August 18, 2008
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Forgettable Fact
5. Potent Quotables
6. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
Pool Parties
This is the week of our High School and Middle School Pool Parties. We will be traveling to Mike and Sue McReynolds home both nights for fun times together in and around the pool.
High Schoolers join us Wednesday night from 6:00 to 8:30.
Middle Schoolers join us Thursday night from 6:00 to 8:30.
UPDATE AS OF 8/19: The Pool Parties have been postponed to next week. The HS party will now take place on August 27th and the MS party will now take place on August 28.
See pictures of last year's high school pool party here.
See pictures of last year's middle school pool party here.
Please make sure you have a 2008 180 Release Form on file if you plan to attend.
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Senior Pictures
Still need to have your senior pictures taken? Jon Knapp Photography (yes that's Pastor Jon) has offered to extend his August sale through September to 180 Students. Also, mention read this in the 180 Newsletter and receive a FREE 8x10 with photo shoot and purchase of additional prints!
Want more info.? Visit jonknapp.net.
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
DAY 5--JOHN THE BAPTIST: FADE TO BLACK
MOOD: CALM
JOHN 3:23-36
23 John was up the river in Aenon holdin' classes close to Salim where the water was high, baptizing the masses. Multitudes of souls took this passage despite the traffic 'cause it stayed congested...
24 (back before John got arrested).
25 And just at that time a controversy started to brew between John's Taliban & certain established Jews on the practice of baptism--does it really make one pure? But this was just a contentious ploy for sure to lure John's men into debate, and some of his disciples took the bait.
26 Agitated at these religious ingrates, they approached John and said, "Sensei, you recall the other day at the Jordan the one who came to you & you proclaimed him the Lord? Well, now he's starting to draw numbers in abundance; it's getting redundant. If he keeps blowin' up like this, we're headed for sunset, and we don't feel we're done yet."
27 John sensed panic & calmed their hysteria. "I'm tellin' ya-- there's really no need to worry here; and if he's blowing up like you say he is, then right in the middle of God's will is where we are & besides, no man of his own clout stands superior. If he's a cut above the rest, I suggest he's heaven blessed.
28 "You all can attest that I never said I was all that! ‘Just the forerunner for the number-one Son o' wonders.'
29 "The one who gets to vow out the nuptials: See, that's the groom, but the best man is just happy to be in the same room & see true love bloom. In this my joy is full--just to see him jump that broom.
30 "His decibels have to be raised to the max, till volume is full blast. But I've got to fade to black.
31 "He who's from the throne is in a league of his own; can't compare the spiritual against the flesh & the bone. It's phantasm deeper than I could imagine or fathom 'cause we descended from Adam, so there's no crossing the chasm.
32 "But now then the holy Skywalker is talking, testifying what he's seen and heard--but man objects his words, treatin' his verbs like a tabloid plot.
33 "But he who sees his thesis and receives it has set his faith on lock that God is real--signed & sealed...is you feelin' me?
34 "God's emissary speaks his King's tongue in fluency--fluently w/o truancy or impunity is the Spirit measured out on him w/ all gratuity.
35 "You must see its mad affinity in the Trinity; and the Father's ordered all things to the Son--it's the dynasty of divinity.
36 "No amenities to this absolute truth: Believeth on the Son & it's done--death can't touch you. But such of you fools who refute & refuse his rules won't see the life of God, but the side that is cruel: You lose."
SAY WHAT?
John 3:25--The word "taliban"undoubtedly evokes many negative connotations, but did you know its original meaning in Arabic is "student" or "students"? This shouldn't surprise you; many words in the English language first meant for good also have been twisted around for negative purposes--so make sure you take regular peeks into the dictionary so you know the history behind the words you speak! In this verse, the context is "students"--those followers of John the Baptist who'd soon be introduced to the greatest Teacher ever.
DEVOTIONAL
"It was never about you." All that you do is for his purpose. Good performers know how to make a memorable entrance onstage. The greatest performers, however, also know how to make a good exit. They can sense when it's time to step off the stage, even if it's while the crowd is crying out for more. John the Baptist recognizes his own curtain call is approaching after he introduces Jesus. The words he was no doubt born to shout--"Behold the Lamb of God!"--also mean, "It's my time to go now." John captures it when says, "He [Jesus] must increase, and I must decrease." John's able to let go of the spotlight because he's made peace with the full picture, realizing it was never really about him--but we're all here to do what we do and then move on. I'm sure John, at the end of his life, could look back and smile, saying, "I had only one chance--and I lived out loud with all of my heart, and I have no regrets."
FADE TO BLACK
- Can you identify anything in your life that might stop you from living with no regrets?
- When it's your time to fade to black, what type of memories would you like to leave?
- In which areas in your life do you sense that you must decrease and God must increase?
BREATHE OUT: REMIX IT
Write out John 3:27-30 in your own words. Describe three different emotions you can imagine John experiencing as he comes to this conclusion that it's his time to "fade to black." Then journal about a time when you've felt those same emotions.
**
Taken from "The Script" by Fred Lynch, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ ReverendFun: A colorful, fun, daily cartoon with a Biblical, (usually) humorous message.
~ Young Writers Society: Chat, Blog, Create, and Write!
4. FORGETTABLE FACT
The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
5. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. a belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake."
~ Martin Luther
"Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on! hold fast! hold out! Patience is genius."
~ Georges L.L. de Buffon
===========our|sponsor===========
IT'S THE GOSPEL OF JOHN...WITH A TWIST
A devotional like you've never seen (or heard) before, "The Script" will bring you into a spoken word version of the Gospel of John on CD-ROM and take you through creative and soul-searching activities to take God's Word to heart.
Learn more about or purchase "The Script" here.
=================================
6. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Teacher: Can someone give me a sentence using the word "archaic" in it?
Student: We can't have "archaic" and eat it too.
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Forgettable Fact
5. Potent Quotables
6. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
Pool Parties
This is the week of our High School and Middle School Pool Parties. We will be traveling to Mike and Sue McReynolds home both nights for fun times together in and around the pool.High Schoolers join us Wednesday night from 6:00 to 8:30.
Middle Schoolers join us Thursday night from 6:00 to 8:30.
UPDATE AS OF 8/19: The Pool Parties have been postponed to next week. The HS party will now take place on August 27th and the MS party will now take place on August 28.
See pictures of last year's high school pool party here.
See pictures of last year's middle school pool party here.
Please make sure you have a 2008 180 Release Form on file if you plan to attend.
Text Message Alerts
Do you have a cell phone? Do you use text messaging? So do we!
If you would like to subscribe to our new Text Message Alerts and receive up to the minute announcements, reminders, cancellation notices, and more, then click on the appropriate link below to be added to our list.
Text messages will be one way messages and will sent from One80@txtsig.us. If you have already signed up at the info table in the youth center please do not use these links.
Sign up now to always be in the know!
Sign up for our High School TXT message alerts!
Sign up for our Middle School TXT message alerts!
Parent Newsletter
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Senior Pictures
Still need to have your senior pictures taken? Jon Knapp Photography (yes that's Pastor Jon) has offered to extend his August sale through September to 180 Students. Also, mention read this in the 180 Newsletter and receive a FREE 8x10 with photo shoot and purchase of additional prints!
Want more info.? Visit jonknapp.net.
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
DAY 5--JOHN THE BAPTIST: FADE TO BLACK
MOOD: CALM
JOHN 3:23-36
23 John was up the river in Aenon holdin' classes close to Salim where the water was high, baptizing the masses. Multitudes of souls took this passage despite the traffic 'cause it stayed congested...
24 (back before John got arrested).
25 And just at that time a controversy started to brew between John's Taliban & certain established Jews on the practice of baptism--does it really make one pure? But this was just a contentious ploy for sure to lure John's men into debate, and some of his disciples took the bait.
26 Agitated at these religious ingrates, they approached John and said, "Sensei, you recall the other day at the Jordan the one who came to you & you proclaimed him the Lord? Well, now he's starting to draw numbers in abundance; it's getting redundant. If he keeps blowin' up like this, we're headed for sunset, and we don't feel we're done yet."
27 John sensed panic & calmed their hysteria. "I'm tellin' ya-- there's really no need to worry here; and if he's blowing up like you say he is, then right in the middle of God's will is where we are & besides, no man of his own clout stands superior. If he's a cut above the rest, I suggest he's heaven blessed.
28 "You all can attest that I never said I was all that! ‘Just the forerunner for the number-one Son o' wonders.'
29 "The one who gets to vow out the nuptials: See, that's the groom, but the best man is just happy to be in the same room & see true love bloom. In this my joy is full--just to see him jump that broom.
30 "His decibels have to be raised to the max, till volume is full blast. But I've got to fade to black.
31 "He who's from the throne is in a league of his own; can't compare the spiritual against the flesh & the bone. It's phantasm deeper than I could imagine or fathom 'cause we descended from Adam, so there's no crossing the chasm.
32 "But now then the holy Skywalker is talking, testifying what he's seen and heard--but man objects his words, treatin' his verbs like a tabloid plot.
33 "But he who sees his thesis and receives it has set his faith on lock that God is real--signed & sealed...is you feelin' me?
34 "God's emissary speaks his King's tongue in fluency--fluently w/o truancy or impunity is the Spirit measured out on him w/ all gratuity.
35 "You must see its mad affinity in the Trinity; and the Father's ordered all things to the Son--it's the dynasty of divinity.
36 "No amenities to this absolute truth: Believeth on the Son & it's done--death can't touch you. But such of you fools who refute & refuse his rules won't see the life of God, but the side that is cruel: You lose."
SAY WHAT?
John 3:25--The word "taliban"undoubtedly evokes many negative connotations, but did you know its original meaning in Arabic is "student" or "students"? This shouldn't surprise you; many words in the English language first meant for good also have been twisted around for negative purposes--so make sure you take regular peeks into the dictionary so you know the history behind the words you speak! In this verse, the context is "students"--those followers of John the Baptist who'd soon be introduced to the greatest Teacher ever.
DEVOTIONAL
"It was never about you." All that you do is for his purpose. Good performers know how to make a memorable entrance onstage. The greatest performers, however, also know how to make a good exit. They can sense when it's time to step off the stage, even if it's while the crowd is crying out for more. John the Baptist recognizes his own curtain call is approaching after he introduces Jesus. The words he was no doubt born to shout--"Behold the Lamb of God!"--also mean, "It's my time to go now." John captures it when says, "He [Jesus] must increase, and I must decrease." John's able to let go of the spotlight because he's made peace with the full picture, realizing it was never really about him--but we're all here to do what we do and then move on. I'm sure John, at the end of his life, could look back and smile, saying, "I had only one chance--and I lived out loud with all of my heart, and I have no regrets."
FADE TO BLACK
- Can you identify anything in your life that might stop you from living with no regrets?
- When it's your time to fade to black, what type of memories would you like to leave?
- In which areas in your life do you sense that you must decrease and God must increase?
BREATHE OUT: REMIX IT
Write out John 3:27-30 in your own words. Describe three different emotions you can imagine John experiencing as he comes to this conclusion that it's his time to "fade to black." Then journal about a time when you've felt those same emotions.
**
Taken from "The Script" by Fred Lynch, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ ReverendFun: A colorful, fun, daily cartoon with a Biblical, (usually) humorous message.
~ Young Writers Society: Chat, Blog, Create, and Write!
4. FORGETTABLE FACT
The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
5. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. a belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake."
~ Martin Luther
"Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on! hold fast! hold out! Patience is genius."
~ Georges L.L. de Buffon
===========our|sponsor===========
IT'S THE GOSPEL OF JOHN...WITH A TWIST
A devotional like you've never seen (or heard) before, "The Script" will bring you into a spoken word version of the Gospel of John on CD-ROM and take you through creative and soul-searching activities to take God's Word to heart.
Learn more about or purchase "The Script" here.
=================================
6. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Teacher: Can someone give me a sentence using the word "archaic" in it?
Student: We can't have "archaic" and eat it too.
August 11, 2008
Contents
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Forgettable Fact
5. Potent Quotables
6. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
Middle School Mission Trip
Our Middle School group has returned from a fantastic week of ministry. We served, worshiped, and considered what it means to truly walk in The Way of Jesus.
Here is how some of it looked.
Go here to view, download or purchase photos of our trip.
Read Pastor Brian's thoughts on the trip at www.brianeberly.com.
Mexico Outreach
Our Mexico team has also returned from a great time of ministry in Ensenada Mexcio. Watch this space for the pictures and video still to come. In the meantime be sure to check out Pastor Aaron's blog at www.aarongeist.com to read his daily reports while there.
No Midweek Meetings
There will be no High School FUEL or Middle School DANGER ZONE this week. Many of our church family will already be down at the beach for our annual Family Camp. Hope to see you there!
There will also only be one worship servcie on Sunday, at 10:00 AM and no Sunday School.
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
WHAT TIME IS IT?
I heard a story about a man who learned his father had just died. The man reacted to the news in a rather unusual way. He tried to ignore it--to pretend it didn't happen. Why? He wanted to be in a productive, joyful season. He wanted his life during that time to be about good things. He didn't want his time to be about loss and sadness and grieving. Try as he might, though, he couldn't make his plan work. He couldn't postpone his grief. He eventually had to break down and submit to the season he was in.
King David knew what he was talking about when he told God: "My times are in your hands" (Psalm 31:15). We don't control our times. We have little say over the season of life we live in or how long it lasts. David's son Solomon used every bit of his God-given wisdom when he wrote these words in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8--
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
An essential element in using our time wisely is recognizing the season in which God has placed us and embracing it. For example, a person shouldn't expect life to be full of wild celebrations in a season of mourning. On the flip side, it's a shame when people miss a season of good times because they're too busy thinking about all the sad things in life.
If you're an unmarried person, God's Word says you should view your present life as a season to "refrain from embracing" (having sex). Then when you become a newlywed, it's time to enjoy your season of "embracing."
We must all submit to the God who determines our times. Our moments are in his hands. It's pointless to say, "I will reject God because this is not a season of laughing or dancing or peace or building." The only wise option is to ask God to help us live wisely in whatever season we find ourselves--to help us make the most of it--because soon enough it will pass, and then we'll find ourselves in a different season.
SELF-EVALUATION
Ask yourself: What season am I in right now? Read through Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 again. Which of those times best describes your current circumstances?
Now that you've identified your season, ask God to help you understand how to live wisely in that time. Ask him to help you recognize your personal season and make the most of your hours and days for as long as your life lasts.
**
Taken from "Wisdom on... Time and Money" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ BREATHEcast: Find Christian music, videos, artist interviews, and more
~ Back to School Prayers: It'll be that time again soon. Get your heart ready...
~ Mark Matlock's Blog: Check out the blog from the author of today's excerpt
4. FORGETTABLE FACT
Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
5. POTENT QUOTABLES
"If you want to be happy, be."
~ Leo Tolstoy
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
~ Mark Twain
===========our|sponsor===========
FIND SOME WISDOM...
The Wisdom On... series is a collection of easy-to-read books designed to help you apply biblical wisdom to your everyday life. Using case studies, personal inventories, interactive activities, and helpful insights from Proverbs, author Mark Matlock addresses the big issues you face, such as relationships, decision-making, money, parents, and media, and will also help you understand what wisdom looks like in the not-so-big things as well.
Learn more about or purchase books from the Wisdom On... series here.
=================================
6. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What is it that looks like an elephant and flies?
A: A flying elephant.
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Forgettable Fact
5. Potent Quotables
6. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
Middle School Mission Trip
Our Middle School group has returned from a fantastic week of ministry. We served, worshiped, and considered what it means to truly walk in The Way of Jesus.
Here is how some of it looked.
Go here to view, download or purchase photos of our trip.
Read Pastor Brian's thoughts on the trip at www.brianeberly.com.
Mexico Outreach
Our Mexico team has also returned from a great time of ministry in Ensenada Mexcio. Watch this space for the pictures and video still to come. In the meantime be sure to check out Pastor Aaron's blog at www.aarongeist.com to read his daily reports while there.
No Midweek Meetings
There will be no High School FUEL or Middle School DANGER ZONE this week. Many of our church family will already be down at the beach for our annual Family Camp. Hope to see you there!
There will also only be one worship servcie on Sunday, at 10:00 AM and no Sunday School.
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
WHAT TIME IS IT?
I heard a story about a man who learned his father had just died. The man reacted to the news in a rather unusual way. He tried to ignore it--to pretend it didn't happen. Why? He wanted to be in a productive, joyful season. He wanted his life during that time to be about good things. He didn't want his time to be about loss and sadness and grieving. Try as he might, though, he couldn't make his plan work. He couldn't postpone his grief. He eventually had to break down and submit to the season he was in.
King David knew what he was talking about when he told God: "My times are in your hands" (Psalm 31:15). We don't control our times. We have little say over the season of life we live in or how long it lasts. David's son Solomon used every bit of his God-given wisdom when he wrote these words in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8--
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
An essential element in using our time wisely is recognizing the season in which God has placed us and embracing it. For example, a person shouldn't expect life to be full of wild celebrations in a season of mourning. On the flip side, it's a shame when people miss a season of good times because they're too busy thinking about all the sad things in life.
If you're an unmarried person, God's Word says you should view your present life as a season to "refrain from embracing" (having sex). Then when you become a newlywed, it's time to enjoy your season of "embracing."
We must all submit to the God who determines our times. Our moments are in his hands. It's pointless to say, "I will reject God because this is not a season of laughing or dancing or peace or building." The only wise option is to ask God to help us live wisely in whatever season we find ourselves--to help us make the most of it--because soon enough it will pass, and then we'll find ourselves in a different season.
SELF-EVALUATION
Ask yourself: What season am I in right now? Read through Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 again. Which of those times best describes your current circumstances?
Now that you've identified your season, ask God to help you understand how to live wisely in that time. Ask him to help you recognize your personal season and make the most of your hours and days for as long as your life lasts.
**
Taken from "Wisdom on... Time and Money" by Mark Matlock, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ BREATHEcast: Find Christian music, videos, artist interviews, and more
~ Back to School Prayers: It'll be that time again soon. Get your heart ready...
~ Mark Matlock's Blog: Check out the blog from the author of today's excerpt
4. FORGETTABLE FACT
Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
5. POTENT QUOTABLES
"If you want to be happy, be."
~ Leo Tolstoy
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
~ Mark Twain
===========our|sponsor===========
FIND SOME WISDOM...
The Wisdom On... series is a collection of easy-to-read books designed to help you apply biblical wisdom to your everyday life. Using case studies, personal inventories, interactive activities, and helpful insights from Proverbs, author Mark Matlock addresses the big issues you face, such as relationships, decision-making, money, parents, and media, and will also help you understand what wisdom looks like in the not-so-big things as well.
Learn more about or purchase books from the Wisdom On... series here.
=================================
6. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What is it that looks like an elephant and flies?
A: A flying elephant.
