How I Became A Lifesaver Surfing The Net‏

LIGHTHOUSE 2911 - How I Became A Lifesaver Surfing The Net‏


Let me tell you a little about LIGHTHOUSE 2911.

Our goal is to provide critically needed services to:

· challenged/disadvantaged families,

· youth offenders,

· youth offender siblings and friends,

· at risk and latch key children

· youth gang, and potential gang members

This will be accomplished by:

· improving participants' life skills,

· promoting family stability,

· reducing youth crime,

· providing a healthy foundation for a successful education, and

· providing a platform for appropriate youth accountability.



Presently, we offer these programs in four locations in the South Texas area with plans to branch out to other locations. But you're wondering how you can be a lifesaver just like I am. At GoodSearch.com we are allowed to search the internet and each time we search, they give a penny to LIGHTHOUSE 2911. If all my friends and all your friends, and all their friends search the internet just a couple of times a day, we could buy school supplies and snacks for each location and even offer some new after school programs just because we use GoodSearch.com. What if LIGHTHOUSE 2911 earned a penny every time you searched the Internet or shopped online? Well, now we can! GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results. GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates a percentage of each purchase to your favorite cause. More than 100 great stores including The Gap, Best Buy and Barnes and Nobel have teamed up with GoodSearch and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting your favorite cause. Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter LIGHTHOUSE 2911 as the charity you want to support. And be sure to spread the word! But that's not all. I would love to say Thank You to each one of you and let you know that you are a lifesaver also. Contact me at lighthouse2911@msn.com . Go to http://www.goodsearch.com/ and type in LIGHTHOUSE 2911 as your charity of choice.



Thanks so very much!



Paul Beard,



Executive Director, LIGHTHOUSE 2911



PS: Please share this with all your friends.

LIGHTHOUSE 2911 and Calvary Baptist Church in Cuero Support Cuero High School

We are proud to announce that through a combined donation, LIGHTHOUSE 2911 and Calvary Baptist Church presented three beautiful acoustic guitars to the CHS Guitar Club.  These instruments will be used to encourage the creative abilities of the youth who use them.  LIGHTHOUSE 2911's Executive Director, Paul Beard, stated that he enjoyed playing guitar as a youth and encouraged the youth of CHS to begin to play. Program Director Randy Layh invited the youth to seek opportunities like this and other opportunities to broaden their skills. We are proud to tagteam with Calvary Baptist Church in Cuero to bring about this opportunity for the youth in Cuero High School.  Look for more opportunities like this with Calvary Baptist Church and LH2911 to come together in the future.  We can't wait for the first presentation of some great music provided by the students of CHS.  Go Mean Green!

One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life

One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life

By Kerry and Chris Shook

The book is easy to read and the use of metaphors makes it very easy to understand and apply to your life. I read this book practically in one setting - just couldn't put it down because it has such great insight. I plan on re-reading it and following the 30 day plan to a life with no regrets. I highly recommend this book to everyone. Everyone can find useful insight to improve his or her life!


Reading One Month to Live has inspired me to rekindle those lost dreams. Sure, it's important to work hard and take care of our families, but it's also important to live the life we were made to live. Through the four principles discussed in the book: Live Passionately, Love Completely, Learn Humbly and Leave Boldly, I can now see new ways to bring my faded dreams back to life.



The book provides tools for starting to do little things that make a big difference. It's not about having to reinvent yourself or do a major overhaul of your life, it's about loving the people around you more pro-actively, doing things that you are passionate and excited about and serving others in the way that creates a lasting legacy.

Take the 30-Days to Live Challenge at www.OneMonthtoLive.com!

"Radical, by David Pratt, you will be challenged to see Christ'

In Radical, by David Pratt, you will be challenged to see Christ from a perspective that you may have not considered in the past.
Each of the opening chapters of RADICAL begin with a powerful story out of Platt's experiences among populations under severe persecution. He reflects on the contrast between their hunger for God's word and the typical person sitting and soaking in the pews of American churches.

This is an inspiring and excellent book. Platt's thoughtful emphasis on the "basics" of Christianity is truly radical, as true Biblical christianity has always been radical. His analysis of the American dream and how it conflicts on multiple levels with following Christ is likewise insightful and penetrating

Platt recommends five personal resolutions for radical life reformation:
1. Pray for the entire world
2. Read through the entire Word
3. Give my money sacrificially
4. Go on a mission trip
5. Commit to my local church
 Highly recommended Radical is a quick read, but not necessarily an easy one. If your heart is at all open to God, you will be challenged and inspired to action. I highly recommend it. This is a five star book. 

Living Life in the Zone is a Touchdown

 Living Life in the Zone: A 40-Day Spiritual Gameplan for Men by Kyle Rote Jr. and Dr. Joe Pettigrew 

is an outstanding book for anyone wanting to become closer to their spiritual being.  This book would be useful in any men's study group.  The devotionals are divided into 15-20 minute segments.  It is set in the tradition of a coach explaining the game of life. 
Some of the featured playmakers include: Charles Barkley, Bill Bates, Coach Bill Belichick, Larry Bird, Coach Bobby Bowden, James Brown, Coach Bear Bryant, Truett Cathy, Lee Corso, John Daly, Coach Tony Dungy, Clay Dyer, J.D. Gibbs, Mike Glenn, Coach Mike Gottfried, A.C. Green, David Green, Orel Hershiser, Coach Mike Homgren, Coach Lou Holtz, allan Houston, Wayne Huizenga Jr., Magic Johnson, Bobby Jones, Michael, Jordan, Coach Bobby Knight, Coach Tom Landry, Ken Lay, Coach Vince Lombardi, Archie Manning, Chris Mortensen, Joe Namath, Coach Tom Osborne, Terrell Owens, Bud Paxson, Scottie Pippen, Coach Mark Richt, Mark Sanford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, O.J.Simpson, Ron Springs, Coach Gene Stallings, Roger Staubach, Les Steckel, Bob Stoops, Joe Theismann, Michael Vick, Everson Walls, Kurt Warner, Bob Weiland, Reggie White, Coach John Wooden.

Each devotional will take about 15-20 minutes to read through allowing the devotion to sink in and make life changing events happen. This was an easy read and quite practical. Playing off the popular 40 Day model of studies, this book can be a great tool to help establish the personal discipline of reading or a men's group in your community. Each day's reading takes no more than a few minutes and could be fit into anyone's daily routine; early morning, lunch break or end of the day.  I would recommend this as a gift for the Men in your life, and I give it a 5 out of 5 stars.

Finally, this book will put you in the end zone with better relationships with your family, your friends, and yourself.

Year End Fun

"I'm smarter than the average bear."  Yogi Bear is an outstanding movie for the holidays.  Youth from LIGHTHOUSE 2911 enjoyed the movie and great hamburgers from Ganado Cafe afterward on a Social Skills Outing today.  As one youth said, "I've never spent a day like this before."  What a way to spend one of the last days of the year, enjoying a great movie, burgers, and the fun and laughter of youth.  All who participated had a great time, even the adults.
Oh, the last day of the year, a great day to make a tax-deductible donation to LIGHTHOUSE 2911.  I'm thinking that the first ten people who go to http://www.lighthouse2911.org/, click on the donations button, and donate $25 or more, we will send you a LIGHTHOUSE 2911 cap or t-shirt.  Remember - year-end donations are tax deductible and remember LIGHTHOUSE 2911 continues to build a better future for all. 

Please repost on Facebook and Twitter so others might hear about LIGHTHOUSE 2911. 
Thanks,
The LIGHTHOUSEKEEPER   

What have I learned from LIGHTHOUSE 2911 and how will I apply it to my life and my community?

I have learned how to get along with others that there is a better way of life like instead of getting into a fight, try to make friends and there is a CD playing in your head and you decide whether to change your CD. I have also learned manners and respect for others.



I will erase the bad CD in my head and start over clean with a new CD. I will be a leader instead of a follower. I will be more kind to others. I will help a friend in need.


I will encourage people to be leaders instead of followers. I will show people how to treat others and how to be respectful and responsible and I will tell them there is a better way of life. I will pass on what I have learned to others. KC – 12


This young man is becoming a lighthouse for change in his community.  If you would like to help, go to http://www.lighthouse2911.org/ and make a year-end donation.  This donation is tax-deductible and it doesn't matter how large or small.  Every donation is needed.  Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!