WHAT GOES ON AT YAM?
The Gathering--a gathering of young adults trying to figure out how to make God look good 24/7, Sundays at 10 AM, on the TFB campus, in the Young Adult room
Plain wRap--taking a break until further notice...
Experience--an alternative worship event, Every couple of months or so
Eating together--most Sundays, around 11:30 am, give or take...
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK
Upcoming Events
Sunday Schedule
The Gathering--What should we look like next summer?
Plain wRap--gone on hiatus
Campus News--B.B. King coming to Cal Poly SLO
Know God--Fish the Net: The Evangelistic Tacklebox
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Defending the Faith, October 3, Thursday evening, October 3, 7:30-9:30pm, First Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton
40 Days of Purpose kick-off event, October 12, 10 am
Festival con Dios, October 12, 3:30 pm, Cottonwood Christian Center
See Sara M play Volleyball! --TWICE!!
1) Christian Heritage at Westmont, Saturday, October 19 @ 7 pm
2) Christian Heritage at Biola University, Tuesday, October 29 @ 7pm
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
8:45 am Worship--Worship Center
10:00 am Gathering—Young Adult room
11:30 am LUNCH @ Buca di Beppo, 1670 South Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach CA 90277 (opens at noon on Sundays) See a menu.
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THE GATHERING (A.K.A. Sunday School)
Well, it looks like our one week break from Walk ...this Way is gonna be a lot bigger. We'll return to the Beatitudes after the 40 days of purpose. In the mean time, we're gonna unpack Philippians 1:9-11.
This is what we have so far:
These verses are part of a letter that Paul wrote to one of his favorite churches. The church at Philippi. It was a city church, with blue-collar members and white-collar members. It had Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians. The church was doing well, but Paul could see some problems around the corner--a few leaders were not getting along and the congregation was losing its focus on Christ. So he wrote a letter. Chapter one, verses nine through eleven are Paul's prayer for the Philippian believers. He prays that their love would abound. This is not a mushy, warm fuzzy love. This is love with road worn feet. Love developed in relationship. He tells them three things about this love: its location, its purpose, and its result.
The first location of this love is the sort of knowledge you get from being in relationship with another person. The sort of knowledge that enables Grandma to finish Grandpa's sentences. The second location of this love is moral understanding developed through experience. This kind of moral understanding happens when, in living life with other people, we learn to make wise, godly choices.
The purpose of this love is a two-parter. The first part of the purpose is to develop the ability to carefully test and approve worthwhile, excellent things. Such a skill is only developed through practice. The second part of the purpose is to develop moral integrity, where you think and feel on the inside matches what you say and do on the outside. This type of moral integrity does not stumble over temptation and does not cause anyone else to stumble.
The result of this love is a completed filling with the fruit of righteousness. What is the fruit of righteousness? Well, just like an apple seed is the essence of appleness. So the fruit of righteousness is the essence of righteousness--Christlikeness. Jesus himself grows this righteousness in his people--a righteousness that will stand on the Day of Christ--when Jesus rewards his people. This fruit is to God's glory (the shining of his character through us) and his praise (the lifting up of his person by our lives).
The question we deal with next: If we start praying this for our fellow believers in YAM, what should YAM look like by the time next summer rolls around?
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PLAIN WRAP UPDATE:
Due to low attendance, Hermen has been sent on Fall vacation. Hermen might return in Spring. He might return in Summer. Too soon to tell. Everybody wave bye...
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COMING UP...
Festival Con Dios
October 12, 2002 - 3:30 PM
Audio Adrenaline * Toby Mac * MercyMe * Out of Eden * Bob Smiley * Jeremy Camp * Benjamin Gate * Tree63 * Sanctus Real * Everyday Sunday * Aaron Spiro * Pillar * Mike Silva * Jose Zayas
Cottonwood Christian Church • Cypress
$25 ($20 group of 15+)
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CAMPUS NEWS--B.B. King to perform at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
COMING TO CAL POLY SLO Legendary Bluesman B.B. King In Concert Nov. 19, Legendary B.B. King will perform in Concert Tuesday Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center's Christopher Cohan Center. Considered to be one of the greatest blues guitarists of the late 20th century, King's unique style of playing - integrating single string runs, "bent" chords and left-hand vibrato - has influenced countless musicians after him, including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, and Buddy Guy.
Gosh, maybe I can plan an early vacation?
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KNOW GOD--RESOURCES FOR WALKING THE WALK
Fish the Net: The Evangelistic Tacklebox offers a plethora of links. Check it out.
