Community Outreach Update for 12.28.09

Happy New Year from Community Outreach!

We wanted to let you know about two upcoming opportunities to serve to start off 2010 serving God!

The first opportunity is THIS Sunday, January 3^rd from 7-8:30 pm. Shoreline’s Women’s Shelter Visits are a great way to encourage and befriend women in transition. Women who attend these events are consistently blessed by their time spent at the shelter.  See the Community Outreach booth on Sunday morning for details and directions.

The second opportunity is one the whole family can enjoy! January’s Serve Saturday will take place on Saturday, January 9^th from 9 am -2 pm in the Fellowship Center. We will be making Valentine’s cards for delivery in late January for troops overseas and in February for local people who need a little love in their life.

On a separate note, Shoreline’s Food Pantry and Clothes Closet will be only be open on Tuesday, December 29^th this week due to the New Year’s holiday.

For more information on these and other opportunities to serve, please contact Megan Huff or Debra Federico or call 831.655.0100 x338.

Anchor Bay Diving Deep #15

This week’s question is: What if I don’t understand God?

Have you ever felt your life is unfair? Have you ever questioned God? Well, guess what, you’re not the only one! After all the terrible things that happened to Job he questioned God too. And guess what! God answered him with a few questions of his own! Read them in Job 38-41. GO AHEAD I DARE YOU!

Finished reading? Tough questions huh? Choose your favorite verse out of this passage, and draw a picture of what you read. Hang your picture in your room to remind you that God knows everything and can do everything.

No matter what happens, we don’t need to question God- whatever he has planned for his people is best!

December 27, 2009 Sermon

12/27/2009 New Year, New Beginning Part 1 - Dennis McFadden
 

My Best Christmas Ever

High School Lock-In | January 8-9

Get ready for the biggest event of the year: C3’s annual Lock In! This year we’re pulling out all the stops for this 12 hour 8pm-8am extravaganza. More games than ever before! Enough food to feed an army! Of course the thing on all of your minds, prizes. This year our grand prize is a Sony Playstation 3. But that’s not all! We will have tons of prizes to give away at the Lock In; Digital Cameras, iPods, Gift Cards, and more!

So, what does one have to do to partake in such an epic event? We’re glad you asked…
- Be a high school student
- Show up
- Play games
- Collect tickets
- Win prizes

That’s all there is to it. Now, for some important parent information: This is a 8pm-8am overnight event. There will be extra youth staff on board to help facilitate all the chaos that is bound to ensue. This is event is open to all high school students. The cost (we think you’ll like this part) is totally and 100% completely free.

Sign up on Sundays or Thursdays in the Youth Room.

For more information about this or any of our events, please contact our High School Program Director, Stephen Medina or 831.917.8754.

Men’s Ministry finishes strong!

2009 saw significant growth in important areas in Men’s Ministry. Pete Lee moved into the role of Director of Men’s ministry and Abraham Wilson the assistant Director. Others given official roles are Bill Ragland as Secretary/Recorder and Dave Lays Outreach liason. Pastor Dennis continues to provide Pastoral oversight.

The Men and Women’s Ministries combined to hold a first annual Men’s and Women’s Breakfast, featuring great food, fellowship and insightful sharing from Pastor Kevin and Sherry Harney. It went so well that plans are already underway to make this event bigger and better next year.

In the first week of December Men’s hosted an Appreciation Dinner for those who helped with the Ministry activities throughout the year. With over 70 in attendance, the dinner was a resounding success and a beautiful opportunity to thank the many folks who help make this ministry thrive.

There are four different ongoing Men’s Bible Studies currently meeting; if you’re looking we probably have one that fits you! Saturday mornings, 7am at the church, Wednesday mornings 7am in Salinas (email Men’s ministry for location). Also mid week is a 7am study on Tuesday which is repeated at 6:30am Wednesday. These two studies are inductive and deductive. Diving deep into Scripture, the focus is on what the Bible says to us considering context, culture and content. Coffee is free! Pastor Dennis teaches the latter two.

If you’d like to get involved or just check in with someone from Men’s Ministry, check out the booth in the courtyard and/or email Pete Lee or Pastor Dennis at Shoreline.

Outreach Update for 12.21.09

Merry Christmas from Community Outreach! We hope you are enjoying this time of peace and joy as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

A big THANK YOU to those who you who attended the Convalescent Home Christmas party and the Women’s Shelter Visit this past weekend.

To celebrate the season, join us TONIGHT, December 21st for Candy Cane Lane Christmas caroling.  Please meet at the McDonald’s located at 100 Country Club Gate Center in Pacific Grove at 6:15 pm TONIGHT if you would like to be a part of the fun of singing Christmas carols for the visitors to Candy Cane Lane.

Also, please consider joining the church congregation and guests for our Christmas Eve service taking place at 3:00 & 4:30 pm. This service includes a great message and fantastic worship.

Finally, there will be NO Shoreline Clean-Up Day this weekend due to the Christmas holiday. Please be on the look out for this opportunity to serve in January.

If you are interested in these or any other opportunities to serve, please contact Megan Huff or Deb Federico or call 831.655.0100 x338.

December 20, 2009 Sermon

12/20/2009 The Message of the Manger - Kevin Harney – John 1:1-5,14
 

Anchor Bay Diving Deep #14

What are some verses about being born again?

We looked at John 3: 3 already, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

Here are some other verses to look up:

John 3:7, “you must be born again…”

1 Peter 1:3, “we have been born again…”

1 Peter 1:23, “you have been born again…”

Colossians 3:10, “be renewed as you learn to know…”

If you want to look up even more verses about this or another topic you can always look in the back of your Bible to see if it has a concordance.

A concor-what? A concordance is actually a lot like a dictionary. It’s an alphabetical listing of important words that you can find in your Bible. Just use it like you would use a dictionary at school. It will tell you scriptures you can look up that uses that word. If your Bible doesn’t have a concordance you can look up verses using key words on different websites like www.biblegateway.com or www.biblestudytools.com.

“Prime Time” Women’s Small Group

A new small group of women over 50 years of age has started gathering together for community, growth, and support. We meet every Thursday evening from 6-7:30 p.m. at Patsy Garrett’s home in Marina. We would love for you to join us! For more information, email Patsy Garrett or call her at 831.277.1653.

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