June 25, 2007
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Video of The Week
7. Potent Quotables
8. Parting Shot
1. 180 NEWS
Summer Celebration
Summer is here and it's time to celebrate! Join us this Wednesday night from 6:00 to 8:00 for hot dogs, massive group games, guitarchestra, and more! The cost is only $2 and guests are free! Come prepared to get a little wet!
Click here to see pictures from last year.
There will be no Danger Zone this week.
MS Guys Grub Camp
Another year of Grub Camp has come and gone. What a weekend it was! What to see the pictures? Here they are!
6th Grade Welcome Party
Last Thursday night we welcomed our new 6th graders to 180 Student Ministries. Of course it was also "Slurppee Thursday" which is always fun. Welcome to all of you new students. We are excited about having you be a part of 180 and look forward to many fun years ahead! Go here to see pictures of our night.
180 Message Board
Have visited the 180 Message Board yet? Click here, sign up and join in one of many conversations. It's a great way to connect with your friends!
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
Luke 10:30-37.
Though the details of this story are rooted in first-century life in the Middle East, the principle transcends time periods. We Christians need to ask ourselves, "Who are the 'young travelers' of today? Who are the 'priests'? Who are the 'Levites'? And most important, who are the Samaritans'?"
Everyone travels this long dusty road called life, none of us knowing when evil or misfortune will jump out from behind a rock to batter us into a ditch. Depending on the circumstances, the ditch may be a physical problem, a financial crisis, an emotional breakdown, a spiritual funk, or whatever epic battle life may orchestrate.
After having talked with hundreds of teenagers from all over the world, I can attest to you today that the ditch is a real place where people lie, longing for someone to notice and help them. In the teenage years the ditch may take the form of depression, an identity crisis, or a traumatic relationship with a mother or a father. In the adult years it may take the form of homelessness, prostitution, addiction, or homosexuality. Whatever the case, such issues can keep unsuspecting travelers down for a long time.
Obviously, a lot of people are lying in ditches, waiting for someone to help. The question is, which passerby will you be when you see someone in a ditch?
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Taken from "Love This!" by Andy Braner , copyright 2007, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ Help the Homeless
~ World Vision
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got three this week! HAPPY birthday to Monet Gonnerman, Stephen Fiddes, and Andrew Wiseman!
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights
6. VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Last week was a great week of VBS and many of you were involved. Check out the recap video!
7. POTENT QUOTABLES
"It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor."
- Martin Luther
"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless."
- G. K. Chesterton
LOVE IS NOT JUST A WORD
"Love This!" is a book that contains real-life stories of people just like you who have found ways to love their neighbors. You can make a difference in your world, by loving people who are often ignored or unlovedthe homeless, the addicted, the elderly, those of different races, even your enemies. This book will show you tangible ways to make that difference and demonstrate your love.
Order here.
Also available at your local Christian bookstore.
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8. PARTING SHOT
Editing is a rewording activity.
June 18, 2006
Contents
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Video(s) of The Week
6. Forgettable Fact
7. Potent Quotables
8. Parting Shot
Parties!
Last week was party week. Not only was it the last week of school (enough of a reason right there to party!) but it was also the week of our Farewell Parties. On Wednesday night we honored our graduating seniors and on Thursday night we honored our graduating 8th graders. Click on the links below to see all the pictures. Be sure to check out the Video(s) of The Week down below to see the slide shows shown on each night.
Join us this week as the partying continues! This Wednesday night is our Freshman Welcome Party and Thursday night is our 6th Grade Welcome Party! Be sure to join us!
As if all that was not enough, next week is the party to end them all! Join us on Wednesday night for Summer Celebration! This is our official kick off to summer. Summer Celebration is for both Middle School and High School students. There will be no MS Danger Zone that week.
The fun begins at 6:00 and last until 8:00. The night will include a hot dog BBQ, crazy games, singing, and just a whole lot o' celebrating! To see pictures of last years Summer Celebration click here.
Summer Excitement
What are you most excited about this summer? Share what you are looking forward to the most this summer in the Comment section of this week's newsletter!
MS Guys Grub Camp
Gentleman this is the week! Prepare for a weekend you will not soon forget! If you are registered to go here is what you need to know.
•Bring with you grubby clothes, swimwear, and shoes you can swim in the river with.
•Bring junk food to share with others
•Bring sleeping bag, and flashlight
•Please leave all electronic equipment home (ipods, CD players, gaming systems, etc.)
•We will leave the church at 2:00 PM on Friday and will return at 4:00 PM on Sunday.
Prepare for an awesome time!
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
*Topic:*
When you don't think there's enough provision (money)
*Main Scripture:*
...for I have learned how to get along happily whether I have much or little. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need." (Philippians 4:11-13, NLT)
*Other Scriptures:*
Matthew 6:24-34; Luke 12:15-21; 1 Timothy 6:6-10
*What Might Jesus Say to You?:*
How much money do you need to be happy? Most people tell me it's just a little more than they have right now. The world you live in is filled with pressure to buy, buy, buy. Advertisers try to keep you feeling dissatisfied with what you have and hungry to purchase more of the stuff they push at you. So you continue buying to keep up with what everyone else has. It's a clever trap. The more you get, the less satisfied you are with what you own.
I'm sure you want a job if you don't have one already. You want power and independence so you don't have to feel like you're begging money from your parents. But you can get so wrapped up in earning and spending money that you forget about me. Your work hours may leave you so tired that you can't find time to spend with me--to worship, read my Word, or pray anything beyond quick cries for help.
Break out of the money trap. Put me first. Find your happiness and fulfillment in relationships, not possessions.
People have always been worried about money and stuff. Don't be like the people who ignore God. They take pride in superficial things. But your heavenly Father already knows perfectly well what you need, and he will give it to you as you give him first place in your life. Don't be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of you.
Your fulfillment,
Jesus
*Summary Challenge:*
"No one can serve two masters...You cannot serve both God and Money." (Matthew 6:24)
*Take some time to Journal*
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Taken from "Conversations with Jesus" by Youth for Christ, copyright 2006, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ 3Story
~ Evan Almighty Games and Features
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got THREE this week. Be sure to wish a HAPPY birthday to Mitch Thornburg, Sarah Lewis, and Aaron Geist! We wish you all the BEST!
5. VIDEO(s) OF THE WEEK
Here are both the Senior Farewell slide show and the 8th Grade Farewell slide show. Oh the memories!
Senior Slide Show
8th Grade Slide Show
Do the videos bring any fun memories for you? Share them in the Comment Section of this week's newsletter!
6. FORGETTABLE FACT
Dolphins sleep with one eye open
7. POTENT QUOTABLES
"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution."
- Kahil Gibran
EVAN ALMIGHTY OPEN THIS FRIDAY!
Don't miss "Evan Almighty!" A hilarious story about changing the world and making a real difference, it opens this Friday, June 22. Take your friends with you!
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8. PARTING SHOT
It's not an optical illusion... It just looks like one.
June 11, 2007
Contents
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Video of The Week
6. Forgettable Fact
7. Potent Quotables
8. Parting Shot
June is Party Month!
It all starts this week!
Senior farewell Party, Wednesday June 13. SPECIAL SENIOR SLIDE SHOW!
8th Grade Farewell Party, Thursday June 14. SPECIAL 8th GRADE SLIDE SHOW!
Freshman Welcome Party, Wednesday June 20.
6th Grade Welcome Party, Thursday June 21.
Summer Celebration, Wednesday June 27, 6-8pm, $2.
MS Guys Grub Camp
Middle School guys make plans now to be with us at Grub Camp this year! On June 22 we head up the Clackamas River to Indian Henry campground for the camping experience of your lifetime! You won't want to miss this one! Go here now to download a flyer with all the info. you need to know! The registration deadline is THIS SUNDAY, June 17.
Promotion Sunday
This Sunday is Promotion Sunday! This is the Sunday everyone moves forward to the next grade. Plan to meet with us in the Worship Center during the Sunday School hour for a special gathering and ceremony.
Message Board
A couple of years back we had a 180 Message Board. Well it is now back! Thanks to the hard work of Stephen Fiddes and Zak Boyle the 180 Message Board has made a return. Click here, register, and join in on the many conversations that are taking place!
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Jeremiah 20:7-13
O Lord, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me.
Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the Lord has brought me insult and reproach all day long.
But if I say, "I will not mention him or speak any more in his name," his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
I hear many whispering, "Terror on every side! Report him! Let's report him!" All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, "Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him."
But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
O Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.
Sing to the Lord! Give praise to the Lord! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.
*Meditation*
Begin by reading this passage slowly three times. Then sit quietly for a few minutes. Before you read anything else, quietly ponder these words: "O Lord, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed."
[Pause to read.]
The New Jerusalem Bible translates verse 7 this way: "O Lord, Thou hast seduced me and I was seduced; Thou hast overcome me and prevailed." It's one of those verses you have to read twice. After all, it's not every day you read "Thou" and "seduced" in the same sentence! But, in fact, "seduced" is probably closer to what Jeremiah was feeling.
It's like Jeremiah is saying, "I was deceived. I was seduced. I didn't bargain for all this when I responded to the call of God." But then, the more he experienced the intensity of God's passionate love, the more he was drawn to it, the more he was captivated by it, the more it began to beat with intensity in his own heart.
But that passionate love comes with a cost. It did for Jeremiah and it likely will for us. Consider some of the following comments:
* "I've become a laughingstock."
* "Everyone mocks me."
* "People think I'm some kind of weird religious freak."
* "My friends want to know why I'm not sleeping with my boyfriend/girlfriend."
* "People think I'm stupid, because I wasn't willing to cheat on the test."
* "People don't get it when I invite them to church with me."
Have you, as a Christian, ever felt that sense of "Oh my gosh, what have I gotten myself into?"
Stop for a moment as you ponder that question. Allow God to meet you in the midst of your feelings, even if they are feelings of deception and betrayal.
Imagine God holding those feelings in his hands. Imagine yourself holding in your heart the intensity of his love (like a "fire shut up in my bones," as Jeremiah put it). You may want to stop to write down some of what you're feeling.
[Pause to journal.]
In spite of his frustration with God, Jeremiah writes "the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior." The great news in all of this is that God is with you in the midst of the craziness. He will not lead you where he will not go. You will not speak by yourself. You will not go alone. This is not a God who "loves 'em and leaves 'em." You may have been seduced, but you have not been deceived.
God is there with you all the time.
God is there with you.
God is there.
God is.
Take a few moments to savor this truth by closing your eyes and meditating on the phrase, "The Lord is with me like a mighty warrior."
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Taken from Enjoy the Silence" by Duffy & Maggie Robbins, copyright 2005, Zondervan/Youth Specialties. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
~ ACT, Inc
A student site for ACT test takers
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got four this week! HAPPY Birthday Wishes go out to David Fiddes, Spencer Raibley, Stephanie Cook, and Tori Freitag! We wish you all the best!5. VIDEO OF THE WEEK
An important truth in life....things are not always as they seem!
6. FORGETTABLE FACT
"Ough" can be pronounced in eight different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough, coughing and hiccoughing thoughtfully."
7. POTENT QUOTABLES
"If you believe what you like in the Gospel and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself."
- St. Augustine
"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."
- Mother Teresa
TAKE SOME TIME TO ENJOY THE SILENCE
In this busy, noisy world it's important to spend time with God. Enjoy the Silence has 30 guided exercises that will teach you about an ancient discipline called Lectio Divina. You'll have the chance to read Scripture, meditate on it, take some time to listen to God, and then journal about what you've read. This is a devotional that will help you understand the heart of God.
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
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8. PARTING SHOT
The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.
June 4, 2007
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Picture In Need of A Caption
6. Forgettable Fact
7. Potent Quotables
8. Parting Shot
1. 180 NEWS
MS Guys Grub Camp
Middle School guys make plans now to be with us at Grub Camp this year! On June 22 we head up the Clackamas River to Indian Henry campground for the camping experience of your lifetime! You won't want to miss this one! Go here now to download a flyer with all the info. you need to know! The registration deadline is Sunday, June 17.
Check out pictures of last year's adventure here.Summer Calendar
It's out! Summer is almost upon us. Pick up your new Summer calender now to be in the know of all that we have planned! They are now available to be picked up at the info. table in the youth center. If you don't want to wait until the next time we are together simply download one here!
June is Party Month!
Don't miss...
Senior farewell Party, Wednesday June 13.
8th Grade Farewell Party, Thursday June 14.
Freshman Welcome Party, Wednesday June 20.
6th Grade Welcome Party, Thursday June 21.
Summer Celebration, Wednesday June 27, 6-8pm, $2.
Click on the links to see pictures from last year!
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
In the nineteenth century, the little village of Clapham in England was home to a group of friends who tackled the tough issues of their day. Their opponents called them the "Clapham Sect"—and the name stuck. Many of these friends were ministers or politicians, and one was a playwright. Each person had different strengths and skills, which made for a pretty powerful community.
Clapham was beautiful and peaceful—the kind of place you might go to get away from the craziness of life. But things weren't always tranquil in Clapham. As a matter of fact, when certain issues came up, things could get very tense! Members of the sect often discussed the key political ideas of the day. When they disagreed with one another, they debated. But when they agreed, they went out and fought for change together.
One issue they agreed on was the abolition of the slave trade. Members of the sect often met together in the home of William Wilberforce or Henry Thornton—two of their leaders—to discuss the issue. As a young man, Wilberforce decided his faith would impact what he did with his life. Fighting slavery became one of his main goals.
These friends also shared something else in common: They were all evangelical Christians. Their faith was what motivated them to change things. They weren't satisfied when they knew others were suffering if they thought they had the power to help. They accomplished many things together: sending out missionaries, establishing what we now call Sunday schools, and other efforts to improve society. But they are most known for the abolition of the slave trade.
They also worked to develop and support a colony of freed slaves living in Sierra Leone, Africa. The people of Clapham didn't just involve themselves in problems in their immediate neighborhood; they were willing to help people they'd never met, or people who were very different from them. They were like one family, combining their diverse strengths and unified passion to go after what seemed like impossible projects—attacking difficult ills of society with the tenacity of a fleet of battleships.
That's often how things get done—a group of friends with different talents and a common goal, working together to accomplish something none of them could do alone.
Spend some time thinking and journalling about these questions:
* Is your circle of friends filled mostly with people a lot like you? Why?
* Think about someone you've met recently who is very different from you. Why might that person be interesting to get to know? What could you learn from that person?
* Do you seek out conversations about important issues that impact you or the world, or do you avoid such discussions? How about discussing your faith and how things are going between you and God?
* Have you ever tackled something with a community of people? How was the task made easier by working together? Were there ways that working together made it harder? How?
* Is it possible to have different groups of friends for different purposes in your life? Explain what that looks like.
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Taken from "Be the Change" by Zach Hunter, copyright 2006, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ Zach Hunter Resources
Check out some of Zach's video interviews, and read articles about him at the Youth Specialties Web site.
~ The Justice Mission Web Site
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got three this week! HAPPY birthday wishes go out to Elizabeth Wright, Monica Noe, and Gloria Schwindt! We wish you a birthday that is 180 times better than last year!
5. PICTURE IN NEED OF A CAPTION
Last week we posted this picture and asked for your help on captioning it. The winning caption comes from Zak Boyle.
"Finding a camera when you actually need one... priceless."
6. FORGETTABLE FACT
Humans are the only animals that chew gum
7. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world, indeed it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead
"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!"
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, TNIV
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8. PARTING SHOT
There are 3 kinds of people: those who can count & those who can't.
