The Bingham Community Outreach Ministry is collecting children's outerwear to be given to families who come to the Christmas Journey. Boys' and girls' items in toddler through sizes 14-16 would be appreciated. Most needed are coats, mittens, hats and boots. Look for large black bins in the atrium in November. We also need volunteers to help organize and hand out the clothing (event is 12/4/10). Contact Steve or Angie Berg at 5bergs@sbcglobal.net.


Collide Student Ministries will be collecting this outerwear during our November gatherings. Look for the colored bins!

This is a copy of an e-mail I sent out to parents this week...

Hey Parents,

I wanted to send you an e-mail to inform you about our topic of discussion at Crosswalk this coming Sunday night, as we wrap up our "You Asked For It" series. Pastor Marvin will be speaking on the true nature of sexuality, how sex was created by God and how its original design was beautiful to its core. In addition, Pastor Marvin will also pursue the reality that sin and the Evil One have attempted (and have often succeeded) to trash this beautiful gift that we have been given . So how do we treasure the beautiful nature of sex in its proper context, while being well aware of its ravenous tendencies when pursued in wrong contexts? We can’t just celebrate sex for what God made it to be; we have to fight what sin turned it into.

The reality is: Sex is serious. When we say that, we aren’t trying some kind of scare tactic on you or your student. Sex is serious because that’s how God created it. It just is. It brings pleasure. But it also is more than physical. It’s emotional and spiritual as well. It’s why sex ties you to another person even if you both walk away and no one knows what you’ve done. We will pursue this holistic picture of sex in the Scriptures on Sunday night.

Some of you might be concerned about the taboo nature of this topic. We understand your concern, but also believe that Satan hasn't been quiet about this issue and is pursuing your students to walk outside the rhythm of purity that God desires for each of their lives. The church cannot be quiet any longer. This topic was rated #1 by students as the issue that they desired for us to pour truth onto for a reason.

If you have an issue with your student being a part of this topic, please refrain from sending them to Crosswalk this Sunday. Either way, please join us in prayer for transformational discussion and that the Scriptures would reveal God's ultimate plan for sex in each of our student's lives.

You are loved and appreciated,

Jordan Jones
Student Ministries Director
Trinity Church

"God is not real to most of us because of the condition of our consciousness. He is closer to our minds every moment than your own thoughts. He is nearer to our hearts than our own feelings. He is more intimate with our wills than our most vigorous decisions. If we are not aware of him, it is not because he is not with us. It is, in part, because our consciousness is so under the sway of other interest that it cannot turn to him with the loving attention which might soon discern him."

 - Edward Albert Day