The Ignite ministry is having a meeting to plan for the year 2008. We need fresh ideas for activities, events, talks and any other suggestions to make this a year of fellowship, fun and spiritual growth.
So if you want to be involved with the planning, please come along this Sunday (20/01/08). We are meeting after the service (11:30am) in the church house.
See you there! Looking forward to the fellowship and serving together in 2008.
At the start of a new year, you may be looking for resources for daily devotions. Apart from the popular ones that you can get from Christian bookstores, you may also want to check out some online resources below. Some of these are online versions of what's already in print.
Crosswalk has quite a good selection of devotionals that you can choose based on author, type and area. It includes classics like Streams in the Desert and Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening as well as devotions suitable for couples and women.
These are some good ones not on the Crosswalk list.
Daily Bread by Scripture Union
Our Daily Bread by RBC Ministries
Upper Room by Upper Room Ministries
My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chamber
If you haven't yet read through the whole bible, you can follow this guide to read the bible in a year in the approach that you prefer: chronological, historical, old and new testament together, beginning to end or blended.
It seems there is no issue hotter than global warming at the moment. No matter where we turn, the message is loud and clear: we have made a mess of this planet and we are doomed, unless we do something about it! So these days, it's all about reducing carbon emissions and energy-saving. It is true that we should look after the earth, since it is our home. Besides, it is God's (since He made it) and we should be good stewards of it!
But how are we supposed to do that effectively? Is it enough to use energy-saving light bulbs and appliances, plant more trees, drive a Toyota Prius and plug into green energy?
Well, it's not, according to some 'people in the know'. What they suggest is that you should reduce the amount of children you plan to have to just one! Or have none at all, since children are evil carbon emitters. If you choose to have lots of kids anyway, you should pay a tax per child, to cover the cost of offsetting their carbon emissions. Better yet, maybe we should kill off a large chunk of the world's human population, so the planet can once again return to a healthy, green state.
These are no jokes! They are some people's serious suggestions, of how we can save this planet from its biggest threat... us! According to this twisted worldview, it would be just fine if we all died out, leaving the animals to enjoy this planet without us.
Read more about this madness in these two great articles:
Human-Hating Humanitarians
The Global Warming Suicide Cult
Worship Together has launched a new radio show online. This week's show features the No.1 song on the chart from a new band as well as other popular songs.
What's more interesting is to learn about the stories and songs that started the era of Modern Christian worship.
