YAM eNews Week of May 18, 2003
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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK
Calendar
Coming Up
NewsFlash—Now Accepting Entries for Experience
NewsFlash—Training Day
Service Opportunity—Summer Sunday School Volunteer
[Your Contribution Could Be Here]
Studying Romans with Pastor Charlie
Suggested Study Plan For Romans
The Gathering—Looking Ahead
Soul Work—Digging Deeper in I Corinthians 15
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CALENDAR
SUNDAYS
Worship @ 8:45 am—Main Worship Center
Current Study: Pastor Charlie is teaching through Paul’s Letter to the Romans
The Gathering @ 10 am—YAM room
Current Study: Tom on, “The Importance of Easter: What it means and what it doesn’t mean”
Coming Up: Laura on, “Oh my god, you’re God!”
An online summary is available weekly at http://tfbyam.blogspot.com/
Eating together (most weeks) @ 11:45 am—restaurant changes, meet in the patio or see Mike N
TUESDAYS
Bible Study @ 8 pm—YAM room
Current Study: Big Rocks, taught by Laura
An online version is available weekly at http://tfbyam.blogspot.com/
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COMING UP
SUNDAY, June 1
11:30 am
Dreaming Lunch for “Consuming Fire”
SATURDAY, June 14
9:00 am to 12:30 pm
TRAINING DAY: UNIQUELY YOU
Trying to figure out what you were made for?
Discover your divine design!
Required for participation in YAM leadership.
SATURDAY, June 21
8:00 to 10:00 pm
EXPERIENCE
Consuming Fire
alt.worship event
TFB Youth Room
SUNDAY, June 22
10:00 am
“They’re here…”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FRESHMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUMMER EVENTS… at least so far (send in your ideas!!)
Sparks games
Baseball
Weekend retreat
Taco Saturday
Pool Party
MTA Los Angeles Art Tour
LABOR DAY WEEKEND, August 29 to September 1
COLLEGE BRIEFING
Forest Home
In our world we are often faced with hard and challenging situations.
What do you depend on during these times?
Jesus Alone!
…CHRIST IS ALL THAT MATTERS… Colossians 3:11 NLT
Cost: $145, $25 non-refundable deposit due at sign-up
Scholarships available, ask Laura or Tom
Visit http://www.gospelcom.net/foresthome/collegebriefing2003.htm for info
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NEWSFLASH—NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
Experience
Consuming Fire
June 21, 2003
Experience is a multi-sensory, non-linear worship event presented by YAM (that’s you). If you are interested in creating words, aromas, colors, pictures, sounds, flavors, textures,or actions for “consuming fire,” contact the curator: Laura Springer at lkspringer@msn.com.
There will be a dreaming lunch on June 1 to begin weaving the pieces of the event.
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NEWSFLASH—TRAINING DAY
June 14
9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Ever wonder what God has planned for you?
Think you know, but want to make sure?
Wanna be involved in YAM leadership?
Ya gotta go to UNIQUELY YOU
See how your gifts and personality work together in God’s design.
Price is $25
If you need assistance, scholarships are available.
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NEWSFLASH—SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL VOLUNTEER
Helpers needed urgently for the Preschool Sunday School class beginning June 8th, one Sunday a month on a rotation with other volunteers. Both guys and girls needed.
Contact Lynne Foster ASAP if you can help:
tfbce@pacbell.net
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[YOUR CONTRIBUTION COULD BE HERE]
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STUDYING ROMANS WITH PASTOR CHARLIE
The Christians View of Life, Part 12
THE "FACTS & ACTS" OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Romans 6:1-14
Charlie Rice
Justification – being set free from the penalty of sin.
Sanctification – being set free from the power of sin.
Glorification – being set free from the presence of sin.
THE "FACTS" OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
We all inherited a sin nature (the tendency to sin) from Adam. But for the believer, there is another set of facts to know.
WHEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER, YOU DIE TO SIN (v. 1).
1 John 3:9
1 John 1:8,9
When Christians desire to sin, it is NOT from our nature, but rather from the leftover, residual effects of the dead sin nature.
WHEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER, YOU ARE PLACED ‘IN CHRIST’ (v. 2-5).
2 Corinthians 5:17
Colossians 2:12
WHEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER YOUR SIN NATURE IS CRUCIFIED. (v . 6, 7).
Ephesians 4:22,23 “…put off your old self…put on the new self…”
Colossians 3:8, 9 “…rid yourselves of such things…put on the new self…”
Galatians 2:20 “…I live by the faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.”
We don’t realize the truth that we are not sinners.
We take our eyes off Jesus.
We are in the middle of the flesh-spirit struggle, Galatians 5:17
WHEN YOU BECOME A BELIEVER YOU ARE GIVEN VICTORY IN CHRIST (v. 8-10).
We’re guaranteed to win and no soldier will die, but we’ll lose some skirmishes and some will be wounded.
THE "ACTS" OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
COUNT ON GOD’S WORD.
Romans 4:3
Know fully what God says is true.
CUT YOUR TIES TO SIN (v. 12, 13).
Galatians 5:16
CONSECRATE YOURSELF TO GOD (v. 13).
Romans 12:1
Offer yourself to God.
THE POWER OF GOD’S GRACE
Titus 2:11,12
--Charlie (lks)
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SUGGESTED STUDY PLAN FOR ROMANS
1. Read a chapter a day. When you’ve finished the book, start over. By the end of the series—about six months—you will have read Paul’s Letter to the Romans eleven or twelve times. How cool is that?
2. Memorize! Three plans:
LIGHT LOAD: memorize Romans 14:1-15:2—a total of 25 verses. Memorize one verse a week and you will finish in about six months.
MODERATE LOAD: memorize Romans 14:1-15:2 and Romans 12— a total of 46 verses. Memorize two verses a week and you will finish in about six months.
HEAVY LOAD: memorize Romans 12:1-15:13— a total of 71 verses. Memorize three verses a week and you will finish in about six months.
To know it, you gotta DO it!
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THE GATHERING—
Beginning June 1
Oh my god, you’re God!
What happens when someone comes face to face with God?
Let’s just say the words “splat,” “eek,” and “wow” come to mind.
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TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY
YAM Tuesday—Big Rocks
[A "Big Rocks" study booklet will be available in a few weeks. Send an email if you're interested.]
Big Rock One: The Word: 2 Timothy 3:10-17; Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Big Rock Two: God: Psalm 145:17-21; Hebrews 12:4-11
Big Rock Three: Man: Genesis 1:26-31; 1 Corinthians 2:14-3:4
Big Rock Four: Sin: Genesis 2:25-3:7; Ephesians 2:1-3
Big Rock Five: Christ--Isaiah 9:1-7; John 1:14-18
Big Rock Five: Redemption-- Isaiah 53:10-12; John 3:16-21
Big Rock Seven: Spirit--Ezekiel 36:22-32
We did some Spirit-following and had a great discussion about life and family and work and how hard it is sometimes. Conclusion? Following God is not for sissies.
Next Week:
Big Rock Seven: Spirit--John 16:5-15
THE MENU
First: Get out your bible and read the passage a few times.
Second: What do you notice—who, what, when, where, how?
Third: Divide the passage into chunks that make sense.
Fourth: Summarize each chunk with a crispy sentence.
Fifth: Using the passage as your guide, try to answer your questions.
Sixth: Ask yourself, “So what?” What difference does/should this passage make in your life?
Here’s a few thoughts from Tuesday:
Thinking it through:
Coming up...
Big Rock Eight: Church--Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ephesians 4:7-16
Big Rock Nine: Future--Daniel 7:13-14; Revelation 20:11-15
[the above preview may change, but it probably won't]
--Laura
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SOUL WORK—Digging Deeper in I Corinthians 15
If you want to dig a bit deeper into 1 Corinthians 15 and proofs for the resurrection, here are some links:
A Refresher Course on the Resurrection of the Dead, 1 Corinthians 15
1 Corinthians Study Guide—outline and comments
False Theories Against the Resurrection of Christ
