First Welcome Home Membership Class of 2009!

Shoreline Community Church is excited to announce the first Welcome Home class for 2009. During this event, we’ll share the goals, strategy and beliefs of Shoreline Community Church—everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask! This is a great opportunity to meet our ministry staff, learn more about the programs and how you can get involved.

We’ll meet March 15th, 2009 at 3 pm in the Fellowship Center just off the main foyer. This event requires a $10 refundable deposit which will be returned to you upon attendance at the event. A delicious dinner will be provided.

Childcare is provided, but must be reserved by Friday, March 6th. Please sign up at the Connections Center in the main foyer. For more information, please contact Robin Maguire at 655.0100 x303 or rmaguire@shorelinechurch.org.

Shoreline Single Adult Ministries

The new Shoreline Single Adult Ministries is off and running!

On Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m., we’re studying from the LIQUID Series, a DVD-based experience that mirrors ancient biblical stories with emotionally provoking videos and introspective questions for small groups.

On Sunday, after the 3rd service, we meet for lunch and fellowship at a local restaurant.

Other small group and social activities are planned every month. Stop by our booth in the courtyard on Sunday for more information. Or contact contact Kitty Melicia – steering team leader – at 831.601.7968.

Sky High Trampolines

Sky High Trampolines!

March 20

Yup, we’re heading back. If you missed out last time, you won’t want to miss this trip!

Cost: $25

Meet @ Shoreline Community Church @ 4PM

Bad Attitudes, Where Do They Come From?

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Parenting Tip

February 20, 2009

Where a Bad Attitude Comes From

Sometimes children obey but they do it with a bad attitude. Honor is the solution. It’s important to teach children what honor looks like in very practical terms. One mom defined attitude as “the heart of how you do something.” Obedience is revealed in actions. Honor is revealed in the attitude that goes along with those actions.

Often a bad attitude comes from an angry heart. Imagine an onion with various layers. As you peel off one layer you see another and another until you get to the center of the onion. Anger is like that. The most obvious signs of anger are physical violence. Hitting, slamming, kicking, and biting are all ways that anger is demonstrated.

As children learn to control their physical reactions, they peel off that layer revealing the next one: hurtful words through sarcasm, teasing, and cynical remarks. These less physical but deadly weapons are another symptom of anger.

Layer after layer of angry responses can be removed until you come to a very significant one: the bad attitude. Children don’t want to go to bed, clean up their rooms, leave the computer, or get on their shoes. You’re interrupting their lives by giving an instruction or by correcting or by saying no. Thus you get anger revealed in a bad attitude.

By recognizing this you will take the first important step toward change—you’ll see the problem. You won’t be content to get a job done with a bad attitude because now you’ll see the importance of addressing the attitude as well as the behavior. You might say to your son, “Wait a minute. Your attitude here is a problem. I’d like you to sit down for a bit and settle down and then let’s look for a better way to respond. When you’re ready to try a different response then we’ll continue.”

Explain to your children the value of a good attitude and the danger of a negative attitude on the job or at school. A good attitude is important and your interaction at home is a great place to start working on it.

For more ideas on teaching honor in your family, you’ll want to consider the book, Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes, In You and Your Kids by Dr Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller RN, BSN.

Hope & Benevolence-Community Outreach kicks off Food Pantry

Starting in March, Shoreline Community Church will become an official food pantry for The Food Bank for Monterey County. The Food Bank is part of America’s Second Harvest Food Bank. The Food Bank believes, as do we, the effects of the downturn in the economic situation in our area are greatly impacting many in our community and will continue to do so.  Did you know the Food Bank of Monterey County serves over 50,000 monthly? More people than ever before will need our help in these difficult times.  During the 2006-2007 fiscal year they served 36,218 households through the Emergency Food Assistance Program alone. In 2007-2008, they served 55,964 households, an increase of 54%. We at Shoreline want to be able to help our community  stretch those food dollars.  In March and April we are going to conduct another food and basic needs drive to help stock our pantry  (along with being able to stock from the food bank).  Every month we are having a drive of some kind. When you pack up for church on Sundays, please remember how you can help so many by bringing in your items for the less fortunate. Please give as generously as you can. These are just some of the items we would like to collect:

• Detergents, soaps, toiletries
• Diapers (all sizes)
• Diaper Wipes
• Towels, Wash Clothes
• New underwear & socks (adults and kids) for our clothes closet

Small appliances and furniture, please call the church or contact dfederico@shorelinechurch.org or jatwell@shorelinechurch.org. Also we are looking for a refrigerator for our food pantry. Thank you so much as you continue to share your blessings.

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.  I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink.  I was sick and you looked after me.  I was in prison and you came to visit me. Matthew 25:35-36

“Sharing God’s Love” – Serve Saturday a big success!

Community Outreach Ministry’s Valentine’s Day project was a big hit.  We delivered cards that were hand made by several groups that included:

• Shoreline Kids and Junior High School Students

• Students from Monterey Bay Christian Academy

• CSUMB’s Otter Christian Fellowship

• Students from Henry F. Kammann Elementary School in Salinas

• Women from the Seaside Homeless Shelter

First we sent off several packages with cards and candy for the troops overseas. 300 Valentines Cards were given to the  Monterey Meals on Wheels to deliver to seniors, the disabled and shut-ins. Community Outreach volunteers delivered cards to Dorothy’s Place and Victory Mission that serve the homeless population in Salinas. Another group of volunteers delivered Valentine’s cards to The Gateway Center and Monterey Pines Convalescent Home in Monterey.  A very special thank you to all our loving delivery volunteers, our creative card makers and to the organizations that opened their doors to us. Over 1,000 Valentine’s Day cards and a lot of smiles were shared that day and we feel blessed to be able to be part of it all.  Check out a few pictures from the day!

Thomas Hugo Speaking this Sunday Night @ Oxygen

Make sure to be at Oxygen this Sunday night as we will be having a guest speaker. Well kind of a guest speaker, it’s Thomas Hugo. Thomas Hugo drums in the Band at Oxygen most weeks and is friend to most who attend. He also worked here at Shoreline for several years in our student ministries department with the high school and college groups. Now Thomas works here in the Monterey area doing network consulting, repair, and maintenance. Thomas may spend his days with computers but his knowledge of scripture and philosophy lead his mind to interesting places. It’s been about 6 months since last time Thomas shared with us at Oxygen and we look forward to what he is bringing for us this week. 

So come out this Sunday Night @ 7pm for Oxygen here @ Shoreline

Middle School All Night Event

This Friday night we are having an all night event for the middle school students here at Shoreline. We will be playing games, mini golf, watching movies, and having crazy fun. This is going to be our biggest event of the winter here at Exit so you don’t want to miss out.  See you this Friday night!

Where:      Shoreline Youth Room      ( we will leave site for mini golf and eats )

When:       Friday Feb 20th @ 8pm     ( don’t be late because we will leave for mini golf close to 8pm )

Cost:          $10 dollars covers mini golf, food, praizes, and everything else. 

Contact Pastor Andrew for more information.

Pastor Andrew Manies   831-512-6687

New Women’s Evening Bible Study

Anointed, Transformed, Redeemed: A Study of David
by Priscilla Shirer, Beth Moore and Kay Arthur

A six week study completed in twelve weeks

Begins Thursday evening March 5th

The cost is $15.

Register this Sunday, Feb 22nd at the Women’s table

KidzBlitz LIVE! An Evening of Family Fun

What do you get when you combine dangling donuts, floating marshmallows, boxing gloves and a room full of families? Excitement, laughter and loads of fun.

Shoreline Kids presents KidzBlitz LIVE, America’s premiere family event, Sunday night, February 22nd from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Admission is FREE!

Kids from 3 to 13 are encouraged to bring their friends. In fact, all who bring at least 5 friends get to play in the closing game ON STAGE. AND, whoever brings the MOST friends that night gets to take the clippers to Pastor Roy’s hair at the end of the night.

For more information, call the Shoreline Church office at 655-0100 or email Pastor Roy at rpina@shorelinechurch.org.

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