August 16, 2009
Contents
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Birthday
4. Surf Report
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
Newsletter, Fuel & Danger Zone Vacation
That's right, 180 is taking a week off as we close out our Summer and get ramped up for the Fall. This week is normal, but there will be no 180 Newsletter next Monday, and no Fuel or Danger Zone on August 26 & 27.
MS Fusion - Now including High School!
We get to make one more change this Summer, and this one is awesome! We have just opened up the Fusion event at Safari Sam's to the High School group and your friends! Make sure you grab the flier here. Don't forget to download a release form here if you haven't turned one in yet for 2009. See you this Friday @ 9:15.
Fall Retreats - Save the Date!
That's right, we've got a couple of retreats coming up. More info will be made available soon, but put these date on your calendar:
High School: October 23 - 25
Mid School: October 30 - November 1
Pool Party Pics
We had an awesome time swimming, eating and hanging out with one another at the pool. Check out the action here!
Mid School
High School
Read Through the Bible
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Why We Sin: Suffering v. Glory: No Contest
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." (Romans 1:18)
Everybody suffers. Or hurts. Or struggles. You can use whatever word you want, but the experience of pain -- physical and emotional -- is universal.
Jesus suffered for our sins on the cross, but He also suffered through all the painful parts of living a regular human life -- just as we do.
Does the fact that everybody suffers in life make it okay? Does the fact that death and mourning and sorrow and pain are normal make that okay? We're going to see this week that it does not.
Here's the deal, though: As great as the pain of this life is, it won't even be worth talking about once you step over the threshold of heaven and take your place there as a child of the King. The glory of that eternal moment, we're promised, will make the enormous pain of this short life meaningless by comparison.
Think: Do you tend to think of hard times in this life as normal? What do you imagine the glory of living for eternity as a child of God will be like?
Pray: Thank God that your current sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory to be revealed in you as God's child.
Do: Read Colossians 3:1-4 and try to practice it today.
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A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
3. BIRTHDAY
Hey Nate Moore! Happy birthday dude!
4. SURF REPORT
- Bandslam Review
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra Review
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never  were; and I say "Why not?"
—George Bernard Shaw
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
— Thomas Fuller, M.D.
7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What do you get if you cross an elephant and a kangaroo?
A: Big holes all over Australia!
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Birthday
4. Surf Report
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
Newsletter, Fuel & Danger Zone Vacation
That's right, 180 is taking a week off as we close out our Summer and get ramped up for the Fall. This week is normal, but there will be no 180 Newsletter next Monday, and no Fuel or Danger Zone on August 26 & 27.
MS Fusion - Now including High School!
We get to make one more change this Summer, and this one is awesome! We have just opened up the Fusion event at Safari Sam's to the High School group and your friends! Make sure you grab the flier here. Don't forget to download a release form here if you haven't turned one in yet for 2009. See you this Friday @ 9:15.
Fall Retreats - Save the Date!
That's right, we've got a couple of retreats coming up. More info will be made available soon, but put these date on your calendar:
High School: October 23 - 25
Mid School: October 30 - November 1
Pool Party Pics
We had an awesome time swimming, eating and hanging out with one another at the pool. Check out the action here!
Mid School
High School
Read Through the Bible
| Day | 1 Kings | Jeremiah | Mark |
| Tuesday, August 18 | 13 | 39 | 13 |
| Wednesday, August 19 | 14 | 40 | 14 |
| Thursday, August 20 | 15 | 41 | 15 |
| Friday, August 21 | 16 | 42 | 16 |
| Saturday, August 22 | 17 | 43 | 1 Corinthians 1-2 |
| Sunday, August 23 | 18 | 44 | 3 |
| Monday, August 24 | 19 | 45-46 | 4-5 |
| Tuesday, August 25 | 20 | 47 | 6 |
| Wednesday, August 26 | 21 | 48 | 7 |
| Thursday, August 27 | 22 | 49 | 8-9 |
| Friday, August 28 | 2 Kings 1-2 | 50 | 10 |
| Saturday, August 29 | 3 | 51 | 11 |
| Sunday, August 30 | 4 | 52 | 12-13 |
| Monday, August 31 | 5 | Lamentations 1 | 14 |
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Why We Sin: Suffering v. Glory: No Contest
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." (Romans 1:18)
Everybody suffers. Or hurts. Or struggles. You can use whatever word you want, but the experience of pain -- physical and emotional -- is universal.
Jesus suffered for our sins on the cross, but He also suffered through all the painful parts of living a regular human life -- just as we do.
Does the fact that everybody suffers in life make it okay? Does the fact that death and mourning and sorrow and pain are normal make that okay? We're going to see this week that it does not.
Here's the deal, though: As great as the pain of this life is, it won't even be worth talking about once you step over the threshold of heaven and take your place there as a child of the King. The glory of that eternal moment, we're promised, will make the enormous pain of this short life meaningless by comparison.
Think: Do you tend to think of hard times in this life as normal? What do you imagine the glory of living for eternity as a child of God will be like?
Pray: Thank God that your current sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory to be revealed in you as God's child.
Do: Read Colossians 3:1-4 and try to practice it today.
**
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
3. BIRTHDAY
Hey Nate Moore! Happy birthday dude!
4. SURF REPORT
- Bandslam Review
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra Review
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never  were; and I say "Why not?"
—George Bernard Shaw
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
— Thomas Fuller, M.D.
7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What do you get if you cross an elephant and a kangaroo?
A: Big holes all over Australia!
