Sonic 6-23-13

Sonic Audio for June 23, 2013

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John 3:1-8

New Living Translation (NLT)

3 There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. ² After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”

³ Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

⁴ “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

⁵ Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. ⁶ Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. ⁷ So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ ⁸ The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

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Sonic 5-26-13

Sonic Audio for May 26, 2013

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Matthew 7:24-27

New Living Translation (NLT)

²⁴ “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.²⁵ Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. ²⁶ But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. ²⁷ When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

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Sonic 5-12-13

Sonic Audio for May 12, 2013

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Acts 2:42-47

New Living Translation (NLT)

The Believers Form a Community

⁴² All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper^[a]), and to prayer.

⁴³ A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders.⁴⁴ And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. ⁴⁵ They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. ⁴⁶ They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity^[b]— ⁴⁷ all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.

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Sonic 5-5-13

Sonic Audio for May 5, 2013

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John 13:33-35

New Living Translation (NLT)

³³ Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going. ³⁴ So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. ³⁵ Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

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30 Hour Famine 2013

Here we are in the midst of the Famine. 

There are almost thirty people involved this weekend with a mix of middle school students, high school students, and leaders young and old. We've been at it for twenty-three hours so far and we wanted to let you know some of what we've been up to.

Last night we split the 30 Hour Famine team into two groups. A team of eight students headed off to Fred Meyer. We assigned each team members different items to buy to make care kits for the HOME ministry homeless guys staying our church this month. We purchased tooth brushes and toothpaste, razers and shaving cream, socks, chapstick, deodorant, and bar soap for each guy. We had to manage a budget, find all the items, and when we had conquered the shopping we came back to church to build the kits. It took us a half an hour to build the kids with our highly efficient assembly line. ANd then we wrote letters to each of the guys in the program who would get a kit. We included bible verses in each letter and talked about why those verses had been meaningful for us and our hope they would find encouragement in them.

The other half of us stayed here at church and made and served dinner for the HOME ministry guys. We made pork roast, garlic mashed potatoes, gravy, and lovely veggies. The best part was for dsessert when we served ooey, gooey brownies. After we served dinner, we helped pack up sandwich lunches for each of the guys. And then we got to hang out and spend time with them in conversation. Many of our students were able to relaize that homelessness effects people from all walks of life and learn that circumstances don't have to remove your ability to hope.

Today we are spending the morning working on projects to spread awareness of GOd's love for everyone, especially those who are overlooked and ignored. Projects like this blog post =)  Also we have team members making memes, videos, facebook posts, murals, and pictures that can help us spread the word.

Later today we get to worship with the Nepali Speaking church that meets here and is partnering with KCC in ministry. And celebrate communion together. And eat breakfast for dinner. It's going to be so good!

Sonic 3-24-13

Sonic Audio for March 24, 2013

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John 14:23-27

New Living Translation (NLT)

²³ Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them. ²⁴ Anyone who doesn’t love me will not obey me. And remember, my words are not my own. What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me. ²⁵ I am telling you these things now while I am still with you. ²⁶ But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.
²⁷ “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.

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Sonic 3-10-13

Sonic Audio for March 10, 2013

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Luke 4:14-21

New Living Translation (NLT)

¹⁴ Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region. ¹⁵ He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.

¹⁶ When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures. ¹⁷ The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written:

¹⁸ “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
    that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
¹⁹     and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.^[a]”

²⁰ He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently. ²¹ Then he began to speak to them. “The Scripture you’ve just heard has been fulfilled this very day!”

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Sonic 2-24-13

Sonic Audio for February 24, 2013

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Mark 12:28-34

New Living Translation (NLT)

The Most Important Commandment

²⁸ One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the debate. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

²⁹ Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. ³⁰ And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’^[a]31 The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b] No other commandment is greater than these.”
³² The teacher of religious law replied, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth by saying that there is only one God and no other. ³³ And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbor as myself. This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law.”
³⁴ Realizing how much the man understood, Jesus said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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Student Ministries Events from Now Till Spring

If you want to see a listing of all the high school and middle school events coming up in the next few months then this is the post for you. Follow this post past the jump and you'll find all you could want and then some.

Woohoo! Student Ministries Update!!!

We are zooming along at a million miles an hour over here in KCC Student Ministries. We have had so much spiritual growth, so many memorable moments, and amazingly exciting events. And we’re not done yet. In this letter we want to share with you our calendar, update you on our student ministry foci of late (yeah, I just said foci), share a bit from the SMT, and invite you to lunch.

Lunch Invitation, Feb 24^th 12:30-1:30
We want to invite anyone who’s up for it to join us for an informal lunch on Feb 24^th after second service. If reading letters and blogs aren’t your style, you have some questions you’d like to ask, or you just like getting together with cool people then drop on by the Fireside Room on Sunday, Feb 24^th. We’ll have Jeff, Ruby, a few Student Ministry Team members, homemade soup, and you join forces for a time of updates and conversation.

Cool Things We’re Seeing
So we have some incredible folks at Student Ministries and I’m not just talking about the adult volunteers, our student leaders and students who just step up and lead amaze me.  I see our kids living Gods word and taking active roles in throughout the church every week: We have high school students who plan and lead youth worship,  student volunteers assist the Middle School Primetime and PDR programs, Middle School students are practicing “telling their faith stories”, and a number of students regularly help out with the Preschool and Elementary kids.   And to top it all off we’re seeing some new faces!  The students are spreading the Word and it is good. 

Student Ministry Team Invite
Our students are doing amazing things but we need our parent volunteers to make all of the programs work.  Ruby estimates that close to 40 volunteers helped to make BLIZZARD happen, many hands made light work for everyone.  Thanks to everyone who helped, but we can’t stop there!  When you see all of the activities planned for this spring and summer just think of how much fun they will be, you can get in on the fun by volunteering.  Don’t worry about embarrassing your kids, they will love you more for being involved.  All of our programs and activities can use people; whether you like to be out interacting with the kids or behind the scenes planning, organizing or prepping we can use your skills for events or weekly programs.  We also have spots on the Student Ministries Team if you like to help by looking at the big picture, we only meet once a month and it’s a great way to help Jeff and Ruby plan great things for our kids.   If you want to volunteer in any way just ask!