The Mint Museums: General Information

The Mint Museums: General Information: "Note: Admission to the Mint Museum of Art is free on Tuesday from 5pm-10pm
Note: Admission to the Mint Museum of Craft + Design is free on Tuesday from 10am-2pm and the third Thursday of the month from 5-8pm."

Catawba River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Catawba River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Catawba River is a tributary of the Wateree River in the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina. The river is approximately 220 miles (350 km) long. It rises in the Appalachian Mountains and drains into Piedmont, and is impounded through series of reservoirs for flood control and hydroelectricity.

It rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western McDowell County, North Carolina, approximately 20 miles (30 km) east of Asheville. It flows ENE, passing north of Morganton, then southeast through the Lake Norman reservoir. From Lake Norman it flows south, passing west of Charlotte, then flowing through the Mountain Island Lake and Lake Wylie reservoirs, where it forms approximately 10 miles (15 km) of the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. It flows into northern South Carolina, passing east of Rock Hill, then through Fishing Creek Reservoir near Great Falls, and then into the Lake Wateree reservoir, approximately 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Columbia. Downstream from Lake Wateree, it becomes the Wateree River."

Catawba River Basin Map

Catawba River Basin Map: "Catawba River Basin"

West Virginia Rails to Trails Council

West Virginia Rails to Trails Council: "Use of the term 'Rail-Trail':
As Rails-to-Trails projects become widespread, it is handy to recognize the unique benefits of this type of recreational resource. When we speak of rail-trails, people can expect that these trails will have gentle or level grades and wide rights of way suitable for multiple uses: walking, bicycling, or horseback riding. With bridges over streams and tunnels through hills, rail-trails also offer clear and easy means to negotiate geographic obstacles.
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Mid-Atlantic Rail-Trails including Washington and Baltimore

Mid-Atlantic Rail-Trails including Washington and Baltimore: "What is a Rail Trail? A Rail Trail is a recreational path which has been built in the right-of-way of an abandoned railroad. As a result of the Interstate Highway System, tens of thousands of miles of railroads have been abandoned over the past several decades. While some of these railroads have become rail trails, many of these right-of-ways are now being considered for conversion to some sort of 'green way' or recreation path. Typically, the rails and ties are removed and then the surface is improved to allow hiking ,biking, rollerblading, and/or horseback riding.

Rail trails can be great for biking and blading because railroads are designed to have very small grades, thus the resulting rail trail is nearly all flat. Also, in many situations, the right-of-ways exist in undeveloped areas away from the the hustle and bustle of everyday life. However, it should be noted that all rail trails are not created equal. While some trails have been paved or had some type of surface improvement, other trails may remain in a 'original ballast' condition which is typically muddy and rocky (not suitable for blading or skinny tires!).

For more information on Rail Trails, check out the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy."

Endurance Magazine

Endurance Magazine - The Current Issue: "Inspire, Perform, Endure"

Steele Creek Church of Charlotte Podcast

Steele Creek Church of Charlotte Podcast
Sun, 3 September 2006
"Going to the Next Level"
Pastor Gilberto Colon

This sermon had a great impact in that it remembered me of how the Lord is calling me.

Tracking List Display

Tracking List Display

September 2006

Ranking		Title		Author/Publisher
1		Leave a Candle Burning		Lori Wick, Harvest House, p
2		Night Light		Terri Blackstock, Zondervan, p
3		Captivating		John & Stasi Eldredge, Nelson Books (Nelson), c
4		Jerusalem Countdown		John Hagee, Frontline (Strang), p
5		The Bishop's Daughter		Wanda Brunstetter, Barbour, p
6		Like Dandelion Dust		Karen Kingsbury, Center Street (Hachette), p
7		The Five Love Languages		Gary Chapman, Northfield (Moody), p
8		90 Minutes in Heaven		Don Piper with Cecil Murphey, Revell, p
9		Last Light		Terri Blackstock, Zondervan, p
10		Battlefield of the Mind		Joyce Meyer, FaithWords (Hachette), p
11		Wild at Heart		John Eldredge, Nelson Books

The Way of the Wild Heart

Nelson Ministry Services Product Detail : The Way of the Wild Heart: "I can fix it. I don't need directions. I can figure this out on my own. These thoughts that erupt from a man's bravado, from his deep urge to be real man. Yet underneath this, there is a louder voice countering, You can't. You're not capable. You're weak. Many men-possibly all men-face two looming questions at some point in their life. What does it mean to be a man, and am I one?

The Way of the Wild Heart reaches out to 'unfinished men' trying to understand and live their role as men and fathers. Exploring six biblically based stages, John Eldredge initiates men into a new understanding and ownership of their manhood and equips them to effectively lead their sons to manhood."

Christian Outfitters: Study References

Study References: "This is a collection of practical, timely and relevant studies designed for small group and individual study. These are living works. This page is just a sampling of our studies and they're yours to print and use as you wish."

Christian Outfitters is a non-denominational, family-owned and operated publisher and provider of discipleship resources. In 2003, Christian Outfitters was brought under the umbrella of International Teaching Ministries.

Christian Outfitters: "The Camp Of Familiarity"

Christian Outfitters - Discipleship Resources, Workshops, Inspirational Graphics, Leather Journals.:
"Most believers live lives of quiet desperation instead of seeking to live life deliberately. We despise change. We work all day, go home, watch television, collapse in bed and start all over again the next day. Our lives become a chain of bondage. This is certainly not sinful, but this kind of life-style is not the life of Christ and can keep us from God.

Moses would have us leave the familiar and pitch our tents 'outside the camp of familiarity.' Jesus would have us do the same:

'And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.' (Heb. 13:12-14)

Most of the book of Hebrews tells us how Christ is greater than the sacrificial system. There may be a time coming when you find it necessary to leave your 'camp' and suffer with Christ. Jesus suffered humiliation and uncleanness outside the Jerusalem gates on our behalf. The time is coming when Christians will be called on to declare their loyalty to Christ above any other loyalty, to choose to follow Jesus whatever suffering that might bring. We will be called to move outside the safe confinement of our past, our traditions, and our ceremonies to live for Christ.

Christ calls us to leave the familiar, the distracting world of our lower senses and abide in Him. The highest goal of our prayer is to find God. Today, seek Him until you find Him. Continue day by day, week by week, until you have drawn near enough to God that you can hear His voice. Become so confident that He is near to you that you hear know He hears you even when you whisper.

"Come near to God and he will come near to you." (James 4:8)

If we are going to become holy as He is holy, we must recognize that Jesus has already broken our chains and restraints of just getting by and living an average life. We must choose to go outside the camp of familiarity and abide in the tent of God's presence."