January 14, 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
1. 180 NEWS
SNOW FUN
We are looking forward to a great day on the mountain next Monday! If you are registered to go, here are are few things to remember.
• We will leave the church at 8:00 am.
• Tubers will return at 4:00 pm.
• Boarders/skiers will return at 8:00 pm.
• If you will be snowboarding/skiing please bring a lunch & dinner or money to purchase them.
• If you will be tubing your lunch will be provided.
• Please be sure to have all rental forms completed and turned in before we depart.
• If you are tubing, please bring your parent into the Youth Center when you arrive on Monday to sign the group release form.
Mt Hood, here we come!
MS MISSION TRIP
Hey Middle Schoolers plans are coming together for this summer's mission trip! August 4-8 we will be participating in Student Life's Mission Camp, hosted at George Fox University in Newberg.
We will be joining with hundreds of other students for an amazing camp experience, as well as each day of the week having the opportunity to go to a ministry location, and share the love of Christ, to serve as Jesus did.
Join us and be a part of something BIG! Pick up a full color brochure and informational flier this week. If you would like to be a part of this incredible opportunity a $50 deposit is due by Sunday, January 27.
Please visit Student Life's Mission Camp site fore more info. Click here to download an informational flier.
30 HOUR FAMINE
We are gearing up for our annual 30 Hour Famine, happening February 22-23. Make plans now to be a part of this very strategic event.
Kids just like you are seeing their friends and families die from hunger - 29,000 every day, gone for good. They're counting on us to care. We know your own life is busy, but do you have room to care for someone else as well? If so, join us.
Be Seen. Be Heard. BE HUNGRY!
Be sure to check out this week's Video of The Week to learn even more.
Water Bottles
We need plastic water bottles! Pastor Brian is collecting water bottles for use at the 30 Hour Famine Rally. We have a large cardboard box in the Youth Center designated for water bottles. Please collect as many empty bottles as you can and bring them with you to church over the next three weeks. You will be impressed with what happens with them!
Newsletter Note
Due to our Snow Fun event next Monday there will be no update to our 180 Newsletter blog. See you on the mountain!
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
GO AND MAKE NEW DISCIPLES
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
--MATTHEW 28:19-20 (ESV)
The world calls it proselytizing, and for all practical purposes, what they're referring to is not the right way to disciple someone. Jesus didn't tell people to go out on the street corner and slander people because of their sin in hopes that they'd come to repentance.
He didn't even ask you to argue with someone until he comes to a realization of salvation.
No, Jesus said, "Go." Go to all nations and make disciples.
Today, making disciples looks a lot different than it did even 15 or 20 years ago. People aren't as compelled to listen to someone ranting and raving about sin in the world and prophecy of doom and destruction.
We've moved into a time period when the general public is longing for someone to live what she says. They want to check you out personally and make sure you're the real deal before they let you into their spiritual worlds. Some people don't think they need God, while others are simply ignorant of the fact that God exists.
Some Christians think you have to be an old, wise sage to speak into the lives of others. Don't be fooled--you don't have to be 60 years old to start discipling someone; you can start today. Paul told Timothy, "Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things; devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers" (1 Timothy 4:12-16, ESV).
When you set out to disciple someone, all you need is simply to be one step ahead of the person you're teaching. As you go through this book, each chapter is dedicated to preparing you to take one step forward. You'll have plenty to talk about if you simply look up the Scriptures and combine your reading with a little study on that particular issue.
Go and find someone who respects you. Find someone who looks up to you. Find someone who would be excited to sit down over a cup of coffee, or a slice of pizza, and talk about how to know God's will in his life. It's the most rewarding part of being a Christian, because it's true to Jesus' commandment.
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Taken from "Duplicate This!" by Andy Braner, copyright 2008, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ The Go Overboard Challenge: Share your idea on how to change the world, and you could win a grant.
~ The Traveler IQ Challenge: For you geography buffs (or those of you who need to brush up on your geography!)
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got two birthdays this week! We want to wish the very best of birthdays to Luke Freitag and Jerielle Raibley. We appreciate both you and are glad you are a part of 180!
5. VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Make plans now to join us for this year's 30 Hour Famine! February 22-23, 2008.
6. FORGETTABLE FACT
Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
7. POTENT QUOTABLES
"In the Kingdom of God, service is not a stepping-stone to nobility: it is nobility, the only kind of nobility that is recognized."
~T.W. Manson
"Such a blessed people should be a thankful people."
~Cotton Mather
===========our|sponsor===========
HELP YOUR FRIENDS WALK WITH JESUS
Before Jesus left his disciples he said to them, "go and make disciples of all nations." It was a command for everyone who follows Jesus. But what does it mean?
In "Duplicate This!" you'll learn the foundations of discipleship and what it means to make a disciple, and you'll be equipped to walk with your friends as they learn what it looks like to follow Jesus.
Learn more and purchase "Duplicate This!" here.
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
Click here to find a Christian bookstore near you:
=================================
8. PARTING SHOT
If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost.
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
1. 180 NEWS
SNOW FUN
We are looking forward to a great day on the mountain next Monday! If you are registered to go, here are are few things to remember.
• We will leave the church at 8:00 am.• Tubers will return at 4:00 pm.
• Boarders/skiers will return at 8:00 pm.
• If you will be snowboarding/skiing please bring a lunch & dinner or money to purchase them.
• If you will be tubing your lunch will be provided.
• Please be sure to have all rental forms completed and turned in before we depart.
• If you are tubing, please bring your parent into the Youth Center when you arrive on Monday to sign the group release form.
Mt Hood, here we come!
MS MISSION TRIP
Hey Middle Schoolers plans are coming together for this summer's mission trip! August 4-8 we will be participating in Student Life's Mission Camp, hosted at George Fox University in Newberg.
We will be joining with hundreds of other students for an amazing camp experience, as well as each day of the week having the opportunity to go to a ministry location, and share the love of Christ, to serve as Jesus did.
Join us and be a part of something BIG! Pick up a full color brochure and informational flier this week. If you would like to be a part of this incredible opportunity a $50 deposit is due by Sunday, January 27.
Please visit Student Life's Mission Camp site fore more info. Click here to download an informational flier.
30 HOUR FAMINE
We are gearing up for our annual 30 Hour Famine, happening February 22-23. Make plans now to be a part of this very strategic event.Kids just like you are seeing their friends and families die from hunger - 29,000 every day, gone for good. They're counting on us to care. We know your own life is busy, but do you have room to care for someone else as well? If so, join us.
Be Seen. Be Heard. BE HUNGRY!
Be sure to check out this week's Video of The Week to learn even more.
Water Bottles
We need plastic water bottles! Pastor Brian is collecting water bottles for use at the 30 Hour Famine Rally. We have a large cardboard box in the Youth Center designated for water bottles. Please collect as many empty bottles as you can and bring them with you to church over the next three weeks. You will be impressed with what happens with them!
Newsletter Note
Due to our Snow Fun event next Monday there will be no update to our 180 Newsletter blog. See you on the mountain!
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
GO AND MAKE NEW DISCIPLES
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
--MATTHEW 28:19-20 (ESV)
The world calls it proselytizing, and for all practical purposes, what they're referring to is not the right way to disciple someone. Jesus didn't tell people to go out on the street corner and slander people because of their sin in hopes that they'd come to repentance.
He didn't even ask you to argue with someone until he comes to a realization of salvation.
No, Jesus said, "Go." Go to all nations and make disciples.
Today, making disciples looks a lot different than it did even 15 or 20 years ago. People aren't as compelled to listen to someone ranting and raving about sin in the world and prophecy of doom and destruction.
We've moved into a time period when the general public is longing for someone to live what she says. They want to check you out personally and make sure you're the real deal before they let you into their spiritual worlds. Some people don't think they need God, while others are simply ignorant of the fact that God exists.
Some Christians think you have to be an old, wise sage to speak into the lives of others. Don't be fooled--you don't have to be 60 years old to start discipling someone; you can start today. Paul told Timothy, "Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things; devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers" (1 Timothy 4:12-16, ESV).
When you set out to disciple someone, all you need is simply to be one step ahead of the person you're teaching. As you go through this book, each chapter is dedicated to preparing you to take one step forward. You'll have plenty to talk about if you simply look up the Scriptures and combine your reading with a little study on that particular issue.
Go and find someone who respects you. Find someone who looks up to you. Find someone who would be excited to sit down over a cup of coffee, or a slice of pizza, and talk about how to know God's will in his life. It's the most rewarding part of being a Christian, because it's true to Jesus' commandment.
**
Taken from "Duplicate This!" by Andy Braner, copyright 2008, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ The Go Overboard Challenge: Share your idea on how to change the world, and you could win a grant.
~ The Traveler IQ Challenge: For you geography buffs (or those of you who need to brush up on your geography!)
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got two birthdays this week! We want to wish the very best of birthdays to Luke Freitag and Jerielle Raibley. We appreciate both you and are glad you are a part of 180!
5. VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Make plans now to join us for this year's 30 Hour Famine! February 22-23, 2008.
6. FORGETTABLE FACT
Every year, Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes.
7. POTENT QUOTABLES
"In the Kingdom of God, service is not a stepping-stone to nobility: it is nobility, the only kind of nobility that is recognized."
~T.W. Manson
"Such a blessed people should be a thankful people."
~Cotton Mather
===========our|sponsor===========
HELP YOUR FRIENDS WALK WITH JESUS
Before Jesus left his disciples he said to them, "go and make disciples of all nations." It was a command for everyone who follows Jesus. But what does it mean?
In "Duplicate This!" you'll learn the foundations of discipleship and what it means to make a disciple, and you'll be equipped to walk with your friends as they learn what it looks like to follow Jesus.
Learn more and purchase "Duplicate This!" here.
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
Click here to find a Christian bookstore near you:
=================================
8. PARTING SHOT
If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost.
