This is the mass email I just sent out to the parents and youth of Terranova. If you didn't get it then you better lend me your info.
Read Carefully because a lot is going on - it could drive you crazy.
Thursday the 5th - 6pm showing of Invisible Children at the HUB. This is a new movie. No one has scene it yet!
Sat. 7th and Sun 8th. - Select Terranova Youth have volunteered to Help Albertson's on Muirlands feed needy people this Thanksgiving. You know who you are and if you'd like to get involved email Trent at tac28@cox.net.
Sat. 7th and Sunday 8th - The high school group is having a fundraiser down at Ruby's diner in the Mission Viejo Mall. Bring in a flyer that you can download Here and then we'll earn 20% of the bill. If you are having trouble with the link go to the high school section of the www.ourterranova.com and their will be a link there as well.
Monday the 9th through Friday the 13th is small group weeks. We alternate between large group gatherings like the one on the 5th and small groups that happen throughout the week. However we have a great event on that Thursday:
Thursday the 12th - A HUGE FEEDtheMUSIC with hip-hop artists Manafest and Flynn Adam, 7-9pm and its $5 w/ a side dish and $12 w/out. Check out www.FEEDtheMUSIC.net to get to know the artists and just what a big deal this is for people in and around Terranova. This is for everyone of all ages!
Sunday the 15th - Parent Meeting after the second service in the High School room.
Wednesday the 18th - Get ready for a Zoolander themed Thanksgiving Night. Dress like a supermodel and be prepared to drink Orange Mocha Fraps.
January 1-3 - Winter Camp at HUME Lake. Cost is $275 and we need your money in ASAP ($100 deposit to hold your spot) We have very little spots.
Check out the blog in www.HUBLOVE.blogspot.com for all the goodies.
For real time insights check out www.twitter.com/hublove
Mass Email
Parent Meeting: November 15th and WINTER CAMP
November 15th after second service (approx. 12:30) there will be a parent meeting in "the drain" - the high school room of Terranova.
FYI - Winter Camp is Jan. 1-3 and it is approx. $275 and will be back at HUME LAKE which is new for us. There are plenty of snow/non-snow options for people to have fun and grow a lot at this winter camp. WE NEED A DEPOSIT ASAP FOR $100 TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN GO.
MID-WEEK's Are up and running, err gathering
The high school group of Terranova and its peers will be gathering every other Wednesday from 7-8:30pm. To not confuse anyone I have posted below the 5 times this will occur at the end of 2009.
Oct. 21st
November 5th - Special Showing of Invisible Children on Thursday at 6pm.
*November 12th is FEEDtheMUSIC w/ Flynn Adam and Manafest
November 18th - Zoolander themed Thanksgiving Night. Dress like a supermodel
December 2nd
December 16th
December 30th
We will update this post with the appropriate themes. Because every night is going to be GREAT.
Esperanza
Hope South of The Border
Click HERE to find out more and be apart of this great incarnational, multi-generational ministry opportunity.
Ladies Night!!!
Ladies,
On October 1st from 7-9pm the HUB and its female counterparts will be hosting a necklace party where everyone will enjoy a great time of fun, food and necklace making.
Make sure you get in on this action.
Pause/Pray/Pursue
Hey Terranova Family,
This week is about taking time out of our schedule to Pause/Pray/Pursue
Pause: stop what your doing whether its watching TV, surfing the web, hanging with friends or doing homework. Stop your normal routine and just be. This hectic pace will wear us all out. Stop and gather your thoughts and listen to the Spirit..
Pray: Once you've carved out some time do as Jesus did: Connect with the Father. Listen to him and draw near to him. Let him guide you instead of your schedule guiding you.
Pursue: He'll put someone on your heart once you are full of his grace and love. The pursue part becomes a natural outflow of spending time with the Lord as he flows out of you and onto other people. See what God is doing in the lives around you as you pour out what comes naturally through the Father.
NEXT WEEK: Thursday the 24th is NOOMA night at the HUB. Make sure to be there for great fun and discussion.
- the Team
3 Worship opportunities to Worship this Week
Hey Gang,
The high school group has 3 different worship experiences coming up this week. The first one starts this Thursday.
Soul Stir: 7-9pm @ the HUB
Soul Stir is a worship experienced designed to refresh your soul. You'll be meeting with God in various rooms at your leisure experiencing different ways to connect with God. Then you'll join us for a corporate time to give praise to the Father.
Then on Sunday...
Sunday Morning All Out Worship: 9:30am @ HUB
AOW is an morning of worship and giving praise to our God. It'll be high energy and participatory.
Sunday Beach Baptisms: 3pm-7pm @ Doheny
Come join the church down at Doheny. Get Baptized.
*** IF you are interested in being baptized please let me know by Friday morning. There are last minute baptisms allowed but we would really like to anticipate your decision. Maybe its been something you've wanted to do or maybe something changed at HUME. Please email me back.
Ryan@fathom33.com
Ryan Zeulner
PS - Molly Jenson is coming to FEEDtheMUSIC Sept. 10th so mark your calendars and tell your friends - check her out at www.FEEDtheMUSIC.net
Awesome HUME Experience
Thanks to everyone who came or helped us get to Hume Lake. More to come on this!!!
Sit in the Chair
Some verses to reflect on what you and God bring to the "table."
The next step is to dive into the scriptures that back up these principles. With each scripture ask yourself:
What does God bring?
and
What do I desire?
Exodus 15:26
Psalm 103
Matthew 11:29
1 John 4:7, 16
1 Cor. 13
Service Project Day 8/8/09
High school group!!!!
Come down to the HUB Saturday (8/8) at 1pm (till 5) and help us change the community through a very great service project. (details to those who show up). Hint: Its all about caring for the souls of those around you.
It doesn't cost anything, so come on down.
This next Thursday is FEEDtheMUSIC and its Hip-Hop so you have to come out 7pm-9pm. For all the details and free album downloads go to www.FEEDtheMUSIC.net
Ryan Zeulner
www.HUBlove.blogspot.com
FEEDtheMUSIC
FEEDtheMUSIC f/ Lakes is this Thursday, 7-9pm. Bring a dish to share and the concert/potluck is only $5 ($12 w/out).
Lakes is an amazing band that you and everyone you know will want to see. Check them out at www.FEEDtheMUSIC.net
Also a special FEEDtheMUSIC is on Sunday f/ Andy Zipf which is free at will be at 9:30am at the HUB. Check him out at www.myspace.com/andyzipf
What a great week in music.
AND: movie Sunday night at Musical Theatre Village where we will show Back 2 The Future!!!!
36 Mauchly, Irvine, CA 92618
Why Crazy?
The soul is who you are. It is your very essence.
Not your body, because you’ll lose that.
Not your mind, because you’ll lose that 2.
Your soul is the core of who you are.
Your soul is alive!! It living and needs nourishment, care and love. It requires nurture through an authentic connection with God. Through that nurturing connection, our souls receive rest, healing, strength and power for transformation.
We are being surrounded by crazy distractions. Things crawling for our attention. Things spinning out of control that are screaming at us to pay attention to it. What kind of things are on your mind?
(parents losing jobs, trying find summer jobs, out of control friends or siblings, sense of loss, tempting decisions, loss of faith, numbness and ways to numb the numbness)
We are bombarded with so many crazy things and we don’t have control over any of it. The control we do have is not on the external, but the internal. How are you taking care of your soul? How do those connections with God happen? That is what this summer is all about. Getting back to the root of who you are in this crazy world - your soul.
God has given us a way of life that he modeled through Jesus. Crazy stuff was going on with Jesus and yet his soul was so filled up by the father that he was at peace. His soul was rich and in the end that is what we are longing for - completeness. Filled up (not hollow).
Isaiah promises this: IS 40:28-31
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Your soul is either healthy or neglected.
So I leave you with this: What is your soul crying out for?
“Once we clearly acknowledge the soul, we can learn to hear its cries.” - Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart.
the leaked summer calendar of sumer '09
Crazy Summer Calendar
June 28th - Parent Meeting after second service in the youth room
July 2nd - Nooma Night @ the HUB 7-9pm (games and small groups)
July 4th - Lake Forest Parade, pass out water, 10am (Saturday)
July 9th - FTM: Lakes 7-9pm (need 2 bit crew of 10)
July 12th - Movie Night @ MTV 6:30pm (we are watching Back 2 The Future)
July 13 - 17 VBS for the Kids, help out in the mornings 9-12. Email carolyn.s@ourterranova.com
July 16th - Couch Olympics 7pm-10pm
Theme: Crazy costume
Need: parents to bring drinks and snacks (rootbeer floats?)
**this time your couch IS the star.
July 25th - DoHARDthings : A one day conference for teens and their parents @ Calvary Church of Santa Ana, $30, preregistered. www.therebelution.com
July 29th - Crazy Relay and REC games @ Hub 7-9pm (Wednesday)
Need: student to tell their story
Need: Parent to bring pizzas and sodas
Aug. 8th - Service project*** 1-5pm - more info to come
Aug. 13th - FTM: Cookbook and UNOmas (need 2 bit crew)
Aug. 16-21 - Hume Lake!!!!!!! Final payments by Aug. 2nd
Aug. 27th - Soul Stir - 7-9pm TBA
Sept. 2nd or 3rd - Hunni Darts w/ other churches (wed or thursday) - at Grace Hills and Calvary Chapel off of Moulton by El Toro.
Sept. 10th - FTM: Molly Jenson
Sept. 17th - Week of Action (all week) Pause/Pray/Pursue
Sept. 24th - Nooma Nite 7-9
Bonfire: June 25th
We are doing a Doheny (burn your school work) bonfire June 25th 6:30-9pm by where the bridge drops you in off of PCH (Its called Hole in the Wall and you park on PCH right at the pedestrian bridge that goes over PCH just before the light that takes you into Capistrano Beach Park).
I need parents or someone to volunteer to camp down at the spot from about 3:30 or until I get there around 6pm to set up.
Repeat: I need volunteers to camp out and bring supplies. Email me if you are interested.
Bring school work to burn and your friends. Everyone is responsible for their own ride!
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Parent Meeting: June 28th
PARENT MEETING: After second service in the HS room on June 28th. Get all the insight.
Fundraiser Movie Night
On June 7th go to Musical Theatre Village to watch on the big screen a showing of Princess Bride at 6:30.
Students will be selling popcorn to raise money to go to camp.
36 Mauchly, Irvine, CA 92618
HUME LAKE: New date/New Low Price
we are heading off to Hume Lake from Aug. 16th (leaving 9am) and coming back Aug. 21st
The price used to be $550 but is NOW $449 - that is a savings of over a $100!!!!!!!
So get your monies in because with the new low price and new date we have over 30 people tagged and interested and wanting to go
NOVA-DO
We are going to Start KARATE at the Hub, next Wednesday at 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm.
We will have a more structured bible study and Karate class
I am really excited and thankful to SENSEI GERMAN, for giving his time to all of us, and for the opportunity to minister to other kids with the NOVA-DO Style of CHRISTIAN MARTIAL ARTS MINISTRIES.
PS - there will be monthly fees involved for this operation because it is a legitimate karate class.
SENSEI GERMAN
NOVA-DO, MARTIAL ARTS MINISTRIES
The Movement
TN PEEPS - I only recommend going the 30th because we want you to be apart of raising money for camp during the Block Baby Sitting. yeah.
Block Babysitting
Block Babysitting / Date Night
The high school students are looking for a way to help you, and raise money for camp. Come to the hub and drop off your potty trained kids at the Hub. Whether you have 1 kid of 5, the price is only $10 per hour per household. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to get out for a night and some adult conversation!
Vitals:When: Friday, May 29th, 6pm - 10pm
Where: the Hub [map]
Contact: Ryan Zeulner for more info.
Hume Lake: Summer Camp '09
We are going back to the greatest camp alive on June 28th-July 4th. We need in a $150 REFUNDABLE (up to May 31) deposit ASAP. The total cost is $559. Click on the picture to get more details:
Mother's Day Movie NIght - Pirates of The Carribean
Come one, come all to watch one of the greatest movies ever made!
The show will be held at MTV (Musical Theatre Village)
Where: 36-C Mauchly, Irvine
Time: 7pm
Cost: FREE (It is a fundraiser and we will be selling $5 for popcorn and taking donations)
I bet you haven't seen this movie yet while wearing an eye patch?
FEEDtheMUSIC
We are currently beginning our revolutionary concert line called FEEDtheMUSIC. The details are anything but boring as our first concert is May 14th from 7-9 featuring the PawnShop kings.
Check out our dedicated site: www.FEEDtheMUSIC.net and spread the word.
The good news is that we have it going on every month. Join us every 2nd Thursday of the month. But you knew that... because you checked out the website.
Last Weeks Thoughts on Sexuality
SCHOLARS believe that the word SEX is related to the Latin word Secare which means “to sever, to amputate, to disconnect.”
Our sexuality then has 2 dimensions:
Our awareness of how cut off/ disconnected we are
Its about all the ways we go about trying to reconnect.
Remember: Our sexuality is all about the ways we strive to reconnect with our world, each other and God. ITS ABOUT CONNECTION!
You can’t be connected with God until you’re at peace with who you are. If you’re still upset that God gave you this body or this life or this family or these circumstances, you will never be ablt to connect with God in a healthy, thiving, sustainable sort of way. You’ll be at odds with your maker. And if you can’t come to terms with who you are and the life you’ve been given, you’ll never be able to accept others and how they were made and the lives the’ve been given. And until you’re at peace with God and those around you, you will continue to struggle with your role on the planet, your part to play in the ongoing creation of the universe. You will continue to struggle and resist and fail to connect. - Rob Bell, SEX GOD
Free Music
We shot the Moon is a band that is quite good. Not only that but they are offering up their last album for free! Click here to download it.
Benefit Concert/Coin Drive
The coin drive has already started at Terranova, so please bring in your change to help kids go to Hume this summer. Also we have a benefit concert coming up featuring the PawnShop kings. Check the flyer below, as well as the links for all the information at:
www.FEEDtheMUSIC.NET
or info on the band
PawnShop kings
Night of Champoins
April 24, 2009
Kingsfield Church in Laguna Niguel
Cost: FREE
FREE IN-N-OUT
6:30 - 10:00 PM
The Great Debate
So our plans have changed. Biola has decided NOT to have a satellite campus by us. You are more than welcome to drive up to Biola and see a live feed (the tickets are sold out) but we will not be going as a group. Sorry. I wish they hadn't decided to nix the Lake Forrest Feed.
Check out the Biola website HERE
Please learn about my friend
Please learn about a most remarkable young man. His story is moving. You will love him and the God that he serves.
Click below:
Clayton McDonald
SEX God
We all know that media talks to much about sex while families tend to shy away from it all. This is a call to parents to have continual discussions about sex and sexuality.
Not sure how many times this issue should be brought up? Well the more you talk about it the less you have to cover every time. Think of it like building blocks.
Still don't know how many times you should talk about it? - Then add up all the roles in the hay you have in a year and divide by three. If its more than you are comfortable with then divide by 5. Or throw that out because there is no formula! If you are a single parent then the answer should be ZERO, but alas you probably need to talk about the issue MORE than those living with both parents!
So what do you talk about? Well they already know the basics (hopefully) but our sexuality is complicated and confusing - which means we need to talk about it on an ongoing basis. So to help you I am suggesting everyone reads SEX God, by Rob Bell. The high school group is going to spend some time on some of the topics brought up by this book, but I'd like the parents to have the lead on the discussion. Know more and lead your students through the most sexually frustrating time of their lives.
You are their biggest advocate to remaining pure and dealing with their identity in the most healthy/God honoring ways.
Can I say it again - read the book! It just could make this whole subject less awkward.
SEX GOD
Upcoming Events (March- April '09)
3/13, Friday, Manpower - help us help our community by moving large objects curbside. Meet at the Hub at 5pm. Come help the HS put some stuff curbside and then jump on with the rest of the church at 6 to help people in the community.
3/28, Saturday, Leadership training for Juniors and Seniors to help you reach out and love on others. RSVP by emailing Ryan. 10-12:30 at the HUB.
3/29, Sunday, Baby Shower after second service for our own Aimie Campomanes. She had Cody Axl two weeks ago.
4/4, Saturday, Does God Exist? A debate. Meet at the Biola Building on Ave. De Carlota and Los Alisos at 7:15pm (free).
4/5, Birthday Sunday, Party and Impact Day Planning
4/8, Wednesday, Impact Day. 10am at the Hub. $5
4/10, Good Friday, Potluck and Worship Night, 6pm
4/12, Sunday, Easter - family service
Always contact me if there is a question!
Ryan@fathom33.com or 714.390.1072
*Girl Retreat Coming Soon!
Hume Lake - June 28th-July 4th, $150 Deposit Needed Now!
The Experiment
Are you ready for The Experiment??? (From the mind of Lyle Castellaw)
Hey there! How are you enjoying being a parent of a teenager? It’s a pretty wild ride, don’t you think? And especially tough is you and I helping our kids cultivate their relationship with God. Face it, most parents in our community will do all they can to help their kid become the honor student or the star athlete. But we see things a little bit different here at Terranova. It’s our desire for our kids to go beyond those objectives to be spiritually rich and whole, for their characters to be formed so that they live with a courageous faith, daring to seek purity in a world that scoffs at it. So how do we do that?
Here’s our simple discovery (Dana’s and mine): We’ve seen our teens benefit greatly by providing them a great spiritual diet. They are consistent in going to our youth group, but here’s what’s more: they have gotten into the rhythm of worshipping with us on Saturday nite.
Here’s our routine: we stop what we’re doing about 4pm and clean up so we can get to church by 5pm. We have a great time with the service, which tends to be more laid back, with round tables, candles, and acoustic style. Then we get dinner afterward.
So we’ve been thinking: why don’t more people like us do this, increasing the spiritual menu of the kids, because they still hit youth group and get good stuff there on Sunday morning?
Which leads us to The Experiment: what would it look like if every parent and teen combo showed up at the 5pm service on February 28 (this Saturday), with a potluck item in hand, dropping that item off in the youth room, then enjoying the service-- actually sitting together-- and then right afterward, having a potluck meal together and trying our skill at foosball, air hockey, pool, ping pong, or just chillin? What might happen? You’ll only know if you come!
I know this: your kids will not become strong in their faith by some sort of accident! We have great youth leaders who love our kids, led by Ryan Zeulner, who will be with us on that nite, by the way. And we also have a Saturday service, which we think works pretty well in giving them a time of spiritual feeding. Wanna try it? Just this once? We just want to see what happens, what God might do. We don’t have a big plan for doing things like this weekly or monthly. All we have is…an experiment!
To be a part, just email back and let us know you’re coming (jackie.j@ourterranova.com). And then, just show up bringing a potluck food item to share which can be dropped off at the youth room as you walk in. And then…we’ll see what happens! So….who’s playing?? Please reply back and let us know!
This all takes place on 2/28 at 5pm
Friday the 13th
Meet us at Forest Lanes at 10am on Friday the 13th. We'll bowl till noon, grab a bite at Taco Bell and then head over to the Hub to hangout till 5pm. Bowling will cost about $15 for the two hours, including shoes.
Dodgeball Promo Video
dodgeball tournament promo from Project Hangout on Vimeo.
All the info is on www.projecthangout.blogspot.com