Tuesday, February 28, 2012

YF Relationships talk pt.2 this Friday (2nd) Getaway forms DUE!

It was fun to see many of you on Saturday for Laura's Missions surprise party and our study of Proverbs on Sunday. It was sad that we couldn't meet on Friday (for real, we missed you!), but the roads were incredibly bad on Friday and it took some people two hours to return from their offices.

GETAWAY FORMS are DUE this week! Return them this Friday with cheques made payable to 'Ottawa Chinese Youth Ministerium.' I'll be having coffee with Pastor Rob on Thursday morning and we are both excited for the Getaway (March 16-18th)! Preparations and meetings are ongoing for all the Getaway committees (Worship, Admin/promo, Small groups etc.), hope things are going well!

This Friday (2nd), we'll continue our talk and study of Scripture on relationships (part 2). Keep in mind that this subject is in no way an encouragement to rush into romantic relationships, but these Scriptural commands apply to each one of us whether married, single, not looking for a relationship or dating. This talk will be an expansion to what we originally explored in Matthew 19 (look it up for a refresher!) about having soft hearts in regards to the relationships in our lives. How can our relationships with others flourish the way that God intended regardless of what 'relational status' we have? We'll also chat about Christ's standards in the sermon on the Mount and how that applies to purity, judgment, temptations, relationships and everything in between. Bring your Bibles.

This Sunday (4th), we'll continue our prayer initiative as a multi-generational congregation in 202. This is an intentional effort to not only commit ourselves in prayer, but build unity and relationships amongst our English congregation. Our hope is that praying with (and for) one another will help us understand one another and build unity in our prayers and actions. God shapes us through prayer, He refines us and makes us consider His will and desires for our church.

No Other Name is coming up on Good Friday, April 6th, So far 20 of you have let me know they are coming. Let me know before March 15th to get the $29 earlybird, otherwise it will be $42. Adult volunteers are free.

Good Friday morning service at CCCO (before No Other Name), I'll be coordinating the Good Friday joint worship service on April 6th. If you have any creative skits (preferably silent or sparse dialogue to avoid too much translation) or something you would like to contribute to the service please let me know.

Prayer: Please continue praying for the personal things you know (shared publicly at YF) or trusted to you by a brother or sister.

Let us know when you are free to catch up in the next couple of weeks!
See you all on Friday!

posted by YF @ 2:43 PM