Thanksgiving at The Way

We had a great time celebrating our blessings together at The Way this past Wednesday. Miles bought a whole bunch of chicken nuggets from Chick Fil A and we had mashed potatoes and gravy and macaroni salad to go with it. Also, I heard a rumor that there were cookies there but I didn’t eat any because I have to slim down for optimal snowboarding shape and to fit into my brother’s pants for my Colorado trip.

This coming week we are off for Thanksgiving week but then we meet up the next week. Also we will have another celebration-type meal the final meeting of the semester so be thinking of who you can invite to join us. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and remember to share the love.

Make a Difference in The World, Lead Now

hey everyone, last year we had the privilege to host a fantastic leadership event at Northpark called Lead Now. We hosted our first ever young adults conference completely on our own and many of us were blessed and encouraged, a group even came from as far away as Bakersfield.

This year however, we are going far beyond last year’s humble beginnings…partnering with three other churches, we are hosting this year’s event at The Bridge EV Free church.

I hope you will all consider attending, this is a one day conference that will help equip you with skills and strategies to reach and transform youth and culture today. But even more importantly, this day is an opportunity to allow God to transform your heart.

Sign up in the courtyard during the next two weeks, tickets are only $10 and that includes lunch. if you’d like to volunteer, the event is free. Talk to Raul or Dani this coming Sunday for more information.

Stand Up!

The 8 Bible Study tonight, New Videos, International Peace Day

Tonight, the 8 Bible Study rolls on. Co-led by Penny Murray and Rebekah Townsend, the Bible Study is open to women of all ages and meets from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the Young Adults room 202/206.

Today, Sept. 21, is International Peace Day … I think it is unfortunate at times that we as Christians can sometimes leave the work towards peace (which the Bible commands) to humanitarian organizations, some of which are faith-based but many of which are driven by humanism. I don’t think that humanists should out-duel Believers on issues of Justice and Peace. At the same time, I think that we should work together with anyone that shares our goals, even if we don’t agree on everything.

Small Groups announced for Fall 2009

On the heels of a very special week for us at Northpark, we are pleased to bring you the complete list of young adults small group opportunities through the end of this calendar year.

On Monday this past week, men of all ages came to Men’s Fraternity, led by Jamal Jones and KMJ’s Paul Loeffler. Nearly 50 of us were there. The same night, Northpark’s first ever late Bible Study, The 8, debuted for women. 14 ladies of all ages attended. Additionally, The Way had 23 people and 14 attended The Group. Now, of course, numbers have very little to do with effectiveness at times, but I believe that these stats do demonstrate a real hunger for spiritual growth that we have not seen in the last several years until now.

If you are not currently in a small group or bible study, I highly encourage you to consider it. Contact info is available for all of our leaders and we are always ready to help out here in the office.

Have a great weekend and God bless.

Ryan.

Photos From The Way

We had 22 people this past Wednesday at our lunch time Bible Study at Fresno State, this week we’ll be in front of the science building again at 12′oclock sharp. Hope to see you there. Bring a friend because we are bringing more pizza.

The Way

Every wednesday i get free pizza for lunch. I get to spend time with friends. I get to hang out at fresno state and talk about Jesus. I dont go to fresno state, but im there every wednesday. Why? The Way Bible study. This week we talked about what the core beliefs of our faith as christians are. What do you absolutely have to believe to be a christian? This isnt exactly as easy a question to answer as you might think. We didnt even fully come up with an answer in the 45 minutes we were together but i know that this question definitely got the gears in all our heads in motion to figure it out. We all pretty much agreed you have to believe in God, and some sort of atonement for our sins. Because the fact is, as Miles said “I’m not ok, and neither are you.”
We have a whole lot of really awesome topics lined up for this semester, a lot of which are pretty hard topics that i know will stir up some good conversation. So come join us at 12 pm at fresno state, eat some pizza and be apart of The Way.

-Danielle Minassian

Weekly Update Sept. 6th, Happy Labor Day

Hey everyone, it may be hard to believe with the smoggy miserableness outside right now but Fall is on the way and along with cooler temperatures come a variety of new things at Northpark.

Though it’s a long holiday weekend, we will be in full swing on Sunday as Bob starts a new series. Sunday is also ICE coffee day and at The Five we will be doing several new songs and debuting a new video on prayer.

Mark your calendars now with these important dates:

Sept. 14th
Men’s Fraternity starts, 6:00 am MPR
Sept. 14th
Bible Study for young ladies over 18, 8:00 pm YA Room
Sept. 28th
Extreme Leadership with Rebekah Townsend
Nov. 7th
Lead Now conference for 20/30 something leaders

see you this weekend,

Ryan

The Latest/The FIVE/The Love

Hey everyone.

Summer is winding down and we are gearing up for fall 2009. We are going to have more small group/connection opportunities than ever before. We are going to continue to push forward with innovation and change in The Five. And we are going to be meeting on the Fresno State campus as The Way once again.

Stay tuned for a comprehensive list of meeting places, leaders and times. Also this week at the FIVE we will be debuting a new way to communicate with us from your cell phone in real time. So don’t forget it at home but also remember to put it on silent.

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