I'm Doing It Again

I'm promoting our Young Adult Dinner and Forum on here again and here's why:

I want to see the Young Adult generation explode! No, I don't mean blow up. I mean come alive, get fired up, be contagious for Christ, thriving and active in their faith walk on this earth.

I know it's just a start, but that's the point to get something started.

So if you are in the Twin Cities next Friday evening I would strongly encourage you to come!

THE DETAILS:
Our Special Guest Speaker and Director of Youth Ministries Pastor Jason Holt will be there to Emcee as we dive into our Young Adult world, connect with one another, eat some awesome food from Sweet Taste of Italy together and have some rockin discussions at our tables.


The Skinny:

When? Friday, June 18th at 6:00 PM

Where? AFLC Seminary Chapel Dining Hall

Why? A connection time for those in the young adult season of life

Who? You!

How Much? $5

RSVP to naomia@aflc.org by NOON June 16, 2010


Hoping to see you there,
Naomi Andrews
Youth Ministries Associate

Hip Hip Hip-o-pot-a-mos!

You all know the Hippo song, right? "In the beginning God made the sea, and the forest filled with trees..." This is one of my favorite songs ever, and just so happens to be my 4 year old nephew's favorite song as well! Last week I spent a few days with my family and every single day my nephew would beg me to sing the song while he danced. I love singing little kid songs, but I seldom pay attention to the words. As I was singing it one day I actually thought about what I was singing, and realized it was a song of praise!

How often do we take for granted that God created everything that we see? The birds, trees, water, sun, everything! While in California, we went to the Aquarium in Monterey and was astonished at all the complex, small, gorgeous animals that our Lord created to give us a better understanding of His beauty. This is a picture of one of the jellyfish, my favorite exhibit:

In Genesis 1:27 it states that God created us in the image of Himself. And in 1 Corinthians 6:19 it says,"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body"

We were created in God's image! God's beauty is everywhere, especially within each of us. Today I challenge all of you to find God's beauty in the simple things, you will be astonished at how easy it is to praise our Lord when you truly appreciate the little things that He has blessed us with!

Graduation

Hey guys

So in sunny Pelican Rapids, it's our high school graduation this week. So I'm gonna do a quick post here - cause I know I'm late, sorry - about moving on. To college, specifically. So for any recent high school graduates reading this... I'm sure you've all heard the horror stories about the insane number of kids who go to college and "lose" their faith. This is true - partly. But the good news is, there is an easy way around it, and that is called being proactive. So wherever you are going to school this fall, find a church nearby that you would be able to attend. If there is somebody you know at that school, ask them where they go. Doing this before you go to school, and therefore are way too busy to figure out things like this, is going to really help you out as you try to settle into a new area. The second thing I'll touch on is getting involved with a campus group. Things like Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ) or FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) are great places to start. As an added bonus, it'll really help you to meet like-minded people, which will also help you keep the faith. So that's my brief post for this week, probably more to come on this topic later in the summer.

Until next week,

Matt