What Potential...This Blogging Thing...

Wow...my first real experience in 'blogging'. (Wayne, I heard that...'what an old _art he is) If you haven't yet, PLEASE check out the blogs from the previous post...some really good thoughts there, and let's keep 'em going. For me, this is another vehicle to have an exchange with people who are really digging for truth. When I was in University we would sit around and speculate on the 'God thing' because we were really interested, and we did not care what crazy things someone might say, all we wanted was the truth. Truth, unlike knowledge, must be sought out vs. being acquired, though it may be right there in front of us all the while. That's why Jesus is called, "the way the truth and the life," not 'the way the knowledge and the life', since He must be sought after and found, like the treasure in the field, which is worth everything once we understand its value. Let's keep digging...and blogging.

Friday July 18th..."2 - You" gathering....

Time to connect again and we cannot wait! I have asked Gabe to head up our worship time, so we are going to worship, I mean "no holds barred" worship. Remember, however, that each time we gather there may be some guests present, so we need to make sure we love and receive each person so they do not feel 'outta place', making sure we are flexible in everything we do. The life mantra of the apostle Paul from 1Corinthian's 9 is a model every Christian should endeavor to follow.

"19 Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone, I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people:

20 religious, nonreligious,

21 meticulous moralists, loose-living immoralists,

22 the defeated, the demoralized—whoever. I didn’t take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ—but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I’ve become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life.

23 I did all this because of the Message. I didn’t just want to talk about it; I wanted to be in on it!"

PLEASE COME WITH ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ON YOUR HEART. IN FACT, PLEASE DO US A HUGE FAVOR AND EITHER POST YOUR QUESTION, OR IF IT IS PERSONAL, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ME AT doncurry1@twcny.rr.com SO THAT WE COULD BE A LITTLE PREPARED. The questions can be about anything from "Is there really a heaven and a hell, and how can we know?," to "What about pre-marital sex?," to, "How can the church become more relevant to my friends?," to "Does God really hear our prayer?" or "Does the bible say anything about homosexuality?" There is no guarantee that each question will be answered to your satisfaction, but just addressing them as a group and journeying toward an answer is sometimes 90% of the battle. The chances are that if you have a question, or are questioning, then most if not all have the same question or questions. The truth is if we don't have questions or at times question things, then we are not being intellectually honest. Growth requires heart-rending questions. Let's not hold back, it's 'open season' for questions.

Enjoy The July 4th Weekend...

It has been brought to my attention that most of the YA Community is busy this weekend with family and friends. In light of this we will postpone our next meeting until Friday night July 18th. Please note our format will remain the same....1-Fun, 2-You, 3-Me & Mary/Mel & Barry, 4-The Door, with the 18th being 2-You week. By 'You' it means that our time together is dedicated to any question or concern you may have about anything, whether it be about doctrine, life, career, future, end-times, relationships...whatever you want to discuss we will discuss...it's open season so let's dive in.