College and Singles Weekly Update – May 20-27th
BFG Back to Rm 202 on June 6
IMPORTANT:
Our College and Singles BFG will be back to Rm 202 on June 6.
The college BFG will meet at 9:00 am.
The Singles BFG will meet at 10:30 am.
For our first week back on June 6th, we will have a big breakfast for everyone above the main lobby!!!
Summer Schedule
The Summer schedule is finally here.
As we come out of Covid we are looking at spending time together in the word and having some fun in the sun! Be sure to mark off the following dates on your calendar-you won‘t want to miss them!!
June 2- Singles Girls and Guys Bible Studies
June 9- College Girls and Guys Bible Studies
June 13- College Cookout
June 16- Singles Girls and Guys Bible Studies
June 23- College Girls and Guys Bible Studies
June 26- Singles Cookout
June 30- College Activate Games
July 7- Singles Girls and Guys Bible Study
June 14- College Girls and Guys Bible Study
July 17 – Singles to Mammoth Cave
July 21- Singles Girls and Guys Bible Study
Aug 4 – College Girls and Guys Bible Study
Aug 10 – Combined Outing to see the Louisville Bats Baseball Game
~Be sure to note which events listed above are for college, singles, or both~
Weekly Word- Don’t Waste Your Summer:
Brought to us by Philip Brown, Singles and College Pastor.
It was 2003 and I was in my second year in seminary when this little book came out called Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper. At that time I really didn’t know much about Piper except that he was a pastor and a great speaker that I had heard from the Passion Conferences.
But…there was that speech about the couple collecting seashells when they retired vs. missionaries giving their life to serve people until they had died in a car accident. Hmm. Wow!. That message challenged my thoughts that day…maybe the tragedy was actually the senior adults collecting seashells. Were they wasting the life they had left during retirement?
So what was the background passage that led to this powerful message? It was Galatians 6:14 “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which[a] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”. Are you ready to only boast in the Cross this summer? For the world offers nothing to us that is satisfying. So…
As we come out of covid and enter into the summer, many of you are rethinking life and thinking maybe how to start over and do better.
My challenge is the same. Start by not wasting your summer. Get involved in serving the church as much as you can. Boast only in the cross by serving the Lord even in the basin and towel ministries. If there is not a teaching position, then pick up trash for the glory of God around your church building for the 3 months you are there!
If you would like to listen to an abbreviated version of Piper’s message, click here.