Hey everyone! I hope that your week is going well. Here's what's been going on with Cedarcreek youth:
In HYPE this week, we began a new series that is going to look at the miracles of Jesus. This Tuesday we looked at four different stories where Jesus healed blind people. You can find the stories in Mark 10:46-52, Mark 8:22-26, John 9:1-12, and Matthew 9:27-32. There's some interesting stuff in there - Jesus uses spit or spit and mud in a couple of the stories to heal. The mud reminds us of how we are formed from dust in the Book of Genesis. Come back next week - we'll be looking at how Jesus healed the lame!
Last Friday a group from Life 101 (Steven, Christian, Brendan, Mary, AJ, and Brad, plus Ben and Janet) came over to Alanna and my house - we were there from around 7:00 to 11:00 playing the Farming Game (is that what it's called?), Wise and Otherwise, Scategories, Skip-Bo, and Catch Phrase. For a while we got sick of sitting around and had a leg wrestling and arm wrestling competition. It was a lot of fun! I'll get some pictures from that night up soon...
Last week in Life 101 we discussed how to stay in Rhythm with ourselves - by finding our identity in Christ instead of in others. We were created to be loved children of God who love God and love others. If we can understand that, we're on the right road to getting back into Rhythm with God. If we can't love ourselves, how are we going to believe that there is a good and perfect God who loves us? Our love for ourselves influences our relationship with God. And for those of you who were there last week, don't forget to spend some time reading, thinking and journaling about Psalm 139!
We're continuing our Rhythm series - this week is the grand finale! We're looking at how we can stay in Rhythm with others. Come for some interactive Rhythmic games and good discussion.
God is Good.
All the time.