Gearing up

Last night, a handful of our yoots got together after the Big Deal to script out the 2005 edition of the Spring Retreat promo video. If you missed last year's, it was a hoot! Amber and Nick starred (as the only two students who had been before) as a woman on the street reporter (Amber), and Nick picking up the roles of all the others (school bus driver, motivational speaker, hunter, skater, lunch lady, bum, and mail man). This year, our cast is a bit more diverse since we had a bigger group go than the year before. The group loves parodies so we're doing one of the most recent movie candidates running for cult-classic status. Napoleon Dynamite is basically a movie taking a snapshot of the everyday life of this kid named Napoleon. To anyone over the age of 20, it wouldn't seem to be worth the money to even rent because the movie really has no plot line. However, it connects with the craziness of youth culture, so it's here to stay. Look for it soon on the big screen in a local Berea Christian Church near you. (Fine print: JBC promotional video limited to Berea Christian Churches that have big screens. Limited to Berea Christian Churches in Brazil, IN only, and only the Brazil, IN's that appear in the 47834 zip code. Any likenesses, familiarities, and attempts to look and sound like the Napoleon Dynamite movie and characters there in are purely intentional. All rights reserved in non-smoking areas. )

Proverbs 24:8 says, "He who plots evil will be known as a schemer". I love the simplicity of the Proverbs. This basically means what Jesus says later on in Matthew 12:33 "...for a tree is known by its fruit". People will know us by our actions and words, what they see us doing and hear us saying. If you are plotting to do bad things, you will get an appropriate label. If you do good things, likewise, you'll receive a label that states who you are. The youth had to answer a question is our small group time last night at the Big Deal: If you were accused of being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you? I wish I would have thought of this Matthew verse last night, but I got it today. This verse is at the heart of this question. Can people tell that you are what you say you are? This is one of those questions that we need to ask ourselves everyday. Good or bad, we will be known by our fruit. What kind of tree are you?

Hey,
Saturday at 6 pm is People of Prayer.
3/18-19: Jr High Winter Retreat @ Camp Illiana, $18.
3/31-4/2: Sr. High Srping Retreat @ Johnson Bible College, $30+food & extras.

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