Small group kickoff is this week!!!

BOYS:

7th grade boys: Tuesday 5:15pm at the K-Life house

8th grade boys: Monday 3:20pm at the K-Life house

9th grade boys: Monday 5:30pm at the K-Life house

10th grade boys: Monday 5:30pm at the K-Life house

11th grade boys: Thursday at 5:00pm Mike Parsons house

12th grade boys: Thursday at 6:35am at the K-Life house

GIRLS:

7th grade girls: TBA

8th grade girls: Friday at 3:20pm at the Underground

9th grade girls: Saturdays at 11am at the Underground

10th grade girls: Thursday at 5pm at the Montgomery's

11th grade girls: TBA

12th grade girls: Mondays at 6pm at the Underground

We have a chance to be bond-servants! Let us put into pratice the truths that we have been learning from scripture and rally to help these Haitian Orphans.  On the 6th, 7th, and 9th, we will be packing  Christmas boxes for Hatian Orphans. Let be bond-servants together and show the love of Christ to these boys and girls of Haiti by providing for their needs.

In order for us to do this we need each of you to bring to you Klife $15, a good teaspoon, and a new wash cloth. $5 will go towards the shipping of each package to Haiti, and the the remaining $10 will go towards buying the good for the packages.

Each kid will receive in their package:

1.    (2) bars of soap size 4.5 to 5.5 oz
    (unpacked and sealed separately in a small zip-lock bag and placed in bigger bag)
2.    (2) packages of sugarless gum
3.    (2) packages of Lifesavers (or similar)
4.    (2) Tootsie roll pops
5.    (1)  toothbrush
6.    (1) tube (4 oz.) toothpaste
7.    A washcloth
8.  A teaspoon (they often have to eat the rice and beans without eating utensils)

We have pledged 90 packages to send to Haiti, help makes this happen and help us show what true faith is "Pure and undefiled religon in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world." James 1:27
 

“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but he emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."

The idea of a Bond-servant, is back in Jesus' time families would have servants, and by law the servant was to be set free after six years of service to the family. It was at this time that the servant faced a decision, to take hold of the life of freedom that was granted him or to look at the family which he/she had been serving over the last six years and offer him/herself to become a bond-servant to them for life.  You ask "Why in the world would anyone want to remain a servant?" It's a great question and what we can gather is that the family which the servant served loved and cared for him not as a servant but as family, causing the servant to choose to stay with his family, fore going his life of freedom, to a life of service.  By his choice. This is that same decision Jesus made in Philippians, does Jesus as God hold to his rights as God, or does he give up everything to be with the ones that He loves and would give his life for? The answer seems clear.  Doulos.

Next Spaghetti Saturday is Oct. 11th.

For the first time ever in Searcy Arkansas we are going to have Spaghetti Saturday, so come on bring a drink and a healthy appetite and we'll get ya feed until you have noodles coming out of your nose! TV and games following so plan to stick around. Foods served at 6:30pm.