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April 27, 2009

1. 180 NEWS

Winema Beach Retreat
The Beach Retreat is this week! Are you excited?! We just want to remind you of a few things...
Don't forget to read through the brochure again so you don't miss anything!

Bible Read Through

DayDeuteronomyEcclesiastesActs
Tuesday, April 281575-6
Wednesday, April 291687
Thursday, April 301798
Friday, May 118109
Saturday, May 2191110
Sunday, May 3201211-12
Monday, May 421Song of Solomon 113


2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

Wrong Way!

"Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires." (James 1:19-20)

Have you ever noticed those Wrong Way signs on a divided highways or one-way streets? They're almost funny -- until you realize they're talking to you. It's like the Department of Roads is saying, "In you've missed all of our other signs pointing you in the right direction, this is our last attempt to keep you from having a head-on crash with another car."

We should almost always think of our anger like one of those Wrong Way signs. It's a warning that the way we're going won't get us to our destination. As Christians, anger should tell us, "You're on the path away from the life God wants for you."

The warning also tells us that if we don't turn around soon, we're probably going to get hurt. Or hurt someone else. Or maybe both. Usually, our U-turn option includes shutting up. Thinking hard. And putting anger away, hopefully before we make eye contact with another driver.

Think: What's your most common reaction to feeling angry -- to hit the brakes or step on the gas? Why do we so often do the opposite of what's wise when we feel angry? How can we change that?

Pray: Ask God to help you to remember to hit the brakes the next time you start getting angry, before you do any damage to yourself or others.

Do: Look for Wrong Way signs when you're driving around this week and use the reminder to ask God to help you to listen to and control your anger.

**

A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.


3. SURF REPORT

- T.I. "Dead and Gone" Music Review

~ Fighting Movie Review


3. BIRTHDAYS

Happy birthday to Jonny Roberts and Kelly Hurst. Take a break, you deserve it!


4. FORGETTABLE FACT

Most lipstick contains fish scales.


5. POTENT QUOTABLES

"Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."
~ General George S. Patton

"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."
~ Chinese Proverb


6. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

If Athletes get Athletes' foot, do Astronauts get a missile toe?

April 20, 2009

Contents

1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Uh, That's Funny?

1. 180 NEWS

MS Pool & Pizza
Cannonballllllll..........Splash! Mid School, it's time once again, to call up your friends, find your swim suit and head out for the Pool & Pizza night. It is on April 24, from 5:30-9:30pm and costs only $10.

Get the flier here.

Check out last years pictures.
HS Beach Retreat @ Winema

Every year we look forward to our time at the beach. Well, it's finally here! The beach retreat at Camp Winema is May 1-3. You won't want to miss this great time of hanging with friends, worship, challenge in your faith and all the beach has to offer. Make sure you sign up by April 26.

P.S. 8th graders going into high school next year, you're invited!

Download the brochure.

See last year's pictures.


Read Through the Bible
Looking for help in reading the Bible? Join in this week as finish reading in John and begin Acts.

DayDeuteronomyProverbsJohn
Tuesday, April 2143115-16
Wednesday, April 225Ecclesiastes 117-18
Thursday, April 236-7219
Friday, April 248-9320-21
Saturday, April 2510-114Acts 1
Sunday, April 261252
Monday, April 2713-1463-4


2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

It's His Universe

"For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him." (Colossians 1:16)

Have you ever heard or used that expression: "It's so-and-so's world; we're just living in it."? This week you might hear someone say, "It's Miley Cyrus's world; we're just living in it."

It's a funny thing to say, but of course it's true for only one being: Jesus. He made everything. Every living thing. Every non-living thing. Everything you can see or can't. Every being that breathes or exists somehow without breath. And it was all made "for him." It's literally His universe; we're just living in it.

Hearing that can either make you feel jealous and small and angry about the inequality of a universe where one being has all that power -- or it can make you feel deeply grateful that such a being is also a person who would willingly sacrifice Himself on a cross to include you in His plans for that universe.

What's your response?

Think: How much power would it take to create everything in the universe? How much control would the Creator have over all that exists in His universe? Why, again, would Jesus let Himself be mocked and killed by a handful of His tiny, weak creatures?

Pray: Thank God for letting you live in His universe and then thank Him again and again for including you in His family through your faith in the Creator Jesus.

Do: Read more about this big idea in Romans 11:33 - 12:2.

**

A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.


3. SURF REPORT

- 17 Again Movie Review

~ "Nation" by Terry Pratchett Book Review


4. BIRTHDAYS
We want to wish a very happy birthday to Kellie Koenig this week. Have a great one Kellie!

5. FORGETTABLE FACT

By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.


6. POTENT QUOTABLES

"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."
~ Goethe

"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
~ William Shakespeare


7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

Q: What is an Eskimo cow called?
A: An eskimoo.

April 13, 2009

Contents

1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Video of the Week
5. Birthdays
6. Forgettable Fact
7. Potent Quotables
8. Uh, That's Funny?

1. 180 NEWS


MS Pool & Pizza
Cannonballllllll..........Splash! Mid School, it's time once again, to call up your friends, find your swim suit and head out for the Pool & Pizza night. It is on April 24, from 5:30-9:30pm and costs only $10.

Get the flier here.

Check out last years pictures.
HS Beach Retreat @ Winema

Every year we look forward to our time at the beach. Well, it's finally here! The beach retreat at Camp Winema is May 1-3. You won't want to miss this great time of hanging with friends, worship, challenge in your faith and all the beach has to offer. Make sure you sign up by April 26.

P.S. 8th graders going into high school next year, you're invited!

Download the brochure.

See last year's pictures.


Read Through the Bible

DayNumbersProverbsJohn
Tuesday, April 1433246
Wednesday, April 1534257
Thursday, April 1635268
Friday, April 1736279-10
Saturday, April 18Deuteronomy 12811
Sunday, April 1922912
Monday, April 2033013-14



2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

Don't Be Frightened

"Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." (1 Peter 3:13-14)

Two of the most powerful motivators are anger and fear. We know instinctively that selfish anger can motivate us to do hurtful things. But when we are ruled by the fear of the wrong thing, that also motivates us to NOT do right things, to NOT boldly walk the path God has called us to.

Peter wrote these words to people who had good reason to be frightened. They all knew that following Jesus could lead directly to painful persecution. Peter said that was less likely if they were known for doing good. He didn't say it wouldn't happen anyway. Hard times will come to all of us. So how can he say, "Don't be frightened."?

When we organize our lives to avoid suffering to dodge all the things that scare us we make fear our god. We serve fear by letting it tell us how to live. Peter says, "You may suffer; you may not. Either way, you have a mission to serve the God who loves you. Don't run from the line of fire if that's where He calls you."

Think: How many of your decisions are based on a fear of what others might think? Or of the work that might be involved? Or of losing something you care about?

Pray: Ask God to make you a fearless follower of Jesus.

Do: In today's passage, Peter quotes Isaiah 8. Read Isaiah 8:11-17.

**

A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.


3. SURF REPORT

- Flo Rida's Right Round Review

~ Hannah Montana The Movie Review


4. VIDEO OF THE WEEK

We bring you a reminder of the great times at the High School beach retreat in 2008.


5. BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday to our very good friends Michael Brown, Brittnie Eberly and Alison Geist. We hope you guys have an awesome day!

6. FORGETTABLE FACT

The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.


7. POTENT QUOTABLES

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure."
~ Colin Powell

"Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying."
~ Bobby Jones


8. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

Consciousness is that annoying time between naps.

April 6, 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

HS 80's Bowling Night
When is the last time you got to sport your style and bowling skills all in one night? Well Saturday is your chance High School!

That's right, it's 80's Bowling Night. Saturday, April 11 from 5-9pm. It will only cost you $12 and dinner is included!

Be the best dressed and you might win a prize!

Call or Facebook Downtown Michael Brown by Thursday if you plan to attend.


MS Pool & Pizza
Cannonballllllll..........Splash! Mid School, it's time once again, to call up your friends, find your swim suit and head out for the Pool & Pizza night. It is on April 24, from 5:30-9:30pm and costs only $10.

Get the flier here.

Check out last years pictures.
HS Beach Retreat @ Winema

Every year we look forward to our time at the beach. Well, it's finally here! The beach retreat at Camp Winema is May 1-3. You won't want to miss this great time of hanging with friends, worship, challenge in your faith and all the beach has to offer. Make sure you sign up by April 26.

P.S. 8th graders going into high school next year, you're invited!

Download the brochure.

See last year's pictures.

Read Through the Bible
We begin our final read of Jesus' life this week in the book of John.

DayNumbersProverbsEphesians
Tuesday, April 724-25175-6
Wednesday, April 82618Philippians 1-2
Thursday, April 927193-4
Friday, April 102820John 1
Saturday, April 1129-30212-3
Sunday, April 1231224
Monday, April 1332235


2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Competitive Christians?

"Then he said to those standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.' 'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!' He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.' " (Luke 19:24-26)

How seriously do you take the idea that there will be rewards in heaven for those who have served Christ well during this life? Does it motivate you to try harder? Does it ignite your competitive spirit? Does it make you willing to sacrifice more, to get up earlier, to dig deeper?

We're not talking about your salvation here, necessarily. However, this servant's inaction could have been the result of not really believing the king would return. In Matthew's version of a similar story, the inactive servant is thrown out of the kingdom. But many immature believers also seem to have decided that since works can't save us, God doesn't care about works.

That could not be more wrong. God created good works for us to do before we were ever saved. Paul describes his whole life as a kind of fierce competition to serve God faithfully for which he would be rewarded. And Jesus' story here strongly suggests that some will receive more than others for their effective work for Him.

Think: How are you investing your life, the one He gave you?

Pray: Thank God that He rewards those who serve Him. Ask Him to help you to be motivated by that in the best possible way.

Do: Make a quick list of the top 3 rewards you've earned so far in your life. Think about what makes those rewards valuable to you.

**
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.


3. BIRTHDAYS
Kathy Schoppe...it's your birthday this week! Hope you have a great one!


4. SURF REPORT
- The Audacity of Hope Book Review
It is possible to debate President Obama's politics all day, and it is clear that we at PlanetWisdom are in strong disagreement with some of President Obama's policies, most notably his pro-abortion stance. However, President Obama's political campaign was based on finding commonality instead of criticizing differences, and so we will try to do the same.

~ The Haunting in Connecticut Review
"Some things cannot be explained." Such is the tagline for "The Haunting in Connecticut," complete with a claim to be based on true events and a Discovery channel documentary on the incident.


5. FORGETTABLE FACT

By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with multi-colored yolks.


6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"The price of greatness is responsibility."
~ Winston Churchill

"Teachers: two kinds: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move and the kind that just give you a little prod from behind and you jump to the skies."
~ Robert Frost


7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

A magician was driving down the road, then he turned into a driveway.

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