Tuesday, January 25, 2011

YF BASIC:Fear God this Friday (28th) (Montreal forms)

I hope everyone enjoyed the exercise and gym time on Friday, it's a good time to take a break from exam studying and build relationships with PE and h2o! We are praying for you as we know that most of your exams will be wrapping up this week. Shelly's been finishing up a lot of those bookmarks next to me and the English is done and Salina has made a Chinese bookmark that a couple of the adult leaders will help glue as well... thanks for working on those as well. There will also be an insert in the bulletin for the youth room in the bulletin this week. I still have 3 more copies of "Experiencing God" for you to do as a devotional course while we are journeying through them for Sunday school. Please claim them when you want. Maria has shared that she is having a hard time limiting herself to one lesson a day at a time. :)

This Friday (28th), we will be having a discussion on the Fear of God. It is clear in the Bible that the Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Is it possible we have dangerously misunderstood? This discussion will begin with Francis Chan's BASIC: Fear God as a partnership with Flannel (group which produces Nooma). Here is a link to the official trailer. Please bring your Bibles and a willing heart and mind to interact. If the Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom than it is of the utmost importance that we are desperate to understand what that means. Francis Chan is the author of 'Crazy Love' and 'Forgotten God', books that have profoundly impacted my relationship with the Lord, many of you have received them as baptism gifts etc.

This Sunday (30th), We will continue in our "Experiencing God" workbooks (complete up to pg. 37 this week). For those who have the workbook, please diligently work through these exercises each day. As mentioned before auntie Salina, uncle Youlian and our very own Brad shared about how the Lord used this curriculum to completely change their lives as they listen to the Spirit.

I've confirmed with the C&Y core group and our Day trip to Montreal (Feb 26th) is approved for those who desire to go! There will be skidoos, skating.... and winter goodness as well as meals, transportation etc. I`ve attached the Waiver form to your e-mail and promo (produced by Brad and Rae-Anne!) so please get those back to us ASAP as we need to arrange for rides. This is a perfect event to invite your friends to YF as well!

Also, please remember that I would love to come and share at your Christian groups in your schools, please let me know your schedules and if you`d like to come and share. As always, I would love to catch up and pray for you if you are free (the leaders would love to meet&pray with you too).

Upcoming:
Getaway: Know my Voice. Ten Four (March 18-20). OCBC is hosting Saturate again on the 29th of this month (Saturday evening) and I've been invited to share, you are more than welcome to join.
For those who are prayerfully considering missions in Ouje, our dates would be June 26th - July 2nd. There is potential that the trip could be longer than previous years, but that is the Teen Camp date. Pastor Enoch and I hope this doesn't overlap with exam dates as it has in previous years.

See you all on Friday!