LAGBC
  Issue 284                               
                              September 24, 2014 
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Words from God = Prophecy

In our Tour of 1 Corinthians, we continued a conversation on tongues (first part of the chapter) but mostly centered on prophecy toward the latter parts of the chapter.   

 

One of the biggest take-a-ways was the following synopsis of 1 Corinthians 14:
When you are in a group, what you do in the group needs to benefit the group!    

 

Pastor Phil tackled defining prophecy and landed on the following: Words from God = prophecy. This rather wide definition help understand how God works in this time in a variety of ways.    

  

We tend to think of prophecy as 1) Future telling (which is the case some of the time),  2) a clear message starting with "Thus saith the Lord".... (which God can do) or 3) Forth telling -- putting God's truth forth.   When we look at those more closely, they are all facets of words from God. 

 

God is not adding information to the Bible, yet God is a relational God who is interacting with His people.  In this time, He uses His people to share His messages in addition to His Written Word. He uses people who are His, to communicate what He wants! He is the Head and we are the Body!    

 

We see this practically in verse 29 where two or three of those with a message (prophets) should share.  And beyond that, we see Paul instructing the Corinthians to weigh carefully what was being said in their times together...because Paul assumed that sometimes it would be wrong!   

 

Prophets didn't get stoned in the New Testament for being wrong like their Old Testament colleagues did. Instead, it seems that since God is giving messages, he wants it to come to us in a format we can understand --from other people He loves!

 

Lets pursue the gift of speaking God's words! Prophesying!  

 

Listen to Pastor Phil's prophecy

Also worth your time from our Tour of 1 Corinthians, is

Talk on Tongues from 1 Corinthians 14 by Pastor Phil  

IMPORTANT NEWS

 
Mission: Mexico

Thanks to the generosity of our church family, we received enough donations for the Spanish Bibles!  THANK YOU!  

 

Please Donate toward scholarships for some of  our team of 32 people to go!    

 

If you want to give Bibles,  Order more Pew Bibles for @LosAltosGrace then bring them in the office!   

Rummage Sale Saturday!

Support our School... You can donate items to be sold late this week. We also need help during the event. Call the School office for details!

Shop here Saturday!  From 8am - 1pm
Find your treasures for cheap! All the proceeds go to support Los Altos Brethren School!


Basic Christian Beliefs Class

Our new Sunday Bible Class is off to a good start. This class is a Bible-centered look at Basic Christian Beliefs taught by a variety of leaders in our church family: 

 

9/28  What the Bible says about. . . the Holy Spirit. --Ernie Pyle  

10/5  What the Bible says about. . .people.  --  Haley Helfer   

 

See more about the Class & NOTES >
September Newsletter Online

Great stuff in this month's enewsletter:
  1. Evangelism Is Not A Gift-Ed Waken 
  2. Host a Japanese Student 

  3. LAGBC Mortgage Debt Retirement 

  4. Update from the Kinjos

  5. Mexico Mission Trip
  6. Bashores
  7. Patty's Praises
  8. LABS Rummage Sale

Get your copy online > Download now! 

Make Your Hood Good- Myth #3:
 
"I don't know their language, so I can't have a relationship with them."

Check out this article >
 

Host Japanese Students This Fall

We have a golden opportunity to share the love of Christ with the Japanese in our own homes!  Compass USA has been bringing students from the Osaka, Japan area for the last 8 years.  This year 100+ middle school students are visiting America. Their stay in the Long Beach area is from 10/30-11/3, Thurs-Mon.
CSULB visits Precious Lamb

We had a special visit from the CSULB Women's Basketball Team at Precious Lamb Preschool.  The ladies and our kids had a great time playing in the sandbox, shooting baskets, and chasing each other around the playground. What an amazing group of ladies.  

Attend a CSULB Women's Basketball GameAnd Support Precious Lamb ~
Wednesday, December 3rd    

More Details Online >   

   
The Real Water Crisis


 
Water For GOOD

 Our mission partners at Water For Good are making a huge difference in Central Africa!  Your offerings directed toward the ministry are making a huge difference!

District Women's Retreat
 
Save The Date:  Nov. 7-9    
SoCal Grace Brethren District Women's Retreat @ Calvary Chapel Conference Center 

Murrieta, California

 

Middle School Ministry

Our great ministry called "Fearless," has started back up again for all middle schoolers on Tuesday nights and Sunday mornings.

Choir Openings:  Internal Job Announcement Search Reopened!

Positions Open:  Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass.  Others need not apply.
Hours:  Wed. night rehearsal from 7-8pm and Sunday morning warm up & performances.                                                    Contact Carleda Hutton if you are interested! 
Bashore's
We're in the holding pattern. I think I mentioned before how this feels like a sifting season; a lot of it is comprised of just waiting to watch God do a miracle...  Read more >

 
Tutapona Coffee Still for Sale!

Great Ugandian Shade-grown Coffee from our mission partners at Tutapona is still in our office.  Only $10 a bag!  Great deal for some great coffee!  Stop by the church office and get yours...on Sundays or anyday! 

 

If you have taken a bag with the intention to pay, and haven't cared for that yet, please make it right!  

September Update from Mike Jentes

Our own Mike Jentes, circulated his missions e-newsletter for September and you can read the scoop online

"Mindi and I meeting with ethnic leaders from SoCal! On Saturday, August 30 we had a little gathering of leaders from Cambodia and Latin America for a little breakfast get together..."
 

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