January 19, 2010
180 NEWS
Snowboarding
Yesterday was a great day for tubing up on the mountain...Saturday, the snowboarders get their turn! If you are snowboarding/skiing with us on Saturday, remember to be at church by 12:30pm. Don't forget a sack dinner or money for dinner either!
Small Groups
We hope to see you at small groups, this Sunday from 7-8pm. If you haven't yet joined us, come out and give it a try! We have great times in applying God's Word to our real life.
30 Hour Famine
This past week we began the 30 Hour Famine season. Though the Famine event isn't until February 26-27...we want to encourage you to begin raising funds now! This year, we will even direct some of our funds through World Vision to the relief effort in Haiti.
Need a fundraising packet? Stop by the Youth Center or see Pastor Aaron.
SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
"As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God." (Psalm 42:1)
How often do you feel sad? Sadness can be a fleeting feeling in the middle of a busy day, or it can overwhelm us for weeks and months. We're going to talk about sadness (or depression or "feeling down") this week -- but we're not going to talk about how to fix it.
Psalm 42 is a song about sadness apparently intended to be sung in public. The writer admits to being deeply "downcast," but he responds to his sadness in a weird way. More on that later in the week.
He starts the song with the picture of a thirsty deer looking for a stream. It might be easier for us to imagine a dog coming in from a long walk and making a bee line for it's water dish. The writer's point is that he was thirsty for God like that -- needy, eager, desperate.
More tomorrow about feeling lonely for God.
Think: Do you ever feel so lonely for God that it feels like a thirst, like you're desperate? Would it be weird to feel sad because you can't be with God?
Pray: Ask God to help you to increase your thirstiness for Him.
Do: Think about being needy for God in your soul next time you feel physically thirsty.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
FORGETTABLE FACT
It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.
POTENT QUOTABLES
If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.
~ Lewis Carroll
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What do cows do for entertainment?
A: They rent moovies!
Snowboarding
Yesterday was a great day for tubing up on the mountain...Saturday, the snowboarders get their turn! If you are snowboarding/skiing with us on Saturday, remember to be at church by 12:30pm. Don't forget a sack dinner or money for dinner either!
Small Groups
We hope to see you at small groups, this Sunday from 7-8pm. If you haven't yet joined us, come out and give it a try! We have great times in applying God's Word to our real life.
30 Hour Famine
This past week we began the 30 Hour Famine season. Though the Famine event isn't until February 26-27...we want to encourage you to begin raising funds now! This year, we will even direct some of our funds through World Vision to the relief effort in Haiti.
Need a fundraising packet? Stop by the Youth Center or see Pastor Aaron.
SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
"As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God." (Psalm 42:1)
How often do you feel sad? Sadness can be a fleeting feeling in the middle of a busy day, or it can overwhelm us for weeks and months. We're going to talk about sadness (or depression or "feeling down") this week -- but we're not going to talk about how to fix it.
Psalm 42 is a song about sadness apparently intended to be sung in public. The writer admits to being deeply "downcast," but he responds to his sadness in a weird way. More on that later in the week.
He starts the song with the picture of a thirsty deer looking for a stream. It might be easier for us to imagine a dog coming in from a long walk and making a bee line for it's water dish. The writer's point is that he was thirsty for God like that -- needy, eager, desperate.
More tomorrow about feeling lonely for God.
Think: Do you ever feel so lonely for God that it feels like a thirst, like you're desperate? Would it be weird to feel sad because you can't be with God?
Pray: Ask God to help you to increase your thirstiness for Him.
Do: Think about being needy for God in your soul next time you feel physically thirsty.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
FORGETTABLE FACT
It takes about a week to make a jelly bean.
POTENT QUOTABLES
If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.
~ Lewis Carroll
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What do cows do for entertainment?
A: They rent moovies!
