CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - When Josh Norton was hired in 2004 as the youth pastor of StoneBriar Community Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he was fresh out of seminary, up to date on pop culture, and able to connect well with the Jr. High and High School students in his ministry. However, as the years have passed, his references to movies, TV, and his use of slang have all remained stuck in the early 2000s.

This inability to adapt to the times is evidenced most clearly in Norton's favorite greeting. Upon seeing a member of the youth group, he is known to shout out, "Wassssuppp!!!" imitating a Budweiser television ad campaign which aired from 1999 to 2002.

"I wasn't even born when that commercial came out," said high school sophomore Stephanie Drake. "He keeps saying it and expecting us to say it ba

See Full Page