NO Group Tomorrow night!!

Just a reminder that we do not have small group tomorrow night! We won't be meeting for the next three Sundays because of the holidays! Just a reminder that there is a high school party at The Burnett's house this Monday, December 21st from 7-9. Here is there address in case you need to know how to get there.

4764 N Apopka Vineland Rd Apopka, FL I hope to see you all there! Have a great week and Merry Christmas!!

White Elephant Tomorrow night!

Hey Guys!

Sorry for the lateness of this post. Just wanted to remind you that tomorrow will be our last meeting of the year! It will be a white elephant party, so remember to bring your white elephant gift and any snacks or drinks you guys might want. See you there!

Small Group tomorrow night!

Hey Guys!

We are having small group tomorrow night at the Scheer's! We will be reading through Matthew 10 (Not 9), so remember to read and bring your bible! See you tomorrow night!

Hang out time Sunday

Hey Guys and Gals!

I hope you are having great week. Just wanted to let you know that we will just be hanging out at the Scheer's on Sunday night. Feel free to come by around 6 and watch some football or hang out and play some games. You guys can bring some Sodas and snacks if you would like. We hope to see you all there! Have a great weekend!

Matthew 5

Hey Guys and Gals!

Sorry this is coming out so late to you, but I hope you all have had a great week so far. I wanted to start out with a few announcements before I talk about Matthew 5.

Fall Family Festival is TONIGHT!! The festivities start around 6 and there will be plenty of games and food for you to enjoy. If you are able to come, you should help Matt sell some pizza pie tonight!

If you were not at REVERB on Wednesday, we started a new series called "When the Darkness Falls." Mitch kicked the series out by talking about Depression, what it is and what it is not and how even some of the strongest men in the bible struggled with depression. We will continue the next few weeks talking about cutting and suicide. I strongly encourage you to attend if you haven't and remember that if any of you are struggling with these things: Myself, Bill, Letty, Matt and any of the sponsors are here for you and will help you through this.

Lastly, we will be meeting This Sunday at 5:00 at the CHURCH! This is a change from what we first discussed last Sunday, but Bill and I thought it would be better for the discussion if we were here and didn't have to rush through the discussion, since Matthew 5 had a lot of good stuff in it.

I wanted to leave with an excerpt from Thomas Merton, a trappist monk, about what it means to love your enemy. I'll try to have the entire chapter for you on Sunday. It is from his book "New seeds of Contemplation"

Do not think that you can show your love for Christ by hating those who seem to be his enemy on earth. Suppose they really do hate Him: Nevertheless He loves them, and you cannot be united with Him unless you love them too. If you hate the enemies of the church instead of loving them, you too will run the risk of becoming an enemy of the Church, and of Christ, for He said: "Love your enemies," and He also said: "He that is not with me is against me." Therefore if you do not side with Christ by loving those He loves, you are against him.

See you all on Sunday!

Questions for this week

Here are the questions for this week's small group:

1. Are regretting and repenting the same thing? Explain.

2. How was John the Baptist, about whom we read in the New Testament, the last of the Old Testament prophets?

3. What was the purpose of John's baptism?

4. Why was Jesus baptized?

5. Why was Jesus tempted?

6. How was Jesus temptation like ours?

7. What can we learn about temptation from Jesus experience?

8. Why did Jesus perform miracles of healing?

9. Why did Jesus choose so many fishermen to be His disciples?

10. How can we show and tell people that Jesus is the Son of God and the King?

Those are the questions. Don't forget we start at 6 and DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR BIBLES!! Thank you.

NO SMALL GROUP NEXT SUNDAY!! (10/18)

Hey Everybody! We will not have small group this Sunday, October 18th! We will meet the following week to talk about Matthew 3 and 4.

Prayer Request 10/11

Hey guys, here are the prayer requests from group.

Josh- back is hurting

Annadea- For her Dad in general

Austin- Safety for his Dad's flight tomorrow (10/12)

Allison Kitzman- Grandmother in town this week

Rachel Smith- Dad out of work, trying to decide the next step after they sell their house.

Thanks Guys and gals! Let me know if you have anymore prayer requests! Either on here or on my facebook. Have a great week!

Welcome to the blog!

Welcome to our small group blog! Check here for updates and also questions for the week to come! We will also let you know about events coming up for Reverb and our small group. A few things to keep in mind for the coming month.

Fall Family Festival will be Friday, October 30th at Journey. We strongly encourage you to attend and volunteer if you are able to. Check the connection center on Sunday Morning if you are interested.

We are reading Matthew 1 and 2 for this week. Remember that the first half of the alphabet takes the first 5 questions and the last half take the last 5 questions. We look forward to seeing you all on Sunday!!