Sorry that this week's update is coming to you on Wednesday, but I've been sick the last two days and have basically been useless.
Sunday, March 28
We will conclude our series on Hosea this Sunday morning. Steve Briggs will be leading the senior high class while the Bakers will be doing the junior high class. We hope you will join us.
Sunday night we will be concluding our "March Madness" series with a talk about love and romance. The band will be playing, so come for a night of worship in the auditorium.
Mission Trip
We have six spots remaining for the mission trip (July 11-17), please get your deposit in ASAP to reserve your spot. Also, at the end of this week, we will be filling our remaining spots with people from the church who want to go.
CIY:Move
Remember to get your deposits, or at least inform someone that you are attending CIY. We are looking forward to a big group coming this year and sharing in a wonderful experience.
Showing posts with label March Madness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label March Madness. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Weekly Update 3/8/10
Wednesday, March 10
We will FINALLY have our first "10th for the Lord" this Wednesday. We have decided to dedicate the tenth of every month to God and serving His people. We were derailed by snow the first two months of 2010, but it looks like we will be good to go for Wednesday. We will be working in our adopted part of the campus, as well as painting the nursery and toddler rooms. Please come dressed appropriately. We will close up shop so that everyone will be done by 6. You are welcome to come as early as you want after school lets out. See you there!
Sunday, March 14
We will be continuing our Sunday School series on Hosea. I hope you will look at the blog to find out what you missed if you were not here on Sunday.
At 5:30 we will be having a meeting for those current 8th graders through seniors who are interested in attending CIY:Move this summer. We hope you will come for the informational meeting and so we can start planning for the number of kids that we are going to have.
At Ignite, we will be continuing our March Madness series. We are looking at some of the things that makes our life, well, mad. We are seeking to show how to live a less stressful life, and how to deal with tough situations by looking at what God says for us to do. This past Sunday we talked about good & bad belonging, and how to find our place in this world. This Sunday, John Baker will come and talk about peer pressure. We will find how to deal with it, and how to figure out the difference between good peer pressure, and bad peer pressure.
Congratulations
We also want to pass along a hearty congratulations to Ben Luna on his lead role in the BGHS musical Curtains. Ben did a great job and should be very proud of his performance.
Reminder We have 10 spots left on the mission trip for this summer. Please get your deposit in ASAP.
We will FINALLY have our first "10th for the Lord" this Wednesday. We have decided to dedicate the tenth of every month to God and serving His people. We were derailed by snow the first two months of 2010, but it looks like we will be good to go for Wednesday. We will be working in our adopted part of the campus, as well as painting the nursery and toddler rooms. Please come dressed appropriately. We will close up shop so that everyone will be done by 6. You are welcome to come as early as you want after school lets out. See you there!
Sunday, March 14
We will be continuing our Sunday School series on Hosea. I hope you will look at the blog to find out what you missed if you were not here on Sunday.
At 5:30 we will be having a meeting for those current 8th graders through seniors who are interested in attending CIY:Move this summer. We hope you will come for the informational meeting and so we can start planning for the number of kids that we are going to have.
At Ignite, we will be continuing our March Madness series. We are looking at some of the things that makes our life, well, mad. We are seeking to show how to live a less stressful life, and how to deal with tough situations by looking at what God says for us to do. This past Sunday we talked about good & bad belonging, and how to find our place in this world. This Sunday, John Baker will come and talk about peer pressure. We will find how to deal with it, and how to figure out the difference between good peer pressure, and bad peer pressure.
Congratulations
We also want to pass along a hearty congratulations to Ben Luna on his lead role in the BGHS musical Curtains. Ben did a great job and should be very proud of his performance.
Reminder We have 10 spots left on the mission trip for this summer. Please get your deposit in ASAP.
3/8 Ignite "March Madness-Belonging"
Devotion- Jared Graves
Summary:
At this time of the year, when it comes to NCAA basketball, there are many teams who are trying to prove that they belong in the NCAA tournament. While all conference winners get into the 65-team tournament, 30+ spots are still out there to be filled by "at large teams". These are teams who did not win their conference, but still deserve to belong in the tourney based on their win-loss record and who they beat throughout the season.
A few years ago there was a team called George Mason. They did not win their conference tournament and they got in as an at-large team. Now, they were from a small conference so there were plenty of people, notably CBS Commentator Billy Packer, who stated that there were more deserving teams that got left out of the tourney. They basically said George Mason did not belong.
As a 13 seed, George Mason made it to the final four. They were one of the last four teams playing for a national championship. They proved that they belonged.
We are constantly longing to belong to something. We don't want to be left out, and we do not want to be socially inadequate. Sometimes we change things about ourselves in order to fit in. Sometimes we decide to take on new hobbies or interests in order to find a group of people to belong to. Belonging is important. However, we need to find out what type of belonging is healthy, and what is not.
1 Peter 2:9-12
Christians were now at a crossroads. They had to leave everything they knew and adjust to a new way of thinking and living. Some of these people were confused as to where they fit in with their new morals and way of life.
Bad belonging (two extremes):
Summary:
At this time of the year, when it comes to NCAA basketball, there are many teams who are trying to prove that they belong in the NCAA tournament. While all conference winners get into the 65-team tournament, 30+ spots are still out there to be filled by "at large teams". These are teams who did not win their conference, but still deserve to belong in the tourney based on their win-loss record and who they beat throughout the season.
A few years ago there was a team called George Mason. They did not win their conference tournament and they got in as an at-large team. Now, they were from a small conference so there were plenty of people, notably CBS Commentator Billy Packer, who stated that there were more deserving teams that got left out of the tourney. They basically said George Mason did not belong.
As a 13 seed, George Mason made it to the final four. They were one of the last four teams playing for a national championship. They proved that they belonged.
We are constantly longing to belong to something. We don't want to be left out, and we do not want to be socially inadequate. Sometimes we change things about ourselves in order to fit in. Sometimes we decide to take on new hobbies or interests in order to find a group of people to belong to. Belonging is important. However, we need to find out what type of belonging is healthy, and what is not.
1 Peter 2:9-12
Christians were now at a crossroads. They had to leave everything they knew and adjust to a new way of thinking and living. Some of these people were confused as to where they fit in with their new morals and way of life.
Bad belonging (two extremes):
- Compromising our beliefs or friendships. This is never a healthy belonging. This always causes you to discard what is right and the good relationships that you have in order to seek acceptance from someone else.
- Secluding ourselves, or becoming social hermit. We are not called to live in isolation. Peter did not tell the Christians to isolate themselves, rather to be a key part in the world. They just needed to safeguard their hearts and actions to make sure that they were not doing anything contradicting their beliefs. Belonging to comfort-zone groups who look, think, and act like us is not healthy.
- Wide variety of people from different races, colors, and backgrounds
- A community that you can give and receive freely
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Weekly Update 3/3
Mission Trip 2010
Last Sunday, we had a meeting on our summer mission trip which will be July 11-18 in Gatlinburg, TN. We have 10 guaranteed slots left. To get your spot, you need to turn in a $50 deposit by March 14. If you need more information about the trip, contact youth@bowlinggreenchristian.org.
Sunday, March 7
Last Sunday, we had a meeting on our summer mission trip which will be July 11-18 in Gatlinburg, TN. We have 10 guaranteed slots left. To get your spot, you need to turn in a $50 deposit by March 14. If you need more information about the trip, contact youth@bowlinggreenchristian.org.
Sunday, March 7
Sunday morning we will start new Sunday School series on Hosea. Senior high meets at 8:30, and junior high meets at 9:45 in the youth center.
Sunday night we will start a new series called "March Madness". This series will focus on all the things that make our life, well, mad. We will focus on how to deal with an unhealthy urge for belonging, peer pressure, success, and love. We hope that you will join us!
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