YF Bible study this Friday (Ouje Applications Due!)
B-rad, Rae-Anne, Shelly and I are back from our week vacation! It was awesome, some of us got a little burned, while some of us just got golden :) I'm sure you'll hear about our trip (it was lots of relaxing by the ocean, we even built a sand castle - it dwarfed the efforts of other little kids!)... don't laugh, we were pretty proud of ourselves =). Lots coming up in YF (as usual!)! Friday is your last day to get the Ouje application in! (unless you are in Japan with limited internet access ie. Jen - and the unlikely event that others fit that description) I've got about a gazillion e-mails to catch up on, so please just get your applications in first... then we can work out individual details. The planning has to start ASAP. This Friday (April 24th), we'll be continuing our Bible study in Nehemiah, you may want to refresh yourself a bit and read the 4 chapters we have covered so far. We've been taking a look into Godly leadership (which has been a focus, through leadership retreats, discipleship week, retreats, missions trips, the coffeehouse committee etc.), our prayer for you is that you all will find out how you can serve! We will be studying Nehemiah chapter 5 this week in the youth room, so bring your Bibles! I was thinking it may be cool, if you guys wanted to bring concentrated drinks or snacks on Bible study nights and we could store drinks in the fridge, just an idea for the fellowship/prayer time after the study. :)
It's been an amazing year, it's been so cool to see how everyone trusts each other enough to share our life stories/struggles with each other and even more amazing to see you guys pray for each other. This kind of atmosphere is very special and can take years for people to develop... so keep praying for each other!
Coffeehouse (May 22) is coming up! the student committee has been working really hard in getting people organzied, I've seen Neva send out lots of great e-mails and know that teams are set up! Hopefully things are falling into place :) Keep in mind to pray for your friends who you are inviting and to invite them :) Don't try things/programs/music that are too grand if time doesn't permit.
Those who are planning to go to Ouje, start praying and brainstorming on possible Bible studies that highlight God's indescribable love for us, also for games and crafts and worship songs that you feel could contribute to that theme. Get your applications in this Friday!
Also, it's been great seeing friends come and stay and others who have come a few times, if you feel like you want to forward this e-mail to anyone I don't have on the list yet, follow that 'gut' (or what I prefer to call Spirit-led) feeling.
if you want to get together for a coffee/talk - YOU know what to do.
see you on Friday!
posted by YF @ 11:05 AM
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