The eNews Week of August 29, 2004
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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK
REGULAR HAPPENINGS
NEW SUNDAY SCHEDULE—Coming September 12
COLLEGE BRIEFING!!! September 3-6
ALTERNATIVE—September 5, Sunday Bible Study
IS IT JUST A NOTION? Collegium, or some such thing…
SUNDAY GATHERING—POG History
LECTIO DIVINA—Sacred Reading
SERMON NOTES—Qualities That Will Weaken Your Life
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REGULAR HAPPENINGS
WORSHIP @ 8:45 am—Main Worship Center
SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY @ 10 am on Sundays—TFB College Room
Currently: POG History (see below for an explanation of “POG”)
TUESDAY GATHERING @ 7:15-9:00 pm on Tuesdays— TFB College Room
Currently: Learning Jesus in the Gospel According to Mark
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NEW SUNDAY SCHEDULE—Coming September 12
Beginning September 12, 2004, TFB will have a new morning schedule, complete with 30 additional sleep minutes—yippee!
WORSHIP @ 9:15 am—Main Worship Center
FELLOWSHIP @ 10:30ish—TFB Courtyard
SUNDAY GATHERING @ 11 am—TFB College Room
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COLLEGE BRIEFING!!! September 3-6
Cost: $160
Place: Forest Home
Speaker: Bryan Loritts
Host: Jason Djang
Band: Plumbline
See Laura to sign-up
For details click here.
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ALTERNATIVE—September 5, Sunday Bible Study
Sunday, September 5, while some of us are off to College Briefing, please join the Combined Adult Sunday School in the gym.
Topic: Breaking New Ground
Focus: Presentation of our new fall schedule and its opportunities
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IS IT JUST A NOTION? Collegium, or some such thing…
Collegium: A group whose members pursue shared goals while
working within a framework of mutual trust and respect
[Source: American Heritage Dictionary]
What if YAM became an intergenerational collegium?
What would that look like?
What might our shared values be?
Some possibles:
Know the story.
Be the people.
Spread the Kingdom.
Ponder on…
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SUNDAY GATHERING—POG History
[* POG = People Of God]
God’s Covenant with Israel Exodus 19:21-25; 20:18-26
Holy terror for the wholly other Holy Yahweh grows holiness.
Yahweh is the wholly other Holy One.
A. Yahweh can only be approached on his own terms, 19:21-25
B. Yahweh can only be worshiped his way, 20:22-26
Meeting the wholly other Holy Yahweh brings holy terror.
A. Holy terror is an intellectual response, 20:18, 22.
B. Holy terror is an emotional response, 20:18.
C. Holy terror is a volitional response. 20:18-19.
Holy terror for the wholly other Holy Yahweh grows holiness.
A. Holiness is for life, 20:20; 613 laws, 248 positive, 365 negative, covering every area of life.
B. Holiness is for worship, 20:23-26.
September 12—at 11 am—we’ll return to POG History and look at The Judges—Sin and Deliverance
Israel Wants a King 1 Samuel 8:4-22
Saul Loses the Throne; David Anointed King 1 Samuel 16:1-13
David Prepares Solomon for the Throne 1 Kings 2:1-9
Solomon’s Wisdom and Sin 1 Kings 11:1-13
The Kingdom is Split 1 Kings 12:12-20
Northern Kingdom Taken to Assyria 2 Kings 17:6-18
Southern Kingdom Taken to Babylon 2 Kings 25:1-7, 18-21
Returning to the Land—Rebuilding the Temple Ezra 1:1-11
Returning to the Land—Rebuilding the Walls Nehemiah 2:11-20
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LECTIO DIVINA—Sacred Reading
Lectio Divina has four steps: lectio, meditation, oratio, and contemplatio The terms are a bit fancy, but the process is basic.
Step one: Lectio (read the passage once or twice aloud, then once or twice silently; your goal is to experience the passage rather than to merely understand it)
Step two: Meditatio (chew on the Word by focusing on a word or phrase that jumps out at you)
- What does this word/phrase bring to mind?
- What does this word/phrase feel like to me?
Step three: Oratio (conversation with God)
- God, what do you want me to do with what you’ve given me today?
Step four: Contemplatio (rest in God)
- Get quiet and simply be. In today’s noisy world, this is very difficult, so when the stray thoughts come—and they will—don’t stress out, just lay them down and move on.
Spend some time these next two weeks and do a lectio on the following two passages.
Exodus 20:20
"Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of
him may be before you, that you may not sin."
Hebrews 4:16 (text in brackets [ ] added for context)
[Therefore, because of Jesus’ sacrifice and
priesthood] Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that
we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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SERMON NOTES—Qualities That Will Weaken Your Life
What God Can Do Through Ordinary You - Part 4
Hebrews 11:32; Judges 13-16
SELF INDULGENCE WEAKENS YOUR LIFE. Judges 14:1-3
Galatians 6:7, 8
Proverbs 25:28
BITTERNESS WILL WEAKEN YOUR LIFE Judges 15
*It's a waste of time to get even.
*It's a waste of energy to get even.
*It is a waste of creativity to get even.
Proverbs 29:22
Proverbs 16:32
Proverbs 29:11
CARELESSNESS WEAKENS YOUR LIFE Judges 13:3-5; Judges 16
SELF EVALUATION
I am out of control in my life in the following ways….
I am resentful and or bitter towards the following people….
I am less than fully devoted to God in the following areas…
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