5th Quarter

5th Quarter this Friday night after the football game. Food, Open Gym, & Video Games. 10-11:30 PM in the CAC. C U There.

Youth SS Breakfast

It is time again for our bi-monthly youth breakfast. The high school classes are hosting this one. So all you high school kids need to bring something to eat. The department will provide the drinks.

The fun starts at 9:15 in the Youth Department. We will eat and then my beautiful wife, Emily, will be sharing her story with us. You have all heard stories about her from me. Come see if they are all true.

Parents Guide to The Trip

Week 3 of Things that are Impossible to God

It is Impossible for God to Reject You

Teaching Points

1. God accepts you as you are (Romans 8:38-39)

2. God loves you too much to leave you that way (John 12:47)

3. God loves you too much to give up on you (1 John 1:9-10 & Isaiah 43:25)

How to respond to this truth:

1. ACCEPT God’s free gift of love (Colossians 2:14)

Questions to ask your kids

1. Tell me the story about the Korean orphan.

2. Explain the contrast that God loves you the way that you are but also loves you too much to leave you that way.

3. Tell me the story of David Wilkerson, the gang minister.

4. Explain how God never rejects us, but we can reject Him.

Rejected Top Tens

Top Ten Rejected Crayola Colors

10.Bruise Purple

9. Bus Station Brown

8.Michael Phelps Gold

7.Blood Red

6.Scorched Flesh

5. Hypothermia Blue

4.You’re just plain Yeller

3. Jaundice

2. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Beige

1.Baby Poop Green

Top Ten Rejected NFL Team Names

10. The Opticians

9.The Fragile Porcelain Mice

9.The Fightin’ Amish

7. The Blood-Swollen Ticks

6. The Velveteen Rabbits

5. The Referee Killers

4. The Soft Angora Sweater-Wearing Debutantes

3. The Greasy Ferrets

2. The Highly Paid Dumb Guys

1. The Half-time Streakers

Impossible for God to Fail

Teaching Points

It’s Impossible for God to Fail… regardless of how we feel

1. Sometimes I feel like God has failed because of the way I’m DESIGNED

2. Sometimes I feel like God has failed because of my PAIN

3. Sometimes I feel like God has failed because the world is MESSED UP

“Where is God when I need him?” Believing that God fails leads to a LOSS OF HOPE

For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good ad not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).

The Truth

1. God has created everyone as an ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE (Psalm 139:14).

2. God comforts his children and today’s pain is only TEMPORARY (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).

3. God has promised to create a new temporary HEAVEN and EARTH (Revelation 21:1).

How to have more hope

1. Open yourself to new BELIEFS (Proverbs 21:30).

2. Learn about God’s PROMISES and believe in them

3. Live your life based on GOD’S PROMISES

4. Trust your FUTURE on God’s promises (Psalm 33:11).

Questions to ask your child:

1. Have you ever felt like God has failed you?

2. What did you learn tonight to help you know that God never fails us?

3. Where can you go with the pain in your life?

4. What is the biggest pain that Wes has experienced in his life?

Fail Pics

Famous Failures from the TRiP