Saturday's Service Project

It’s getting cooler again and it’s time to put some service back into our youth group. We did this project a year ago and it was greatly appreciated. We'll be making fleece blankets for displaced and foster care children. We’ll make them and send them to our friends at My Stuff Bags in Westlake Village. Bring your choice of fleece (1 ¼ or 1 ½ yards per blanket) and $3 for pizza. All are welcome…6-7:30pm at the church building. Also, if you have any shoeboxes for our Operation Christmas through Samaritan's Purse, bring them and we can also wrap them as we make blankets.

Gone this weekend

We'll be out of town this weekend visiting relatives in Sedona, Arizona. Pray that we have a safe trip there and back. No activities this weekend - enjoy Veterans Day on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I didn't bring our camera last Sunday to Fiesta Village, so I don't have pictures to post - but there would have been some great ones! Thanks to everyone who came out. Our next activity will be on Saturday, November 15th. It's a service project coming at a very important time with our economy suffering. Come on out from 6:00 - 8:00. More info will be forthcoming.

Verse of the Day

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

- 1 Timothy 2:1-2

Verse of the Day

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than any human authority."
- Acts 5:29

Quote of the Day

Lots of activities added to the side of the blog for the November calendar! Check them out and put them on your calendar. Now on to the quote of the day.....

"We still need prophets to summon us back to the spiritual roots of wholeness and peace. We still need broadcasters of God’s word and magnifiers of God’s truth, so that we will understand and turn and be healed."
-Kenneth L. Waters, Sr.

Expelled - Tomorrow night at 6:00!

Sunday night at the building is family film night. We will be watching the documentary Expelled starring Ben Stein. Here is the synopsis from Christianbook.com: "Ben Stein may not look like a typical school rebel---but when he learned that educators and scientists were being ridiculed, denied tenure, and even fired for the "crime" of discussing evidence of "design" in nature, he'd had enough! Join him as he travels the world, questioning academia's doctrine of random evolution and championing intellectual freedom!"

Check out the official website at: http://www.expelledthemovie.com/

Here is Christianity Today's review: http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/reviews/2008/expelled.html

And here is Christianity Today's interview with Stein: http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/interviews/benstein.html

The Trinity, Toothpaste, & the Jesus Christ Show

One radio show I truly enjoy and through which I am regularly challenged is "The Jesus Christ Show" on KFI AM 640. Usually we get to hear a few calls as we drive to worship every Sunday morning. The show is broadcast live from 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings. If you can get past the premise that the host speaks as if he is Jesus Christ himself - and granted this took me quite awhile to get past - you will find one of the most knowledgeable apologetic minds I've encountered. You can download the weekly podcast through the KFI website. It is an awesome radio show and one which always encourages and edifies me.

A couple of weeks ago a young boy, probably around 9 or 10 years old, called in and asked the host ('Jesus') if he could help explain the trinity to him because he was having a hard time understanding how God could be 3 separate entities. The host gave probably the best response I've heard, especially when trying to explain it to a kid. He pointed out that the word "trinity" is not actually used in the scriptures. He then asked the boy if he had ever seen or had used Aquafresh toothpaste, and of course, the boy had. He pointed out how Aquafresh has three colors swirled into one toothpaste - the white part cleans the teeth and fights tooth decay, the red part specifically fights plaque and tartar, and the blue part helps freshen breath. When you squeeze the toothpaste out, all three are present in the one toothpaste - you can't take out one element. The host stated that the Trinity is similar - you can't actually separate them as they are various elements of the same God each working in different ways, but ultimately a part of the same thing. I thought his metaphor was apt, understandable, and in its own way, profound.