God’s been using the story of Joseph in my life for the past 2 weeks…really revealing a lot of truth to my head and heart. one of the things i’m most amazed at this time around in the scriptures was Joseph’s attitude amidst all the crazy that’s going on around him. he never really complains…just keeps living life. he doesn’t complain when he’s getting beat up by is brothers, from the pit, not when he’s sold as a slave, not when he’s falsely accused, not when he’s thrown and prison to be forgotten about… nothing… never…
i’ve been working with teenagers for a long time, and i’m positive that i hear more complaining today that i did 5 years ago (maybe it’s from all of us as a culture and not just our teens…). i don’t know why, and i’m having trouble understanding it b/c i feel like we have more than we’ve ever had, but we aren’t satisfied…
one of the things that always brings me back when i act or feel ungrateful and i’m being all complainy is asking God to help me see what he sees. it’s a scary prayer but it’s amazing. i start to see the needs & hurt of those around me. it brings on a great sense of appreciation…
this saturday, i’m really looking forward to stopping and asking God again to reset my vision to see what he is doing. enough complaining and griping about life… time to live like joseph and appreciate what God has allowed to happen in my life.
we serve at the new jersey food bank in the morning, join me and ask God to change your vision and heart… 8:15am-12:00pm. meet at long hill chapel… ages 12 and up! make sure to email deb anderson or RSVP on facebook if you plan on coming as space is limited.
can you believe we are already in the middle of July?! i can’t…
here at LHCyouth we’ve been running full force b/t disc golf, soccer games, go-karting, work days, man night, and a host of other events! we’re hoping that in the midst of summer, you’d find great community here. the blessing is we see that happening:) and please be aware that we’re gonna keep up the pace (outside of next week and boston project week) as summer continues!
next week you’ll see we don’t really have anything on the calendar. the reason for that is b/c we are pushing for ALL of our students and leaders to be involved in our VBS program. this is one of the weeks we set aside for our kids and come together as a church to serve. we just LOVE IT! if you haven’t signed up yet to help, make sure to contact Pastor Jimmy. there are lots of different ways to plug in!
i can’t even begin to tell you how excited i am for this next month at Long Hill Chapel and LHCyouth. i feel like a kid in a candy store right now! we kick off our missions week on the 13th with Project Experience: A guided walk-through exhibit showing the many issues our missionaries encounter on the field, as well as the ministries we support both globally and locally. a handful our of students have already done this at LIFE 2010…and it had a great impact on those who went through it. we’ll go through it as a group, but i’m pleading with you to experience this as a family…it’s too important not to. times it’s open can be found online here: LHC calendar
our schedule is going to change on the 13th…so here it is, but make sure to check the calendar for sure…things might change:)
3/13 – 24:7 @ 5pm & iT @ 6pm (both groups will be going through project experience)
3/16 – PBbk @ 5:30 for pizza, 6:00 for project experience, 7:00 for prayer with/for missionaries
3/20 – project lunch: missions conference lunch after 2nd service…an experience you won’t want to miss!
-24:7 & iT @ 5pm – MOVIE NIGHT!! pick up is at 7:30pm
can you see why i’m excited? pretty sweet right?
and just to liven up your day, please enjoy a little video from sunday night…the Bible in 50 seconds with Sean and Richard…our guys are so awesome:)
March seems to be the time we focus on serving…and i love that b/c it’s as a church we tend to draw our attention to what God is doing on the missions field through our missionaries. missions week kicks up this sunday! how awesome is that?! and we’ll have some missions events for LHCyouth:)
PLEASE remember that we get the privilege to serve our church on the 21st for our missions banquet following the 2nd service. if you are able to help, please get in contact with me (pastor jimmy) so i can compile a list.
there is also a SR HIGH ONLY service project up at lake champion. we’ll be heading to Lake Champion from March 26-28 to help serve the high schoolers in our district while they are on their retreat. there is very limited space for this weekend and you’ll need to sign-up ASAP with pastor jimmy to make sure you can go. we’ll be connecting with stonecrest community church too…so you know it’s gonna be fun:)
feel free to use the contact page to let jimmy know~
