October 10

Cool!!  I just realized that this date will be 10/10 of '10.  How fun!

The lunch theme this week will be Soup and Sandwiches, since it is Fall and all.  I tried to think of something that would relate to 10 but...epic fail. :)

In the sidebar on the right of the blog you will see calendar pages.  You can click there to see the days we are scheduled to meet for home group and the lunch theme for the week.

This week the adults will be taking a journey of sorts to Israel.  Gezer, to be more precise.  The study this week will reveal the connection between Gezer's strategic location and God's plan for Israel.   The study of this land brings a better understanding of  the land that God set apart for his chosen people and the lessons we can glean from that as we live our lives in the here and now.  Here is an excerpt from the study guide:

"The life of faith is not a vague, otherwordly experience.  Rather, it is being faithful to God right now, in the place and time in which he has put us.  This truth is emphasized by God's choice of Canaan, a crossroads of the ancient world, as the Promised Land in which the Israelites were to live.  Our mission as Christians today is the same one God gave to the Israelites when they possessed the Promised Land, and the same one Jesus gave to his disciples.  We are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our might, and to love our neighbors as ourselves so that through us the world may know that our God is the one true God."

Amen and amen.

Hope to see everyone Sunday!!