Week 1) What makes you Beautiful 1Direction
Week 2) Signature of Divine NeedtoBreathe
Week 3) Your Love Shane and Shane
Week 4) I can't Give up MaryMary
Week 5) Hymn Brooke Fraser
Week 6) In Christ Alone/ How Deep the Father's Love
Week 7) You Deserve Hillsong
Week 8) We Lift our Hands in the Sanctuary Kurt Carr
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Graffiti 2 and the Age Old Lesson of THANKFULNESS
Sunday I had the pleasure of visiting Graffiti 2 in the BRONX with intern Mariah Miller and my roommate Season, who is playing piano there. Graffiti 2 was a very awesome church. The ministry is geared towards youth, and the group had just returned from a mission trip to Dothan, AL. The church had no AC, and 7 fans. It runs maybe 30 people. The service starts with group discussion. We got into groups and shared what we needed God's help with this week. I said that I need God's help to control my tongue and my friend Robert said he needs help reading the Word. We prayed for each other and then worship started. What's awesome about worship? Local teens are learning to play drums and guitar. The sermon was prefaced by more group discussion of assigned Bible verses. Our group's verse was Philippians 3:7-8
"But Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless. 8 Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ 9 and to know that I belong to him."
We talked about how often we worry or get frustrated over things that DON'T MATTER AT ALL! How often do I freak out about the chaos in the building, not being able to use the internet, doing dishes, loosing something, plans not going my way? Yeah, we can all say that Chris is the most important thing but is He really? Easy to accept, hard to apply. Things my group listed as "what we once thought valuable": electronics, friends, location, circumstances, hot showers, things going our way at work.
The sermon was on David, and how he sought God with his heart. The pastor let the youth act out the story as he told it, and then had the groups share each verse. When he finished the sermon, after the prayer, he asked us to raise our hands and share how we needed to apply what we learned.
To conclude, Graffiti 2 was geared toward youth, highly interactive, and encouraging accountability. They also have a therapy dog, which is so cute.
God has been teaching me the basic lesson of thankfulness. Through reading the book "Kisses from Katie," and Philippians 3:7-8, I have realized that the minor discomforts I experience here in NYC are trivial compared to the lives of other saints around the world. I have realized that any complaint I have doesn't matter when compared to the overwhelming awe of the gift of the gospel.
"But Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless. 8 Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ 9 and to know that I belong to him."
We talked about how often we worry or get frustrated over things that DON'T MATTER AT ALL! How often do I freak out about the chaos in the building, not being able to use the internet, doing dishes, loosing something, plans not going my way? Yeah, we can all say that Chris is the most important thing but is He really? Easy to accept, hard to apply. Things my group listed as "what we once thought valuable": electronics, friends, location, circumstances, hot showers, things going our way at work.
The sermon was on David, and how he sought God with his heart. The pastor let the youth act out the story as he told it, and then had the groups share each verse. When he finished the sermon, after the prayer, he asked us to raise our hands and share how we needed to apply what we learned.
To conclude, Graffiti 2 was geared toward youth, highly interactive, and encouraging accountability. They also have a therapy dog, which is so cute.
God has been teaching me the basic lesson of thankfulness. Through reading the book "Kisses from Katie," and Philippians 3:7-8, I have realized that the minor discomforts I experience here in NYC are trivial compared to the lives of other saints around the world. I have realized that any complaint I have doesn't matter when compared to the overwhelming awe of the gift of the gospel.
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