Compass Paintball Blog

SPEEDBALL IS (almost) HERE!

2010-08-29T19:09:00.001-04:00

I've got awesome news for everyone that's been looking forward to the Compass Speedball Field: IT'S ALMOST HERE!

We've got a few finishing touches to put on the field (we have to finish hanging the net) and then we'll be ready to start playing speedball!

Keep watching this page and our Facebook page for information and pricing on our upcoming scrimmage matches at the annual Faith Family Fun Fair later this year!

Thanks to everyone who came out and donated their time to help with the field! In just a few weeks we'll be ready to open and we couldn't have done it without all the great volunteers that came out and helped not only with the speedball field, but the woodsball field as well. We really appreciate all of your time, effort and hard work!

Coming soon: SPEEDBALL!

2010-08-24T16:27:00.000-04:00

Good news, everyone! We're almost ready to open the new speedball field! We've got a little more work to do first, and we need as much help as we can get to make sure it all gets done as quickly as possible! If you're interested in helping out, stop by the field on any of our open days and talk to Don (or whoever else may be in charge that day) and ask them when you can come out and help!

Website downtime is finished!

2010-07-21T23:45:00.000-04:00

Our site is back up a lot sooner than I expected! Everything is functioning normally again. Thanks for your patience and sorry for any inconvenience!

Website downtime

2010-07-13T22:41:00.000-04:00

Within the next few weeks, our website will be experiencing a very, very long period of downtime. There is currently no estimate on how long this downtime will last. This downtime is to repair a bunch of problems on the server. I will have everything back up as soon as our host as re-enabled the site. Sorry for any inconvenience. I'm just as irritated by this as you probably are. ;)

For His Kingdom

2010-06-30T17:18:00.003-04:00

I havent blogged in quit some time ,my apologies.We are still striving to keep the Compass a Faith based ministry through memory verses,resurrection games,devotionals and fellowship.We want to continue to mentor the youth and teach them to build each other up.Things are going well with the woodsball arena ,which actually has a hint of speedball as well.Ill admit we are not perfect and occasionally run into difficulties .We will continue to enhance our performance through training and effectively using constructive critism.We have recently held a PRO class 0n the 19 of June to help qualify our referees to be more effective on the field.I would like to give Dean Goldsmith a huge thanks as he has devoted a lot of time and made this possible.Our staff is growing,however we are still looking for a few good men and women.Individuals interested in reffing,mentoring,shop operation,as well as anyone with fund raising experience would be great.Anyone interested can contact Don Robertson at 843-209-5031.We are currenty in progress on finishing the speedball field and will keep you informed.Just remember this ministry is for all ages in the community,but that is is about our youth and pointing them in the right direction.On a positive note in the last 2 months 4 young men and 1 young lady excepted Christ as there savior.Bravo Zulu to all the staff and praise God for the opportunity.Thanks Don R.

Website back online

2010-04-04T20:24:00.000-04:00

CompassPaintball.com is back up and should stay that way for a while now. It may go up and down for a few days while settings get changed, but then it's up for good. Thanks for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience!

Website undergoing maintenece

2010-03-28T13:51:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the inconvenience, but our website is having some maintenance done. The downtime may last up to a week, but as far as I know, it shouldn't be much longer than that. I know we've had a lot of downtime in the past, but this should be the last time for a long time. Sorry again for the inconvenience!

February/March Calendar online (sorry for the delay!)

2010-02-14T11:25:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay getting the calendar online. It won't happen again. I've got the calendar for the rest of the year ready to go now. If you want to subscribe in your calendar application (iCal, Outlook, etc) you can put this link into the subscribe box to get the entire year's calendar. (Please note that the calendar is subject to change.) -- http://www.tinyurl.com/compasscal

Next open day is the 27th!

Blog has a new address!

2010-01-08T10:14:00.001-05:00

The old one will still work though! The new address is blog.compasspaintball.com!

Website is back up!

2010-01-06T17:55:00.000-05:00

I'm tying up a few loose ends on the site, but it's ready to roll. You can check it out at www.compasspaintball.com

This blog will be moved to blog.compasspaintball.com soon, but you'll still be able to get here from the old link (compasspaintball.blogspot.com)

Also, any and all website-support related issues and party invitation requests should be sent to mike @ compasspaintball dot com from now on, not the old address that used to be listed on the site. Please wait a few hours from now before using that address though as I'm still waiting for it to get set up.

Sorry about all the trouble! It shouldn't happen any more!

All done!

2010-01-06T09:19:00.002-05:00

Site should be back up in about 48 hours max. The settings are updating now.

Finally moving

2010-01-05T20:50:00.000-05:00

We're finally getting moved over to our new host. All our files are on the new server and I've just emailed our current webmaster and asked him to point the domain name to the new site. If everything moves along at the pace it has been, we should be seeing the site working again in… several weeks. Hopefully our webmaster will move a little faster this time than he has in the past. I'm trying has hard as I can to get this thing working again. Once the site has moved, I will become the sole webmaster and things will get done much faster. I promise. :)

Calendar for January

2010-01-04T15:37:00.000-05:00

Since the website is down I can't get the calendar on it. Here's the January calendar:

January 2nd - Closed

January 9th - Ministry day (open play)

January 16th - Closed

January 23rd - Ministry day (open play)

January 30th - Closed

Update on the website downtime

2010-01-01T20:59:00.000-05:00

Due to the unacceptable downtime on our current host, compasspaintball.com will be moving to a more reliable host in the next few days (hopefully. I'll need to get one file from our old host first and get our webmaster to change a few settings first.) Once the change has happened, I'll make sure that nothing changes for you (except the reliability of the site, of course.) Once we have made the move, this blog will (probably) be moved to blog.compasspaintball.com. The old address (the current one) will still work, but will ask you to use the new address. Other than that, not much will change. Sorry for the inconveniences caused by our current situation!

Website downtime

2009-12-31T13:32:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone,

Please bear with us as compasspaintball.com experiences some unforeseen downtime. It's been down for a few days now. The problem is our host, and until they fix their end there's nothing I can do to get it back online. This type of downtime is usually considered unacceptable. I haven't heard any type of explanation for it. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Mike

We're on Facebook!

2009-12-20T16:19:00.003-05:00

Become a fan of the Compass on Facebook now! www.compasspaintball.com/facebook

We've got invites!

2009-12-02T12:40:00.000-05:00

Head on over to www.compasspaintball.com/invites and find out more!

December calendar online

2009-11-08T15:33:00.002-05:00

The calendar for November and December is online. Check out the new calendar page at www.compasspaintball.com/calendar

New promo video posted

2009-09-30T15:49:00.002-04:00

New promo video. Music by Shadowville Productions. We really need to get some new footage! :D

Open workday

2009-09-23T09:34:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone, we're going to be having an open workday on November 21st to work on the new speedball field! We really need the help, so if you can come out, come out! We'll be out there all day getting stuff done! Just come out to the field and we'll get you set up doing something! Hope to see you there!

We are servants.

2009-06-16T21:08:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone,we are having a paintball ministry day this coming Saturday the 20th.Iam praying for a good turnout.Iam also looking for volunteers to work on the speedball field.Iwould like to pass out some well deserved thanks out.To Mr. Terry Durr of T&T CONT, I would like to convey my deepest graditude for his donations to the kingdom and of course to the progress of the speedball field.I would also like to thank Mr. Wayne Headden for his paintball kit donation to be given to someone in need.Thanks for serving to the both of you!We are making good progress on the speedball field.P.S.Remember its all about serving.Thanks Don R.

Field construction pictures!

2009-04-30T00:24:00.003-04:00

This video was put together by Dr. Phil from Kinetic 6.8 Ministries at Faith A/G. The pictures are from one of the workdays we had while building the field.

New video posted!

2009-04-25T20:43:00.005-04:00

A brand new video has just been posted on the Compass YouTube channel! Check it out and enjoy:

-- Mike

Reaching out

2009-04-24T09:10:00.002-04:00

At faith about 17 months ago the youth began a journey by giving their time for his Kingdom,building a paintball field in the woods.I know alot of christians may question ,how can shooting paintballs at the speed of 285 feet per second at each other benifit anyone.It is a combination of factors. Not only teaching them to plan and lead effectively and of course by playing fair.By prayer, memory verses used on the field and midday devotionals our hope is to give them some of that bread they need.We are getting ready to start building our first speedball field of three.We are looking for support so we may reach out to the community.We are looking at future tournaments ,so those that cant can. Bravo Zulu to our featured Moms Darlene and Sharon,for playing paintball for the first time.
Paintball for christ
Don R.

We're online!

2009-04-20T15:36:00.001-04:00

Check out our brand new website right now at www.compasspaintball.com!