ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!

Our next meeting on September 30th will be at!!!!!!

Marie Callender
751 East El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
408-245-3710
@7:00PM

then, onto some friendly competition at:
Golfland
855 E. El Camino Real
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
time TBD--after dinner (8:30???)

See ya'll there!!!

Colossians 3:18-21 Wives, Husbands, Children and Fathers.....

18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
21Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

In this study we learned about God's design for families! This was a design created to preserve unity in the family, expanding again on the topic of unity in the church. Some interesting points that were brought up:
In verse 18 the word, "subject"-- this word shows us that the action is voluntary rather than obligatory. Women have the option to submit to their husbands...should they or shouldn't they?
Verses 18-21: A good point that a fellow brother brought up-- women seem to get riled up at verse 18 and men at verse 19 and they get mad at the opposite sex-- but you know what? This is what God personally asked of the wife, and personally asked of the husband. If you're going to get riled up, take it up to the Boss!

Lots of good stuff!

This was noted earlier in the NT in the good book of Ephesians. And you know, when something's repeated in the Good Word, you KNOW how important the topic is!

Ephesians 5:22-39 (New International Version)

Wives and Husbands
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing[a] her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— 30for we are members of his body. 31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."[b] 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Last study... There's a memory verse!!

Our last study was on Colossians 3: 15-17:
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father..

Following our last study which spoke of us putting on our new identity in Christ, these last set of verses teaches us that we need to KNOW the word by heart. This allows us to live it out.

With that, make sure to remember our memory verse:
Colossians 3: 17:
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father..

Colossians 3:10-14 Putting on our new identities

Colossians 3:10-14 (New Living Translation)

10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. 11 In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile,[a] circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized,[b] slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.
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Our latest discussion was on casting off our old self and putting on the new. God promises us a love that is unconditional--where our identities do not matter, except that we are followers of Christ. Clothe yourself, fellow brothers and sisters, with love! Love others like He loves us!

Announcements

LSCC Retreat !

October 23-25, 2009 @ Sequoia Retreat Center
There will also be retreat activities on Thursday, Oct 22nd (optional)

Here's the link to register for the retreat. http://lscc.weebly.com/retreat.html

Please submit payment by writing a check to LSCC or paypal Vincent Mo at veensantmo@gmail.com
$100 before Aug 31<-- BEST PRICE!!!
$120 before Oct 1
$150 before Oct 23
**SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE so if finances are an issue please talk to Bonnie.
Note that your application is not yet complete until you submit a check or paypal before each deadline.

Please contact Bonnie if you have any questions about the retreat. Hope to see you there!