Paul (dance) Medley Jon 1 Samuel 1:1-11 Constant theme of barren women Elkinah bestowed more gifts on barren wife Hannah than fertile wife Peninnah Irritate – annoyed, bothered, pissed off Hebrew: To thunder and roar with deep agony Can’t even eat food Barren women were viewed as less than Couldn’t contribute to culture Double portion meant more love, giving barren wife support Build your life on the fact that I love you more than Peninnah Hannah rose – made a desicion, moved into action Goes into prayer What kind of prayer soothes agony? 1 Sam 1:11-15 Lips move, no words – must be drunk Pouring out her soul before the Lord Pouring her heart into God’s reality What do my deepest prolems look like compared with God’s blessing? Bares her soul Your heart, problems, pain melt in God’s glory Identifies God’s attributes No razor shall touch his head Everything on … Continue reading →

Paul (You are holy) Jon Genesis 21:1-7 Key – 6 Made her laughter something redemptive Gen 12 bless nations of the world Messiah will fix it all God gives a promise, but not a deadline Life keeps ticking away Abe hits 100 Gen 17:17 – God reassures him and Abe is incredulous Scoffing laughter, sarcasm Sarah hears, Gen 18:12, and is sarchastic Lost belief in supernatural God As we get older, faith gets harder Intellectually skeptical Afraid to hope – males us vulnerable…don’t want to get hurt… We love control, we hate disappointment Afraid of boredom…don’t want to wait Start to close our hearts…get jaded Laughter of addiction and fixation Gen 21:8-10 Celebrations full of laughter Cast out Hagar and son, they can’t laugh Ishmael laughing AT Isaac? Laughter turns to anger Something wrong with this laughter…displaces God from the throne of our hearts, fromour center If anything disappoints us, … Continue reading →

Paul Children’s Program I want to know the true meaning of Christmas! Me too! We’re too busy! This year in children’s ministry: the Messiah David v. Goliath Isaiah Winter: the Beattitudes Easter: washing the disciples feet Walk to Ammaus The early church Summer: memorize the books of the Bible Presentation by John Mullens: board representative Prayer for the staff (Jon, Lori, Paul, Matt) Christmas Eve – communion service only

Paul Baptism – Bailey from Jen and Bryan Jon Kevin Parsons started a Men’s Ministry 24 hour prayer Friendship A sense of community is instilled in humanity and Christianity Ever been a complete fool in a crowd and a few people still embrace you? 1 Samuel 18-20 Keys to friendship 1. Consistent 18:3 loved him as his soul Users – always networking, what’s in it for me Your needs come second, their needs come first Design was for friendship Heart needs covenant relationships Compassion, commitment… Are we building relationships based on our own needs? Real friends want to know your weaknesses They gently correct you Think of Jonathon…his needs disappeared to the background Saw David’s role as the next King of Israel Earned his father’s enmity by aligning himself with David Loved him as his own soul Stripped himself of his throne Saw the call of God on David’s life … Continue reading →

Paul Jon Matthew 11 Incarnational possibilities Showed her what Jesus is like Godly perfume John the baptist had a special role Same Jewish expectations World fixer Remez Isaiah 61:1 Prison liberation not on the program Blessed is the one not offended That person finds life Who controls our life? People, things, etc. When you get crushed, you have a choice of reaction Deuteronomy 32:48-52 Who do you run to? Cling to? King David Killed too many people Jeremiah 20:7 Deceived = Seduced :18 Never born… Luke 1:38 Servant of the Lord…let it be Mark 3:20-23 Starts doing messianic things He’s crazy Belief in modern Christianity If you are faithful, you will be happy Un-biblical Gethsemane Mark 14:32-38 My soul is sorrowful Is there any other way? Not what I will, but what you will Cup of wrath and anger We can’t control people or circumstances Have we been trying to … Continue reading →

Paul Paul doesn’t like talking to strangers on an airplane Drunk guy sits next to him Guy keeps chugging down Heinekins as they talk about God He used to be a youth pastor, became bitter “I can’t drink from the cup of grace” The stakes are so high…drink… Jon Manoj and Alexis Alipuria are adopting two kids from Ethiopia Finding Life Before Death Malkut Shamayim (Part 1) Striving to be the kind of people Jesus was passionate about John 17 – long prayer from Jesus Jesus knows what he wants us to look like The Kingdom of Heaven The Kingdom of God Are they two separate things? The gospels use these terms over 50 different times Preaching, proclaimed Teaching, explained Parables, illustrated Life, demonstrated Is the KoH out there? Next week… Is the KoG here on earth? Who’s in the kingdom, where is t, etc Matt – KoH, but it … Continue reading →

Everlasting God No Other Name We Believe in You (spontaneous worship chorus) How Great is Our God You Never Let Go Came To Your Rescue Financial update – not good Acts 17:16-21 Proverbs 1:20-21 faith a public matter Isaiah 6 – we are redeemed then are sent out John 8 – go tell your story Do you pray for your business? Be redemptive in your context God is jealous – not insecure, but feels fierce, complex feelings for us; wants to protect us from harm 2 Cor 5:17 – we have a new heart God of Justice

Paul Danny and Donna Martinez Guest Speaker from South Central L.A. (salsa) Revelation 15:3 Song of Moses, Great and Mighty God Listen To The Cry Of The World – their first worship CD Christian Spanish Heavy Metal Supports a Guatemalan Orphanage South LA – Church of the Redeemer Wanted to plant a church…but not in LA God’s got a sense of humor Multicultural 50% black 20% Latino 30% White/Asian 2 homeless people Wife wanted to invite them Ok…no, now Thought they would scare families away In the front row They testified and they’re still there Revelation 7 ( he’s spelling it wrong) Very safe Slovakia and Guatemala ( f m ) Mark 12:30-31 Wish He had stopped at 12:30 It’s easy to praise God It’s hard to love your neighbor Challenges us to live a life of faith Music Black likes gospel Latino like Shakira Anglo/Asian like what they like … Continue reading →

Paul Jon Kalle Lasn, Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America Deep Resources of Love Colossians 3:1-17 3:5-put to 3:1-comma important…Christ is ruling now 2:15-empire disarmed Now-ism Who’s dreams are we dreaming? Of Jesus or of empire Don’t worry about tomorrow Matt 6:32-34 Col 1:21- empire encoursges doing evil Be a blessing as you have been blessed Col 1:6- new self, new virtues Truth is in the person of Jesus Col 1:15-20- Jesus is the head of the church Col 3:1- 3:3- 3:4- Christ is our life Not defined by what we do Defined by Jesus my lover, my life Glory- weight, significance, matter He’s 3:11- relationships are done differently in the kingdom of God In empire, relationships are a means to an end, fragmentatious Before you deface another person in anger, think… A new dream World, flesh, devil are at work today…fragmenting us… Not about margin shares…about people 1:9-10- fully … Continue reading →