Underground Update #012710

Hey guys n gals.
another grrrrreat night!!  Let's cut to the chase,

• 47 teens in the house! awesome! be sure to keep inviting friends.
• hugely epic (and quick) cardboard tube fight!! That was definitely one for the books. 
• I really enjoyed this message. finally in the book of Proverbs. I got to share one of my fave verses Proverbs 27:11 and talking about the importance of reading the Bible for ourselves. I don't think I have have a bigger soapbox than that one. What is the point of having a book spanning 1,500 years of wisdom and truth, and NOT read it?? 
• This one has to be mentioned. HACKY SAC game outside the annex after church was a BLAST!!

Love you all. See you in two weeks.
Pastor Chris.

Underground Update 012010

Another Awesome Night!!
here you go:

1) Hang time great as always
2) Lynn did great with announcements, despite having a killer headache. awesome!!
3) New guy on stage Lennon, handled the Throwdown with skill! Balloon tag went shorter than I thought but still looked pretty  fun.
4) All Offering is going to Haiti. Thank God that we can leverage this, as an opportunity to show the world Christ!
5) So the message: Continued in 1 kings 3. talk about Solomon's eventful morning after the dream. All of these experiences leading to the writing of Proverbs... It's coming!

Here's the roll-in

Wisdom in 140 Characters or Less from Justin Eshelman on Vimeo.

What we need, When we need it.

So,  last night we started this new series called "Wisdom in 140 Characters or less"

  Have you noticed that has gotten so easy to get the info you want right when you want it lately? We have networks for important information transfer like Wikipedia, HowStuffWorks, youtube, and Google that get us all the info we need on so many topics. Even keeping up with friends. We've got Facebook and Myspace for keeping up on all of our friends that we normally would be able to keep in touch with. and with Twitter it gets faster, as the fluff is taken out and everything is stripped to just "in 140 Character" here is what's up. It's awesome! I love it!
   But what about the questions that are really important. I mean, seriously important. "Should I date him?, Do I need to hang out with them? What should I be like at this new job? What should I do with this new money that comes with this new job? What the way people are treating me, How do I deal with that? My family is moving, How should I react? My parents want me to stop doing this, but I don't know." It would be great if their way straight-to-the-point insight into the questions we all have about life.

A place to find real Wisdom.

What's great is their is a book in the Bible that deals exactly with this stuff. What's even better is it does it in a way that doesn't beat around the bush, or mince words but gets straight to the point. But before we go there I think we should go to the author of this book and find the source of his wisdom that resulted in writing such content.

The author is a man named Solomon.
He was the son of the greatest king Israel had ever known; and. when he was still young he inherited the kingdom himself. Feeling very ill-equipped and unqualified, he spent a restless night wondering how to handle all this power and responsibility.
That night God came to him in a dream and said "Solomon, ask of me anything you want! name it! it's yours!" Solomon then asked for one thing. something I don't think I would have asked for to be honest, But something that changed the course of his life for ever.

He asked for wisdom.

What?!?!

Wisdom in 140 characters update.

Hey everyone,
Without further ado, here are my big takeaways from last night.

• Thanks again to all the volunteers lending their very valuable time to make it a great night you guys rock!!
• Great to get back into it! Gosh I missed the Underground. It really feels like a year since we last met.
• Band sounded great. last song rocked!! "Take,Take,Take it All!!!!!!!!"
• Loved kicking off this new series. What a great way to pursue wisdom. First by asking for it.
• You guys are awesome thanks for coming!!

New Series. January-February

Here's a little snippet of where we're going the next two months.



Wisdom in 140 Characters or Less from Justin Eshelman on Vimeo.



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