I hope that the month of May is treating you well thus far! Just a couple of updates to keep you in the loop...
In Life101 last week, we started a three-week series on the Book of Acts with a look at Acts chapter 2 - the day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit came and did some amazing things among the disciples. They spoke in languages that the didn't know before, they reached out to 3000 new believers, and they lived together and shared with each other as needs came up in their community. Remember that the same Holy Spirit lives in us today - never underestimate the power of God at work in your life!
We used the Bible study acronym "SOAP:"
Scripture
Observations
Application
Prayer
We'll be continuing with this study on this Sunday, so be sure to come. And feel free to brush up on you knowledge of the Book of Acts for round two of our trivia game...
I also wanted to let you all know how the Feet to Faith retreat ended up. Five students from our church traveled to Praise Covenant Church in Tacoma, WA to join 60 or so other students and leaders from the North Pacific Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church. We spent time together worshiping, learning, listening, and sharing our stories with one another. We had the privilege of being taught by Ernie Cathcart throughout the weekend. Corey Greaves of Mending Wings Ministries and his family and some of his students also joined us for a moving Saturday morning session in which they invited us to "dance their prayers" with them. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience. We found a common ground in Jesus Christ and we were able to sit and listen to the stories of our Native American brothers and sisters.
Sunday morning was also a powerful experience, as we traveled to the Federal Way Calvary Covenant Church and were welcomed into their Korean worship service. We were blessed to worship alongside them. Afterward, we were welcomed by their youth group for a wonderful Korean dinner. We hope to get together with them again!
Here are a few pictures from the F2F weekend. Be sure to keep an eye on the Calendar of events to stay in the loop! We've got some exciting stuff coming up. Be God's!
Here's part of the group eating dinner...
Here is half of our group chatting with Corey and his students
And here are the Whittens and the McNabbs
who came all the way to Tacoma to serve us dinner!
who came all the way to Tacoma to serve us dinner!
