YAM eNews Week of May 25, 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]
How To Be God’s Hero—Pastor Charlie
The Gathering—Looking Ahead
Soul Work—Get your creativity working: consuming fire
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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: “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”
SUNDAY, June 1
7:15 pm
Congregational Meeting
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!
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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SERVICE OPPORTUNITY—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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HOW TO BE GOD’S HERO—PASTOR CHARLIE
Hebrews 11
Hebrews 11:1-2
The key to becoming a hero to God is to be a person of faith.
YOU ARE A HERO TO GOD WHEN YOU BELIEVE HE IS REAL AND HE CARES, v. 6, 3; 1 Peter 5:6-7
YOU ARE A HERO TO GOD WHEN YOU GIVE HIM YOUR UNCONDITIONAL OBEDIENCE
To give you an idea of unconditional obedience, let me tell you about Timmy. Timmy was about five years old and he was an active boy—really active. One morning for breakfast he decided that he would rather not sit and eat. After each bite, Timmy got out of his chair and ran to the living room to play. First he played with his trucks, then he played a game. Finally, his mom had enough, so she picked him up, sat him in the chair and put her hands on his shoulders. After a couple minutes Timmy, in his best five-year-old wisdom said, “Mommy, I may be sitting down on the outside, but I’m standing up on the inside.” Unconditional obedience is when you are sitting down on the inside as well as on the outside.
1. You obey even when it does not make sense, v. 7, 30
2. You obey even when you do not know the whole plan, v. 8; Genesis 12:1; John 14:15
YOU ARE A HERO TO GOD WHEN YOU BELIEVE GOD CAN AND WILL KEEP HIS PROMISES, v. 11, 19; Ephesians 3:20; Luke 1:37
YOU ARE A HERO TO GOD WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR HEART SET ON ETERNITY
1. You wait patiently to receive what God has promised, v. 13
2. You see yourself as a foreigner and temporary dweller on this earth, v. 13
3. You willingly give up earthly status, fame, and power to follow God (recognize that earthyly accomplishments do not compare to following God), v. 13, 24; Luke 9:23-24
4. You keep a light grip on material possessions, v. 26; Luke 12:15; 1 Timothy 6:17-18
5. You see what God has in store for you in eternity, v. 35, 16, 10; Hebrews 10:34; John 14:1-3
YOU ARE A HERO TO GOD WHEN YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIS FUTURE FOR YOU ON EARTH, v. 20, 22; John 10:10; Jeremiah 29:11
-Pastor Charlie (typed by lks)
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THE GATHERING—
[also available at http://tfbyam.blogspot.com/]
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
[also available at http://tfbyam.blogspot.com/]
[A "Big Rocks" study booklet will be available in a few weeks. Send an email if you're interested.]
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 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?
Big Rock Seven: Spirit--John 16:5-15
Here’s a few thoughts from Tuesday:
- The big idea: The sent and coming Counselor …convicts the world of sin (unbelief), righteousness (proven by Jesus’ resurrection), and judgment (God’s sure judgment shown by Satan’s now standing condemned).
Thinking it through:
- The passage says that Messiah sends the Counselor from the Father to the disciples, and that his purpose is to convict the world.
- Since the Counselor (the Holy Spirit) resides in the disciples (the people of God), how might he fulfill this convicting of the world through the people of God (the church)? How might he fulfill this purpose through us? Through you?
Completed:
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 Six: (oops... how in the world does one lose a big rock?)
Big Rock Seven: Spirit--Ezekiel 36:22-32
--Laura
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SOUL WORK—Get your creativity working: consuming fire
Here’s a few semi-random words to ponder, courtesy of your friendly, neighborhood thesauras:
blaze, bonfire, campfire, charring, coals, combustion, conflagration, devouring, element, embers, flames, flare, glow, hearth, heat, holocaust, hot spot, incandescence, inferno, luminosity, oxidation, phlogiston, pyre, rapid oxidation, scintillation, scorching, searing, sparks, tinder, warmth, animation, ardor, brio, calenture, dash, drive, eagerness, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, fervency, fervor, force, ginger, gusto, heartiness, heat, impetuosity, intensity, life, light, liveliness, luster, passion, pep, punch, radiance, red heat, scintillation, snap, sparkle, spirit, splendor, starch, verve, vigor, vim, virtuosity, vivacity, white heat, zeal, zing, zip, élan
burn, enkindle, ignite, kindle, light, set ablaze, set aflame, set alight, touch off, cast, discharge, eject, explode, fling, heave, hurl, launch, let off, loose, pitch, pull trigger, set off, shell, shoot, throw, toss, touch off, animate, arouse, electrify, enliven, enthuse, exalt, galvanize, heighten, impassion, incite, inflame, inform, inspire, inspirit, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, provoke, quicken, rouse, stir, thrill
If you had to explain God as “consuming fire” without using words, how would you do it?
