announcements 11.21-28

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!  Here are some of this week's upcoming events:

Question of the week:

1.  What is your favorite season? Why?
2.  What has God been doing in your life?

A Recap on Sunday's Message (Ephesians 4:22-27)

Context of Ephesians     God's generous grace in Christ results in our:

• Reconciliation in Christ (1:1 - 3:13)
• Church unity in Christ (3:14 - 4:16)
• Transformation in Christ (4:17 - 6:24)

     Context of chapter 4: Spiritual Formation Process
Nature               Old               New
Auto               Corrupted        Created
Choice          Take off old     Put on new
Motive       Deceitful lusts  Become like Father

Immediate context: our heart choice
Taking off sinful anger, putting on holy anger

• Discern anger (v. 4:25)
• Let anger motivate good (v. 26a)
• Process anger  quickly (v. 26b)
• Shut the door on the devil (v.27)

Bringing it home
     I learned the difference between right & wrong anger
     I confess that I have a problem with anger
     I will start using these four biblical steps when angry
     Please pray for my heart towards a specific person

Here are the announcements for this week:

• Turkey Bowl (Thursday):  Join us for Turkey Bowl on Thursday morning at Suzanne Park at 9:30AM
  
• Thanksgiving Potluck (Friday):  We invite you all to join us in our annual Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner
  
• Sunday CE: We will be continuing our new series on "Crazy Love."  This Sunday, we will be going through chapter 6, so feel free to read ahead.  Also, remember to bring $5 and pick up your book(s) if you ordered any (there is one book left if anyone wants one).
  
• EFC EV Blogspot!: We have recently created a high school account on Blogspot!  Feel free to explore!  We will be making weekly updates on Blogspot to help keep you all informed.   http://efcevhs.blogspot.com/

Notes:

• Christmas Celebration Program:  We will be presenting something during this annual program, so keep your ears open for any upcoming news.
  
• HS group: Our new high school name will be LOL4 (Lots of Lord, Love, Laughter, Life).  Let us know if you have any ideas for the design.
  

Mark your calendars and save the date:

• December 17 - Christmas Celebration
• December 30 - January 02 - Winter Retreat 2010

Grace;

HS CORE & Chris

"Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.  'In your anger do not sin': Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry." (Ephesians 4:25-26)

announcements 11.14-24

Hey guys, here are this week's coming events (:

Question of the week:

1.  What is your favorite holiday? Why?
2.  What has God been doing in your life?

A Recap on Sunday's Message:

Recap:

• God called Jonah, even though Jonah had issues
• God pursued Jonah, giving Jonah a 2nd chance
• God saved Jonah, despite his incomplete repentance
• God saved Nineveh, even with Jonah's half-heartedness

Jonah is angry because Nineveh lives.
     God asks "is it right for you to be angry?"
Jonah is angry because the plant dies.
     Feelings can be right or wrong based on what we perceive and believe.
Final thoughts:     Contrast: Jonah's love of self vs. God's love of the lost
     God is sovereign: my response does not affect the outcome, it reveals my heart
     I am sovereign: over my thoughts and feelings
     The lost matter to God
Here are the announcements for this week:

• Pre-Retreat Rally (Friday):  We will be meeting at 7:15 at church to carpool to EFCLA.  Don't forget to bring your permission slips!
  
• Sunday CE: We will be continuing our new series on "Crazy Love."  Also, remember to bring $5 and pick up your book(s) if you ordered any.
• Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes:  This Sunday will be the last week we will be collecting donation boxes.
  
• EFC EV Blogspot!: We have recently created a high school account on Blogspot!  Feel free to explore!  We will be making weekly updates on Blogspot to help keep you all informed.   http://efcevhs.blogspot.com/

Notes:

• HS group: Our new high school name will be LOL4 (Lots of Lord, Love, Laughter, Life).  Let us know if you have any ideas for the design.
  

Mark your calendars and save the date:

• November 26 - Thanksgiving Potluck
  
• December 30 - January 02 - Winter Retreat 2010: Retreat sign ups are available at <efcchurches.org>

Grace;

HS CORE & Chris

"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?  It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.  'He who has ears to hear, let him hear.'" (Luke 14:34-35)

announcements 11.07-14

Hey guys, here's what coming up this week!

Question of the week:

1.  What is the craziest thing that has ever happened to you?
2.  What has God been doing in your life?

Here are the announcements for this week:

• FNF and Sunday CE: We will be continuing our new series on "Crazy Love."
• Crazy Love Books:  For those of you who bought books,don't forget to bring $5 on either Friday or Sunday.
• Serving Lunch (Sunday):  This Sunday is our turn to serve lunch so we will need volunteers to help serve and prepare tea/coffee/rice in the morning
• Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes:  We will be collecting Operation Christmas Child donations this Sunday and the coming Sunday.
  
• EFC EV Blogspot!: We have recently created a high school account on Blogspot!  Feel free to explore!  We will be making weekly updates on Blogspot to help keep you all informed.   http://efcevhs.blogspot.com/

Notes:

• Operation Christmas Child: If you are interested in serving this year, contact Kevin or Cindi Hsia for more details
  
• HS group: Our new high school name will be LOL4 (Lots of Lord, Love, Laughter, Life).  Let us know if you have any ideas for the design.

Mark your calendars and save the date:

• November 19 - Pre-Retreat Rally!!  We will be meeting at 7:15 at church to leave for EFCLA.  Permission slips will be available soon.
• November 26 - Thanksgiving Potluck
  
• December 30 - January 02 - Winter Retreat 2010: Retreat sign ups are available at <efcchurches.org>

Grace;

HS CORE & Chris

"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.  From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work." (Ephesians 5:15-16)

everything - tim hughes

Here is the video we tried to show on Sunday, but didn't work because of our slow internet connection. We pray that God will truly be our everything!

announcements 11.01-07

Question of the week:

1.  What was your craziest experience?
2.  What has God been doing in your life?

THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO HELP AT HALLELUJAH NIGHT!!!

Here are the announcements for this week:

• FNF and Sunday CE: We will be starting up on our new series this week on "Crazy Love." 
  
• EFC EV Blogspot!: We have recently created a high school account on Blogspot!  Feel free to explore!  We will be making weekly updates on Blogspot to help keep you all informed.   http://efcevhs.blogspot.com/
• Kitchen Schedule: We will be serving lunch for church this Sunday so please help out. We also need a couple people to prepare rice and tea as well. Thank You!  

Notes:

• Operation Christmas Child: If you are interested in serving this year, contact Kevin or Cindi Hsia for more details
  
• HS group: Our new high school name will be LOL⁴ (Lots of Lord, Love, Laughter, Life).  Let us know if you have any ideas for the design.

Mark your calendars and save the date:

• November 19 - Pre-Retreat Rally!!
• December 30 - January 02 - Winter Retreat 2010: Retreat sign ups are available at <efcchurches.org>

Grace;

HS CORE & Chris

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." (1 Thessalonians 5:16-17)