YF Bible study this Friday (5th) and lots of info!
I am still really joyful about the whole last week (for a million reasons!) But I was really, really encouraged by your prayers, your courage and tenacity over the past few weeks/months about Engage. It showed that you wanted to make a difference in your schools and cared enough for your friends. These events help plant the seed in their hearts and you were a part of the whole process. We even had some friends and students come to know the Lord on Friday in our own groups! So praise the Lord for the fruit over the months of preparation. Your effort could not have gone into anything more worthwhile than God's kingdom! I pray that this event has helped you in your growth and burden for those the Lord has surrounded you with.This Friday (9th), we will be continuing our Bible study in the book of Romans, we've already covered major themes like justification by faith, sanctification by the Holy Spirit and living a Spirit filled life as worship. We are continuing with more practical application in our daily lives as Christians and what does that look like at school, home, church and the world. Please bring your Bibles and continue praying for your friends. In Sunday school, we are continuing our study in Essential Theology, we will shift our focus from God's mysterious will to your place in God's kingdom.
March 12th is a good opportunity (just NEXT WEEK) to follow up with your friend and invite them to the GYM NIGHT at St. Patrick High school from 7-10pm.
No Other Name (April 2nd), 9 of you have registered so far, let me know ASAP so I can register our whole group. For more information: http://noothername.net/
The Getaway Ball is beginning to roll and needs student helpers to get on board for our April 16-18th retreat. 3 out of every 4 years, we launch the Getaway with other Chinese churches in the area. We have three student run teams to help plan/organize the retreat: Promo/registration (who helps design promo, nag students to return the form to their pastor, places people in small groups/rooms etc.) Games/activities (helps organize games, buys supplies, prizes etc.) and the Worship team who leads us in worship each session of the retreat. We still need help in each area... IF YOU desire to be on the worship team, you must be in Ottawa for March break as we will have 3 practices during that week.
Also for the Coffeehouse (May 21), category leaders don't need to wait to start contacting your team (via e-mail/facebook threads or whatever) to get some coffeehouse prelim planning ready. Much of decorations/food/music/program can already be discussed over e-mails and we can schedule some upcoming Sunday schools to help pull together some details. I would really recommend starting as soon as possible for those in charge of your respective groups.
Continue to prayerfully consider applying for the Ouje-Bougoumou trip, I'll send out Ouje applications in next weeks e-mail. BAPTISMS coming up for April 4th, please let me know if you would like to proclaim your faith in Christ through baptism before March 14th. It's been in the announcements for a couple of weeks already as well.
Let us know how we can be praying for you, or if you want to meet up to talk/pray!
see you Friday!
posted by YF @ 3:28 PM
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