July 10, 2006
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 Raft Trip
Tomorrow we hit the river! If you are registered to go here is what you need to remember.
• We will leave the church at 7:00 am and return at 6:00 pm.
• Please bring with you, a sack lunch, clothing to change into after the day of rafting, suncreen, rafting sandals or shoes you can get wet.
• Girls please wear a one piece swimsuit.
MS Mission Portland
Thursday is the day of our first ever Middle School misison trip! If you are a part of the team here are some important details to remember.
• We will leave the church at 6:00 PM and return on Saturday at 6:00 PM
• Please bring with you:
-Bible, pen and notebook
-Sleeping bag/pillow
-Good closed toe shoes
-Toiletries
-Work clothes (will get dirty). Please no tank tops for guys or girls. Bring pants as shorts are not allowed on the outreaches.
For those of you not going, please pray that God would use our team to effectively show His love to all we come into contact with!
No Danger Zone
There will be no Danger Zone this Thursday night due to our mission trip. Please pray for those that will be on the outreach.
MS Wild Waves
It's never too soon to start thinking about water parks and roller coasters. Tuesday, August 15, we're heading up to Wild Waves for a day of water slides, water rides and awesome roller coasters. Start planning now...the sign-up deadline is Sunday, July 23. Get your flyer at http://www.180students.com/flyers.
Mexico Mission Trip
Our Mexico mission trip team is leaving at the end of the month. We would love it if you would begin praying for us as we prepare to head down South. Head on over to http://www.180students.com/mexico06 to see how you can pray for us!
180 Mascot
Our new metalic friend now has a name. Thank you for your votes. Our new 180 Mascot will now affectionately be referred to as Scott the Bot!
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Part of our burden in life is that we are trapped in time. I can't make that clock move to the end of a bad Monday, no matter how hard I try. And I can't stop the minutes from flying by when I'm loving my day off . Whether times are good or bad, we have to keep plugging away. That's part of life under the sun. But we know deep inside there's another way.
Solomon tells us God has "set eternity in the hearts of men" (Ecclesiastes 3:11). He's hardwired us with a longing to step beyond the walls of time and be free. He's built into us a desire to be with him in the timelessness of heaven. It's something we feel deep inside, but it's not something we can fully understand on our own. It begins to make sense only when we see this longing in the light of the story of Jesus.
One of the most fascinating men I've ever met is a missionary and writer named Don Richardson. He came to talk at our church when I was a kid, and then he stayed at our house. He told us exciting stories from his travels around the world, many of which are collected in his book "Eternity in their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World."
In the book Richardson describes real-life encounters between missionaries and members of tribes who had never heard of traditional Christianity. The missionaries were amazed to discover that members of every tribe already had some belief in the one true God-before they encountered anyone from the outside world. Just as Solomon described, God had placed some deep knowledge of himself in their hearts. What they needed was outside help to make sense of their belief. They needed someone to tell them the story of Jesus.
Taken from "Living a Life That Matters" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2005, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ Pianolina
~ Light a Candle
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got one birthday this week. BIG Birthday Wishes this week go out to Max Hymes! We wish you the best Max!
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
Only 1/3 of the people that can twitch their ears can twitch only one at a time.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus."
- Blaise Pascal
"As you walk through the valley of the unknown, you will find the footprints of Jesus both in front of you and beside you."
- Charles Stanley
===========our|sponsor===========
WHAT GIVES LIFE MEANING?
Is it money, sex, power, knowledge, love?
Ecclesiastes is about a king who tried all of the above and came to a radical conclusion about how life should be lived.
"Living a Life That Matters" helps you make sense of Solomon's experiences, leads you to meaning in your own life, and gives you the tools to help your friends do the same.
Order here.
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
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7. PARTING SHOT Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
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 Raft Trip
Tomorrow we hit the river! If you are registered to go here is what you need to remember.
• We will leave the church at 7:00 am and return at 6:00 pm.
• Please bring with you, a sack lunch, clothing to change into after the day of rafting, suncreen, rafting sandals or shoes you can get wet.
• Girls please wear a one piece swimsuit.
MS Mission Portland
Thursday is the day of our first ever Middle School misison trip! If you are a part of the team here are some important details to remember.
• We will leave the church at 6:00 PM and return on Saturday at 6:00 PM
• Please bring with you:
-Bible, pen and notebook
-Sleeping bag/pillow
-Good closed toe shoes
-Toiletries
-Work clothes (will get dirty). Please no tank tops for guys or girls. Bring pants as shorts are not allowed on the outreaches.
For those of you not going, please pray that God would use our team to effectively show His love to all we come into contact with!
No Danger Zone
There will be no Danger Zone this Thursday night due to our mission trip. Please pray for those that will be on the outreach.
MS Wild Waves
It's never too soon to start thinking about water parks and roller coasters. Tuesday, August 15, we're heading up to Wild Waves for a day of water slides, water rides and awesome roller coasters. Start planning now...the sign-up deadline is Sunday, July 23. Get your flyer at http://www.180students.com/flyers.
Mexico Mission Trip
Our Mexico mission trip team is leaving at the end of the month. We would love it if you would begin praying for us as we prepare to head down South. Head on over to http://www.180students.com/mexico06 to see how you can pray for us!
180 Mascot
Our new metalic friend now has a name. Thank you for your votes. Our new 180 Mascot will now affectionately be referred to as Scott the Bot!
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Part of our burden in life is that we are trapped in time. I can't make that clock move to the end of a bad Monday, no matter how hard I try. And I can't stop the minutes from flying by when I'm loving my day off . Whether times are good or bad, we have to keep plugging away. That's part of life under the sun. But we know deep inside there's another way.
Solomon tells us God has "set eternity in the hearts of men" (Ecclesiastes 3:11). He's hardwired us with a longing to step beyond the walls of time and be free. He's built into us a desire to be with him in the timelessness of heaven. It's something we feel deep inside, but it's not something we can fully understand on our own. It begins to make sense only when we see this longing in the light of the story of Jesus.
One of the most fascinating men I've ever met is a missionary and writer named Don Richardson. He came to talk at our church when I was a kid, and then he stayed at our house. He told us exciting stories from his travels around the world, many of which are collected in his book "Eternity in their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World."
In the book Richardson describes real-life encounters between missionaries and members of tribes who had never heard of traditional Christianity. The missionaries were amazed to discover that members of every tribe already had some belief in the one true God-before they encountered anyone from the outside world. Just as Solomon described, God had placed some deep knowledge of himself in their hearts. What they needed was outside help to make sense of their belief. They needed someone to tell them the story of Jesus.
Taken from "Living a Life That Matters" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2005, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ Pianolina
~ Light a Candle
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got one birthday this week. BIG Birthday Wishes this week go out to Max Hymes! We wish you the best Max!
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
Only 1/3 of the people that can twitch their ears can twitch only one at a time.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus."
- Blaise Pascal
"As you walk through the valley of the unknown, you will find the footprints of Jesus both in front of you and beside you."
- Charles Stanley
===========our|sponsor===========
WHAT GIVES LIFE MEANING?
Is it money, sex, power, knowledge, love?
Ecclesiastes is about a king who tried all of the above and came to a radical conclusion about how life should be lived.
"Living a Life That Matters" helps you make sense of Solomon's experiences, leads you to meaning in your own life, and gives you the tools to help your friends do the same.
Order here.
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
=================================
7. PARTING SHOT Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
