February 22, 2010
180 NEWS
30 Hour Famine
It's not too late to begin raising money for the Famine. Please let Pastor Aaron know if you plan to join us. Join in raising money for World Vision's work around the world and in Haiti. Grab your Famine info flier here or in the Youth Center.
SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory." (Ephesians 1:13-14)
Today's verses are the story of how a person comes to be in the family of God. And how you can know for sure that you're still in God's family.
Remember from the 12 verses before this: God did all the work. He made the plan to adopt you (because He wanted to and because it made Him happy). He executed the plan by sending His Son to be executed in your place, for your sin. Then He published the good news that you were welcome through faith in Jesus.
Then A) you heard the truth and B) you believed and C) you were given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee that your place in God's family is secure (even though you're not home, yet).
Of course, there is no C) without B). That is, there is no place for anyone in the family of God who has not trusted in Jesus for their salvation.
Think: Have you believed the "word of truth, the gospel of your salvation"? How have your expressed your faith in Jesus? Are you convinced that God is strong enough to forgive and to guarantee you a place in His family?
Pray: As a Christian, thank God for including you in Christ when you heard and believed. Thank Him for marking you with the seal of the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of your place in His family.
Do: Read the rest of Ephesians 1 (or the whole book) to see how Paul builds on these huge ideas.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
SURF REPORT
Movie review of Youth in Revolt
Music review of Tonight by Toby Mac
FORGETTABLE FACT
All polar bears are left-handed.
POTENT QUOTABLES
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
~ George Orwell
Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.
~ John F. Kennedy
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
What bird can lift the most?
-- A crane.
30 Hour Famine
It's not too late to begin raising money for the Famine. Please let Pastor Aaron know if you plan to join us. Join in raising money for World Vision's work around the world and in Haiti. Grab your Famine info flier here or in the Youth Center.
SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory." (Ephesians 1:13-14)
Today's verses are the story of how a person comes to be in the family of God. And how you can know for sure that you're still in God's family.
Remember from the 12 verses before this: God did all the work. He made the plan to adopt you (because He wanted to and because it made Him happy). He executed the plan by sending His Son to be executed in your place, for your sin. Then He published the good news that you were welcome through faith in Jesus.
Then A) you heard the truth and B) you believed and C) you were given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee that your place in God's family is secure (even though you're not home, yet).
Of course, there is no C) without B). That is, there is no place for anyone in the family of God who has not trusted in Jesus for their salvation.
Think: Have you believed the "word of truth, the gospel of your salvation"? How have your expressed your faith in Jesus? Are you convinced that God is strong enough to forgive and to guarantee you a place in His family?
Pray: As a Christian, thank God for including you in Christ when you heard and believed. Thank Him for marking you with the seal of the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of your place in His family.
Do: Read the rest of Ephesians 1 (or the whole book) to see how Paul builds on these huge ideas.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
SURF REPORT
Movie review of Youth in Revolt
Music review of Tonight by Toby Mac
FORGETTABLE FACT
All polar bears are left-handed.
POTENT QUOTABLES
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
~ George Orwell
Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.
~ John F. Kennedy
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
What bird can lift the most?
-- A crane.
February 15, 2010
180 NEWS
Small Group Coffee House
Our small groups join together Sunday, February 21 for a coffee house night, with treats provided by Chelsea, hot cocoa, and of course coffee! This night is all about fellowship! Hanging out! And catching up with friends.
The Burn
The Burn is our area-wide worship night. We gather with other youth groups for a night of worship, prayer, snacks and getting to know other believers. This quarter's Burn is at Tigard Church of God on Wednesday, February 17 from 7-8:30pm. See you there!
Our small groups join together Sunday, February 21 for a coffee house night, with treats provided by Chelsea, hot cocoa, and of course coffee! This night is all about fellowship! Hanging out! And catching up with friends.
The Burn
The Burn is our area-wide worship night. We gather with other youth groups for a night of worship, prayer, snacks and getting to know other believers. This quarter's Burn is at Tigard Church of God on Wednesday, February 17 from 7-8:30pm. See you there!
Remember, there is no Danger Zone Thursday night this week.
30 Hour Famine
It's not too late to begin raising money for the Famine. Join in raising money for World Vision's work around the world and in Haiti. Grab your Famine info flier here or in the Youth Center.
30 Hour Famine
It's not too late to begin raising money for the Famine. Join in raising money for World Vision's work around the world and in Haiti. Grab your Famine info flier here or in the Youth Center.
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
Happy Week After Valentine's Week. Or Happy Making Fun of Valentine's Week Week. Some people just can't stand the hype leading up to the biggest greeting card day of the year. Others can't wait to get some candy love!
Either way, the PW Daily Devo is here for you. Call this week's devotionals our valentine to you -- or the ultimate anti-Valentine. We're cool both ways, as long as you're cool digging into some verses about God's giant, expensive, expressive, impressive love for His children.
For starters, we're absolutely convinced that God has proved His love for us way before we could do anything to make ourselves lovable. As today's verse points out, He gave His Son to make it possible for us to live with Him forever. Do you need more evidence?
Think: Do you ever wonder if God really loves you? Are you convinced that His gift of the life of Jesus in your place is a demonstration of His forever love for you? Why or why not?
Pray: Thank God that He demonstrated His own love for us by sending Christ to die for us when we were still sinners.
Read: See how huge this idea really is when you read Romans 5:1-11.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
SURF REPORT
Review of Lovely Bones
Review of Do Hard Things
FORGETTABLE FACT
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
POTENT QUOTABLES
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
~ Charlie Brown
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
~ Tom Brokaw
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: How do you make a hot dog stand?
A: Steal its chair.
February 8, 2010
180 NEWS
Small Groups
Join us again this week for a night of small groups....Sunday @ 7pm!
The Burn
The Burn is our area-wide worship night. We gather with other youth groups for a night of worship, prayer, snacks and getting to know other believers. This quarter's Burn is at Tigard Church of God on Wednesday, February 17 from 7-8:30pm. See you there!
30 Hour Famine
It's not too late to begin raising money for the Famine. Join in raising money for World Vision's work around the world and in Haiti.
SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
". . . in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:6)
Want your life to be complicated? Really confused and stressful and messy? It's easy to accomplish: Just give some of your life to the Lord. Just acknowledge Him in some of your ways. And then save the rest of your ways for yourself.
Trust me. It's like signing up for a multiple personality disorder. Why? Because God's way is not your way. If you make a commitment to trust Him in some things and not others, you'll always be trying to keep the parts of yourself a secret from the other parts of yourself.
I'm not saying it can't be done. Most of us do it every day. I'm just saying it sucks. James called it being "double minded and unstable," this trusting in God some and me some. And it leads to foolish living and giant headaches.
Want to live simple? Want to walk a straight-ahead path that's going somewhere? Trust God with 100 percent of your heart and acknowledge Him in all of your ways.
Think: What would you lose if you trusted God by obeying Him in every part of your life? What would you gain?
Pray: Ask God to help you to acknowledge Him in all of your ways.
Do: Make a quick list of parts of your life that you tend to keep away from God, that you'd rather not let the "God part" of your life know about.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
SURF REPORT
Interview with Denzel Washington about The Book of Eli
Lost Character Study: Will Kate Believe?
FORGETTABLE FACT
More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
POTENT QUOTABLES
To love another person is to see the face of God.
~ Les Miserables
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
'You should be ashamed,' the father told his son, Andy,
'When Abraham Lincoln was your age, he used to walk ten miles every day to get to school.'
'Really?' Andy responded. 'Well, when he was your age, he was president.'
Small Groups
Join us again this week for a night of small groups....Sunday @ 7pm!
The Burn
The Burn is our area-wide worship night. We gather with other youth groups for a night of worship, prayer, snacks and getting to know other believers. This quarter's Burn is at Tigard Church of God on Wednesday, February 17 from 7-8:30pm. See you there!
30 Hour Famine
It's not too late to begin raising money for the Famine. Join in raising money for World Vision's work around the world and in Haiti.
SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
". . . in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:6)
Want your life to be complicated? Really confused and stressful and messy? It's easy to accomplish: Just give some of your life to the Lord. Just acknowledge Him in some of your ways. And then save the rest of your ways for yourself.
Trust me. It's like signing up for a multiple personality disorder. Why? Because God's way is not your way. If you make a commitment to trust Him in some things and not others, you'll always be trying to keep the parts of yourself a secret from the other parts of yourself.
I'm not saying it can't be done. Most of us do it every day. I'm just saying it sucks. James called it being "double minded and unstable," this trusting in God some and me some. And it leads to foolish living and giant headaches.
Want to live simple? Want to walk a straight-ahead path that's going somewhere? Trust God with 100 percent of your heart and acknowledge Him in all of your ways.
Think: What would you lose if you trusted God by obeying Him in every part of your life? What would you gain?
Pray: Ask God to help you to acknowledge Him in all of your ways.
Do: Make a quick list of parts of your life that you tend to keep away from God, that you'd rather not let the "God part" of your life know about.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
SURF REPORT
Interview with Denzel Washington about The Book of Eli
Lost Character Study: Will Kate Believe?
FORGETTABLE FACT
More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
POTENT QUOTABLES
To love another person is to see the face of God.
~ Les Miserables
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
'You should be ashamed,' the father told his son, Andy,
'When Abraham Lincoln was your age, he used to walk ten miles every day to get to school.'
'Really?' Andy responded. 'Well, when he was your age, he was president.'
February 1, 2010
180 NEWS
Prime Time Video
We gathered Sunday for a celebration of God's goodness in 2009. Check out the video from that night below.
Small Groups
Join us again this week for a night of small groups....Sunday @ 7pm!
30 Hour Famine
It's not too late to begin raising money for the Famine. Join in raising money for World Vision's work around the world and in Haiti.
SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." (Ephesians 3:20-21)
We've spent this last week listening in on Paul's prayer for the Ephesian Christians, a huge prayer for huge power so they could understand and live in the reality of a huge idea -- that the God of the universe loves them and will never, ever stop.
To understand that truth about God's commitment to us in Jesus changes a person. In fact, it changes everything. Ultimately, if the all-powerful God is for you -- and will be always -- how could you future be any better?
In these final verses, Paul responds in the only way that makes sense: worship. "To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!"
Amen.
Think: Are you convinced that God is all-powerful and that He loves you unconditionally in Jesus -- and that He will love you forever? If so, how does believing that change the way you live? How does it motivate you to respond to God in worship?
Pray: Say to God, "To you be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!"
Do: Make a point this next week to remember God's love for you in Christ and to worship Him for it.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
SURF REPORT
Movie Review of Extraordinary Measures
FORGETTABLE FACT
Even Antarctica has an area code. It s 672.
POTENT QUOTABLES
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
~ Dr. Suess
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
~ Booker T. Washington
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q. What do you call a song sung in an automobile?
A. A cartoon.
Prime Time Video
We gathered Sunday for a celebration of God's goodness in 2009. Check out the video from that night below.
Small Groups
Join us again this week for a night of small groups....Sunday @ 7pm!
30 Hour Famine
It's not too late to begin raising money for the Famine. Join in raising money for World Vision's work around the world and in Haiti.
SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." (Ephesians 3:20-21)
We've spent this last week listening in on Paul's prayer for the Ephesian Christians, a huge prayer for huge power so they could understand and live in the reality of a huge idea -- that the God of the universe loves them and will never, ever stop.
To understand that truth about God's commitment to us in Jesus changes a person. In fact, it changes everything. Ultimately, if the all-powerful God is for you -- and will be always -- how could you future be any better?
In these final verses, Paul responds in the only way that makes sense: worship. "To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!"
Amen.
Think: Are you convinced that God is all-powerful and that He loves you unconditionally in Jesus -- and that He will love you forever? If so, how does believing that change the way you live? How does it motivate you to respond to God in worship?
Pray: Say to God, "To you be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!"
Do: Make a point this next week to remember God's love for you in Christ and to worship Him for it.
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2010 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.
SURF REPORT
Movie Review of Extraordinary Measures
FORGETTABLE FACT
Even Antarctica has an area code. It s 672.
POTENT QUOTABLES
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
~ Dr. Suess
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
~ Booker T. Washington
UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q. What do you call a song sung in an automobile?
A. A cartoon.
