girl is forward and asks you out, how do i get you to do something around the house without nagging, what do i do when a guy wants to date me but doesn't want anything to do with my kids, etc...the men brought the house down. they had practical and informative (and hilarious) answers about the 'mystery that is man.'

ps jurgen and ps andrew looking over the questions before the inquisition :)

"johnny and the aussie" rocked 'hard to handle' by the black crows.



ps jurgen got serenaded by 150 women for his birthday.

briana and becky gave away about a million presents!

thanks to our panel- ps jurgen, ps andrew, greg, mike, ben and jon for your willingness to go there and answer our questions! it was highly educational :) and super fun!

he thought he was off camera when we were filming the preview...