1. OPPORTUNITIES

YOUTH SERVICE THIS SUNDAY! WOOHOO! You guys are leading the morning worship service and will share your Daytona experiences. We’ll need the usual jobs too like greeters, ushers, prayer folks, etc. For those of you who went on the mission trip, you need to have a 1-2 minute talk prepared about your mission trip experience. You can share about the music, Louie, the sunrise service, your work project, or whatever – just remember to keep it God focused and how you grew in your faith. Everyone needs to be there at 9am for breakfast!

ADIOS SUMMER JAM IS THIS SUNDAY!!! We are gonna party hard from 6-8:30pm!!! Worship music, messy games, mexican food, prizes, and the debut of the music videos! You will not want to miss this! Did I mention messy games? YOU WILL NEED TO BRING A CHANGE OF OLD CLOTHES WITH YOU FOR THE “SLOPSTACLE COURSE!”

Fifth Quarter is coming up THIS Friday August 28th from 10-11:30pm. There’s the usual games, rock band, xbox360, Wii, and food. This year will be a little more structured though with a devotion the last 10-15 minutes. Come check it out and bring some friends!

August Birthdays
Blake Goodall – 8/3
Kim Robinson – 8/5
Emily Robinson – 8/5
Matt Jarvis – 8/18

On the HorizonEVERY SUNDAY: The Big Tater Morning Show (SS) 9:45am and Worship 11:00am
EVERY WEDNESDAY: SOW Service (modern worship) 6:45pm
THIS Friday August 28th: Fifth Quarter 10:00-11:30pm
THIS Sunday August 30th: Youth Sunday Service 11:00am
THIS Sunday August 30th: Adios to Summer Rally 6:00-8:00pm
Friday September 11th: Fifth Quarter 10:00-11:30pm
Saturday September 12th: Italian Festival for Nitro Mission Team
Friday September 25th: Fifth Quarter 10:00-11:30pm

Peace – Bryan - 546-9317 or 769-0208 brybrybc@aol.com

2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

Why We Sin: Suffering v. Glory: No Contest
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." (Romans 1:18)

Everybody suffers. Or hurts. Or struggles. You can use whatever word you want, but the experience of pain -- physical and emotional -- is universal.

Jesus suffered for our sins on the cross, but He also suffered through all the painful parts of living a regular human life -- just as we do.

Does the fact that everybody suffers in life make it okay? Does the fact that death and mourning and sorrow and pain are normal make that okay? We're going to see this week that it does not.

Here's the deal, though: As great as the pain of this life is, it won't even be worth talking about once you step over the threshold of heaven and take your place there as a child of the King. The glory of that eternal moment, we're promised, will make the enormous pain of this short life meaningless by comparison.

Think: Do you tend to think of hard times in this life as normal? What do you imagine the glory of living for eternity as a child of God will be like?

Pray: Thank God that your current sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory to be revealed in you as God's child.

Do: Read Colossians 3:1-4 and try to practice it today.

A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.

3. SURF REPORT

- Bandslam Review
http://www.planetwisdom.com/movies/bandslam.php

- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Review
http://www.planetwisdom.com/movies/gijoe.php

4. FORGETTABLE FACT

The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.

5. POTENT QUOTABLES

You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
—George Bernard Shaw

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
— Thomas Fuller, M.D.

6. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

Q: What do you get if you cross an elephant and a kangaroo?
A: Big holes all over Australia!