Hope for Haiti Worship Gathering

Hello everyone, I wanted to make sure that you are all aware of this opportunity to reach out as a group from the Fresno/Clovis area to the people of Haiti. *Attending this event is totally Free and it is open to everyone.

Date:
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Time:
6:35pm - 10:35pm
Location:
People's Church, Ground Zero
Street:
7172 North Cedar Avenue

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Threshold College Group, The Way Campus Community, The Quest Church, Northpark Community Church present:

Hope For Haiti is our humble effort to make a difference for the people of Haiti, who have suffered the dual disasters of long term extreme poverty and now a devastating earthquake which has killed up to 200,000 and left a million displaced or homeless.

We will be raising money for Convoy of Hope, an organization that was already on the ground prior to the quake providing services for thousands of Haitians. 100% of every dollar we collect in donations and for baked goods/snacks will go to help Haiti.

Also, we are partnering with ONE.org, World Vision, Christ in Action, MMI and others to provide further opportunities for action and commitment to some of the world's poorest people. We recognize that more than emergency relief is needed. Development, infrastructure, education and accountability will all be essential for justice, peace and restoration.

Because the God we worship cares intimately for the Poor, the Outcast and the Marginalized, we cannot worship him without caring for and even fighting for the poor. Let's put our worship into action and let's make a difference for the people of Haiti. When we do that, we are truly a light for the world, a city on a hill that points towards God's mercy, compassion and justice.


*Please follow this link for more info or to RSVP to this event.
Hope for Haiti Worship Gathering

Book study done

We have finished our book study now and we are going to be gathering all of the questions and answers and bundling them into a pdf document that can be used as a resource guide for this book. Look for this in the next few weeks.

Going through this book was great. Don created a great atmosphere for looking into the idea of our separation from God at into the fall of humanity and how it affects our perspective of God in the way we live out various areas of our lives. His approach to these ideas is very interesting and draws you into the very basis of our faith.

Last week through "Searching for God knows what"

This Friday will be the last meeting for the book "Searching for God knows what". This has been an amazing study. Don has really laid out a lot of questions concerning our identity and where we get our worth and affirmation from. He has used many experiences to create pictures of how he has navigated through many of the same situations and feelings himself.
One of my favorite things about the book is Don's continued use of stories. The way he uses emotion to tell of an attribute of God. It makes it much more interesting that way...rather than just listing out things about God.
If you have not read this book I would highly recommend it.

This past Friday

Well...we started our book study through Searching For God Knows What. We will be reading through the first 3 chapters this week and then discussing various topics from the study guide this coming Friday.

If you would like to join this study we would love to have you. We are doing "Bring your own fast-food dinner" every Friday while we have our discussion.

Click here for a map link.

NEW BOOK STUDY --starting Sept. 18th

We will begin a read/study through the book "Searching for God knows what". We are looking forward to reading this book together with you. We will also provide a study guide to accompany you as you read.

If you want to be part of this study but did not buy a book through us, purchase a book and join us Friday Sept. 18th 6:30PM for the first session of this study.

For more info: thestuartinitiative@gmail.

"Searching for God knows what" - Starting September 18th

We will begin our new study on a book called "Searching for God knows what". This will be a 6 week study in which we will read through sections of the book through the week and fill in answers in a study guide. Each meeting night of the week we will discuss as a group the concepts presented and questions we have about the material.

Books are $10.

Please signup for this class no later than August 30th.

If you would like to be part of this group, please contact us and we can fill you in more on the details.

thestuartinitiative@gmail.com

TSI latest...

We haven't posted for a while but we wanted to give an update on what the future plans are. We are going to be taking a break from the group for a few weeks till the end of Summer. In mid-September we are going to be starting a 4-6 week book study. Our book is "Searching for God knows what", by Donald Miller. We are going to read through this book pretty quickly together and will have discussion questions each week at the meeting. We will develop the questions from the accompanying study guide which we fill out through the week.

If you interested in joining this book study, please sign-up at the GPS table outside The Quest gathering on Sunday mornings. The deadline for book payment is Sunday, August 30th. We would love to have a lot people involved in this study because we believe that numerous perspectives on this book will be valuable to understanding it.

If you have any questions about this study, please email us thestuartinitiative@gmail.com.