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Know the story…Be the people…Expand the Kingdom
05-06 Priorities: Inreach...Outreach...Worship




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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK

REGULAR HAPPENINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS--Next: Learning Party: May 10
COLLEGIUM--God is light...
TUESDAY GATHERING--A Beginning of Months
SERMON NOTES--How to Relate Wisely to Others

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Staff:
Pastor G (TFB Youth Min Pastor) gbenjamin49@gmail.com
Laura (college ministry directoresque, teacher, AKA the mad tangent rider; eNews editor) lkspringer@gmail.com

Leadership team:
Administrator: JJ
Communication: Shaena
Last Tuesday Planner: Dylan
Assistant Collegium Leader: Jonathan

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REGULAR HAPPENINGS

SUNDAYS
WORSHIP GATHERING @ 9:15 am—Main Worship Center
Intergenerational worship gathering with indy-folk-rockish music
and good preaching… too fun!

“COFFEE HOUSE” @ 10:30ish
Coffee, conversation, and donut holes in the TFB Courtyard.

COLLEGIUM @ 11 am—TFB College Room
Sort of like idea potluck, but with a theme
Currently: Holy Worldliness

TUESDAYS
TUESDAY GATHERING @ 7:15-9:00 pm— TFB College Room
Hangout and conversation, guided by a teacher-facilitator;
often resembles Mr. Toad’s wild ride, but with bibles.
Currently: Listening with respect and Deciding with wisdom

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UPCOMING EVENTS—Next: LAST TUESDAY—April 25

Online calendar http://lkscurriculum.wikispaces.com/calendar

Learning Party: Listening and Deciding—May 10

EAT!—May 28

LAST TUESDAY—May 30

Classic Movie Night (AKA, really bad "B" movies)—date and time TBA

Getty Center—date and time TBA

Freshman Drag—Sunday, June 25, 2006 @ 11 am

COLLEGE BRIEFING—September 1-4

URBANA MISSIONS CONFERENCE
—December 27-31

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COLLEGIUMGod is light...




















Questions from 1:1-5

  • What does it mean that Jesus' person (vv. 1-4) is the announcement that God is light (v. 5)?
  • Why the build-up (vv. 1-4) before the announcement that God is light (v. 5)?
  • How does this "partnership" (v. 3) look and work?
  • What does complete joy (v. 4) look like?

1 John 1 (tangentrider's translation)

[FOR REVIEW: vv. 1-4]

What was from (the) beginning
what we have heard
what we have seen with our eyes
what we have observed and our hands have investigated
concerning the word of life
and the life was made plain
and we have seen
and we testify
and we announce to you the life unending
which was from the father
and was made plain to you--
what we have seen and heard
we announce to you
in order that you also may have partnership with us.
and also our partnership (is) with the Father
and with his son Jesus Messiah
and these things we, we have written to you
in order that our joy may be complete.

[FOR LECTIO*: 1:5-2:1]

And this is the announcement
which we have heard from him
and we are announcing to you,
that the God is light
and darkness in him is not, not at all.
If we may say,
that we have partnership with him
and (if) we are walking in the dark
(then) we are lying and we are not doing/making the truth;
and if we are walking in the light,
as he is in the light,
(then) we have partnership with one another
and the blood of Jesus his son is cleansing us from all sin
if we may say,
that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves
and the truth is not in us.
if we may admit our sins,
he is reliable and good,
that he may cancel our sins
and purify us from all lack of goodness.
if we may say,
that we have not sinned,
(then) we are making him a liar and his word is not in us

My little children, I am writing these things to you
that you may not sin
and if anyone may sin
we have a helper before the father
Jesus Messiah the Good One.

*see the Collegium wiki for Lectio instructions

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TUESDAY GATHERING--A Beginning of Months

Last Tuesday, the TFB collegians researched, planned, and celebrated Passover. It was good, a bit bumpy, but good. What made it good was not the decor, though that was cool. It was not the words, though they were meaningful. What made it good was that the pointthat our God is and always has been a Redeemerwas crystal clear. What made it good was that we all joined a story that has been told for thousands of yearsthat the Lamb takes our place in death. Before the coming of Messiah Jesus, the blood of animals took our place. But now that God himself has come in flesh and given his life as the Lamb, Messiah Jesus himself takes our place. Every time we eat the bread and drink the juice we remember this story and we keep telling this story until Jesus returns to finalize the Kingdom of God.



So, what does this have to do with a beginning of months? For the Israelite nation, Passover was their beginning of months. Remembering their deliverance from slavery by the blood of the lamb started off their year. For the college group, remembering this storyand realizing that it is our story as wellis the beginning of our year. From this point on, everything is new. For Israel, the exodus was the beginning of their becoming a people. For the college group, it is my hope and prayer that it will do the same for us. I pray that we will begin to become a people. One because of the Spirit God has given us. Different because that same Spirit has shaped us and made us unique.



So, we begin anew.

Originally posted on the blog at Tangentrider's MySpace.

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SERMON NOTES--How to Relate Wisely to Others
A LIFE TRANSFORMED BY FAITH, Part 9
James 3:13-18
Pastor Charlie
May 7, 2006

“Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness” (v. 18).

* Wisdom is a lifestyle (vs. 13).
* The lack of wisdom causes problems (vs. 14- 16).


HOW TO RELATE WISELY TO OTHERS (verse 17):
* IF YOU ARE WISE, YOU WILL NOT COMPROMISE YOUR INTEGRITY.Proverbs 10:9
* IF YOU ARE WISE, YOU WILL NOT ANTAGONIZE PEOPLE.Proverbs 20:3

Causes of arguments:
* Comparing 2 Corinthians 10:12
* Condemning
* Contradicting Proverbs 14:29

* IF YOU ARE WISE, YOU WILL NOT MINIMIZE OTHERS’ FEELINGS. Proverbs 15:4
* IF YOU ARE WISE, YOU WILL NOT CRITICIZE OTHERS’ DECISIONS OR SUGGESTIONS. Proverbs 12:15
* IF YOU ARE WISE, YOU WILL NOT EMPHASIZE OTHERS’ MISTAKES. Proverbs 17:9; Galatians 6:1
* IF YOU ARE WISE, YOU WILL NOT DISGUISE YOUR OWN WEAKNESSES.Proverbs 28:13; James 1:5

“In Him (Christ) lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge”(Colossians 2:3, NLT).


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