October 20, 2009
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Small Groups
We kicked off this season of small groups with a party last Sunday. Make sure you check out the pictures!
Remember that we take the 4th Sunday off each month, so join all the church after Focus Point this week for a celebration dinner for the Wiggs!
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SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Eyewitness: Telling for Joy
"We write this to make our joy complete." (1 John 1:4)
I like really short, simple verses like this one. Sometimes they tell us way more than we expect.
After three densely packed verses about John's unique perspective as an eyewitness of eternal life -- and what that means for those of us who believe -- he adds this little sentence about joy.
He tells his story to make our joy complete. We can take "our" to mean, I think, everyone in fellowship together with the Father, the Son, and each other. To tell others about the salvation available through faith in Christ -- and then to see them accept the gift and join the family -- completes the joy of everyone involved.
We can also find joy in telling the story of Jesus, telling our story of how He saved us, how we found eternal life in Him. We all say that we want to be happy; this is one of the ways God provides for us to experience that.
Think: Have you ever experienced the joy of seeing someone respond to the message of Jesus by trusting in Him for salvation? Why do you think that can be such a joyful experience?
Pray: Ask God to help you to find joy in telling others about the path to eternal life through faith in Jesus.
Do: Read more about John's joyful response to those who hear and act on his message in 3 John 1-4.
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A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
BIRTHDAYS
This week, 180 wishes Josh George and Jeffrey Kennedy a very happy birthday!
SURF REPORT
- Where The Wild Things Are Movie Review
FORGETTABLE FACT
Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!
POTENT QUOTABLES
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. - Mother Teresa
It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown. – Anonymous
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What kind of lighting did Noah use for the ark?
A: Floodlights
Small Groups
We kicked off this season of small groups with a party last Sunday. Make sure you check out the pictures!
Remember that we take the 4th Sunday off each month, so join all the church after Focus Point this week for a celebration dinner for the Wiggs!
Join us on Facebook (if you're 13 or older & you have your parent's permission!). We've got photos, updates, discussion pages and more!
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Got a cell phone? Got text messages? Sign up for texts from 180. We'll send you encouragements, updates, changes and reminders.
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Read Through the Bible
Join in reading this week as we begin reading through the book of Acts, the story of the early church.
| Day | 2 Chronicles | Ezekiel | John |
| Tuesday, October 20 | 12-13 | 46 | 13-14 |
| Wednesday, October 21 | 14-15 | 47 | 15-16 |
| Thursday, October 22 | 16-17 | 48 | 17-18 |
| Friday, October 23 | 18-19 | Daniel 1 | 19 |
| Saturday, October 24 | 20 | 2 | 20-21 |
| Sunday, October 25 | 21-22 | 3 | Acts 1 |
| Monday, October 26 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Eyewitness: Telling for Joy
"We write this to make our joy complete." (1 John 1:4)
I like really short, simple verses like this one. Sometimes they tell us way more than we expect.
After three densely packed verses about John's unique perspective as an eyewitness of eternal life -- and what that means for those of us who believe -- he adds this little sentence about joy.
He tells his story to make our joy complete. We can take "our" to mean, I think, everyone in fellowship together with the Father, the Son, and each other. To tell others about the salvation available through faith in Christ -- and then to see them accept the gift and join the family -- completes the joy of everyone involved.
We can also find joy in telling the story of Jesus, telling our story of how He saved us, how we found eternal life in Him. We all say that we want to be happy; this is one of the ways God provides for us to experience that.
Think: Have you ever experienced the joy of seeing someone respond to the message of Jesus by trusting in Him for salvation? Why do you think that can be such a joyful experience?
Pray: Ask God to help you to find joy in telling others about the path to eternal life through faith in Jesus.
Do: Read more about John's joyful response to those who hear and act on his message in 3 John 1-4.
**
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
BIRTHDAYS
This week, 180 wishes Josh George and Jeffrey Kennedy a very happy birthday!
SURF REPORT
- Where The Wild Things Are Movie Review
FORGETTABLE FACT
Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!
POTENT QUOTABLES
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. - Mother Teresa
It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown. – Anonymous
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What kind of lighting did Noah use for the ark?
A: Floodlights
