Sermon by Eric Scofield on August 24, 2008

This is the ninth sermon in the series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Eric Scofield is the Regional Director for Young Life in the San Diego County Region. Northminster has a partnership with Young Life.

Theme - “In Ephesians Paul gives us a recipe for how to live in our “crucial relationships.” The crucial relationship of marriage, parent and child, and within the work enviornment. The call is love in those relationships as Christ loved the church.

The video below was shown during the sermon

Lost Canyon: The Eric Scofield Tour from W. Ashley Maddox on Vimeo.

 

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Sermon by Markus Watson on August 17, 2008

This is the eighth sermon in the series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Theme - In Ephesians 4:17-5:20, Paul continues to talk about what it looks like to live our lives worthy of our calling to belong to God.  Specifically, Paul shows what our lives look like when we “put off the old self” and “put on the new self.”  When we “put on the new self,” we become a new kind of person–a person who imitates God and whose life is characterized by light, by wisdom, and by being filled with the Holy Spirit.

 

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Sermon by Markus Watson on August 10, 2008

This is the seventh sermon in the series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Theme - God has called us with an amazing calling–we have been called to belong to God! In response to this, Paul urges us to live our lives worthy of God’s calling. How do we do that? By working hard to maintain unity in the church and by–each of us–doing our part in the ministry of the church.

 

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Sermon by Markus Watson on August 3, 2008

This is the sixth sermon in the series on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Theme - It’s amazing to think that God is interested in us.  It’s even more amazing to think that God actually makes his power available to us!  In Ephesians 3:14-21, Paul tells us three things about God’s power:  1) God gives us the power to be inwardly strong, 2) God gives us the power to know how much he loves us, and 3) God’s power is at work within us.

The videos below were shown during the worship service which was a celebration of the time spent with “our kids”.  This worship service was our opportunity to provide our congregation and the parents a few of the highlights of our Amazing Week at VBS.

 

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Just a reminder that we will have a special VBS Celebration service this Sunday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.  We’ll have all kinds of good food before and after the service.  We will see some videos from the week and listen to the kids sing!  This Sunday will be all about our VBS kids!

Also, all families whose kids came to VBS this week will receive a free DVD with videos from this past week after the service!

What an amazing week this has been here at Northminster!  All year long I’d been hearing about how great Vacation Bible School is each summer.  And now I’ve finally experienced it for myself!  I’ve worked with VBS at several churches in the past and I can honestly say that this has been one of my best VBS experiences ever!

There are two things that made this VBS week so great for me—the kids and the volunteers.

It was so wonderful to have this campus overrun with little kids for a whole week!  I was thinking about why it’s so great to be surrounded by little kids, and I think it’s because kids remind us about what’s really important.  When they’re asked what they’re thankful for, they don’t say things like, “My new car” or “My big screen HDTV.”  Instead, kids will say things like, “Playing with my mom and dad,” “Hugging my grandma and grandpa,” and “Playing with my friends.”

What I’m finding is that kids haven’t been around long enough to let our world distort their priorities.  Yes, we taught the kids about Jesus this week—but they taught us a whole lot about what’s really important in life!

The volunteers also made it a terrific week for me!  It was so exciting to arrive on Monday morning and see so many people wearing their green Power Lab t-shirts!  I couldn’t believe how many people—of all ages—were there and were excited to love on these kids for the whole week!

So I want to say thank you to all of the volunteers who worked so hard this week.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  God has done some amazing things through each one of you in the lives of these little ones.  Because of you, Jesus words came true this week:  “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”

Kids, come join us for music, crafts, games, Bible drama, snacks, science experiments, video, new friends and more, while learning about Jesus’ power to help us to be helpful, be thankful, be brave, live forever and tell others about God.

July 28th to August 1st 9 am to noon

Pre-registration- starts on Sunday April 27th between our worship services.

FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED…..AND IT FILLS UP FAST!!!!

• $40 for first child in family, $30 for each additional child
• Potty trained 3 year olds to 5th graders are welcome
• 6th graders and above can volunteer

Registration forms and volunteer applications are available in the church office

If you would like to see what happened last year, go to our Photo Gallery,