If you are planning a trip to Kings Island before or after the NYC, discount tickets are available through a special arrangement with the Creation Museum.  Go to www.visitKingsIsland.com/CreationMuseum to purchase your tickets online.
Purchasing tickets online is much cheaper than purchasing them at the gate.

The Creation Museum is offering a discount rate for NYC attendees during the National Youth Conference. A special coupon will be available at the NYC for attendees to take to the Creation Museum to purchase the discount tickets.

Adults (13-59): $13.95
Seniors (60+): $10.95
Children (5-12): $7.95

Planetarium: $4.00+

The Creation Museum presents a “walk through history.” Designed by a former Universal Studios exhibit director, this state-of-the-art 70,000 square foot museum brings the pages of the Bible to life.

A fully engaging, sensory experience for guests. Murals and realistic scenery, computer-generated visual effects, over fifty exotic animals, life-sized people and dinosaur animatronics, and a special-effects theater complete with misty sea breezes and rumbling seats. These are just some of the impressive exhibits that everyone in your family will enjoy.

NYC attendees are encouraged to visit this museum. Saturday or Sunday afternoon would be a great time to add this special attraction to the NYC experience. Thursday morning on the way home is another option. A quick walk-though of the museum exhibits will take a couple of hours. Plan half of a day to fully experience everything offered at the Creation Museum.

Answers in Genesis is offering a free digital preview of their Answers magazine. Check it out here.

Interesting item in the news:
Youth Specialties lays off half of their staff and determines to take a more “conservative” position at YS conferences.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/july/8.15.html

The NYC schedule is online at www.fwbnyc.com.

A pdf can be downloaded here.

Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, presented a live video webcast addressing the current spiritual state of our nation.

It is available online at www.creationmuseum.org.

The competition schedule will be posted by July 1 at www.fwbnyc.com. We do not receive all the competition entries until all state competitions have been held, which will not happen until mid June. It takes at least a week to compile and organize all the details to produce the schedule. We will post that information as soon as we have it.

The 60 Minutes With God lesson outlines are online now. You can access them at www.fwbnyc.com in the download section or go to this direct link.

The teen lessons are more fully developed. The elementary outlines will need to be developed more by the teacher. All three age groups follow the same daily sequence of study, which challenge students to spend time with God to have His power in their lives. Seek the Lord and His Strength (Psalm 105:4).

We shouldn’t be surprised. Scripture warns of such blasphemy (2 Peter 2:1-2. 2 Timothy 3:1-8). Still we are shocked and disturbed when it happens. A modern-day Jannes or Jambres presumes to oppose the truth in a painting that depicts President Obama with outstretched arms wearing a crown of thorns. The allusion to Jesus Christ on the cross is unmistakable.

The artist illustrates his disrespect and ignorance of the suffering of Jesus Christ. It is a colossal inequality and injustice to compare the political opposition of any individual to the personal suffering and death of Jesus Christ. This is offensive to Christians and brings no compliment to President Obama. Barack Obama himself should be denouncing this painting.

Christians, however, should be careful how they respond. The fact that a preview of a painting is being publicized before its “unveiling” appears to be a calculated move designed to draw more attention to the artist. According to the popular adage, “any publicity is good publicity.” Christians should not take the bait. Don’t play his game. It is appropriate to speak out and voice our disapproval and repulsion that Jesus Christ would be mocked in such fashion. But on the day of the unveiling, ignore him, and pray for rain.