We prayerfully and thoughtfully select the worship music for each service to make sure it speaks the truth about God and that the songs are truly worshipful. We share this list with you so that you will know the songs and the artists if you want to purchase the songs. We believe these songs will help you worship all throughout the week. Song Title Artist Album Heaven Song Title Artist Album You Never Let Go Matt Redman Beautiful News ...

1. What does the Bible say about heaven? 2. What is your understanding of what theologians call “the intermediate state?” 3. How was Jesus’ resurrection body the same, yet different? 4. How will the new earth be the same, yet different? 5. Consider the three images of the future offered by the Apostle John (a marriage, a city, the Garden of Eden). Which one resonates most with you? Why? 6. What is God’s plan for creation? How can we join him in his work here on earth?

Your Children Will Learn: Paul was in a storm. An angel spoke to Paul. Memory verse for unit 12 - God will watch over you when you go out. He will watch over you when you come in. He will watch over you now and forever more. Psalm 121:7-8 Just for Parents - When we ex p e r ience storms in our lives, we often become fearful and forgetful of God’s comforting presence. Here are some comforting words from Richard Fuller, a preacher in the 1800’s: “‘In fierce storms,’ said an old seaman, ‘we must do one thing; there is only one ...

Values are those things that really matter to us. They affect the way we think and live with God and others. They’re what we draw from in making daily decisions and in relationships. They in large part determine who we become. God set up the family as a safe, loving place where values are lived, taught and transferred. Parents aren’t the only ones telling youth what matters. Marketers of virtually every product have discovered that minors are a multi-billion dollar business. Advertising to minors has increased from $100 million dollars to ...

We prayerfully and thoughtfully select the worship music for each service to make sure it speaks the truth about God and that the songs are truly worshipful. We share this list with you so that you will know the songs and the artists if you want to purchase the songs. We believe these songs will help you worship all throughout the week. Song Title Artist Album As It Is n Heaven Tony Sanchez Stand in Awe: Playlist (Vineyard Music) Song Tit ...

The Bible is filled with unlikely heroes. A young shepherd boy and a ragtag bunch of disciples are just some of the people God used to fulfill his plans. God doesn’t have a strict set of requirements or an age limit for service. Instead, he uses young people in mighty ways to minister and serve. Twins Alex and Brett Harris are two young heroes who set out to spark an adolescent “rebelution.” At age 18, they wrote Do Hard Things (Multnomah Books), which challenges teenagers to fulfill their potential and defy the world’s low expectations o ...

1. What do you believe about the Lord’s return? 2. How will it effect you personally? 3. Do you feel the need to perform for God’s approval? Why or why not? 4. Is the master’s agenda your only agenda? If not, what needs to change for this to happen? 5. When was the last time you had a meaningful conversation about the return of the Lord? Is the Lord’s return dear to you? Why or why not? 6. List some of the ways selfishness has pervaded our culture. Are there areas of your ...

Your Children Will Learn: Paul obeyed God. Paul traveled with friends. Memory verse for unit 12 - God will watch over you when you go out. He will watch over you when you come in. He will watch over you now and forever more. Psalm 121:7-8 Just for Parents - Compared to Paul and his companions, our own lives may seem dull and uneventful. However, a closer look reveals how similar we are and how much Paul’s amazing adventure is within our grasp Surrounded by the support and encouragement of close friends, Paul simply obeyed God. ...

This coming Sunday marks the beginning of a new era in Verb. On that day at 10:45am 20-25 new students will come strutting (or awkwardly and anxiously baby stepping) into the youth room. I could not be more excited! I have been praying for that day and those students specifically for months and cannot wait to see what God does with them. More importantly for them however is their move scholastically to high school. I can remember my first day as a freshmen. Going from top of the junior high food chain as an 8th grader to being so ...

1. Why do the followers of Jesus celebrate the Lord’s Supper (Communion)? 2. What is the significance of the preposition “for” in I Corinthians 11:24? How would you describe the extraordinary exchange that took place on the cross? 3. Jesus drank in the judgement of God so that we could experience a new exodus, a new freedom. Is there anything that holds you in it’s grip? If so, explain. 4. Do you have a problem with remembering? Do you forget what you should remember and remember what you should ...

We prayerfully and thoughtfully select the worship music for each service to make sure it speaks the truth about God and that the songs are truly worshipful. We share this list with you so that you will know the songs and the artists if you want to purchase the songs. We believe these songs will help you worship all throughout the week. Song Title Artist Album Wonder Working God Andy Park Wonder Working God Song Title Artist Album Awesome is the ...

Your Children Will Learn: Paul talked about God. Paul worshipped God. Memory verse for unit 12 - God will watch over you when you go out. He will watch over you when you come in. He will watch over you now and forever more. Psalm 121:7-8 Just for Parents - How similar we can be to the people of Paul and Barnabas’ time. They delighted in seeing amazing feats. They knew they had seen something supernatural when the man in Lystra was healed and could walk again. Their enthusiasm was misdirected however, when they began to make ...

The Joplin School Supply Drive provided school supplies for approximately 25 middle school students in Joplin. $625 was donated to the cause to help meet students needs. The small group coordinating the event also secured a classroom set of graphing calculators from Texas Instruments and 10 of the requested calculators. The supplies went down to Joplin in time for the students who are starting school next week. Thank you to everyone who generously gave to the drive and a special thanks to the small group led by Nora Barringer f ...

We prayerfully and thoughtfully select the worship music for each service to make sure it speaks the truth about God and that the songs are truly worshipful. We share this list with you so that you will know the songs and the artists if you want to purchase the songs. We believe these songs will help you worship all throughout the week. Song Title Artist Album How Great is Your Faithfulness Matt Redman We Shall Not Be Shaken Song ...

1. Are you easily distracted by things -- the wanting, the hunting, the shopping and the getting of things? If so, why? 2. How many of your decisions are subtly or overtly affected by greed? How much of what you do is driven by greed? 3. How content are you really with what you have? 4. How in tune are you with Jesus’ two assumptions about money -- all material things belong to God and we are stewards of our possessions and responsible to God for what we do with them? 5. Have you ever had a f ...

Your Children Will Learn: Paul became a missionary. Barnabas helped Paul. Memory verse for unit 11- The Holy Spirit gave the church strength and boldness. So they grew in numbers. Acts 9:31b Just for Parents -God wants to get a hold of those who don’t know Him and use them for His purposes. Paul is the perfect example of this. Even when he was an enemy of Jesus, he possessed talents and gifts that God had placed in him. Paul was just using them the wrong way. What a difference once he gave his life to Jesus! Scripture says that even ...

Last Thursday, Bob and Robert made the final delivery for the 2011 Summer Food Drive. Over the past 9 weeks, our Summer Food Drive team, led by Bob and Penny Balfour, coordinated, sorted and prepared 100 sets of food to be given to families in need. Head Start of Shawnee Mission brought this need to our attention, citing the families that could not afford lunches for their children during the summer months when school lunch programs shut down until school starts again. The total value of the 100 sets of food was over $4,000! ...

We prayerfully and thoughtfully select the worship music for each service to make sure it speaks the truth about God and that the songs are truly worshipful. We share this list with you so that you will know the songs and the artists if you want to purchase the songs. We believe these songs will help you worship all throughout the week. Song Title Artist Album Jehovah Never Sleeps Scott Underwood You Are God Song Title Artist Album One Thing R ...

1. Does this passage catch you off guard or do you find it scary? If so, why. If not, why not? 2. Have you come across a teaching on this passage that seemed to water it down or was different from how Matt presented it? What was the take or understanding? 3. Have you ever been concerned about your salvation? Why or why not? 4. Matt talked about the “aim” of the Christian life being more important than just “doing good things”. What do you think the aim of the Christian life is? ...