SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2024
TWO WORDS THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING: BACKWARDS THINKING
~ SERVICE ORDER ~
FIREWORK
WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN
MESSAGE
YOU SAY
WHO YOU SAY I AM
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING
GREAT THINGS
~ QUICK UPDATES ~
TMP AGM TODAY
TODAY at 12:30pm at Beban Park Social Centre (2300 Bowen Rd.), come catch the vision and help shape the future, hear from some of the staff, and if you’re a partner over the age of 16, you can vote on the budget and the incoming leadership team. More info online here. Everyone is welcome to attend!
ROUTE 55 RETRO 70'S PARTY
Route 55 (TMP's 50+ social group) is having a retro '70’s party on Friday, October 25th at 6:30pm! Dress in '70’s garb, and bring a '70’s appy or dessert to share. We may even play a popular game from the '70’s. It's all happening at Sylvia C.'s home in the Westwood Lake area. Please RSVP by this Wednesday, October 23rd at the info table or online here.
TMP CLASS 2
TMP Class 2 is all about the essential habits that are important in helping us follow Jesus better. We’ll help you develop your spiritual maturity as we look at things like spending daily time in the Bible, and how to pray and talk with God. Sign up for Class 2 here by Wed., Nov. 6 (it’s free just like all our classes) and let the adventure begin!
WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY
Join us on Tuesday mornings at 10am in north Nanaimo as we learn from the Old Testament book of Daniel. Are you new to studying the Bible? That's ok, we'll do it together. Email admin@themeetingplace.org for more info.
TUESDAY MEN'S GROUP
Come hang out with us for an hour every Tuesday morning from 7-8am. Right now we're meeting on Zoom. Email men@themeetingplace.org to get the link. Can’t make it every week? That’s ok, join us when you can.
TMP CARE TEAM
When you, or someone you know are in need of practical, spiritual, or emotional help, please reach out to the TMP Care Team by emailing support@themeetingplace.org or by filling out the form online.
HELP WANTED
The City Youth could use your help in an unexpected way--dinner for the teens attending Bible study and/or snacks for the youth group as a whole. Email peter@themeetingplace.org for more details. If you're not scared off by early Sunday mornings, and you'd like to get your steps in for the day, our Setup Team can use your help as we turn the theatre into a church. This behind-the-scenes team is a critically important one. If you'd like more details, check at the info table or email us at admin@themeetingplace.org. Kidz Place could use your help! Hang out with kids (play games, do crafts, listen to stories and share snacks) one Sunday a month. Email russ@themeetingplace.org. If you've been around TMP for a while, you know we love a reason to party! Whether it's a BBQ, a Valentine's dessert & games afternoon or a chili contest, bringing people together to connect, laugh, and eat together is something we really enjoy. We're looking for more people to join our Events Team. If you're someone who enjoys planning parties and organizing events, stop by the info table in the lobby or email admin@themeetingplace.org
SUFFER FROM FOMO?
Do you have a Fear Of Missing Out on what's going on at TMP? Join our email update list--it's only one email per week, max, and it'll help keep you "in the know" around here. Sign up here.
DONATIONS RECEIVED
* The week of October 6, 2024 - $6,647.10
* The week of October 13, 2024 - $4,869.15
* Required weekly giving to meet budget - $6,903
Our Vision: to be people who are all about unleashing God's extravagant love on this city and around the world.
Our Mission is simple: to equip people to love God and love others - everyday, everywhere.
TODAY at 12:30pm at Beban Park Social Centre (2300 Bowen Rd.), come catch the vision and help shape the future, hear from some of the staff, and if you’re a partner over the age of 16, you can vote on the budget and the incoming leadership team. More info online here. Everyone is welcome to attend!
ROUTE 55 RETRO 70'S PARTY
Route 55 (TMP's 50+ social group) is having a retro '70’s party on Friday, October 25th at 6:30pm! Dress in '70’s garb, and bring a '70’s appy or dessert to share. We may even play a popular game from the '70’s. It's all happening at Sylvia C.'s home in the Westwood Lake area. Please RSVP by this Wednesday, October 23rd at the info table or online here.
TMP CLASS 2
TMP Class 2 is all about the essential habits that are important in helping us follow Jesus better. We’ll help you develop your spiritual maturity as we look at things like spending daily time in the Bible, and how to pray and talk with God. Sign up for Class 2 here by Wed., Nov. 6 (it’s free just like all our classes) and let the adventure begin!
WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY
Join us on Tuesday mornings at 10am in north Nanaimo as we learn from the Old Testament book of Daniel. Are you new to studying the Bible? That's ok, we'll do it together. Email admin@themeetingplace.org for more info.
TUESDAY MEN'S GROUP
Come hang out with us for an hour every Tuesday morning from 7-8am. Right now we're meeting on Zoom. Email men@themeetingplace.org to get the link. Can’t make it every week? That’s ok, join us when you can.
TMP CARE TEAM
When you, or someone you know are in need of practical, spiritual, or emotional help, please reach out to the TMP Care Team by emailing support@themeetingplace.org or by filling out the form online.
HELP WANTED
The City Youth could use your help in an unexpected way--dinner for the teens attending Bible study and/or snacks for the youth group as a whole. Email peter@themeetingplace.org for more details. If you're not scared off by early Sunday mornings, and you'd like to get your steps in for the day, our Setup Team can use your help as we turn the theatre into a church. This behind-the-scenes team is a critically important one. If you'd like more details, check at the info table or email us at admin@themeetingplace.org. Kidz Place could use your help! Hang out with kids (play games, do crafts, listen to stories and share snacks) one Sunday a month. Email russ@themeetingplace.org. If you've been around TMP for a while, you know we love a reason to party! Whether it's a BBQ, a Valentine's dessert & games afternoon or a chili contest, bringing people together to connect, laugh, and eat together is something we really enjoy. We're looking for more people to join our Events Team. If you're someone who enjoys planning parties and organizing events, stop by the info table in the lobby or email admin@themeetingplace.org
SUFFER FROM FOMO?
Do you have a Fear Of Missing Out on what's going on at TMP? Join our email update list--it's only one email per week, max, and it'll help keep you "in the know" around here. Sign up here.
DONATIONS RECEIVED
* The week of October 6, 2024 - $6,647.10
* The week of October 13, 2024 - $4,869.15
* Required weekly giving to meet budget - $6,903
Our Vision: to be people who are all about unleashing God's extravagant love on this city and around the world.
Our Mission is simple: to equip people to love God and love others - everyday, everywhere.
~ FROM THE MESSAGE ~
It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. - James 3:5
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. - 1 Corinthians 1:26
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things - and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are… - 1 Corinthians 1:27-28
The Philistines now mustered their army for battle...Saul (the King of Israel) countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah. So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them. Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine feet tall! He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds. He also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder. The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds. - 1 Samuel 17:1-7
“This day I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.” On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified. 1 Samuel 17:10-11
“Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!” “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.” - 1 Samuel 17:32-33
“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” Judges 6:15
“There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.” So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.” Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink. Judges 7:4-6
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are so that no one may boast before him. - 1 Corinthians 1:26-29
Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.” - 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 (MSG)
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. - 1 Corinthians 1:26
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things - and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are… - 1 Corinthians 1:27-28
The Philistines now mustered their army for battle...Saul (the King of Israel) countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah. So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them. Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine feet tall! He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds. He also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder. The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds. - 1 Samuel 17:1-7
“This day I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.” On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified. 1 Samuel 17:10-11
“Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!” “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.” - 1 Samuel 17:32-33
“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” Judges 6:15
“There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.” So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.” Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink. Judges 7:4-6
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are so that no one may boast before him. - 1 Corinthians 1:26-29
Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.” - 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 (MSG)
~ COFFEE QUESTIONS ~
1. What is something you had an opportunity to do, but you didn’t do it, and now you regret not doing it?
2. Read 1 Corinthians 1:26. How do these words challenge our culture’s notions of success, intelligence, or prestige? How do these verses speak to feelings of inadequacy or unworthiness?
3. Read 1 Corinthians 1:26-28. Have you experienced times when you felt “foolish” or “weak” but saw God work powerfully through you? How do these verses encourage you to trust in God’s strength rather than your own abilities?
4. Garry shared the stories of David (1 Samuel 17), Gideon (Judges 6-7), Rahab (Joshua 2), and Jesus’ disciples (Matthew 25/Acts) which are just some of the stories found in the Bible that demonstrate how God often chooses to work through the weak, the marginalised, and the seemingly unqualified to achieve great things. In what ways do these stories encourage and challenge you?
5. Garry suggested that ‘God’s not looking for your strength, he’s looking for your availability and your willingness to trust him.’ What do you think about that statement?
If you haven’t already, sign up for Class 2 which is happening Sunday November 10.
2. Read 1 Corinthians 1:26. How do these words challenge our culture’s notions of success, intelligence, or prestige? How do these verses speak to feelings of inadequacy or unworthiness?
3. Read 1 Corinthians 1:26-28. Have you experienced times when you felt “foolish” or “weak” but saw God work powerfully through you? How do these verses encourage you to trust in God’s strength rather than your own abilities?
4. Garry shared the stories of David (1 Samuel 17), Gideon (Judges 6-7), Rahab (Joshua 2), and Jesus’ disciples (Matthew 25/Acts) which are just some of the stories found in the Bible that demonstrate how God often chooses to work through the weak, the marginalised, and the seemingly unqualified to achieve great things. In what ways do these stories encourage and challenge you?
5. Garry suggested that ‘God’s not looking for your strength, he’s looking for your availability and your willingness to trust him.’ What do you think about that statement?
If you haven’t already, sign up for Class 2 which is happening Sunday November 10.