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If you get nothing else:
Live a life of Integrity
Take care of your students
Evangelism is still important
Scan the landscape-
What does your community think of Jesus?
-Jesus is my Homeboy t-shirt
-Jesus action figures
-Jesus band aids
-Answer me Jesus "8 ball"
-rock star Jesus
The Bad News. . .
There is a growing disinterest in Christiananity and the Church
Gandi said, "I like your Christ, but not your Christians"
Pastors are creepy even though many don't know any
Be in the world/culture but keep them from the evil one
How are we evangelizing?
-Testamints
-Christian Poker chips
-Products instead of personal relationships
There is hope! Lots of Hope!
Most Churches and Christians are not what the perceptions are
-You personally are the Church
-You can change the future
-You don't have to be extremly cool, just extremly available
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Our lives have become mindless
- our food choices
- what we wear
- our youth ministry
We have a feast of resources, so why do students leave undernourished?
We have an epidemic of students leaving the church after High School.
Our Goal should not be to keep students in our youth group but to keep
students long term in the local church.
Cool video from www.liveabove.com
Are you satisfied with mindless youth ministry?
Ask then Act. . .
Are we feeding students the right type of food?
What Gospel are we feeding kids?
Are students doubt welcome at our table?
The Kids' Table Catastrophe. . .
Age separation is becoming a problem
How can our kids become apart of inter-generational ministry?
How can we train students to feed themselves after graduation?
Help them find a local church in their college town.
Don't be mindless in your food choices, your ministry, and your life!
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History of Adolenscence
-teenager originally
-recent concept
-post child labor laws
-not a child & not an adult
-it has created its own customs, music, and value systems
The Mission Field
- followers of Jesus have tried to impact this culture
-We have taken God and made him culture
-We are to guide people to God no matter the culture
-everyone is looking to be apart of something greater than ourselves
-volunteerism is at an all time high for teens
-teens are overscheduled and looking for importance in anything
Powerpoint presentation is down
Teens are hyper-
-Stressed
-sexualized
-over-dosed
Now a talk about technology and teens and culture
-Let kids create within their culture to reach their culture for God.
-let the Kingdom of God be at hand
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Ministry is harder than the Marketplace because the marketplace has
clear objectives (money) and ministry doesn't (making disciples).
-It is very hard to define making a disciple.
-the basic definition is loving God and loving others
-increasing participation doesn't produce disciples
Now for lots of graphs that I will link to later
4 groups of people attending Church
-Exploring Christ
-Growing in Christ
-Close to Christ
-Christ-centered
Looking at all of the slides are going to help
The most catalytic thing that grows people to become a disciple is the
Bible. This is not news but proven by the research.
Check out all the stuff at www.revealnow.com
Very interesting stuff, I need to look at this more
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1 Peter 3:15-16
Just because we disagree we should handle it with gentleness and
kindness
Brian starts with the history of the world
The Modern World
-The Earth is not the center of the galaxy
-The Great Chain of Being is no longer
Themes of Postmodern
-Conquest runs into Conservation
-analytical turns into post-analytical
-objective changes to intersubjective
-critical into post-critical
-secular and spiritual live together
-consumerism into sustainability
-print literacy turns to digital fluid
Then we go to Q & A
So here are the best questions (I think)
-How do I make Life work in this fast changing world?
-How do get past the definition of post-modern?
-how do deal with gender issues in a post-modern world?
-can we get past our world views and get to truth?
-How do we go from simplicity to complexity back to simplicity?
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Main Point: See with New Eyes
Luke 7
Do we have the same integrity as Christ?
Top 3 Charateristics of Christians as seen by non-Christians
1. Anti-Gay
2. Judgemental
3. Hypocritical
-Not better vision but new eyes
-It is easy to see what you do and not who you are
-We are incredibly loved
-We are under the grace of God
-This love is hard
-Love is more powerful than hatred
-We domesticated Christiananity in the United States
-They will know us by our Love and nothing else.
-Grace+Love+Mercy-Hatred-Judment-Hipocricy= the Ministry of Jesus
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Luke 5:1-11
-The Experience of a Gold Fish
-It's about following Jesus
-Cinco De Jesus w/ 2 kids (story)
Florida on my landscape is around my nipples (talking about hair loss
and retirement) really funny
Be a Spiritual Guide and in the Spirit
The Calling
-Be empty and available
-Have a ministry like Jesus
-We do not grieve enough
-You don't need anything else
-Be Free and not imprisoned
-Take a Sabbath
-Be a living person (don't pretend)
-(I feel the Holy Spirit. God is here)
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Brian McLaren
-On the same planet
-What is your role to influence?
-What are the issues of the church?
-What are the issues of the world?
-What should matter more?
4 Global Crisis
-Prosperity
-Equity
-Security
-Framework Story
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He will be giving updates as well.
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Vanessa Whitwell went home to be with our Lord and Savior at 7:35pm Sunday evening due to a brain hemorrhage. Please pray with Vanessa's family and friends as we say goodbye to this child of God.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 8 from 6:00-8:00pm in the FC Worship Center. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, April 9 at 11:00am in the FC Worship Center.
Vanessa Whitwell, 34, beloved by her family and endeared to all, fell peacefully into the loving embrace of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, April 6, 2008.
Vanessa was born May 9, 1973 in Waco, Texas. She was raised in and around the HEB area and attended Trinity High School in Euless, Texas. After graduating from high school in 1991, Vanessa received a B.S. in Psychology from the University of North Texas in 1996.
Vanessa’s true gift of music influenced her early career choices, but her heart for God drove her to the ministry. Utilizing her superior singing voice, she toured with Sierra, a contemporary Christian singing group in 1999. Completing that tour, she returned to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and answered a call to work at Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas. While on staff at Fellowship, Vanessa initially worked in the creative arts department, helping to facilitate worship with her beautiful singing voice; however, her influence expanded during her nine year tenure to a variety of areas within the church including women’s ministry, resources, conferences and events.
Vanessa approached her relationships with a sincere kindness and with a genuine heart for those in need. Known as an encourager and a consummate cheerleader, Vanessa lived with a passionate ferocity for life spreading joy and laughter along the way. She had a strong faith that dictated her choices, and sense of self that empowered all who came in contact with her.
Vanessa will be dearly missed by her loving husband, Andy Whitwell; her parents, Hugh and Lisa Hunt and Myrna Hunt; her sisters, Leslie, Loryn, and Haylee Hunt; her grandmother, Polly Hunt and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Blackwood; along with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
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