Mission Team

(Most of) The Members of the High School Mission Team to Swan Quarter, NC Summer 2010!

Gym Bocce

Last night, we played sliding carpet bocce...on the gym floor.

tobyMac-Skillet at Roberts Stadium

Sydney and India at Arbys before the concert

Robert, Ben, David and Maddie

Becky and Leslie

Stephen, Jessica (and Josiah)

Robert and Ben

Lauren

Skillet on stage

tobyMac on stage

Sydney and India

The newly engaged Whitleigh and Chris

Some of the adults

Tayler and Whitleigh

Madeline, Rana, Lauren and Tayler

Distractions, Water, and True Worship

Easily Distracted? This Is A Test! - Funny bloopers R us

What distracts you and keeps you from...

• Studying?
• Practicing?
• Taking a test?
• Worshiping?

In John 4:1-15, there is a lot of talk about water. The woman goes to the well to draw water. Jesus asks for water--this is surprising, of course because not only was she a woman, but she was a Samaritan woman. She questions Jesus and he starts to talk about Living Water.

What is this living water? She has a hard time moving from the physical water to Jesus' spiritual water. We're not sure how much the woman understood about Jesus' water.

In John 4:15-26, Jesus shifts slightly and the conversation moves to worship. What does it mean to worship in spirit and in truth (here are some of our suggestions)?

• Nothing fake
• Allow the Holy Spirit to work
• Be honest about who you are and what you're struggling with
• Don't allow yourself to be distracted
• Worship anywhere

What does the woman seem to understand about Jesus as they finish their conversation?

If I want to experience the spring of living water bubbling up, what do I need to change?

How can I change my worship habits so that I worship God in spirit and in truth?

How can I worship God daily in spirit and in truth?

In The Beginning...

Tonight at Youth Group, we considered the ways we see Jesus. We looked at the images included in this post and thought about what each one says about Jesus and what the artist might believe about Jesus.










The Bible has a lot of word images of Jesus. The prologue to John's Gospel depicts Jesus as:

The Word
Light
God the One and Only
The one who brings grace and truth
God in flesh who set up his tent in our neighborhood

Which of these images are most meaningful to you?

Which one of these word images would you be most likely to share with a friend?

How does the way you describe Jesus or talk about Jesus show what you believe about Jesus?

We had a good discussion about the ways that Jesus changes our lives, the ways we're different when we live like we believe that Jesus is the light that overcomes darkness, the one and only God, the bringer of grace and truth and the one who "tabernacles" among us. Our journaling time was a time to reflect on the ways our lives are different because of Jesus and the ways we can share light and hope in dark situations around us.

The words of 1 John 1:1-7 ended our journaling time and we prayed!

Next week, we'll continue our study of John's Gospel!

Binders!

Snow Day