Friday, March 27, 2009
How can I make a difference with just 10 cents?
That's the questions we're looking at this Sunday at HSM. What can we do with 10 cents a week, 43 cents a month & $5 a year? Well collectively we could change the world for someone. Join us Sunday at 11 as we conclude ACTION month and find out what 10 cents really can do in the name of Jesus!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
How a real servant ACTS...
by Nick Cleveland 
This morning in HSM I challenged us to look hard at the words of Christ in Mark 10 where He defined greatness as having a servant's heart. We discovered together from God's Word that a real servant ACTS humbly, immediately, & spontaneously. So together we venture into this week...March 15-21 committed to 5 ACTS of kindness from a heart motivated to make Jesus famous! We'll leave this post up this week for you to share what you did and how you saw it impact others! GO & SERVE!
"...whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." - Jesus Christ
This morning in HSM I challenged us to look hard at the words of Christ in Mark 10 where He defined greatness as having a servant's heart. We discovered together from God's Word that a real servant ACTS humbly, immediately, & spontaneously. So together we venture into this week...March 15-21 committed to 5 ACTS of kindness from a heart motivated to make Jesus famous! We'll leave this post up this week for you to share what you did and how you saw it impact others! GO & SERVE!"...whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." - Jesus Christ
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
by Nick Cleveland
March Madness at HSM is called ACTion month. For the rest of the month we will up our focus on taking ACTion for Jesus! We want HSM to grapple with the concept of healing hurts of others in the name of Christ in big AND small ways.
We kicked off ACTion month by every small group doing a 15 minute service project in our church building helping the custodial crew turn the building around for school the next day (bath room cleaning, room set up , etc). This is just one of the many opportunities students will have this month...
But one of our focuses has been taking ACTion in our Jerusalem...SCHOOL! One adult associated with HSM illustrated our vision for taking ACTion on campus perfectly this week. Read her story:
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"Nick, Had a neat experience today I wanted to share with you....A boy in my study hall threw a pencil and I saw it, so I went to the table and said who threw the pencil they laughed at me and smiled. A few minutes later I hear a pencil hit the window (again).....I walk back over and looked the boy in the eye. I ask "What is your name?" He tells me. I told him I saw him play basketball at noon and that he should have been on the team. He told me he has only been at our school for two weeks because he got kicked off his old school's bball team.
I walked away...He said hey do you go to Grace, and I said yes. I said why? He said his Grandmother has taken him there. I invited him to HSM. I started putting chairs down for lunch and he stood up and helped me. He said good bye to me and really seems to be struggling. Please pray for him. The kid is hurting and needs Jesus! Wish I could make a difference in his life."
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This teacher already has began to make a difference in his life. She saw him there and cared enough to find out about him. That's where ACTion starts...now let's pray for where it ends - in Jesus!
March Madness at HSM is called ACTion month. For the rest of the month we will up our focus on taking ACTion for Jesus! We want HSM to grapple with the concept of healing hurts of others in the name of Christ in big AND small ways.
We kicked off ACTion month by every small group doing a 15 minute service project in our church building helping the custodial crew turn the building around for school the next day (bath room cleaning, room set up , etc). This is just one of the many opportunities students will have this month...
But one of our focuses has been taking ACTion in our Jerusalem...SCHOOL! One adult associated with HSM illustrated our vision for taking ACTion on campus perfectly this week. Read her story:
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"Nick, Had a neat experience today I wanted to share with you....A boy in my study hall threw a pencil and I saw it, so I went to the table and said who threw the pencil they laughed at me and smiled. A few minutes later I hear a pencil hit the window (again).....I walk back over and looked the boy in the eye. I ask "What is your name?" He tells me. I told him I saw him play basketball at noon and that he should have been on the team. He told me he has only been at our school for two weeks because he got kicked off his old school's bball team.
I walked away...He said hey do you go to Grace, and I said yes. I said why? He said his Grandmother has taken him there. I invited him to HSM. I started putting chairs down for lunch and he stood up and helped me. He said good bye to me and really seems to be struggling. Please pray for him. The kid is hurting and needs Jesus! Wish I could make a difference in his life."
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This teacher already has began to make a difference in his life. She saw him there and cared enough to find out about him. That's where ACTion starts...now let's pray for where it ends - in Jesus!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Narrow Road
by Ben Framstad
"Enter through the narrow gate...small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life." ~Matthew 7:13, 14.
The Christian life is a pursuit of God. We get our spiritual hiking gear at the start of our trip, and we set off on our quest with a Bible under our arm and a heart full of faith.
Wooster Grace Students has taken that theme for this season of Lent by creating the "Journey to the Cross" blog. If you haven't visited it yet, please do. So far we encountered 7 days worth of interactive blogposts with videos, audio clips, and articles that are challenging our faith in Jesus Christ.
As I've watched this journey in HSM take off, I've been humbled by the impact the blog has already been making. I've heard different people who have heard of the blog outside of our student ministry, and even outside Wayne County, saying they are committing to the journey, and have also recieved comments and e-mails regarding the posts. God is working and preparing many hearts this year to remember Christ's death and celebrate his resurrection.
This is exciting.
I hope the blog has challenged you and been a worthwhile encouragement to you. Visit it now at http://www.journeytothecross.blogspot.com/
Monday, March 2, 2009
Give me your eyes...
by Nick Cleveland
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Those are the words from the chorus of Brandon Heath's song "Give me Your Eyes". A friend tipped me off to this song and using it to challenge our student leaders to see those around them like Jesus does. We've been working to develop this kind of heart in the students who are on stage and who 'make' HSM (our Sunday morning High School ministry) happen.
Then it happened yesterday. A key student leader in our ministry sat down next to his girlfriend who came to HSM yesterday (she was there to watch him 'perform'). In the middle of my part two message on getting out of the boat and walking on water, he stood up from the back row, moved one section over to the backrow. No one saw it except me.
He sat down next to a person from his school who is new to HSM...this kid is young, intimadated (so I learned 35 minutes earlier from his mom), and virtually invisible. He just sat next to him and saw him. I'm thankful to serve Jesus next to people who 'get it'! Now, for me...I pray the same prayer...Lord, give ME your eyes!
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Those are the words from the chorus of Brandon Heath's song "Give me Your Eyes". A friend tipped me off to this song and using it to challenge our student leaders to see those around them like Jesus does. We've been working to develop this kind of heart in the students who are on stage and who 'make' HSM (our Sunday morning High School ministry) happen.
Then it happened yesterday. A key student leader in our ministry sat down next to his girlfriend who came to HSM yesterday (she was there to watch him 'perform'). In the middle of my part two message on getting out of the boat and walking on water, he stood up from the back row, moved one section over to the backrow. No one saw it except me.
He sat down next to a person from his school who is new to HSM...this kid is young, intimadated (so I learned 35 minutes earlier from his mom), and virtually invisible. He just sat next to him and saw him. I'm thankful to serve Jesus next to people who 'get it'! Now, for me...I pray the same prayer...Lord, give ME your eyes!
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