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We're getting close to departure date!!!
If you haven't been able to make it to all the review sessions, you still need to complete the homework and review it with either me or Pastor Norm or your dad.
Outreach Event TONIGHT 5:30 meet at the L'Heureux's. I'll give a call to all to make sure you get the message.
We had a donation toward the trip to pay for a van rental so we could all ride together (a big van) and gas money. So the good news is that now the base price for the trip is only $180 for the hotel. So if you had $40 for gas saved already, it can now go toward food or activities or whatever else you need it for. We will be collecting the $180 at the beginning of the trip. You can give it to me and I'll give it to Debbie when we hit NC.
TTYL!
-Nathanael
YS STUDENT E-MAIL NEWSLETTER #188
June 6, 2005
Contents
1. Something for Your Heart
2. Surf Report
3. Forgettable Fact
4. Potent Quotables
5. Parting Shot
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A collection of real questions asked by real people about sex. Written in a straightforward and thoughtful manner, "Questions You Can't Ask Your Mama About Sex" will help you make smart decisions about your sexuality and provide you with the tools to make sense of a culture that is drowning in sex.
http://www.YouthSpecialties.com/linker/index.php?id=5618
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
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1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
"Time is money."
We've all heard that old, worn-out saying. Usually we hear it when someone's on our case about wasting time. And maybe we hear it so often that it doesn't have much effect on us. Yet this is a good time of year to reconsider the significance of the old "Time is money" philosophy.
Suppose someone handed you $130,000, give or take a few bucks. What would you do with the cash? One of the first things you'd probably do is sit down and make a list of ways you could spend it. You might request input from friends, and you'd likely get advice from your parents whether you requested it or not. But most people would take great joy in planning how to make the most of a great big wad of cash.
Instead of money, you've just been given a great big wad of time. (Don't look so disappointed!) Your summer vacation has 130,000 minutes, give or take a few hours (90 days x 24 hours in a day x 60 minutes in an hour = 129,600 minutes). What do you want to do with all that valuable time?
Many of your peers have no idea what to do. They make no plans for summer. They lie around complaining about boredom until mid-August, when they shift to complaining about having to go back to school again. For them, summers come and summers go. Then they graduate, get jobs, and discover a real complaint--they'll never get a summer off again until retirement, when "summer fun" will mean a visit from the grandchildren.
Do you want to join the lackadaisical crowd? Or will you dare to do something memorable with your summer?
We're not telling you WHAT to do. We're simply urging you to get out and do SOMETHING. Time is money in the sense that you can treat this stretch of summer days just like you would treat a stack of cash. You can fritter it away, a minute at a time, with nothing much to show for it. Or you can sit down, make some plans, and spend it on something worthwhile.
We know you work hard during the school year and deserve a reward. A bit of rest is fine. But sitting around doing nothing for ninety days isn't really much of a treat. Getting out and working on something you really enjoy is much more rewarding.
So sit down and make a list of possibilities. Look for interesting and affordable classes or sports opportunities in your neighborhood. Learn what it's like to read for fun again. Take music lessons. Arrange to visit a relative in another part of the country. Your options are endless.
Time may not be money--not literally, at least. But it's a gift from God just like any other tangible gift. And time IS opportunity. The question is: What are you going to do about it?
On your own ...
Read the story of the three servants in Matthew 25:14-30.
http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=NLT&passage=Matthew+25%3A14-30
It's not very likely that anyone will ever offer you five bags of gold to invest. But since "time is money," how do you think the master in the parable would have responded if his servants had simply slept late every day and done little if any meaningful work until he returned? Consider how you can spend this summer in a way that will be not only meaningful to you, but will also honor God.
2. SURF REPORT
~ Finding Jesus
Bookmark this site. "Finding Jesus" is a new section of passageway.org--and an ideal place to direct your non-Christian friends who have questions about Jesus or the Christian faith. Check it out for yourself.
http://passageway.org
~ Mass Moments
How much do you know about America's sixth state? Here's a place to learn more. This site offers a daily almanac of Massachusetts history. Impress your friends with your knowledge of Plymouth Rock, Paul Revere's ride, and the Boston Tea Party.
http://www.massmoments.org
3. FORGETTABLE FACT
The sound of thunder travels 1,100 feet per second.
4. POTENT QUOTABLES
Summer's lease hath all too short a date.
- William Shakespeare
Nothing is ours except time.
- Seneca
Ordinary people think merely how they will spend their time; a man of intellect tries to use it.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
5. PARTING SHOT
If a kid swears in sign language, should his mother wash his hands with soap?
June 6, 2005
Contents
1. Something for Your Heart
2. Surf Report
3. Forgettable Fact
4. Potent Quotables
5. Parting Shot
===========our|sponsor===========
LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX
A collection of real questions asked by real people about sex. Written in a straightforward and thoughtful manner, "Questions You Can't Ask Your Mama About Sex" will help you make smart decisions about your sexuality and provide you with the tools to make sense of a culture that is drowning in sex.
http://www.YouthSpecialties.com/linker/index.php?id=5618
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
=================================
1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
"Time is money."
We've all heard that old, worn-out saying. Usually we hear it when someone's on our case about wasting time. And maybe we hear it so often that it doesn't have much effect on us. Yet this is a good time of year to reconsider the significance of the old "Time is money" philosophy.
Suppose someone handed you $130,000, give or take a few bucks. What would you do with the cash? One of the first things you'd probably do is sit down and make a list of ways you could spend it. You might request input from friends, and you'd likely get advice from your parents whether you requested it or not. But most people would take great joy in planning how to make the most of a great big wad of cash.
Instead of money, you've just been given a great big wad of time. (Don't look so disappointed!) Your summer vacation has 130,000 minutes, give or take a few hours (90 days x 24 hours in a day x 60 minutes in an hour = 129,600 minutes). What do you want to do with all that valuable time?
Many of your peers have no idea what to do. They make no plans for summer. They lie around complaining about boredom until mid-August, when they shift to complaining about having to go back to school again. For them, summers come and summers go. Then they graduate, get jobs, and discover a real complaint--they'll never get a summer off again until retirement, when "summer fun" will mean a visit from the grandchildren.
Do you want to join the lackadaisical crowd? Or will you dare to do something memorable with your summer?
We're not telling you WHAT to do. We're simply urging you to get out and do SOMETHING. Time is money in the sense that you can treat this stretch of summer days just like you would treat a stack of cash. You can fritter it away, a minute at a time, with nothing much to show for it. Or you can sit down, make some plans, and spend it on something worthwhile.
We know you work hard during the school year and deserve a reward. A bit of rest is fine. But sitting around doing nothing for ninety days isn't really much of a treat. Getting out and working on something you really enjoy is much more rewarding.
So sit down and make a list of possibilities. Look for interesting and affordable classes or sports opportunities in your neighborhood. Learn what it's like to read for fun again. Take music lessons. Arrange to visit a relative in another part of the country. Your options are endless.
Time may not be money--not literally, at least. But it's a gift from God just like any other tangible gift. And time IS opportunity. The question is: What are you going to do about it?
On your own ...
Read the story of the three servants in Matthew 25:14-30.
http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=NLT&passage=Matthew+25%3A14-30
It's not very likely that anyone will ever offer you five bags of gold to invest. But since "time is money," how do you think the master in the parable would have responded if his servants had simply slept late every day and done little if any meaningful work until he returned? Consider how you can spend this summer in a way that will be not only meaningful to you, but will also honor God.
2. SURF REPORT
~ Finding Jesus
Bookmark this site. "Finding Jesus" is a new section of passageway.org--and an ideal place to direct your non-Christian friends who have questions about Jesus or the Christian faith. Check it out for yourself.
http://passageway.org
~ Mass Moments
How much do you know about America's sixth state? Here's a place to learn more. This site offers a daily almanac of Massachusetts history. Impress your friends with your knowledge of Plymouth Rock, Paul Revere's ride, and the Boston Tea Party.
http://www.massmoments.org
3. FORGETTABLE FACT
The sound of thunder travels 1,100 feet per second.
4. POTENT QUOTABLES
Summer's lease hath all too short a date.
- William Shakespeare
Nothing is ours except time.
- Seneca
Ordinary people think merely how they will spend their time; a man of intellect tries to use it.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
5. PARTING SHOT
If a kid swears in sign language, should his mother wash his hands with soap?
