View from the Hill (August 28-September 2, 2006)

In this View you will find:
· Sermon notes and discussion questions from Pastor James
· This Week!
· Check it out Now
· Stats

Jesus said …

I am the Resurrection and the Life
John 11:17-27


God created us to live forever. He didn’t intend for us to die. But we chose death when we chose to walk away from our heavenly Father and his will for our lives. The story of humanity has been a sad one ever since. For no matter how noble, how well intended, how creative and talented, we all end up dead, us and all our plans. This is the story chronicled by the newspaper with daily specifics of the triumph of death over life, failure over success, war over peace.

Into the midst of the brokenness of our world comes Jesus. In our scripture, he confronts Martha, grieving over the death of her brother, Lazarus, with the audacious claim that not only can she hope in the resurrection of her brother in the last day, but also she can hope in the resurrection right now. Because Jesus is the resurrection.

When you come to Jesus with your problems, with your struggles, with your disappointments, what do you want him to do for you? If you are like me, you will want Jesus to restore life to the way it was before the problem arose, before the hope was crushed. We want our old lives resuscitated.

Jesus did not come to restore our old lives. He came to bring our old lives back from the dead, to make all things new. Resurrection. A whole new restoration of our lives and our world as it was always meant to be. Life and to the full.

We are called to live into this future in three easy steps.
Trust Jesus with whatever is broken in your life.
Let go of the wheel and let Jesus steer that area of your life.
Fill your day with performing simple acts of faithfulness.

Repeat daily. You will see a new pattern taking shape, a new direction.

Grace and peace,

James

How do you recognize God’s speaking with you?
What helps you sort out His voice from all the other voices?
Is there someone you know with this ability? Ask them to help.


This Week!


Wednesday Bible Study is on Capitol Hill this week! 7:00-8:30 PM. We will be studying the letter to the Ephesians Bring your bible, a pen and notebook. The next two weeks (Aug. 23 & 30) will be hosted in Ballard by Tiffany and Jonathan Werner - 7033 19th Avenue NW.

Check It Out Now
Plugged in to Prayer - If you are interested in supporting people in our community through receiving prayer requests via email. Email Jonathan Werner.

Special Needs Assistant – The Children’s and Family Ministry Team is looking for someone to help partner with a 6 year old boy and his family who attends the 9:00am service. No teaching required, just the ability to be a “buddy”. If you are interested, please contact Julie Garrett.

Meals for Families – We are looking for someone to coordinate meals to our CHP Families who recently had babies. This is a wonderful way to welcome our newest members and to offer some much needed love and support to the new parents. Contact Julie Garrett.

Coming this Fall—24/7 Prayer Room
As our church begins its new direction this Fall, we are challenging you all to come and pray for 40 days. Beginning 6 PM, September 10th, we will have someone praying in the church every hour and every day until 6 PM October 20th. Stay tuned for details on how to sign up and be a part of this massive commitment to prayer.
Come and spend time with your Heavenly Father.

The 40 day 24/7 prayer room is in need of items.
Art supplies: Pens, pencils, sharpies, colored pencils, crayons, post-its, etc. But no paint please. We will be going through a huge amount of these during the month so please be generous!

Pillows: We have 5 stations that need pillows to use for the seating, etc. Bean bag chairs would also be great.

Lamps: We need two sturdy standing lamps and a couple of table lamps.

CD Boom-box: We will return when the 40 days are over.

James Kearny