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Monday, October 26
MS Announcements Week of Oct 26
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Matthew
on Mon 26 Oct 2009 05:39 PM PDT
HS Announcements Week of Oct. 26
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Matthew
on Mon 26 Oct 2009 05:36 PM PDT
Check them out, especially as they include time-sensitive information...
Tuesday @ 7 ACU @ Red Robin Wednesday @ 7 Contact @ Aylesworths
a sanctuary echo
by
Matthew
on Mon 26 Oct 2009 04:23 PM PDT
Sometimes (believe it or not), the reverberations of weeks of preparation for a single gathering continues well past its "end." Yes, there are still things to put away from Sanctuary. There are also reflections from Sanctuary:Fall that I want to share this evening.
Tonight, I watched someone take a branch that wasn't fully connected to the vine and move it the extra few inches to be connected. Isn't that sometimes what God calls us to do in the lives of our friends? We of course can't literally connect them to the vine but we can do our part towards encouraging others to connect to the vine. The interaction I had that has for some reason stuck with me from Sanctuary:Fall was when at the end a student made sure there would be enough apple cider before taking a cup. At the point this question was asked there were at least twelve full cups on the counter. Most of us live by the "don't take the last one" rule in cases like this. We have no problem taking food or beverages until it is the last one. There is something beautiful when on of the first people considers those who are last before taking some for themselves. One additional effect of Fall is that things truly do feel lonely and bare. I need only look at the tree outside my front window at home to see this reality. However, none of us enjoy feeling lonely or bare, especially when we're around others. Our response is like that of Adam & Eve, attempting to hide ourselves behind one of the leaves that fell off the trees. We live in a world that does everything it can to prevent being in situations where they might possibly be asked to bare anything regarding or about themselves in the presence of others. Fall doesn't allow us to remain hidden or fake. It exposes us for who or what we really are. Sometimes the reverberations continue for you as well, I imagine. Feel free to share some of your Sanctuary:Fall echos in the comments below. May Your Fall Be Full of God Wednesday, October 21
HS Announcements Week of Oct. 19
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Matthew
on Wed 21 Oct 2009 12:01 PM PDT
This week's announcements are highlighted by Sanctuary, Wednesday from 7-8:30 pm in the Oak Room. Give them a view below.
MS Announcements Week of 10.19.09
by
Matthew
on Wed 21 Oct 2009 11:59 AM PDT
Below are this week's Middle School Announcements. Check them out and get the latest info on The Zone Student Ministry: Middle School .
Wednesday, October 14
Materialize: where did that golden calf come from?
by
Matthew
on Wed 14 Oct 2009 09:16 AM PDT
So after class on Sunday, I started realizing something that I hadn't really thought about before. Where did the golden calf come from? I mean it takes a lot of gold to make a golden calf, so where did the supplies actually come from?
Do you remember who the Israelites were before the Exodus? Maybe it is better asked, do you remember what the Israelites were before the Exodus? Slaves. Their lot in life was minimal. They owned little. They were owned by many. I know there were a lot of them. Estimates vary from the 1.6 to 2.5 million Israelites, enslaved in Egypt. On the night of the first Passover as recorded in Exodus 12, death came to the firstborn sons as a result of the Pharaoh's unwillingness to let God's people go. The people of Egypt were so sick of the inconveniences, plagues and now death that had resulted from all of this that they wanted to do anything they could to get the Israelites to leave their country and never return. So guess what happened, the masters turned to their slaves and said,"You can have whatever you want of my stuff." Exodus 12:36 say, "The Lord caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the Israelites, and they gave the Israelites whatever they asked for. So they stripped the Egyptians of their wealth!" So catch the circle of things that is happening? It is crazy that in Exodus chapter 12 God is causing the Egyptians to give the Israelites whatever they ask for and then in chapter 32 the Israelites are making a god out of the jewelry that God caused the Egyptians to give them. POINT: How often do we take the things that God has given us and turn them into gods? In what ways do we take the things we have and turn them into gods, forgetting that they were from God. Like the Israelites, sometimes we are given blessings from God and instead of thanking God, the blessings become our gods. Tuesday, October 6
.:ms announcements week of Oct 5
by
Matthew
on Tue 06 Oct 2009 05:44 PM PDT
Below are this week's Middle School Announcements. Make sure you have Prayer Breakfast and Let's Go Bowling marked on your calendars at home.
:.hs announcements 10.5
by
Matthew
on Tue 06 Oct 2009 03:05 PM PDT
Fewer announcements this week. More thoughts on our possession obsessions. May God give us the strength to obsess less over possessions and more over loving the people around us.
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