Project Walkway – Week 6 Challenge

“Add to perseverance, godliness.”

Each day this week:

Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 and meditate on it. Who is responsible for changing me?
Read some famous scriptures and think about justice, mercy and humility:

• Monday Matthew 25:31-46 – What does justice and mercy demand of me?
• Tuesday John 3 – How dependent am I on God’s gifts?
• Wednesday Acts 1:1-11 – If I didn’t know Jesus, how would I want others to reach out to me? Do I have the power to do that for others?
• Thursday 1 Corinthians 13 – What good are all my works if not founded in love?
• Friday Malachi 3 – What happens to those who do right versus those who do wrong?

Next Sunday, be at church ready for the next challenge.

Prayer

Pray each day asking God to reveal paths of justice, mercy and humility.

Anger Quiz

1. TRUE OR FALSE

Every Christian should get angry at some time.

2. TRUE OR FALSE

You can get angry and not sin!!!!

3. SO WHAT DID JESUS DO WHEN HE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT HEALING A MAN ON THE SABBATH??

A. He was crushed because they were judging Him and he threw His hands over His face and ran out of the room crying.

B. His blood began to boil but He never showed any sign of that. He gave them His cell phone number and said give me a call. Then He quietly left the synagogue, went home and sat by the phone.

C. He asked a question: “Which is lawful on the Sabbath, to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” Then He healed the man.

4. EVERYONE KNOWS ONE PERSON YOU CAN BE MAD AT WITHOUT REJECTING HIM ALTOGETHER. IT IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO REJECT THIS PERSON ALL TOGETHER. WHO IS IT?

A. Your mom

B. George Bush

C. The person who looks back at you in the mirror every day

5. NOW WHEN YOU GET MAD AT YOURSELF HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

A. Fine! I’m not speaking to myself or even looking at me in the face cause I’m so mad at me.

B. Be that way! (Then you scream as you look in the mirror) “You are an idiot, a worthless piece of scum, a piece of trash loser, hypocrite, fraud, blind fool, snake, reptilian and a worm!”

C. You say, “How dare me!” and you slap yourself across the face.

D. You pray, God forgive me. Help me to learn from this stupid mistake. Change me and make me a better person.

Check your answers below

Answer Key: 1. TRUE, 2. TRUE, 3. C, 4. C, 5. D

Take a Stand for Christ

In Revolution this month we are talking about taking a stand for Christ in your school. Every one of us who claims to be a Christian is called to shine the light of Jesus into our school. Every school needs that light and we are called to shine.  There are so many places we can make a stand for Christ like in sports, in the classroom, with our friends, by respecting our teachers and administrators, and every place we go and in everything we do.

September 23rd through the 26th is Spiritual Emphasis. During these few days we will have two special services for Revolution.  One will be Sunday night September 23rd @ 6pm in the Sanctuary and the other will be Wednesday September 26th in the Rev Room @ 7pm. Chad Woods will be our featured speaker, he is a young man who came up through the Oasis and has felt a call on his life to minister to young people.  He worked with the Rockford Masters Commission for the last few years and has now joined our staff.  There are two friendship building events during spiritual emphasis which you won’t want to miss.

Our Back to School Bash is on September 23rd from 4pm -8:30pm. This night will include a photo scavenger hunt, a special youth service, and dinner. The winning team for the scavenger hunt will receive $10 gift cards to Kicks. Speaking of Kicks, Revolution is going to meet there the very next night (September 24th) for free pizza. We will meet at Kicks at 6pm and stay until 8pm. The cost for the Back to School Bash is $5 and the cost for Kicks is whatever you want to spend on games. Rev will cover the pizza. Hope to see you at both these events cause I love hangin out with jr. high students.

Green Cucumbers Win Wacky Olympics

And the Winners of the 2007 Wacky Olympics is…The GREEN CUCUMBERS!

Congratulations guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wacky Olympics

Wacky Olympics last week (August 2007) rocked! All four teams came ready to win. The evening started off with serious (or not so serious) opening ceremonies. With our torches lit, we were ready to go!

The games included the caterpillar race, the frozen chicken throw, alka-seltzer tag and a whole bunch more. By the end of the night our bums were sore and our clothes were wet, but there were still smiles on everyone’s faces. The battle was fought and over. Whhew!

We don’t know who won yet, but come this Wednesday night and find out. Go Blue Team!
I mean…good luck everyone.

Revolution Small Group Night 8-1-07

Revolution watched an amazing video tonight, and then we broke down into small groups and discussed the lesson. The video talked about true guilt and false guilt. True guilt is the Holy Spirit convicting you for doing something wrong. False guilt is when Satan lies to you to make you feel bad about something you had no control over. Guilt is an alarm that tells us when something is wrong, so we need to listen to it. However, we also need to know the difference between true guilt and false guilt. True guilt draws us closer to God and false guilt separates us from God. We also had snacks and picked teams for Wacky Olympics. Who’s gonna win?

Come to Revolution

Are you bored? Do you have nothing to do? Are you looking for something cool, electrifying and amazing to occupy your time? If the answer to all these questions is “YES” then you need to come to Revolution. Revolution is “the place to be” in Springfield for sixth through eighth grade students. We have a whole summer full of incredible activities and opportunities for you to hang out with other Jr. High students. Whether it’s ice cream, swimming, tacos, rap music, pizza, climbing the hill in Centennial Park, going to KICKS, or getting slimed playing totally weird and wacky games, Revolution is a brilliant and astonishing place to be. Come join us. For more info, you can e-mail me at rjohnson@calvaryspringfield.org.

Project Walkway – Week 5 Challenge

“Add to self-control, perseverance.”

Each day this week:

Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 and meditate on it.
James is the Proverbs of the New Testament. Read the following several times each day as noted:

• Monday James 1

• Tuesday James 2

• Wednesday James 3

• Thursday James 4

• Friday James 5

• Saturday All of James

Next Sunday, be at church ready for the next challenge.

Suggestions

• Take ten minutes each day to pray through the assigned chapter and ask the Lord to help you know what needs to be applied to your life.

• Read through the chapter until the subject changes. Stop and pray through the previous verses: “Lord, is there anything here you want to teach me? Am I applying this truth in my life or am I falling short in some way?”

• Write down what you sense in your spirit.

• If possible, talk it over with someone else, discussing how this will help you grow in the Divine Nature.

Project Walkway – Week 4 Challenge

“Add to knowledge, self-control.”

Each day this week:

Read 2 Peter 1:3-11 and meditate on it.
Read the following several times each day as noted:

• Monday Revelation 2:1-7

• Tuesday Revelation 2:8-17

• Wednesday Revelation 2:18-29

• Thursday Revelation 3:1-6

• Friday Revelation 3:7-13

• Saturday Revelation 3:14-22

Next Sunday, be at church ready for the next challenge.

Suggestions

This is a week to seek God’s presence in your life. Take time each day to pray and invite God to move in your life. (Revelation 3:20, Jeremiah 29:11-13)

Ask God to allow His Spirit to rule:
• Over your spirit (Proverbs 16:32)
• Over your lusts (Romans 6:12)
• Over your conversations (James 3:9)
• Over your desires (James 1:12)
• Over your greed (Matthew 6:24)
• Over your selfishness (1 John 4:20)

Prayer

Pray for 10 minutes each day:

• Lord, I take this time to open my heart to your spirit.

• Reveal to me your will for my life.

• Show me the places in my life that I need you to control.

My First Week In Africa

Greetings from South Africa!

I have been in South Africa for almost a week and am slowly adjusting to the 8 hour time difference. Thankfully it was not a busy weekend and Ed and Sonja have let me take things easy the past few days. I had my first experience in a South African church this past Sunday. It was definitely a lot different from what I am used to, but it was a lot of fun. Ed and Sonja were doing a small crusade for this church, so after we arrived we set up, dressed two people from the church up in crocodile and gorilla suites, loaded them into the back of the trailer and drove around the area making the announcement about the children’s program over the loud speaker. The kids reacted very well to this, they end up running behind the trailer to follow us back to the church. After we gathered the kids Ed and Sonja started the service, and ended with an altar call. We had about 120 kids attend and more than half of them raised their hands to accept Jesus.

This week I have started spending my days in the office. Right now things are a bit slow. We leave on Friday for our yearly planning meeting at a game farm then we have a conference and a camp the following weekends. I look forward to emailing you about these experiences.

Thank you for all your prayers and continued support.

Amanda

Prayer Requests

• Safe travel during our retreat

• Good turnout for the conference and camp

• For kids at the camp to be open to hearing about Jesus

• My transition from American life to life overseas