announcements 03.20-27

Hey guys, here's what's happening this week!

Question of the week:
1.  If you could have any special skill what would it be?  Why?
2.  What has God been doing in your life?

Recap on Sunday's message:

Mission and Joyful Suffering (Hebrews 13:12-14)

Mission Truths

One command: to make Christ-followers
Three steps: go to all nations, baptize, teach
My role: be a convincing witness who proves God's love

Why suffer for God's mission?

It shows God's worth

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.  When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." (Matthew 13:44)

It is a sign of genuine faith

"Then He called the crowd to Him along with is disciples and said, 'If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.''" (Mark 8:34)

It displays where our hope truly is

"For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come." (Hebrews 13:14)

We lavish on the person we love

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)

Here are the announcements for this week:

• FNF: We will be finishing up our study on "Serving Others in Love."
• Sunday CE: We'll be continuing on our James study
• Church Spring Cleaning (Sunday): We will be having our annual Spring cleaning of our church.  The English congregation will be in charge of cleaning everything upstairs, so please bring a change of clothes and cleaning supplies if you are available after lunch (:
• EFC EV Blogspot!: Explore our blogspot account and check out our HS logo!! Well after a long time debating and voting, the color for our HS shirts/jackets is... black! And feel free to share any prayers or reflections or anything else that has impacted your spiritual life in any way (: http://efcevhs.blogspot.com/

Notes:

• HS group: Our new high school name will be LOL4 (Lots of Lord, Love, Laughter, Life).  Our HS Logo is done!  Stay tuned for more information about our jackets/sweaters (:
• Home Visitations: Ask your parents about home visitations and let us know if you are interested and when would be a good time.
• Check out the Spiritual Gifts Test on our Blogspot when you get the chance!!!

Mark your calendars:

• April 2 - Night Market
• April 15 - Answering the Atheist (Coffeehouse Event)
• April 16 - Brother's Appreciation Night
• May 20-21 (Fri.-Sat.) - 30 Hour Famine
  

Grace;

HS CORE & Chris

"For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come." (Hebrews 13:13)