Flight Report 09.27.2012
Passage
Passage (College Sunday School) meets at 8:45am in the Life Center, rm 302-303. Did you read Chp 1 of Prodigal God? You're familiar with the parable of the Lost Son, but in context, who are the hearers of this story told by Jesus? Read the chapter in preparation for this Sunday. If you don't have the book, you can obtain Chapter 1 here: Prodigal God by Tim Keller. Purchase the book on Sunday for only $10.
Voter Education and Discussion
Sunday, Sept 30. 1:00-3:00pm, Life Center 304. Get Ready to Vote in November 2012! Get educated on the issues! This is the 2nd installment of voter education (for collegians and young adults under age 35). This week: Economic policy and Poverty & the Poor. Are you familiar with the economic ideas that drive the political debates? Should we continue to fund a strong military given the financial situation the country is in? Why do companies have large tax breaks? Join in the discussion.
Future Dates and Times:
Oct 14: Gay Marriage; Energy & the Environment
Oct 28: Abortion; Immigration & Race
Nov 4: Healthcare; Entitlement Reform
Nov 11: Election Recap; Next Steps
It's the Hub-bub! Hub Fellowship!
Saturday, Oct 6, 5:30pm; Praise Center. We're grilling somethin' and you shouldn't miss it. Hub gathers all the collegians together from the remote parts of the world. So you freshmen—yeah, you—come back home and join us for Hub! RSVP here: Hub. We need you to RSVP so enough food is prepared. And it's FREE! Thanks!Wednesday, 7:30pm, Life Center 2nd Floor. Get in tune with God. [Editor's note: There are two symbolic scenes of God in the movie Finding Nemo, one of my favorites. (It's fitting I mention this since the movie's being re-released.) The first is found in the EAC–the East Australian Current. It is the superhighway that Marlin, Dory, Crush and Squirt are swept up in that brings them closer to Sydney Harbor, where Nemo is. God is that current. He is always working and moving, whether we know it or not. Prayer, I believe, is our act of jumping into God's current and joining him in what he is doing. In faithful prayer, we are aligned with his will and become subject to his direction.
The second scene is just plain beauty: Dory and Marlin are inside a whale, and the scene builds with anxiety as they both are being lifted by the whale's tongue toward its back. Dory and Marlin are clinging onto the tongue, suspended from falling:
Dory: "He (the whale) says it's time to let go. Everything's going to be alright!"
Marlin: "How do you know?! How do you know something bad isn't going to happen?!"
Dory: "(Pause) I don't."
Marlin is at a point of decision: does he let go of the whale's tongue and fall into the unknown or does he hold onto what he thinks is safe? He closes his eyes and let's go. They plunge into the dark water of the whale. The next scene has them being blown out of the whale's blowhole and landing into the water—into Sydney Harbor. They arrive exactly where they needed to go.
The whale as God is super-obvious. He takes us where we need to be. We are Marlin. The question is whether we trust God when he says everything's going to be alright. In prayer, again, we're caught up with God and where he's taking us. But prayer requires faith and we have to let go of our desires, even if they are safe choices. In prayer, we have to believe that God will deliver us to where we need to be.]
Women's Tea: Complete Joy in Christ!
Saturday, Oct 6, 10:30am-1:30pm
College Women, join in the festivities by forming a team and creating a tea table. College Men, earn man-credits by helping out. The event needs servers and food preparers. Contact Suzie Gee for details on both.
Frequent Flyers Miles!
Urbana Conference. Dec 26-Jan 1. Contact Spencer Sun.
Flight Winter Retreat. Dec 27-Dec 30.
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