July 13, 2009
Contents
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Birthdays
4. Surf Report
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
Fliers & Deadlines
Click on these links to download our fliers for the Summer:
Park It! - HS & MS Park nights @ Summerlake Park - July 15 & 16 MS Wild Waves - July 23 - Money due This Sunday
MS Guys Grub Camp - August 7-9 HS Rafting - August 12 - Money due This Sunday
Harlow Pictures & Video
Check out the pictures from Camp Harlow and don't forget to scroll down below for 6 videos from last week!
Video of the Week
Now that we're back from Harlow, Aaron feels like he's missing something. What could it be?
Read Through the Bible
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Do As You'd Like Done
"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 7:12)
What a simple idea! I'm sure the religious leaders resisted this statement. Their power and authority came from being masters of the specifics: "How much am I required to give? How often am I required to forgive? How exactly must I wash my hands?"
Jesus moved past all the specifics to get to the point of the law. In another passage, He said the greatest commands were to love God (with everything) and love all of our neighbors as ourselves. Here it's even easier: Do what you'd like done to you.
How would you like someone to respond when you're being a jerk? What would you like someone to say when you've make a mistake? How when you like someone to notice when you've made an effort to look good? How would you want your friend to treat you when she's had a terrible day?
Jesus' golden rule is genius. Don't focus on the rules. Focus on being the person you'd like to have for a friend.
Think: Think back over the last week: Were there a couple of times when you did not "do to others what you would have had them do to you"? How could you handle that differently next time?
Pray: Ask God to help you to do to others what you would have them do to you.
Do: Ask a good friend or sibling how he or she would have liked to have been treated during your last fight.
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A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
3. BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday this week to Amy Van Slyke and Lucas Munger! We hope you have a great day!
4. SURF REPORT
- I Love You, Beth Cooper Review
- Booger Monster by The Skit Guys
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
—George Washington
Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
— Thomas Jefferson
7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Birthdays
4. Surf Report
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
Fliers & Deadlines
Click on these links to download our fliers for the Summer:
Harlow Pictures & Video
Check out the pictures from Camp Harlow and don't forget to scroll down below for 6 videos from last week!
Video of the Week
Now that we're back from Harlow, Aaron feels like he's missing something. What could it be?
Read Through the Bible
| Day | 1 Samuel | Jeremiah | Matthew |
| Tuesday, July 14 | 28 | 4 | 15 |
| Wednesday, July 15 | 29-30 | 5 | 16 |
| Thursday, July 16 | 31 | 6 | 17 |
| Friday, July 17 | 2 Samuel 1 | 7 | 18 |
| Saturday, July 18 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| Sunday, July 19 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| Monday, July 20 | 4-5 | 10 | 21 |
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Do As You'd Like Done
"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 7:12)
What a simple idea! I'm sure the religious leaders resisted this statement. Their power and authority came from being masters of the specifics: "How much am I required to give? How often am I required to forgive? How exactly must I wash my hands?"
Jesus moved past all the specifics to get to the point of the law. In another passage, He said the greatest commands were to love God (with everything) and love all of our neighbors as ourselves. Here it's even easier: Do what you'd like done to you.
How would you like someone to respond when you're being a jerk? What would you like someone to say when you've make a mistake? How when you like someone to notice when you've made an effort to look good? How would you want your friend to treat you when she's had a terrible day?
Jesus' golden rule is genius. Don't focus on the rules. Focus on being the person you'd like to have for a friend.
Think: Think back over the last week: Were there a couple of times when you did not "do to others what you would have had them do to you"? How could you handle that differently next time?
Pray: Ask God to help you to do to others what you would have them do to you.
Do: Ask a good friend or sibling how he or she would have liked to have been treated during your last fight.
**
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
3. BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday this week to Amy Van Slyke and Lucas Munger! We hope you have a great day!
4. SURF REPORT
- I Love You, Beth Cooper Review
- Booger Monster by The Skit Guys
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
—George Washington
Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
— Thomas Jefferson
7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
