"Stand Out" week 2

Over the last few weeks we have been talking about how God has called us to live a life that "Stands Out." On Sunday Paul challenged us to stand out in the way we care for people we don't know and how if we are really following Christ we should be inclusive in the way we care for people. How have you been standing out? Are you reaching out to kids that you might not normally get along with? My prayer for you is that you would live your life boldly, taking risks to show people how amazing our God is.


Check out this video of some of the stuff we are doing on Sundays.

Choco-Dile Game

Here are some highlights from last Sunday's (April 19) game. If you aren't coming on Sunday mornings here's what you are missing out on.

CHOCO-DILE

Sunday Recap

On Sunday we started our new series “Stand Out,” where over the next 7 weeks we will look at the parables of Jesus, and how through the parables Jesus shows us how to live like him. Yesterday we looked at the Parable of the Talents and accepted the challenge to live the life God has given us in a way that is honoring to him. Ephesians 2:10 states, “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God in advance prepared us to do.” God created each of us uniquely with our own personality and set of gifts. We are called to use those unique gifts to love and care for each other while showing people the love of Christ. We challenged each other to focus specifically the next 7 weeks to live a life that stands out and gave each person who accepted the challenge a bracelet to help them remember their commitment. We also decided to give each Home Group a $100 to see how over the course of the series they can use that money and their gifts to further God’s kingdom. I am excited to see what God is going to do through this series.

Next week my good friend Paul Halvorsen will talk to us about Luke 18:9-14. Read it early so you can be ready on Sunday. Paul is great, you guys are going to love him.


See you soon!

Jay

6th Grade Guy's Home Group Lesson "Watch Your Step"

This week we started off the home group with a quick football game and then investigated how best to destroy our peeps to demonstrate how dangerous the rat traps are. After that we explored the role of trust and faith in a community of believers and how we can support each other in our temptations. We did a couple of trust exercises where the students had to trust others to avoid injury. Galatians 6:1-3 and Romans 14:12-13 are great places to study the principles found in the lesson.

God Bless!

Tim Shepodd

6th Grade Guy's Home Group

Hey everybody! Here are some highlight's from our 6th grade guy's home group. If you aren't involved in a home group here's what you are missing out on. - Jay

Last week’s lesson was titled "Micro-Mess". We explored how things that happen to us can cause changes inside us. If we do not take these things to God they can cause us to explode: outward, in destructive behavior; or inward, in self-destructive behavior.

We microwaved raw eggs to graphically demonstrate what happens when things are held inside until they explode.

We taught on how a little bit of guidance and instruction, from God's Word can make a big impact on our effectiveness for Him. The boys assembled marshmallow rifles first without instruction, & later based on a proven design.

Tim Shepodd

Easter Sunday

Remember these very important things this Sunday:

1. The Easter Bunny isn't real (sorry, I hate to be the bearer of truth)
2. Don't eat the easter egg if you can't remember if it was left over from last year
3. We are meeting in MAIN SERVICE this Sunday April 12th!! Service Times Are: 9:00am and 11:00am

See you there!

Love,
Meg

San Francisco Serve the City Event

Hey click on the photo to see some highlights from our San Francisco trip!

Serve The City - Outreach Event