April 20, 2009
Contents
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
MS Pool & Pizza
Cannonballllllll..........Splash! Mid School, it's time once again, to call up your friends, find your swim suit and head out for the Pool & Pizza night. It is on April 24, from 5:30-9:30pm and costs only $10.
Get the flier here.
Check out last years pictures. 
HS Beach Retreat @ Winema
Every year we look forward to our time at the beach. Well, it's finally here! The beach retreat at Camp Winema is May 1-3. You won't want to miss this great time of hanging with friends, worship, challenge in your faith and all the beach has to offer. Make sure you sign up by April 26.
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
MS Pool & PizzaCannonballllllll..........Splash! Mid School, it's time once again, to call up your friends, find your swim suit and head out for the Pool & Pizza night. It is on April 24, from 5:30-9:30pm and costs only $10.
Get the flier here.
Check out last years pictures.
HS Beach Retreat @ WinemaEvery year we look forward to our time at the beach. Well, it's finally here! The beach retreat at Camp Winema is May 1-3. You won't want to miss this great time of hanging with friends, worship, challenge in your faith and all the beach has to offer. Make sure you sign up by April 26.
P.S. 8th graders going into high school next year, you're invited!
Download the brochure.
See last year's pictures.
Read Through the Bible
Looking for help in reading the Bible? Join in this week as finish reading in John and begin Acts.
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
It's His Universe
"For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him." (Colossians 1:16)
Have you ever heard or used that expression: "It's so-and-so's world; we're just living in it."? This week you might hear someone say, "It's Miley Cyrus's world; we're just living in it."
It's a funny thing to say, but of course it's true for only one being: Jesus. He made everything. Every living thing. Every non-living thing. Everything you can see or can't. Every being that breathes or exists somehow without breath. And it was all made "for him." It's literally His universe; we're just living in it.
Hearing that can either make you feel jealous and small and angry about the inequality of a universe where one being has all that power -- or it can make you feel deeply grateful that such a being is also a person who would willingly sacrifice Himself on a cross to include you in His plans for that universe.
What's your response?
Think: How much power would it take to create everything in the universe? How much control would the Creator have over all that exists in His universe? Why, again, would Jesus let Himself be mocked and killed by a handful of His tiny, weak creatures?
Pray: Thank God for letting you live in His universe and then thank Him again and again for including you in His family through your faith in the Creator Jesus.
Do: Read more about this big idea in Romans 11:33 - 12:2.
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A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
3. SURF REPORT
- 17 Again Movie Review
~ "Nation" by Terry Pratchett Book Review
4. BIRTHDAYS
We want to wish a very happy birthday to Kellie Koenig this week. Have a great one Kellie!
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."
~ Goethe
"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
~ William Shakespeare
7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What is an Eskimo cow called?
A: An eskimoo.
Download the brochure.
See last year's pictures.
Read Through the Bible
Looking for help in reading the Bible? Join in this week as finish reading in John and begin Acts.
| Day | Deuteronomy | Proverbs | John |
| Tuesday, April 21 | 4 | 31 | 15-16 |
| Wednesday, April 22 | 5 | Ecclesiastes 1 | 17-18 |
| Thursday, April 23 | 6-7 | 2 | 19 |
| Friday, April 24 | 8-9 | 3 | 20-21 |
| Saturday, April 25 | 10-11 | 4 | Acts 1 |
| Sunday, April 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| Monday, April 27 | 13-14 | 6 | 3-4 |
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
It's His Universe
"For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him." (Colossians 1:16)
Have you ever heard or used that expression: "It's so-and-so's world; we're just living in it."? This week you might hear someone say, "It's Miley Cyrus's world; we're just living in it."
It's a funny thing to say, but of course it's true for only one being: Jesus. He made everything. Every living thing. Every non-living thing. Everything you can see or can't. Every being that breathes or exists somehow without breath. And it was all made "for him." It's literally His universe; we're just living in it.
Hearing that can either make you feel jealous and small and angry about the inequality of a universe where one being has all that power -- or it can make you feel deeply grateful that such a being is also a person who would willingly sacrifice Himself on a cross to include you in His plans for that universe.
What's your response?
Think: How much power would it take to create everything in the universe? How much control would the Creator have over all that exists in His universe? Why, again, would Jesus let Himself be mocked and killed by a handful of His tiny, weak creatures?
Pray: Thank God for letting you live in His universe and then thank Him again and again for including you in His family through your faith in the Creator Jesus.
Do: Read more about this big idea in Romans 11:33 - 12:2.
**
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
3. SURF REPORT
- 17 Again Movie Review
~ "Nation" by Terry Pratchett Book Review
4. BIRTHDAYS
We want to wish a very happy birthday to Kellie Koenig this week. Have a great one Kellie!
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."
~ Goethe
"No legacy is so rich as honesty."
~ William Shakespeare
7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Q: What is an Eskimo cow called?
A: An eskimoo.
