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NC3 Youth Group Newsletter

Hey gang!

As we mentioned in the Sunday Stuff announcements, this is birthday week for our group.  Kaci Banister celebrated yesterday, Trey Pope's is on Wednesday and Hannah Walls' is on Friday!  Happy b-day to all three of you. 

Wednesday is a big day online as NC3 unveils its brand new website! There will be some cool additions (especially for youth group members).  Be sure to log on and check it out: www.nc3family.org

Wednesday evening, Chris Reese will continue the Music Video series with part 2 of B. Reith's song "Go On."  Here is a link to the video if you haven't seen it yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LrOm1AObYc 

 Most of you know of the Pound Your Parent's softball challenge on the 26th at Lower Cascades park.  There is a signup list and infopack on the youth table. 

Well, that's all for now, enjoy the rest of this email and see ya Wednesday!

 

Contents

  1. Something for Your Heart
  2. Surf Report
  3. Forgettable Fact
  4. Potent Quotables
  5. Uh, That's Funny?

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1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

Your Friend is Sick

"Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, 'Lord, the one you love is sick.' " (John 11:1-3)

Spoiler alert! To really get all the heavy stuff in the story of Jesus raising his friend Lazarus from the dead, you've got to know the ending before you start. But it's right there in the name of the story, so it's not a huge surprise. And you've probably heard it once or twice anyway.

Still, we're going to spend a week or two getting to know it better. And the first thing we should get is this: Jesus loved Lazarus and his sisters, Martha and Mary. Okay, yes, Jesus loves everyone. But He was friends with this family. He often stayed at their place when He was in town. He seems to have liked them a lot.

And they liked Jesus, too. They knew about His miracles. They believed He was who He said He was. They knew He could heal sick people at will. They probably expected Him to come and save their brother -- before he died.

Think: If you are a Christian, you have a close relationship with God because you are "in Christ." Do you ever expect Him to answer your prayers in specific ways? Is it wrong to expect God to respond according to our desires? Why or why not?

Pray: Thank God for Jesus' relationship with Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Ask Him to help you to understand Him better through studying this story during the next week or so.

Do: John mentions Mary as one who washed Jesus feet with expensive perfume and her hair. Read that story in John 12:1-11.

A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.

2. SURF REPORT

Movie Review of 9
http://www.planetwisdom.com/movies/review/nine/

Movie Review of All About Steve
http://www.planetwisdom.com/movies/review/all-about-steve/

3. FORGETTABLE FACT

A cubic mile of ordinary fog contains less than a gallon of water.

4. POTENT QUOTABLES

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration and expectation. -- Jack Nicklaus

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. -- Frederic Chopin

5. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

Q: How do you make a hot dog stand?
A: Steal its chair.

*All "surf report" internet links and "potent quotables" are provided for informational purposes, and do not imply endorsement by NC3