Week ending March 27, 2005
Know the story…Be the people…Expand the Kingdom
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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL, by DannyS
STONE SOUP ALL NIGHTER PIX
TELLING THE STORY OF GOD: the media piece
BEING THE STORY OF GOD: the life piece
THE STORY OF GOD
BIBLE DISCUSSION—Room Redecorating and Pizza!
REGULAR HAPPENINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS—Next Up: Spring Cleaning and Room Redo, 3/22
NOTE: the Bible Discussion section is updated on Wednesday.
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WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL, by DannyS
PRESENCE OF GOD
We praise you for your never changing love for us. Open our hearts to hear your teaching.
WORD OF GOD: Psalm 23
Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the LORD forever.
DEVOTION
John from work had his car stolen from in front of his house. It was a car his mom worked hard to pay for, which made it all the more frustrating to him. All in all, it was a bad week for him for various reasons, and he seemed like he was going to explode. He was telling me about it a week ago, and unfortunately he isn’t very familiar with God’s steadfast love. If it were me that had my car stolen, I wonder if my reaction would be the same as his, or if I would rely on God to get me by.
CONVERSATION WITH GOD
Give us your power and calm us through your hesed.
Thank you for using our brokenness.
Help us to come to you with our problems now.
BENEDICTION
Focus on the good in our lives.
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STONE SOUP ALL NIGHTER PIX
Yes, we made a great bunch of Stone Soup (chicken vege). JJ and Matt hauled it to G's in the rain.
Indoor Bball!
After a close game in which three out of four teams were in the center brain poised to win, green took the crown!
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TELLING THE STORY OF GOD: the media piece
Intent: to create a media piece that communicates to the average South Bay twenty-something the facts, emotions, and participations in the continuing story of God.
Sunday, March 20: Flood and Babel
Genesis 6:9-11:23
Characters: Noah, God, Noah’s sons (Shem, Ham, Japheth), Noah’s wife, sons’ wives, Nimrod, People of Shinar, Terah, Nahor, Abram, Haran
Time: ~5800 to 3200 BC
Place: Earth, Ararat, Shinar, Babel, Ur, Haran
Scene development will continue on April 3
Next week: NO 11 AM Collegium
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BEING THE STORY OF GOD: the life piece
Intent: to implement a student-run, on-going goodness ministry in the South Bay.
Under consideration: a neighborhood in Torrance (see map).
More later.
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THE STORY OF GOD
The story of God runs from the creation of everything to the consummation of everything in God’s Kingdom and includes everything God is doing in the already-and-not-yet. The lives of God-followers today are vignettes in that continuing story, joining the millennia of God-followers who live out God’s story. The God-followers here in Torrance, at TFB, and in the TFB college group are part of the ongoing story that includes believers across the globe. God has commanded us to be his storytellers through our lives, through words, through media, through art, and through any means possible, spreading the Story of God to all who will listen.
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BIBLE DISCUSSION—Room Redecorating and Pizza!
TUESDAYS
7:15-9:00 pm— TFB College Room
Discussion is potluck style—everybody brings something to share,
so read ahead, pray a bunch, listen, and create.
March 22, 2005
ROOM REDO, PIZZA, AND BROWNIES!
Accomplishments:
media center wired and in action—including some awesomely large speakers
black draping hung on temp wall—our new picture place!
bar reoriented and reorganized
seating are in giant U so all see each other, the board, and the screen (yet to be purchased)
indoor lighting strands rehung—the cool lights are back
eating Rizzo’s pizza and garlic breadsticks
eating Jeff B’s brownies (yum!)
Good work, ya’ll!
WHAT’S NEXT?
Mike Yaconelli’s Messy Spirituality-we’re on pg 39
Psalms ‘hesed’ passages—worship readings and prayer response
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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
Fifteen minutes of random yapping,
followed by 45 minutes of tangent-surfing and bible searching
TUESDAYS
BIBLE DISCUSSION @ 7:15-9:00 pm— TFB College Room
Bible study meets hangout. Thirty minutes of random yap
followed by directed digging. Right now we’re going through
Mike Yaconelli’s Messy Spirituality and the OT ‘hesed’ passages.
We’re also working on the Story of God media project.
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UPCOMING EVENTS—Next Up: Spring Cleaning and Room Redo, 3/22
Spring Cleaning and Room Redo: March 22 (Mgrs: Jeff B and Laura1)
BBQ (Mgrs: Daniel and Danny)
Summer Camp—old style: June or July (Mgr: Jeff B)
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