The 180 Blog

This week we honor those who so bravely gave their lives so that we might experience and enjoy the freedoms that we do. Thank you.




Contents
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Parting Shot

1. 180 NEWS

HS Rafting Trip


July 11 is the day, we go raft the Deschutes River in Maupin, OR, and you will not want to miss out!

If you are in high school (including current 8th graders) you will want to pick up a registration packet this week! Space is very limited and all registrations must be turned in by Wednesday, June 7. Don't miss this one! Flyers are also available for download here.



Mission Porrtland
Middle Schoolers this summer you have a unique opportunity to be a part of a very strategic mission trip. On July 13-15 we as a middle school group will be joining forces with Bridgetown Ministries to minister to the needs of some of Portland's neediest people.

Pick up an registration packet this week and begin praying and asking God if He would have you be a part of this important outreach.

The cost of the trip is only $90 and must be turned in with all registration materials by June 25.





Summer Calendar
Our Summer Calendar is now out! Be sure to pick one up this week and be in the know of all the great things happening this summer! You can also download a copy at 180students.com/stuff.











Wednesday Discussion Question

This Wednesday, our High School discussion question is about choice. Are our lives predetermined by God? What kind of choices can we make (or not)? Think on those questions. Read the Bible to find what God's word has to say about it!

2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."
Galations 5:1

Our job is to follow Jesus. Jesus said, "I am the way." So then, let's follow the way. Following the way gives us both certain freedom and certain burdens to carry. What we aren't allowed to do is to give our burdens to others--to carry for us. We also can't stand up and say, "look, see how I'm doing it? This is what you have to do." We can only say, "This is what Jesus has asked of me. Go and ask him what he wants of you." God said, "Make followers of me," not "Make followers of you."

Oz (Oswald Chambers) says:
Always keep your life measured by the standards of Jesus. Bow your neck to His yoke alone, and to no other yoke whatever; and be careful to see that you never bind a yoke on others that is not placed by Jesus Christ. It takes God a long time to get us out of the way of thinking that unless everyone sess us as we do, they must be wrong.

Just between you and God:
Ask God for strength and humility. You will need the strength to carry what he wants you to carry. You will need the humility so you don't become proud when you succeed. Ask for both in equal amounts.

Taken from "Everything Counts" by Steven Case, copyright 2003, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.

3. SURF REPORT

~ Memorial Day Resource Guide

~ A Memorial Day Salute

4. BIRTHDAYS

We've got two birthdays this week! We would like to wish a VERY HAPPY Birthday to Lauren Vincent and Justin Leonard. We hope you two have very blessed birthdays!

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."
- Joseph Campbell

"And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave."
- Joseph Drake

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7. PARTING SHOT

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

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