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Sun, Aug 31 Assembly Preparation & Participation

Daddaugt Last Sun morning we started looking at the idea of rearing children in our preaching series that is entitled “Reclaiming the Family.”  As promised, we are going to spend the next few weeks looking at some of the principles Scripture talks to us about parents and children.  This coming Sun we are going to start discussing what may be the central purpose of parenting - evangelizing our children.

As we discussed last week, in addition to mothers and fathers, child rearing is a church job.  All of us have some responsibility to help develop and mature the children of NSCofC in Christ.  With this in mind, all of you plan to come prepared to learn, discuss, and help teach on this important topic during our assembly together.

Think about and be able to share on what it means to you to evangelize our children.

◘  What is "evangelize"?

◘  How do we evangelize our children?

◘  What do we teach children?

◘  What is appropriate to teach children?

◘  Why do we need to evangelize children?

◘  What is the goal of evangelizing our children?

- JC

Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 12:37 PM in Salutatio |

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    Week of Mar 7, 2010

     1-5For instance, we know that when these bodies of ours are taken down like tents and folded away, they will be replaced by resurrection bodies in heaven—God-made, not handmade—and we'll never have to relocate our "tents" again. Sometimes we can hardly wait to move—and so we cry out in frustration. Compared to what's coming, living conditions around here seem like a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and we're tired of it! We've been given a glimpse of the real thing, our true home, our resurrection bodies! The Spirit of God whets our appetite by giving us a taste of what's ahead. He puts a little of heaven in our hearts so that we'll never settle for less.

     6-8That's why we live with such good cheer. You won't see us drooping our heads or dragging our feet! Cramped conditions here don't get us down. They only remind us of the spacious living conditions ahead. It's what we trust in but don't yet see that keeps us going. Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us? When the time comes, we'll be plenty ready to exchange exile for homecoming.

     9-10But neither exile nor homecoming is the main thing. Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing, and that's what we aim to do, regardless of our conditions. Sooner or later we'll all have to face God, regardless of our conditions. We will appear before Christ and take what's coming to us as a result of our actions, either good or bad.

     11-14That keeps us vigilant, you can be sure. It's no light thing to know that we'll all one day stand in that place of Judgment. That's why we work urgently with everyone we meet to get them ready to face God. God alone knows how well we do this, but I hope you realize how much and deeply we care. We're not saying this to make ourselves look good to you. We just thought it would make you feel good, proud even, that we're on your side and not just nice to your face as so many people are. If I acted crazy, I did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I did it for you. Christ's love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do.  14-15Our firm decision is to work from this focused center: One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own.

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     21How? you ask. In Christ. God put the wrong on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God.

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