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 EVENT CALENDAR
Ongoing
Lessons with Josiah Gatlyn
Ramp 48
Fort Lauderdale, FL
February 3rd
Amateur Awards Night
Year's Best Am vs. Damn Am of the Year
Tum Yeto HQ
San Diego, CA
7pmFebruary 3rd-4th
Crossroads Retail Show
Petco Parking Lot
San Diego, CA
10am - 6pm
February 5th
This Time Tomorrow
Video Premiere
The Trocadero
Philadelphia, PA
8pm February 7th
King of Skate 2010
Black Diamond Skatepark
Moorestown, NJ
10am to 3pm
February 12th
This Time Tomorrow
Video Premiere
GVC Skatepark
Laurel, MD
9pm & 10pm
February 14th
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Dept. of Skateboarding
Portland, OR
February 20th
United For Haiti
Rocketown FL
Pompano Beach, FL
February 20th - 21st
Vans
Bowl-A-Rama
Bondi Beach Skatepark
Bondi Beach, Australia
February 23rd
Munny Change Is EverythingArt/Bowl Party
Skatepark Of Tampa
Tampa, FL
February 25th
This Time Tomorrow
Video Premiere
The Prince Charles Cinema
London
9pm & 10pm
March 7th
This Time Tomorrow
Video Premiere
Blue Foot Bar & Lounge
San Diego, CA
9pm & 10pm
March 12th - 14th
16th Annual
Tampa Pro
Skatepark Of Tampa
Tampa, FL March 26th - 28th
Christian Skaters UK Skate Conference
Factory Skatepark
Dundee, Scotland
April 24th-25th
All Nation's Skate Jam
Los Altos Skatepark
Albuquerque, NM
TOURS
February 19th - February 25th
Girl Skateboard Co.
Outbackwards Tour
New Zealand and Australia
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WATCH:
 Josiah Gatlyn Trikipedia
Check out Josiah's Switch Heelflips on the Berrics Trickipedia Watch Now
 The Cost of The Uprising:
The Brian Sumner shares behind the scenes of The Uprising Show. What does it take?
Watch Now
The Uprising Season 2 goes to The TWS Awards
Watch at Christian Hosoi is honored with the Transworld Legends Award and share's how his life has been changed to those in the industry
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PRAYER REQUEST: Do you have a prayer request?Please email us and let us know how we can be praying for you!
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Need Insurance?
It's all over the news. Staggering health insurance rates keep most of us uninsured. But, if you are a skater, this could be a BIG problem. With Christian Skaters new partnership with XSI we can offer both park & individual insurance at rates never before available. For less than $18 you can be cover for injuries and more.
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FINALLY: We started a Fan Page on Facebook
After tons of resistance, we have started a Facebook Fan Page.
Now you can BECOME A FAN and:
- get the latest news in the industry
- get daily devos
- watch video
- learn new tricks
- find out about new Skate Mission
- be the first to know about CS & CS partner events & more
Fans can also add videos, photos and more.
Let's let the world know how much we love skateboarding, but more importantly, how the Gospel has changed our hearts!
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2010...What's Coming
 It's only 25 days into the new year it's already been full of life-changing events for so many. Unless you live under a rock, you have seen the devastation that impacted the island of Haiti January 12th.
Personally, for our family, the warfare was intense the first two weeks of 2010. Then a country only 680 miles away is struck with an earthquake that devastated not only Haiti but also the huge Haitian culture in our hometown of South Florida. Our offices are now shared with a temporary office for Samaritian's Purse with doctors and teams heading to Haiti daily.
We also have a new intern. We are happy to have Josiah on the team here for a season and looking forward to what the Lord will do in his life while he is here. He has already begin serving at our local skate ministry, spoken at Christian Skaters Boca, and will head to California with us next month. I am sure the skate scene in Cali will be happy to have him back for a bit.
Skate Missions have kicked off full-force and we look forward to many more in 2010. Plans are already in the works for Brazil, Pakistan, Sweden, Uganda and Ecuador. Our heart is to begin to raise support for those out there doing full-time mission work. Skaters like Brian Sumner, David Reasbeck, BFC, Untitled, and others have devoted their lives to sharing the Gospel. It is our desire to raise awareness to how they are serving and their needs.
We also want to get you involved!
Some are called to go, some are called to pray and some are called to support.
Pray about ways you might partner with us in 2010.
We hope to continue to equip and encourage those with a heart for skaters. 2010 plans include more resources for skate ministries and discipleship. The great commission tells us to "go and make DISCIPLES of all nations" and it is our heart to create resources to equip ministries to pour into skaters. Please pray that the Lord provides the resources and workers to make this a reality.
The 2009 Skate Conference was amazing and we look forward to 2010. We will again host our US Conference and have plans for Europe & Brazil. Our partner CS ministries in Africa, South Africa & the UK will also once again be hosting events as well. If you have a skate ministry, this is the one event in 2010 not to miss! We have been blessed to significantly reduce the cost this year to make it affordable for ALL who want to attend.
If you want to join the team making an impact in 2010? We are looking for skaters, ministry leaders, videographers, editors, and others who want to serve. If this is you, please feel free to email us at info@ChristianSkaters.com
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HELP: Haiti & Children Around The Globe
Some of you may have heard about our new partnership with Compassion International. Compassion International is an incredible organization that does so much to impact the lives of so many. Compassion has been in Haiti for over 40 years and had many of the children and families in sponsorship affected. Compassion has been on the ground since day 1 and is working to bring HOPE to this area. Check out what they have been doing here.
Why do we partner with Compassion? Christian Skaters partners with ministries in 90% of the locations where Compassion has projects. We have seen first hand what Compassion does in the lives of the children in these areas. Many of us dream about changing the world. For just a little over $1 a day we can make a lasting impact in the life of a child. We might not be able to change the world, but that small sacrifice will change a child's world. Join us and together we can make a difference.
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GO: Join some of our partner ministries on upcoming trips
ECUADOR - Join Touch the World Ministries and our friends at Solid Foundation in New Jersey for a Skate Mission to Ecuador July 13-18, 2010.
Your Mission: Make
the Quito, Ecuador skatepark skate-able again! Encourage and build up
this skate scene both physically and spiritually. Once the construction
projects are finished, your team will host a skate contest for the
locals. Share what God has done in your life with each new friend you
make.
Start saving up your used [but in good shape] decks, trucks,
wheels, shoes, etc. Bless the locals with some "new" gear! In Quito,
many kids share boards and shoes - if they even wear shoes at all! Your
simple gift can make a great impact on the lives of young skaters in
Ecuador. Interested in joining the team? Cost is $1050 plus airfare and you must be at least 16 years old. More Info: Click Here
 GUATEMALA - The 2009 CS Skate Mission team helped build skate ramps and kick
off the ministry. This set into motion a Skate
Outreach which is where IHS are skating with the local kids a few times
a week and holding a weekly skater Bible study. Six of our regular
skaters just made decisions for Christ in December!
The 2010
team will build upon this solid foundation by helping us use
skateboarding as a platform to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to
strengthen our witness to the local skate culture. What will you be doing? Serving at a reginal skate contests, skating at school demos, and more! If you have a
passion to come and serve God through this event. Find more at: http://www.inhisstepsinternational.org/extreme/skate.html
 PAKISTAN - Looking for a good skater, who can build ramps, loves the Lord and has a heart for Pakistan. If that's you, email us TODAY!
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NEWS:
 Christ 4 Life to open new indoor facility in Colorado Springs
We are so excited about this recent email we received from our friends in Steamboat..."When
we started sk8 church 5 years ago God gave us an amazing vision for a
place in Steamboat Springs that would give the youth a positive, sober
place to belong and be encouraged in their sport of skateboarding. A
place that anyone in our community can go to find help, hope, love,
teaching, encouragement, and a friend. A place that is for youth, built
by youth, where they can find rest for their souls and a break from
their burdens. A home base for Sk8 Church. An office out for the
basement for me, additional Bible studies, youth recovery
meetings....oh the list goes on!!For a long while we wrestled
with the fact that God had not brought this place, and eventually
settled in to the fact that we just did not know when it was going to
happen. We moved forward, and have had an incredible time, with meeting
in our home, local hotels, wherever we could, steadily building our
community of friends, and continually praying for that sweet vision God
gave us.Even though we did not know when it would happen Buck
was always faithful in searching out EVERY commercial spot in town over
the years. He has passed out countless numbers of our vision packet to
almost every realtor in town. Many, many times this proved futile and
even frustrating over the last 4 years, until recently..........3
months ago, on his never ending quest, Buck gave one of our packets to
the owners of Steamboat Powersports, explained the mission of SK8
church and went on his way. Two months later, out of nowhere, we
received a call from the owners expressing an interest in meeting to
discuss sk8 for one of their properties. After many meetings,
much discussion, and generosity that ONLY can be explained by God's
intervention, we have a home for sk8 church!! 4,800 square feet of
home! Located at Riverside plaza, this space allows us to have 2000
square feet of skate park. 2400 square feet of lounge/gaming area, lots
of food, video games, pool, ping pong, music, offices and enough space
to minister to many more kids. The space is on the bus route and
located in an easy to get to plaza, but out of the way enough that we
won't be bothering too many people!It
means that in the coming months all of you have an incredible
opportunity to help impact this community with us! It means that you
will get a chance to use your gifts and skills to help us help kids.
Imagine a young man or woman from a fatherless home (the majority of
our group) having the opportunity to work side by side with a father
figure. Being able to learn a skill, be praised for a job well done,
and have the feeling of accomplishment." Please be praying for this new indoor ministry and if you are in the area....GET INVOLVED! http://www.christforlifeskatechurch.com
Skate Ministry in Boulder, Colorado
 Since we are on the Colorado trend, let's check out what's happening in Boulder....
Uriel is a pro skater that has pursued his call in ministry. Here is an update about what he has been doing: "Last night I picked up 25 kids with the new skate bus that was donated to my ministry! We have been doing the skate church at a small church in south Denver called Light of Christ church (I am a youth leader on Wednesday nights for their youth group). I also do a skate night for their youth group and every other Wednesday, I do the message for the whole youth group.
So we start skating and having fun together and I got some pizza's for us and we did a Communion together with pizza and lemonade, it was pretty rad. We had about 30 kids skating in this little room is not easy, but it ended up alright. I had asked Cole (one of the kids that comes all the time), who is growing so much in his faith, to lead worship. It was his first time and he killed it and played two songs! Then, another kid named Micah (16), who is the most amazing skateboarder and does all my skate demo's with me, wanted to share his testimony! He shared how God radically changed him and set him free from porn and lusting after women, and told everyone how God used me to reach him! He shared about prov. 31, how that's the woman that you need. It was so rad! Then I shared a little more and felt that the Lord wanted us to all get on our knees and repent of our sins. I started praying and the Holy Spirit just showed up!! I just started to speak the Word and minister to them, and it was like God was just revealing things about each of our hearts and how we need to repent! People started crying and confessing their sins, and then Cole ended it with this super rad song about laying down everything in your life to Jesus!! IT WAS SO EPIC!! There was just joy and peace afterward! So then, of course, we were all pumped to skate some more and we finally left at 11. We all get back in the bus and i put on delirious and we all start rocking out and getting all crazy praising God, singing this song as loud as possible, "I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE ONE I LOVE!!" I believe with all my heart that God is super naturally blessing this ministry so much. I can hardly believe it! Oh, and this Thursday we're going to a meeting so see about finally getting a warehouse!! Please pray for that and that God will continue to provide and watch over this me, my family, these kids, and SkateMinistry! " To find out more about Uriel and the skate ministry in Boulder click here.
 Skate Ministry in Quito, Ecuador
Our friends and CS family the Luginbills, serve full-time in Quito running a Skate Church. Here is a blurb from their latest update. "We received a nice write-up in a local Christian magazine. Two professional skaters from Untitled Skateboards, Jud Heald and Jared Lee, are coming in February to hold a contest/demo/outreach with us. This outreach has HUGE potential and I hope
you'll join us in praying that God will use this event on Saturday, Feb. 20."
 New Intern @ The CS Office
Yes, we have a new intern here at Christian Skaters. Josiah is 19 and a great skater...plus he has some great web skills. We hope to have a revamped site soon (if we can get him up before 3pm - ha! ha!)
Meanwhile, he will be serving at our church graphic ministry, the park and helping with odds & ends at the CS office.
We hope to get him our traveling a bit more too on some Skate Missions.
So, if you are interested in helping us keep him close....Check out his private lessons at Ramp 48, his beanie company USKO, or hire him to design a site.
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GET INVOLVED: Opportunities to serve in Skate Ministry
 Street Team
Help spread the word about Christian Skaters. Volunteers are needed to spread the word online and at events throughout the world. If you believe in our mission and want to serve, let us know.
 Intern
Want some hands-on experience in Skate Ministry? Join us at our hometown park, participate in our Skater's Bible Study, serve at our Free Saturday morning Skate lessons, get tips and see if skate ministry is for you. Motivated interns with a heart to serve are wanted. Want to serve the Lord full time in Skate Ministry? Christian Skaters is putting together a Skate Ministry Discipleship program. You will spend four months in life changing discipleship, then serve two months at our skatepark ministry. You will leave changed, equipped and ready to serve the Lord. Our campus offers a Bible College & School of Worship where you can grow while serving at our skate ministry. To find out more, email us today.
 Serve as a Skate missionary
Serve in the UK, Sweden, or Guatemala. Christian Skaters is looking for
dedicated skaters who love the Lord to serve as missionaries in various
skate ministries. Long and short term opportunities available.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, SIMPLY REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.
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NEW RESOURCES:
 CS Resource USB Drive
Every resource you need to start a skate ministry loaded on our exclusive 2Gig USB drives designed specifically for Christian Skaters.
You will find information on Building Ramps, Contests & Demos, Discipleship, Fundraising, Growth in Ministry, Media & Marketing, Non-Profits & Charities, Starting Your Ministry, Running Your Park, Sample Forms, Teams, VolunteersAnd More.
This is the first and only resource of it's kind with over 10 years of ministry experience packed in one place. No longer is there a need to re-invent the wheel. These items have been time-tested in skate ministry and are available for you to use to reach skaters in your area. Buy these now for $50 each (including shipping within the continental USA)
 Public Skatepark Development GuideHundreds of new skateparks are being built every year. It is a boom
era for public skateboarding facilities. However, no public skatepark
has ever been built without a group of dedicated advocates promoting
the project. This new book encourages and guides people through the
skatepark process.
Skatepark advocacy is usually a lonely
effort. Groups have been isolated in their activity and were required
to research the most effective ways to build support for their project.
The non-profit organization, Skaters for Public Skateparks
(SPS), was founded in 2004 to address the need for accessible skatepark
advocacy information and now reaches thousands of advocates across the
world. Until the creation of SPS, precious few resources existed to
support the cause. Now a single, comprehensive book guides the advocate
from the early stages of envisioning, through planning and development,
all the way to managing the open facility.
The Public Skatepark Development Guide
is the world's first comprehensive instructional manual on skatepark
advancement and is a publishing collaboration between the International
Association of Skateboard Companies, Tony Hawk Foundation, and SPS. The
Guide presents the collected wisdom of dozens of the nation's most
effective skatepark proponents and expertly discusses every stage of
skatepark creation.
FOOLISHNESS - Premiere it at your church Foolishness full-length dvd is now out and available for sale for $15 each (including shipping in the Continental US). You can now premiere the full length film at your church. Interested? Email us at info@ChristianSkaters.com to find out how. |
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