last night we had a wonderful and meaningful discussion on life, and how we were planned for God's pleasure (chapter 11 of PDL). It was also Mr. S's birthday-almost, and we celebrated with a delightful cake made by A. (I love the disguising identities part.) We also had a wonderful plate of cookies provided by our supplies from the freezer. Anyways, enough sappy talk about food.
Till next time,
P.
Youth Food Co-ordinator.
just kidding.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
our post
mmmmmmm cake happy b-day mr. s that was some good eats....
we had a very intence discussion on God being our friend and now we are munching on our cookies which r very good and we made together it was a group effort... good work team!!!!!
the purpose driven life makes me want to find prupose in my life.... it is a very meaning ful book... and we have learned lotz so far...we still have 4 more weeks tho.... hopefully we fine out wat our purpose is tune in next week to c wat we have learned....!
pce out
shell & terri
we had a very intence discussion on God being our friend and now we are munching on our cookies which r very good and we made together it was a group effort... good work team!!!!!
the purpose driven life makes me want to find prupose in my life.... it is a very meaning ful book... and we have learned lotz so far...we still have 4 more weeks tho.... hopefully we fine out wat our purpose is tune in next week to c wat we have learned....!
pce out
shell & terri
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I trust everyone is doing well with exams. We had a very small turnout last night. 5 youth and 5 leaders!!! We had a good discussion in our own youth room!
Good luck on exams everyone and we will see you next week. We have decided to go with the questions in the back of the Purpose Driven Life book so please read it each day.
I will not be there for discussion next week as I have a Worship Committee meeting.
J
Good luck on exams everyone and we will see you next week. We have decided to go with the questions in the back of the Purpose Driven Life book so please read it each day.
I will not be there for discussion next week as I have a Worship Committee meeting.
J
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
blah
we are sitting down to feast of tea with milk in it. it might have sugar, it might not. upon inquiry, we now know that there is most likely sugar within the environment of the tea. we asked the tea drinker,(we will call the tea drinker k.vanderzwaag, no no that's to obvious, we will call her kathy v.)if there was sugar in it, and our answer, "there should be?"
why the question mark. because the drinker was unsure whether they had put sugar in their tea.
i always know what is in my drink. maybe the lesson to learn here would be to always make sure you look both ways before you cross the street.
why the question mark. because the drinker was unsure whether they had put sugar in their tea.
i always know what is in my drink. maybe the lesson to learn here would be to always make sure you look both ways before you cross the street.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
The cookies WERE good
In regards to _________'s comment about the cookies being good, the youth agree that they were good. Now we have an unlimited supply of cookies, which shall sustain us in the PDL meetings.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
purpose vs product
Hi all,
We will be starting the purpose driven life next Wednesday. For those youth who missed youth group today we started our time with a section of a sermon I heard on the radio from the local Kitchener Christian radio station. The pastor was saying that if we lined everyone in the world in order from most righteous, someone who is selfless, kind and compassionate, to the most hideous and cruel (lets look at our own century for now) we may put Mother Theresa on the most righteous end and perhaps Charles Manson on the other end. Everyone else falls in between-including us. Then we may ask ourselves "where is the cut-off point for who goes to heaven?" How many good deeds or how selfless does one need to be to get into heaven. We may figure that as long as our good deeds outweigh our bad acts that may be a pass. After all at most schools 50% is a pass.
The pastor goes on to say, however that we need to think about this like thinking about jumping. Some people can jump really far, some not far at all. There are record holders for the longest jump (28meters I think). However, no one can jump far enough if they are trying to jump across the Grand Canyon. None of us can make it, we all fall short. That is like trying to get into heaven.
It requires perfection and none of us are perfect so rely on Jesus who is perfect and it is through him!
I just wanted to retell that story as we start off on this adventure of "The purpose Driven Life" So that we don't get caught up in the actions we need to do. Yes, God has a purpose for our lives and it is important to figure that out but fulfilling that purpose is not what earns us our way.
BTW- the cookies are great!
We will be starting the purpose driven life next Wednesday. For those youth who missed youth group today we started our time with a section of a sermon I heard on the radio from the local Kitchener Christian radio station. The pastor was saying that if we lined everyone in the world in order from most righteous, someone who is selfless, kind and compassionate, to the most hideous and cruel (lets look at our own century for now) we may put Mother Theresa on the most righteous end and perhaps Charles Manson on the other end. Everyone else falls in between-including us. Then we may ask ourselves "where is the cut-off point for who goes to heaven?" How many good deeds or how selfless does one need to be to get into heaven. We may figure that as long as our good deeds outweigh our bad acts that may be a pass. After all at most schools 50% is a pass.
The pastor goes on to say, however that we need to think about this like thinking about jumping. Some people can jump really far, some not far at all. There are record holders for the longest jump (28meters I think). However, no one can jump far enough if they are trying to jump across the Grand Canyon. None of us can make it, we all fall short. That is like trying to get into heaven.
It requires perfection and none of us are perfect so rely on Jesus who is perfect and it is through him!
I just wanted to retell that story as we start off on this adventure of "The purpose Driven Life" So that we don't get caught up in the actions we need to do. Yes, God has a purpose for our lives and it is important to figure that out but fulfilling that purpose is not what earns us our way.
BTW- the cookies are great!
Cookies
Right now we're making cookies before we jump into the purpose driven life. This book will help guide us. Apparently we ran out of chocolate chips, so we have a large scale problem on our hands. Sugar is just one of the many things that helps us to continue to have wonderful and pithy conversations about the world around us.
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