God Sightings: February 2016

Friday, February 26, 2016

Scattered Perspective

I’m sitting down this week with absolutely no idea what to write, so I will write as I review the week in my mind.

This week Faith Briggs was baptized into Christ for the forgiveness of her sin and received the free gift of the Holy Spirit! Faith had been baptized as a baby and raised in faith, but had never chosen for herself to give her life to Christ as we see repeatedly in the New Testament… buried with Christ in death and raised to a new life (Romans 6:4). Her and her friends celebrated with bacon (and other breakfast foods, like waffles!) at 10pm after her baptism!

If you see Faith at church, welcome her to the Family.

If you find that you relate to Faith and desire to understand more of what the Bible says about entering this renewing relationship with Jesus, check the box “Becoming a Christian” on your Connect Card on Sunday or email Builders@ImagineLifeDifferently.com. We would love to talk with you.

Sit & Savor Cookout!

Sunday March 6th Immediately following 2nd service

We will be having our first cookout of 2016! Sign up at the Ministry Counter to help out.
There are many ways to be a part of creating a welcoming environment and fostering relationships…

Come and enjoy the meal and the company!
Sign up to help provide food/dishes
Serve in setup and clean up
Donate money toward meat/supplies

Plan now to attend and invite Friends and Family.

Jr. High Believe 2016 Wrap Up & SuperStart Kick Off!

We had a wonderful weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio last week! It was a great conference, where we were challenged to counter the struggles and lies that life throws at us with truth straight from God.

An illustration that will always stay with me is the use of the rainbow to illustrate walking in the light of God’s truth. We have a tendency to turn to our friends, the internet, our teachers, etc. for answers. When we do this, it is like limiting our source of truth to one color of light. The illustration also showed how doing this can cause us to be misled from the truth. Turning to God and His Word for truth is like walking in the full spectrum of light. We are not easily misled when we stay in the Light!

Kairos Prison Ministry's Spring Outreaches are coming up! Here are just a couple ways you can support Kairos' efforts:
Sign up online for a time slot in the prayer vigil for Indiana State Prison April 21-24, 2016 and/or Westville Correctional Center May 12-15, 2016.
Ways to Participate:

Bake Cookies
Make Hand prints of children
Purchase a meal ticket for feed an inmate a special meal

Bake cookies and freeze them. (Each weekend service to a prison requires 3500-5000 DOZEN cookies! Special recipe required.)
It's never too soon to begin making cookies!

Mondays

Ministry Mondays 6:30-8pm meets to be purposeful in developing our serving skills and to coordinate ministry efforts. All are welcome.
IV (Intentional Valparaiso) is a small group for post-High School and young adults from all over Northwest Indiana. They meet at Life Bridge on Mondays from 8:30pm-10ish.

Another Paper, Another Step

Monday I was out of pocket for the day as I finished up a final paper for my class on Leadership in Different Contexts. It was an interesting and challenging class. It left me feeling different than any of my coursework up to this time. I’ve been spending the better part of the week trying to figure out why. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far.

Pamper Night Planning Meeting

Saturday, February 19th 11am

What is Pamper Night?

It’s true that makeovers are short lived, but the love they receive in the process, the acceptance, support, encouragement and lack of judgement… in short, God’s love through us, will remain with them always.

There are opportunities for everyone - man, woman, and teen alike - to participate. For safety reasons, communication about this event is somewhat limited. To be a part of this you can attend this meeting or contact Jeni Bolton at (219)531-7777 or Jeni@ImagineLifeDifferently.com.

Jr. High Believe

This weekend is Jr. High Believe in Cincinnati, OH! February 19th-21st

Two leaders and five students will be heading to Cincinnati on Friday, February 19th.

Jr. high students have a desperate desire to know what’s real. Finding answers in today’s world is easy – from cell phones to Internet to social media. Jr. high students literally have the ability to look up any question they have in a matter of seconds.

Finding the truth is more difficult.

Sunday March 6th Immediately following 2nd service

We will be having our first cookout of 2016! Sign up at the Ministry Counter to help out.
There are many ways to be a part of creating a welcoming environment and fostering relationships…

Come and enjoy the meal and the company!
Sign up to help provide food/dishes
Serve in setup and clean up
Donate money toward meat/supplies

Plan now to attend and invite Friends and Family.

Kairos Jesus Cookie Time!

Cookies Time!

Bake Cookies
Make Hand prints of children
Purchase a meal ticket for feed an inmate a special meal

Bake cookies and freeze them. (Each weekend service to a prison requires 3500-5000 DOZEN cookies! Special recipe required.)

Sunday February 21, 2016 3pm

First Presbyterian Church
30401 N. Valparaiso St.

A concert of classical, sacred and jazz music featuring local musicians. A love offering will be collected to benefit the New Creation Men and Women shelter.

Ongoing Events

Greenhouse Café