See you at Strands this Thursday (7/10) Here are the directions to Annie's (11am-3pm)
1.0 Take 5 Fwy South and take Camino Capistrano Exit (1st exit after Ortega Hwy.-74)
2.0 Make left and pass car dealerships
3.0 Take a right on Stonehill (past Hummer dealership)
4.0 Continue several miles until you come to Niguel Road (make Left)
5.0 Take first left into Niguel Shores at Mariners (across from Dana Point Library)
6.0 Guard Gate will give you a pass and directions to bluff (strands beach)
O Golly, come see Wall-E. We are going to be watching the 8:15 showing of Wall-E at the Spectrum on Thursday the 10th.
Beach Day /Wall-E
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Blue LVL
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Blue LVL - (July 7-12h) - “A refreshing look at the Second Greatest Commandment”
36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Matthew 22:36-40
This week is all about your neighbors - your literal neighbors. We all have them whether we live in an apartment complex or in the hills of Montana. How do you love them? That’s the challenge; plan and execute it. Figure out a way to love them and serve them this week. Do it anonymously or ask them how you can help them. It's up to you and you can be original or follow the example given.
Commit: Know that this challenge is going to take time and maybe even some money. Commit to spending time in prayer to figure out how you could love your neighbors this week and the weeks to come. What are their needs, are all the same, what can you offer?
Pray: That you have a heart for your neighbors. Ask God to give you insight into how to love those God has placed to live next to you. What an amazing bond that is - being neighbors! Once you have their names, pray for them by name for the rest of the week.
Read: Romans 13: 8-14, Luke 10:25-37, Matthew 5:1-16, John 5:19, John 4:1-42
The Goal: Is to live out the call God has given us. As followers of Christ we desire to become more like him and love others. Loving our neighbor (not just literal) is the second greatest commandment. Most of us don’t even know all of our literal neighbor’s names. How is that love? Our goal this week is to love through action and heart.
Example: Everyone knows what their own favorite drink is, but do you know your neighbors? Could that be part of loving them?
Go house to house one evening knocking on everyone’s door. When they answer the door, introduce yourself, get their name and tell them that you are doing a survey of the neighbor hood. Find out what their favorite beverage is and then thank them for their time. On another day get everyone their favorite drink and attach a note to it saying “thanks for participating.” You can either drop it off on their door step or hand it to them in person. Imagine their surprise!
LVL 1 Challenge (June 2-7th)
Sunday, June 1, 2008
LVL 1 CHALLENGE (June 2nd-7th) - "Bounty Hunter" Sphere of Influence
This week find someone that has moved out of your sphere of influence and reconnect with them. Get together face to face and show them the love of God by being interested in them and what is going on in their life. Seek to understand where they are coming from and ask questions that show genuine interest about how they are doing.
Commit: Commit to following through with this challenge, knowing that effort will be involved. Do it unto the Lord.
Pray: Pray that God would fill you up with the Holy Spirit - that is his love. We cannot fake God’s love and compassion for his people. We can only tap into it. Doing this will make us more like him.
Read: John 21 and Acts 1:1-11
The Goal: Reconnect a relationship with a Godly mindset, expand you sphere of influence. You have been called to show the love of God.
NXT LVL Summer Calendar
click on it to enlarge and then right click to save to your computer. If you have a mac, just drag it to your desktop. Thanks to DesignBum for the sweet vectors
Welcome to the NXT LVL
Below is our summer promo video. Enjoy. Get ready to sweat. Turn up the volume!
What Are You At?
The best way to grow is to recognize where you are at. Check out these categories form REVEAL, a book put out by Willow Creek:
Find where you are at and with a sincere heart pursue the Lord. If you are not moving forward don't assume its him that is holding you back. Seek Truth and take an honest look at yourself and your decisions and/or heart. Align yourself with his Will - the way he is calling you to live.
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