September 11, 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
Fall Fusion
Back to school blues got you down? Tired of homework already? You need a fusion! Join us this Friday night for our annual Fall Fusion at Safari Sam's in Sherwood!
This year's fusion is better than ever and new this year are the SUMO SUITS and THE VELCRO WALL! Also included is all you can eat pizza, all you can drink soda, unlimited arcade games, unlimited mini-golf, and much more!
The cost is only $20 and friends are welcome...lot's of 'em! Please make sure you and your friends have a 2006 180 Release form on file or with you when you arrive. If you need one they may be downloaded at www.180students.com/stuff. The event is from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM and drop off and pick up will be at Safari Sam's.
See pictures of last year's fusion here.
HS Student Leadership Team
If you are a High Schooler that is serious about loving God, loving others, and the direction of our youth group, then student leadership would be a great fit for you.
For more information, pick up and application packet on the youth center info table, or download one at www.180students.com/stuff. Turn in the application to Aaron.
Our first meeting will be at 6:00 pm, Wednesday September 20th.
HS Girls Bible Study
This is an opportunity for high school ladies who are interested in growing in your faith and in relationship with God. We will be studying together the book, "Experiencing God", and we are meeting Wednesday nights before youth group, at 5:45, starting this Wednesday. Contact Alison (503-380-3840) if you have any questions.
MS Fall Retreat
Hey Middle Schoolers!! Our Fall Retreat is less than a month away! On the weekend of October 6-8 we head off to Camp Tadmor for our annual Fall Retreat!
What can you expect? Great times with friends, incredible night games, exciting worship, great encounters with God, the Giant Swing, the Lake Race, and so much more!
We will leave the church on Friday at 4:30 and return on Sunday at 4:00. The cost is only $80 and is due by Sunday, October 1. Don't miss out on this awesome weekend!
2W2
Hey High Schoolers fall is here and that means the kick off to another year of Second Wednesday Worship (2W2)! Be sure to be with us this Wednesday night as we together as a community of students seek the heart of God through and intimate and interactive time of worship.
Come expecting to meet with God and for Him to draw you in closer to Himself.
This month's focus will be Our Fit Within the Chruch. To prepare your heart for what God wants to show you click on the following Scriptures: 1 Timothy 5:1-4, Acts 2:41-47, and 1 Corinthians 12.
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Experiencing God's Peace in the Middle of Worry
TOPIC: Worrying about things
MAIN SCRIPTURE: "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6-7, NLT)
OTHER SCRIPTURES: Exodus 16:16-21; Matthew 6:25-34; Mark 4:34-41
WHAT JESUS MIGHT SAY TO YOU:
Why do you worry and get upset? Have you forgotten how wide and long and high and deep my love is for you? I love you more than life itself. If I can calm the stormiest sea, heal the sick, and raise the dead...if I can overcome death and the grave...then know that my great power far surpasses your greatest problem.
At this very moment the Holy Spirit and I are praying for you to your Father in heaven. We're for you; we're on your side. But best of all your Father in heaven is for you, too. And if God is for you, who can stand against you?
We are praying that you will accept the peace we offer you—peace that's far more wonderful than you can understand, peace that guards your heart and mind as you walk with me. But you need to let go of your worry before you can hold on to my peace.
You don't need to be anxious about tomorrow because tomorrow will care for itself. Worrying will do nothing to change it. Worrying only fools you into believing that you can change your situation and save yourself. But you can't. I'm the only one who can save you. Don't load yourself up with burdens that don't belong to you. My yoke is easy and my burden is light.
When you struggle with worry, tell me exactly how you feel. Remember how I have taken care of you in the past. Trust that I am in control of your future regardless of what happens right now. Rather than focusing on your problems, focus on me, trusting that I want to solve your problems.
Your true peace, Jesus
SUMMARY CHALLENGE: Rather than focusing on your problems, focus on the problem solver.
Taken from "Conversations with Jesus" Youth for Christ, copyright 2006, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ 911 Remembrance
A chance to look for God in stories about 9/11
~ Everybody's Golf Club
Fun with a golf club and some wacky videos
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got one Birthday shout out this week and it goes out to.....Kendrick Mix! We hope you have a gret one Kendrick!
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
Koalas are excellent swimmers.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Against the persecution of a tyrant the godly have no remedy but prayer."
- John Calvin
"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."
- C.S. Lewis
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JESUS HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU
He wants you to know that you are part of something much bigger than yourself ... you're part of God's Story. But what does that mean? Spend time every day listening to what Jesus has to say to you in devotional letters written to you. You'll encounter the God who created you for a purpose, and you'll come to understand what that purpose is.
In "Conversations with Jesus", each day you'll have the opportunity to talk back to Jesus in the journal pages. Through your daily conversations you'll grow closer to Jesus and learn about your part in God's Story. Dig in. Spend the next 60 days in a conversation with Jesus. You will be surprised what you learn about God ... and about yourself!
Order here.
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
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7. PARTING SHOT
Anyone who says "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried it.
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
Fall Fusion
Back to school blues got you down? Tired of homework already? You need a fusion! Join us this Friday night for our annual Fall Fusion at Safari Sam's in Sherwood!
This year's fusion is better than ever and new this year are the SUMO SUITS and THE VELCRO WALL! Also included is all you can eat pizza, all you can drink soda, unlimited arcade games, unlimited mini-golf, and much more!
The cost is only $20 and friends are welcome...lot's of 'em! Please make sure you and your friends have a 2006 180 Release form on file or with you when you arrive. If you need one they may be downloaded at www.180students.com/stuff. The event is from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM and drop off and pick up will be at Safari Sam's.
See pictures of last year's fusion here.
HS Student Leadership Team
If you are a High Schooler that is serious about loving God, loving others, and the direction of our youth group, then student leadership would be a great fit for you.
For more information, pick up and application packet on the youth center info table, or download one at www.180students.com/stuff. Turn in the application to Aaron.
Our first meeting will be at 6:00 pm, Wednesday September 20th.
HS Girls Bible Study
This is an opportunity for high school ladies who are interested in growing in your faith and in relationship with God. We will be studying together the book, "Experiencing God", and we are meeting Wednesday nights before youth group, at 5:45, starting this Wednesday. Contact Alison (503-380-3840) if you have any questions.
MS Fall Retreat
Hey Middle Schoolers!! Our Fall Retreat is less than a month away! On the weekend of October 6-8 we head off to Camp Tadmor for our annual Fall Retreat!
What can you expect? Great times with friends, incredible night games, exciting worship, great encounters with God, the Giant Swing, the Lake Race, and so much more!
We will leave the church on Friday at 4:30 and return on Sunday at 4:00. The cost is only $80 and is due by Sunday, October 1. Don't miss out on this awesome weekend!
Click here to see all the pictures from last year's Fall Retreat.
2W2
Hey High Schoolers fall is here and that means the kick off to another year of Second Wednesday Worship (2W2)! Be sure to be with us this Wednesday night as we together as a community of students seek the heart of God through and intimate and interactive time of worship.
Come expecting to meet with God and for Him to draw you in closer to Himself.
This month's focus will be Our Fit Within the Chruch. To prepare your heart for what God wants to show you click on the following Scriptures: 1 Timothy 5:1-4, Acts 2:41-47, and 1 Corinthians 12.
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Experiencing God's Peace in the Middle of Worry
TOPIC: Worrying about things
MAIN SCRIPTURE: "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6-7, NLT)
OTHER SCRIPTURES: Exodus 16:16-21; Matthew 6:25-34; Mark 4:34-41
WHAT JESUS MIGHT SAY TO YOU:
Why do you worry and get upset? Have you forgotten how wide and long and high and deep my love is for you? I love you more than life itself. If I can calm the stormiest sea, heal the sick, and raise the dead...if I can overcome death and the grave...then know that my great power far surpasses your greatest problem.
At this very moment the Holy Spirit and I are praying for you to your Father in heaven. We're for you; we're on your side. But best of all your Father in heaven is for you, too. And if God is for you, who can stand against you?
We are praying that you will accept the peace we offer you—peace that's far more wonderful than you can understand, peace that guards your heart and mind as you walk with me. But you need to let go of your worry before you can hold on to my peace.
You don't need to be anxious about tomorrow because tomorrow will care for itself. Worrying will do nothing to change it. Worrying only fools you into believing that you can change your situation and save yourself. But you can't. I'm the only one who can save you. Don't load yourself up with burdens that don't belong to you. My yoke is easy and my burden is light.
When you struggle with worry, tell me exactly how you feel. Remember how I have taken care of you in the past. Trust that I am in control of your future regardless of what happens right now. Rather than focusing on your problems, focus on me, trusting that I want to solve your problems.
Your true peace, Jesus
SUMMARY CHALLENGE: Rather than focusing on your problems, focus on the problem solver.
Taken from "Conversations with Jesus" Youth for Christ, copyright 2006, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ 911 Remembrance
A chance to look for God in stories about 9/11
~ Everybody's Golf Club
Fun with a golf club and some wacky videos
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got one Birthday shout out this week and it goes out to.....Kendrick Mix! We hope you have a gret one Kendrick!
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
Koalas are excellent swimmers.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Against the persecution of a tyrant the godly have no remedy but prayer."
- John Calvin
"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."
- C.S. Lewis
===========our|sponsor===========
JESUS HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU
He wants you to know that you are part of something much bigger than yourself ... you're part of God's Story. But what does that mean? Spend time every day listening to what Jesus has to say to you in devotional letters written to you. You'll encounter the God who created you for a purpose, and you'll come to understand what that purpose is.
In "Conversations with Jesus", each day you'll have the opportunity to talk back to Jesus in the journal pages. Through your daily conversations you'll grow closer to Jesus and learn about your part in God's Story. Dig in. Spend the next 60 days in a conversation with Jesus. You will be surprised what you learn about God ... and about yourself!
Order here.
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
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7. PARTING SHOT
Anyone who says "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried it.
