[reallifenewsletter] FCC - YS Student E-mail Newsletter #187

OK, here's the latest on the summer trip etc.

As far as attendees, this is the list as I know it:

From OH: 12 in all

Chris, Jen, Hillary, Becky, Tessa, Jonathan, Chad

Nathanael, Emmy, Micaiah, Joseph, Angelina

From CA: 5 in all

Justin, Charles, Jason, Rachel, Ruth

From NC: 1 in all

Debbie (although of course Pastor Gordon will be involved while in NC)

From TX: 1 in all

Katie

For a grand total of 19.

We are going to rent a big van in OH and drive down to NC leaving early Sat June 11.

Space will be somewhat limited so each person should have at most one carry-on size item plus another small bag/purse.

I'll check to see if we need sleeping bags in NC.

The van is a 15 passenger one.  From OH to NC that area will be filled with luggage, and from NC to GA it will carry some of the others and the luggage will be in the back of Debbie's truck.

 

Please get the permission slips in order for those under 18.  (Include myself, emmy and Debbie on the slip)

 

The money for hotel ($180) and gas ($40) will be collected up front.  You can hold on to the rest of your funds.

 

I'm waiting to hear on the swimsuit requirements and fireworks issues.

 

Remember: Fri night @ 8 - Next 2 sections from homework at the L'Heureux (no food served this time so we'll get right at it)

Sat night @ 7 - Evangelism training

Sun afternoon after church - Street evangelism in Cleveland

Wed evening @ 5:30 street evangelism in Cleveland

 

All for now

-Nathanael

 

 YS STUDENT E-MAIL NEWSLETTER #187
May 30, 2005

Contents
1. Something for Your Heart
2. Surf Report
3. Forgettable Fact
4. Potent Quotables
5. Parting Shot

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1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

This is a busy time of year for many students. Finals. Prom. End of school. Maybe even graduation. You're probably thinking about your grades, your love life and your summer plans. In fact, you have a three-day weekend to spend pondering such things. However, it might be nice to pause long enough to find out exactly WHY you're getting this holiday weekend.

Not long after the Civil War, family members and other caring individuals--women's groups, in particular--started a habit of annually decorating the graves of soldiers who had died in battle. Their spontaneous memorials led to the formal establishment of Memorial Day. Originally the occasion was called Decoration Day.

When conflicts and battle deaths didn't end with the Civil War, the holiday was expanded to honor those who have fallen in ANY war. And now we find ourselves at war yet again. Almost every day we hear of another explosion, crash, suicide bomber or other source of concern in Iraq or elsewhere in the Middle East. And while our soldiers must deal with almost daily casualties, we tend to develop a daily casualness about the situation. Unless we have friends or family members we're keeping track of, it's easy to become TOO casual about ongoing danger, destruction and death. Yet we readily bask in the freedom we have because others are fighting for us.

We tend to get casual about our Christian freedoms as well. Yes, we're supposed to keep our eyes on the future. But in doing so, we should never forget what has taken place on our behalf in the past. If we ignore or downplay what God has already done for us, we cannot genuinely appreciate his current blessings. We need to remember the multitudes of people who have suffered--and died--as they held firmly to their faith. And we need to give daily thought about Jesus' sacrificial death that opened the kingdom of God to everyone who wishes to be included.

So revel in your memories of prom, your plans for summer, and your dreams for wonderful things ahead of you. There's nothing wrong with that. But this three-day weekend is also an ideal time to start giving serious consideration to what has come before. If you have friends or family members who died in wars past, recall and acknowledge their sacrifice. If you know someone in Iraq or Afghanistan, sit down and write a letter or e-mail of encouragement. And by all means, spend some time in prayer, thanking God for his wonderful plan (already faithfully executed by Jesus) that includes you on his guest list for the eternal celebration that lies ahead.

This Memorial Day, let's make sure that remembrance, reverence and gratitude are not additional casualties of wars past and present.

On your own ...

Memorials are big throughout the Bible. Read Joshua 3:14—4:9.
http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=NLT&passage=Joshua+3%3A14-14

http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=NLT&passage=Joshua+4%3A1-9

What kind of memorial was established to help the Israelites remember their entry into the Promised Land? What similar kind of tangible memorial can you create to help you remember past events that are important to you?

2. SURF REPORT

~ Christian Cheerleaders
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~ Baby Name Wizard
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about names and more at this addictive site.
http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

3. FORGETTABLE FACT

Virginia has more ghosts registered with the Ghost Research Society than any other state.

4. POTENT QUOTABLES

What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.
- Portuguese proverb

God gave us memory that we might have roses in December.
- Sir James M. Barrie

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. - Soren Kierkegaard

5. PARTING SHOT

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?