FASTING

Tomorrow night we'll continue our series on Spiritual Disciplines with a discussion on FASTING.

Fasting is one of the toughest, but most rewarding, spiritual disciplines. I hope our discussion will inspire you to consider making FASTING a regular part of your life.

Hope to see you there!

SPECIAL EVENT - APRIL 30

Next Wednesday, April 30th, we're going to meet at Almaden Lake Park (click for map) at 6:30pm to play bocce!

Bocce is a fun game for everyone - and super easy to learn.

We'll hang out and play bocce, then all go out to eat dinner somewhere. (bring some moolah for dinner)

These fellowship nights are a great opportunity to bring friends! Let's invite our friends and pray that they will experience God as they connect with our community.

No Group This Week!

Hello friends,

We won't be meeting this week. My childhood best friend will be in San Jose on Wednesday speaking at VCHS chapel. Then a bunch of my friends from elementary school will be hanging out in the evening. It will be the first time we've all been together in about 15 years!

Jared was my best friend all growing up. He moved to Kansas right before Jr. High. He got married a few years ago, and 6 months later his wife died in a huge car accident. Jared got burned over most of his body. It's a crazy story!

Click here to see my friend Jared's story.

Notes are Now Viewable Online

If you missed last week's or this week's discussions, the notes are now published online! Click the links below to view/print the notes:

Celebration of Discipline Introduction 04.02.08

Discipline #1: Meditation 04.09.08

Discipline 1: Meditation

Last week, I introduced our new series based on the book called, The Celebration of Discipline (see post below).

This week, we'll be discussing the first discipline: meditation.

We will look at passages of scripture in the Bible that encourage/describe meditation. We'll discuss what meditation is and what it isn't. We'll talk about how, when, and where to do it.

Then I'll challenge all of us to block out some time during the day to escape the NOISE and busyness of life and spend time meditating on God and on His word.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all!

New Series: Celebration of Discipline

I'm really excited to start a new series based on Richard Foster's book: Celebration of Discipline. In the book, Foster covers 12 unique spiritual disciplines that help us on our spiritual journeys: meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, worship, guidance, and celebration.

We'll spend each week discussing one of the disciplines - see the schedule for which discipline we'll be covering. My hope is that we will be able to apply these disciplines into our daily lives, so I'll be assigning a special challenge each week!

I'll be preparing worksheets (like usual), but if you want to buy the book and do some extra reading on the disciplines, that would be great!

A New Start...

The new year is always a time to look ahead and make plans for the future. It's a time for new beginnings and a fresh start. This week, when we meet, we'll be discussing the future of the College + Career group.

What do we want to accomplish this year?

What do we need to work on in our lives?

Where can we be regularly serving?

We'll ask these questions together and make some plans.

I'm very excited to see what God will accomplish in us and through us this year. I want us to dream BIG! Let's not put any limits on what God could do...

I hope to see you there tomorrow night at 7pm!

The Christmas Sweater Christmas Party and Mustache Bash

Dear friends,

You're all invited to come to this once-in-a-lifetime Christmas Party!!!

When? December 19, 2007 @7pm

Where? Andrew & Brini's house - 712 Choctaw Dr. San Jose, CA 95123

What? Christmas Sweater and Mustache Extravaganza

Bring? A dessert or a snack, a Christmas sweater, and sport a mustache (if you can)

PRIZES for best Christmas Sweater and best Mustache