Gatherings

Next Thursday (2/18): All Young Adults are invited to share their thoughts at an informal focus group gathering at the Youngs' house starting at 7:30 pm.

Friday: During Friday Night Bible Study the Youth Group will see that our hearts are to overflow with praise to God in response to His great love for us. Our text will be Psalm 103:1-12. We start at 7:30 pm in the Youth Room.

Sunday: Last week we saw that preparation is important. [sermon audio here]

This Sunday we have Sunday School at 9:30 am.

At 11 am we join together for our Sunday worship service where we'll continue our series through the Gospel of Luke. Do you find genealogies exciting? Our text will be Luke 3:23-38.

Prayer

Please continue to pray for the relief work in Haiti following the devastating earthquake. Although Haiti is beginning to fade from the news, relief and rebuilding will be a long process.

Please also pray for the Chinese New Year celebrations and gatherings. May these not only be a great time of joy, but also a time of outreach!

[photo by Paolo Camera]

Events

Sunday, February 7 - Special thanks to Andrew and Christine's family for hosting our Super Bowl Party!

More photos here

Saturday, February 13 - EM Chinese New Year Celebration

Friday, February 26 through Saturday, February 27 - 30 Hour Famine - Please print, sign, and turn in this form to Michelle H. if you are participating in the service projects on Saturday.

Sunday, March 28 - STM 2010 deadline - Join us as we learn and serve in Cairo, IL -- recently featured in Time magazine! Trip is only $199 until March 28.

This Sunday is also our first combined Sunday worship service!

Good Friday, April 2 - Baptism - In the New Testament, becoming a Christian and being baptized are nearly one and the same. If you are a Christian, but have not yet been baptized, now is the time to seek baptism. If interested, please contact me.

Extras

Memory Verse

God's holiness: Isaiah 6:1-5

“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.””

Quiz

Take this 3-question quiz to see how much you remember from the events of the last week. Closes next Wednesday!

Word

distrait \dis-TRAY\, adjective:

Divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety.

Yet when she stopped for a cup of coffee, finding herself too distrait to begin work, the picture was in the course of being removed from the window.
-- Anita Brookner, Falling Slowly

Super Bowl Ad Redux

Did you watch the Super Bowl and see the Tim Tebow ad? Click above for the rest of the story!

Valentines Video

Another appropriate video for this week, eh? It will make you cry. ;-) (note: click "Watch Preview")

Poll

We were split even over last week's question: "Are you more excited for the Super Bowl or Olympics?"

This week's question: When was the last time you cried? [vote]