Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Flexibility

Flexibility would be the theme for today.  Due to the rain and just several different projects all around town, our group really had to be flexible.  Some did yet more door hangers.  Some finished the project at the day care.  It looks really good by the way!  It's cleaner, fresh paint on the wall, and the kids and teachers are really excited because they have a preschool graduation Friday.  Unfortunately we won't be here to watch it, but I'm sure they will love it!

Others did handouts downtown in the business district to try to get the name out about the church.  Part of the project was handing out popcorn to people as a way of servant evangelism.  It was very different from the other relational activities we have already done.

Earlier in the day the crew also went back to the elementary school to help out cleaning and with random tasks, but also to interact with the students.  One young boy even ran up to Mrs. Lea and hugged her, look up into her eyes and said, "I love you!"  Back at the church, there were supplies to put away, brushes to clean, and another delivery of shelving units and cabinets to the daycare.

To finish the day we went to the Taco Bus for dinner.  It was actually a restaurant on one of the Diners Drive Ins and Dives, t.v. show.  You should google it!  Great food, and a lot of it!  After dinner we went to a park downtown Tampa where we just hung out, played frisbee, and enjoyed the company of one another.


All in all, another great day.  We were challenged this morning to watch our words.  We looked at James 3 in our morning devotion and were really challenged by what God has to say there.  Especially now theta we are well into the week, people are getting tired, and emotions seem to snap easier.  It was another  timely challenge for us the week.  God seems to do that when we open his word and listen.  

Well we are excited about tomorrow.  We will hopefully see even more projects to completion, get to form more relationships, and maybe even do something new that we haven't done yet this week as we continue to be flexible.  No matter what we do, we know that we have been part of something bigger than ourselves this week.  It's really a life lesson because we are really always living in God's world.  Hopefully one thing this week has taught us is to live our lives with open eyes looking for how we can join up with what HE is already doing.

Enough for tonight.  We'll talk again tomorrow.  Grace and Peace.




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Personal Study/ Bible Study:
-Life of Christ, Acts of the Apostles, and other miscellaneous essays from Mark Moore--Professor of New Testament Theology, Ozark Christian College
-The Musts and Cannots of Following Jesus
-Old Testament Timeline--for those of us who have a hard time knowing when exactly everything took place.
-Answers in Genesis--answers to some of the toughest questions of the Old Testament.
-Biblegateway--Great site for Bible study. Keyword searches, multiple tranlations, bible-reading plans. It's all here.


Apologetics:
-Peter Kreeft
-Greg Boyd
-Books: A Humble Defense edited by: Moore and Scott, Mere Christianity by: C.S. Lewis, Know Why You Believe by: Paul E. Little.

Personal Issues:
-Drug Free.org
-Pornography (XXX church has resources for both parents and teens. There is software available to help stay accountable and for parents to keep a close eye on internet behavior for both Mac and PC users.)

Worldwide Issues:

Get involved personally--if you think Missions might be in your future, check out these sites and see about going on a trip.
-Casas por Cristo--Service ministry in Mexico, building houses
-Christ in Youth Missions--Try trips anywhere from week long inner city trips to summer long overseas.
-New Missions Systems
-Team Expansion


Check out what's going on in the world--don't be an average American citizen who is only concerned about what's going on here and now.
-Voice of the Martyrs--Christians all over the world suffer for their faith in Jesus. Read their stories here.
-Compassion--Sponsor a child worldwide
-BBC--read the news of what's going on around the world.

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-The Center for Parent and Youth Understanding exists to "understand culture to impact culture." They have youth trends linked as well as articles and a suggested reading list.

News from the World of Youth Culture is a page under the CPYU (linked above) and has new articles linked everyday about teens and the world in which they live.

-Focus on the Family is also a very respected resource that has many helpful hints and suggestions for raising your family.

-In addition to these, it never hurts to read what they're reading, and watch what they're watching. That way, as their parent, you can guide them as they process how to think and respond to all the messages being thrown at them.

On a personal note, thanks for all you do in the life of teenagers. Although it is difficult, stressful, and confusing at times, keep it up. God has given you a tremendous opportunity and He will get you through it!