You have 9 days left to sign up for the Fall Retreat. We are sculpting the weekend to be a chill, restful escape from the busyness and craziness of all of our schedules. I know- it's weird. But we truly believe this what God desires...so sign up and see God move.
Every first Sunday and Wednesday we host "AMP" nights where we encourage all of our students to invite at least 1 of their friends who they have already had spiritual conversations with so they can be introduced to our student community here at Trinity. Those are coming up this week! Here are the details.
Crosswalk (HS): Bonfire Blitz (Sunday, Nov. 1)
We will meet in the Student Center and then head over to the woods behind Trinity. We will have 5 different groups of students/ leaders who will travel around to each of the 5 bonfires (almost progressive dinner-esque). I won't tell you all of the foods that we will have available to cook, but here are a few to wet your appetite: shrimp, marinated fruit, smores (with some new options!).
Impact (MS): Bowling Classic (Wednesday, Nov. 4)
We will not be meeting at Trinity on Wednesday! You can meet directly at Sky Lanes (5141 S Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Lansing, MI 48911-3537) at normal Impact time (6:30 p.m.) We will end at 8:30 p.m. The cost is $5 per student which includes at least 2 games of bowling and shoes. However, if you have bowling shoes or any shoes that have clean, white soles...please wear them! Not a bad deal, huh?
1. I said this last night, but it truly never gets old to see Jesus move and do His thing.
Parents don't forget...
We want to hear from you! So we have set up a short survey for you to share both your greatest glories and greatest trials as parents...and to help us devise ways to better partner together to disciple your children. Thanks for 15 minutes of your time!
In case you haven't heard, our 2010 Summer Camp dates are officially set! (I promise!!!) We will be going to Camp FaHaLo, right outside Jackson. It's a beautiful camp (and we're excited about how close it is to the church!)
In his book, The Hole in Our Gospel, Richard Stearns writes, “There is so much at stake. The world we live in is under siege—three billion are desperately poor, one billion hungry, millions are trafficked in human slavery, ten million children die needlessly each year, wars and conflict are wreaking havoc, pandemic diseases are spreading, ethnic hatred is flaming, and terrorism is growing. Most of our brothers and sisters in Christ in the developing world live in grinding poverty. And in the midst of this stands the church of Jesus Christ in America, with resources, knowledge, and tools unequaled in the history of Christendom. I believe that we stand on the brink of a defining moment. We have a choice to make. When historians look back in one hundred years, what will they write about the nation with 340,000 churches? What will they say of the Church’s response to the greatest challenges of our time—AIDS, poverty, hunger, terrorism, and war? Will they say that these authentic Christians rose up courageously and responded to the tide of human suffering, that they rushed to the front lines to comfort the afflicted and to douse the flames of hatred? Will they write of an unprecedented outpouring of generosity to meet the urgent needs of the world’s poor? Will they speak of the moral leadership and compelling vision of our leaders? Will they write that this, the beginning of the 21st century, was the Church’s finest hour? Or will they look back and see a church too comfortable, insulated from the pain of the rest of the world, empty of compassion, and devoid of deeds? Will they write about the people who stood by and watched while a hundred million people died of AIDS and fifty million children were orphaned, of Christians who lived in luxury and self-indulgence while millions died for lack of food and water? Will schoolchildren read in disgust about a Church that had the wealth to build great sanctuaries but lacked the will to build schools, hospitals, and clinics? In short, will we be remembered as the Church with a gaping hole in our gospel? More is at risk than the lives of the poor and orphaned. The heart and soul of the Church of Jesus Christ, the very integrity of our faith and our relevance in the world, hang in the balance.”
Check out this video of Zach Seelye (our high school Teaching & Creative Arts Intern).
1. I am not going to lie. What God asked me to teach on was not easy. I know I might be a pansy, but speaking with that much authority (or presumed authority) took a lot of Spirit dependency.
Join us on Sunday night (Crosswalk- HS) and Wednesday night (Impact- MS) for baptisms. All families (parents, children, etc.) are invited for the night. We will be in the Main Auditorium. You can meet there directly at 6:30 (6 for HS on Sunday).
1. Philippians 3:7-11. Could change everything for you. "You study the scriptures because you think in them you possess eternal life, but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life."
1. Revelation 3. No commentary needed: Would God say He wants to spit you out of His mouth?
1. Check out Ezekiel 33. Intense. Who are the watchmen in your life? What are they challenging you to that you have been ignoring? Who has God divinely placed in your life for you to be watchmen over?
God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
1. Country music is never good in prolonged doses.
Bring your friends to our first AMP nights this week (Oct. 4 at CW and Oct. 7 at Impact). It's the same time as a regular night.
