Although the rest of the church is not having regular Caregroup since tonight is New Year’s Eve, we will still be meeting this coming Friday night (January 02) for our regular Singles Caregroup.
It will be good to see you all at our house this Friday night at 7:00pm as we enjoy our first time of fellowship together in 2009!
UPDATED: We will be having regular care group every Friday night this month!
As a reminder, this week our Singles’ Caregroup will be meeting on Saturday night at 6:00pm for our Christmas party, instead of having our normal meeting on Friday night.
However you choose to spend Friday evening though, we really are looking forward to a great time together this Saturday serving folks at the Gift-Wrap Outreach (9:30am-3:00pm at Toys-R-Us) followed by dinner, fellowship and general, merrymaking festivities at our Singles’ Christmas Party (6:00pm-? At our house). For those concerned about doing too much in your old age, you’ll have at least a couple of hours to get in a long nap or watch some reruns on the golf channel in between the Gift Wrap and Christmas Party.
Need directions to Andrew & Jennifer's Wedding? Here's a link and wedding details:
Ten years ago New Attitude began. This year the staff at Na are looking back at God’s kindness and forward to what’s next. And they need your help.
They want to hear your own story of what God did through a Na conference in your life. So they’re offering one free registration until the beginning of registration (mid to late January). Every week they'll throw all the names of people that have submitted registration testimonies into a big hat and pick a winner. It’s that simple.
Want more info? Check out their blog post, Free Registration Anyone?
Need directions to the Winter Wonderland Event on Friday? Click HERE.
Our caregroup will be getting together for our regular meeting tonight at 7:00pm.
For directions or more information, call the church office at, 864.346.2361.
Your answers to the above questions could help reveal what you really love. The question is whether a motivation to live for God because of His great love for you is revealed? Or is a love for the world or the things of the world revealed?
1 John 2:15-17 says,
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world - the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions - is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”
This scripture confronts us where we live and doesn’t leave us with any wiggle room. If we love the world or the things of the world, the love of the Father is not in us. This is radical. This requires that we know ourselves and that we live to love and please the Lord in what we do.
Obviously, because sin still remains in our hearts, our desires are never completely pure and our motives are most often mixed. The question is not whether we at times live for things other than God – the question is what the over-riding desire of our lives is normally. Do we seek to make each day an act of worship to God, even though we fail and need His grace continuously or are we just coasting along and living for the world and the things of the world without even realizing it? Or perhaps, even more seriously, are we living for the world and comfortable with it?
So, the question for us is, what do you love? Over the next few posts, we are going to address the topic of worldliness. In the meanwhile, I would encourage you to pray and ask the Lord to reveal your heart to you. Where you experience conviction, I would encourage you to repent and trust in the grace of God to enable you to live a life that is pleasing to Him. We can never earn our salvation or keep our salvation by how we live, but how we live is a good indicator of whether we really love God.
(By the way - you may have noticed that this is the same as the CrossCurrent post - Although I wouldn't normally have the same post on two blogs, I think this topic will serve both groups)
Care Group is cancelled for Friday, November 7th.
The singles will be attending Ruby G's memorial service at 7pm. If you would like more information on the service, contact the church office at, 864.346.2361.
Time change THIS Sunday! Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour on tomorrow (Saturday) night.
The ladies (members) will be meeting this Wednesday for their quarterly meeting.
1st Friday of month – Care Group
2nd Friday of month – Men’s Community Group (members)
3rd Friday of month – Care Group
4th Friday of month – Women’s Community Group (members)
5th Friday of month – Care Group
Care Group is this Friday (10.17) and will be held at the Rawling's home. Care Group on October 31st is cancelled.
Singles Care Group is THIS Friday night at 7pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Check out New Attitude's Flickr Photostream. They just posted 100+ new pics from Na 08.
Just a reminder, Singles Care Group is THIS Friday (August 15th). We look forward to seeing you there!!!
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Snacks? Are you on the schedule to bring snacks? Check out the schedule on the sidebar. --->
Calendar questions? Check out the Singles Calendar.
5 days left to purchase the ESV Study Bible at a 35% Pre-Order Discount!!!
From now until July 31, friends of Sovereign Grace Ministries are invited to pre-order the Study Bible at a 35 percent discount. Simultaneously, Crossway will donate five percent of these purchases to Sovereign Grace Ministries. These donations will be used to support families who are
training at the Pastors College. The Pastors College exists to train men to serve, lead, and plant Sovereign Grace Ministries churches and to support men currently serving as pastors within Sovereign Grace.
To receive the discount—and support men in the PC—simply click on the following link. You will be directed to a customized webpage where you can see an overview of the Study Bible and place your order.
Sermon Transcripts & Mp3s
Want to review what you heard at Na*? Were you unable to attend Na* 
this year? Transcripts & Mp3s of the Na* messages are available for download.
Transcripts (scroll to bottom of page)
...New pictures in Candid Shots. Check it out -->
Are you looking for Sunday's Application Questions? Are you looking for this coming Sunday's Worship Songs? They have a new home.
Application Questions and Sunday Worship Songs can be found on the SGC Care Group Blog.
Singles blog isn't going anywhere...we're staying right here.
Join us Saturday, July 5th for a Singles Volleyball and Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. We'll be meeting at 10am, at East Riverside Park. Come join us for a time of food, fellowship, and fun.
Plan on coming? Can't come? Have you sent in your R.S.V.P.? Please e-mail or call Jessica at the church office (864.346.2361). She needs to know if you're coming/not coming. Thanks!
+photo by raynorgan
Scripture Reference: 1 Peter 4:7-11
Main Idea: What are you doing this Doomsday?
Application:
Sunday Line-up
High Above All Things
For The Cross
I'm Calling Out
Grace Unmeasured
Have Your Full Way
Receive The Glory
Life gets busy. You plan on cleaning out that lair you call a closet. You plan on washing your car and getting the tires changed. You were going to go to ____ but you forgot to register. We can't help you clean your closet or wash your car. But, we can remind you of registration deadlines! So, here's some helpful info...
WorshipGod 08
When: July 30, 2008 - August 2, 2008
Where: Covenant Life Church, Gaithersburg, MD
Registration Deadline: July 9th
Click HERE for more info, to register, & to download Mp3's of previous WG conferences.
The Clash: Forging a Mind to Engage the World
When: August 3-9, 2008
Where: Messiah College
Registration Deadline: July 13th
Click HERE for more info or to register.
Mark your calendars, grab your lawn chair, pick up some fried chicken & Pepsi...
Date: Saturday, July 5th
Location: East Riverside Park
Time: TBD
More details coming to an inbox near you...
How Firm A Foundation
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
It Is Well With My Soul
‘Tis So Sweet
Lord Jesus Come
Because Of You
Confused on the new care group schedule? Well you aren't the only one! Here's a helpful reminder:
Regular care groups meet on the 1st, 3rd, & 5th Fridays of the month.
Men's Community Group (Members) meets on the 2nd Friday of the month.
Women's Community Group (Members) meets on the 4th Friday of the month.
Just remember 1, 3, & 5.
Still need help? Check out the Singles Calendar on the sidebar.
For Your Glory Alone
Come Now Almighty King
Glory To
Before The Cross
As Long As I Have Breath
Blessed Be Your Name
I Hear The Savior Say
I Love To Tell The Story
My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less
Immortal Invisible
A Debtor To Mercy
The Wonderful Cross
There will be no Singles care group meeting this week, due to getting back from Na late Tuesday night, etc.
The folks at Na will be blogging conference highlights throughout the conference. Check it out!!!
Looking for ways to pray for the group going to New Attitude '08? Need some helpful tips? Here's a list from Matt R ...
Thanks for praying!!!
Ladies Community Group is canceled for this Friday night (May 23rd).
Sunday Line-up
Amazing Grace
Forever
Jesus Thank You
-Communion-
Receive the Glory
Isn't He Good
Arise My Soul Arise
Oh What Grace
For You Are Holy
His Forever (Jesus Friend of Sinners)
Be Thou My Vision
Jesus Lover Of My Soul
Care Group will be at the Payne's house this week (Friday, May 16th).
Need directions? Call the church office at, 864.346.2361.
Were you unable to register for NA? Never fear...
If you weren’t sure whether you’d be able to come to the conference until now, want to come, but are deeply saddened that registration has closed--fear not. We’re happy to say that we will have on-site registration available at the conference. Just come to the conference and find the Help Desk.
On-site registration rates:
_$175 Individual
_$250 Married Couples
Need directions to the Exxon on 101?
Click HERE.
We will be meeting on Saturday, May 24th at 6:45am.
Please pack compactly. Please be on time. Need more info? Check out these links:
Don't forget that we're having lunch as a group on Sunday, May 25th! We'll meet at the Old Spaghetti Factory immediately after the conclusion of the morning session.
Do we have care group this week? Do we follow the same schedule as the other care groups? There's been some confusion...maybe you're confused. Never fear, there is a way to keep informed on our care group schedule (and other fun events). When in doubt, check The Singles Calendar. We keep it updated with info that you need to know. Check it out!
Mighty Mighty Savior
Alas And Did My Savior Bleed
You Are My King
---COMMUNION----
You Have Captured Me
The Glories Of Calvary
Excerpt from Bob Kauflin's Blog, Worship Matters:
Looked Upon (or Lu for short) is the first project of the Na Band, with Devon leading and Jordan playing drums. They’re joined by other members of my home church. The band’s purpose is to set “humble orthodoxy” to music. While they regularly lead worship at Covenant Life, each year they also lead at New Attitude, the Sovereign Grace annual conference for singles and young couples...After last year’s New Attitude conference over 6500 people downloaded a live version of the song, “What a Savior.”
This year, to give you a taste of the new project, we’re giving away the CD version of the same song. You can download it by clicking here.
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On my own, there is no way out and on my own things would indeed be hopeless. But, I must forsake myself and consider my old sin nature truly dead with the death of Christ. I must trust only in the hope that is in Jesus – that He alone earned my forgiveness, that He alone earned my right to stand before the Holy God as clean and deserving and that He alone has saved me from my sin and the wrath of God.
The Gospel – the Good News that Jesus came to save sinners, is truly for sinners like me. And the good news is that Jesus can make sinners like me saints in His sight. Does this mean I stop sinning? No. Does this mean that I now live a perfectly sinless and holy life every day? No. Does this mean I am no longer aware of my failures and that I no longer fall? No. But this does mean that all of my sins, my failures, my fallings, all of my hypocrisy were placed on Jesus as He hung on the Cross and my entire body of sin was crucified with Jesus – and I consider it as gone as a dead man, who dies only once.
Don't forget to show up at the Embassy Suites this Sunday!
We'll be meeting at a different location each Sunday in April. Mark your calendars...
April 6th - Embassy Suites
April 13th - Greenville Marriott
April 20th - Greenville Hilton
April 27th - Greenville Marriott
Scripture Reference: Matthew 28:1-8
Application Questions:
Sunday Line-up:
Because Of You
How High And How Wide
Blessed Be Your Name
How Deep The Father’s Love
Light Of The World
Be Thou My Vision
His Forever
Care Group will not be at the Rawling's this week! Call the Rawling's (469.7023) or the church office (346.2361) for more info.
Scripture Reference: Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12
Main Idea: The exalted Lamb of God, bore our sins and suffered in our place, so that we might be made righteous before God.
Application Questions:
1. How does seeing God’s plan through the covenant history of the Old Testament magnify the gospel?
2. How does knowing that Jesus was the following things affect how you view the gospel and how you relate to Him?
He was…Marred; despised; rejected; pierced; wounded; a man of sorrows; acquainted with grief; as one from whom men hide their faces; despised; scorned; oppressed; afflicted; silent when wrongly accused; taken away in injustice; cut off out of the land of the living; stricken for our transgressions; crushed; numbered with the transgressors
3. How should knowing that all of our sins were imputed to Jesus on the Cross affect how we view our own, daily sins? What should our response look like?
4. How does knowing that we come before God, permanently wearing the righteousness that Jesus earned affect how we live?
Sunday Line-up
He Is Risen
Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
Crown Him With Many Crowns
In Christ Alone
You Led Me To The Cross
Mighty Mighty Savior
Through March: ridiculously low prices on books and music, plus free U.S. shipping!
Why? Because Sovereign Grace wants to put these resources into as many hands as possible.
- Free library rate shipping (within the U.S.)
- Sovereign Grace CDs* & download sets: $6
- Accompaniment CDs*: $6
- Pursuit of Godliness books*: $5
- Songbook Set*: $40
- Individual Piano Scores: $1; Piano-score sets: $6
*While supplies last
Scripture Reference: 1 Peter 2:4-8
Main Idea: Who are you?
Application Questions:
1. Do you primarily think of yourself as an individual stone or a part of a temple?
2. How does "individual stone" thinking affect your life? Your calendar? How you show up at a church meeting?
3. How does "part of a temple" affect your life? Your calendar? How you show up at a church meeting?
4. Why review your union with Christ? How does that affect your view of suffering? Of blessing? Of your resurrection?
Sunday Line-up
Your Praise Will Never Cease
For Your Glory Alone
Oh What Grace
In Christ Alone
The Wonderful Cross
You Are My King
Sermon Text: 1 Peter 1:22-25
Main Idea: Love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
Application Questions:
1. Are you helping the gospel with your power or are you harnessing the power of gospel? Lets talk about testimonies where God has been at work through the gospel.
2. What does gospel love “feel” like?
Sunday Line-up:
Holy Holy Holy
In The Presence
For You Are Holy
I Look Up
Grace Unmeasured
Isn’t He Good
What's the big deal? Why should I go to New Attitude?
I can definitely understand some hesitancy, since a lot of folks haven’t ever attended a New Attitude conference and don’t know what it is all about. Below are some of our thoughts behind why we, (as your Pastors), are asking you to seriously consider attending New Attitude this year. I hope they will serve to answer the questions you may have.
New Attitude will be a great opportunity to grow in our knowledge of God through His Word, our passion for God because of His Word and our practical application in response to His Word. In the meanwhile, if you still have any questions about why you should attend New Attitude, I’ll be glad to talk to you about them – just let me know.
Your bro,
-Matt
Come Now Almighty King
Oh What Grace
Alas And Did My Savior Bleed
-Communion-
Once Again
Nothing But The Blood
His Forever
Sermon Text: 1 Peter 1:13-21
Main Idea: Knowing who we are is meant to affect how we live.
Application Questions:
1. Why is it important that you set your hope fully on God's grace in preparation for obeying Him?
2. What are some ways that you need to soberly prepare your minds for action?
3. What are some of the passions of your former ignorance that you need to put off?
4. How can you practically fear the Lord in your life - what does this look like?
5. How are you affected by remembering your ransom?
Just a reminder, we are at the Greenville Hilton this Sunday. We will be meeting in the Piedmont Ballroom (our normal rooms).
Save $$$!
Friday (a.k.a. February 15th, tomorrow, Viernes, Freitag, Vendredi...) is the last day for NA's early registration!
Prices increase on Saturday, February 16th.
Need more info? Contact Jessica at, 864.346.2361.
Scripture Verse: 1 Peter 1:10 -12
Application Questions:
1. How does salvation secured in the past affect present suffering?
2. How does salvation secured in the future affect present suffering?
3. How does the blessings of salvation in the present affect present suffering?
Sunday Line-up
I’m Calling Out
Blessed Be Your Name
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
It Is Well With My Soul
Be Thou My Vision
You Have Captured Me
Don't forget we are meeting at the Greenville Hilton this Sunday!
Are you going to New Attitude? Please let Jessica know by February 28th. We need to confirm the rooms we have booked at the Galt House.
Have questions. Need more info. Call the church office at, 864.346.2361.
God, the loving Father who knows best will only allow us to suffer if necessary and only then for a little while – while we are on this earth.
Suffering was not a part of His original creation but He sometimes purposes to use suffering, if it is necessary, to actually help us, strengthen us, encourage us and increase our awareness of His grasp and our total dependence on Him.
Will we at times feel as if the waves are too much for us? Perhaps. But He is a loving Father – more loving than I could ever be towards my two-year old daughter and more loving than any earthly Father and He has said he won’t allow more temptation than we can bear – in Him.
He is also a more powerful Father. More powerful than me and than anything or any force in all of existence, both physical and spiritual and His grasp will not fail when the waves hit us in the face. We hope in God who guards us and who guards our faith, even when we’re not sure we will have enough faith to face the waves of suffering, even if they loom large in our eyes.
Scripture Verse: 1 Peter 1:3-9
Main Idea: We rejoice, because God has given us faith and hope and guards our faith and hope to the end.
1. What do you find yourself hoping in most often - other than Jesus? If you’re not sure - what you are hoping in could be revealed by what you are most disappointed or angry about in response to not getting it?
2. How have any of these hopes become idolatrous?
Remember, an idol is not defined by what you want but that you want it too much. An idol can be anything you are willing to sin to get or any desire you sin to fulfill.
3. How was your understanding of your faith in God changed (or encouraged, etc.) as you heard about how God guards our faith?
4. Have you viewed God as a loving Father who only lets us suffer “if necessary” or have you had a different view of God? Why?
5. How can you practically change and begin to place more hope in God and the fact that He has given us faith and hope and guards our faith and hope?
6. How can you practically pursue keep your hope alive in Christ? (God keeps it but calls us to an active relationship with Him – what should this look like?)
Sunday Line-Up
Intro
I Come Running
My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less
In Christ Alone
Be Thou My Vision
Lord Jesus Come
Because Of You
This month, all Sovereign Grace music, plus some Sovereign Grace books, are available for ridiculously low prices. You won't find any advertising gimmicks here. They just want to make these materials as widely available as they can, at the lowest prices they can.You'll find these deals February 1–29, while supplies last:
