The Chronicles of Melinda

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. (Proverbs 26:20)
There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, but joy for those who promote peace. (Proverbs 12:20)

Pretty simple.  If you don’t fuel the fire, the gossip, the drama…it will die out on its own!  Some people like to stir things up.  But when the stirring stops…so does all the turmoil that comes with it.

Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt^[ water flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

Yeah - think about it.  I don’t need or have to say a lot to say on this.  But I used an example of something that happened with youth to drive this point.  If we spend as much time  and energy using our tongue to Praise God and spread his word and share how great he is with our friends and loved ones who are unchurched as we do to spread rumors…oh what a difference we could make for the Kingdom of God!  Nuff said!

NHC is on the HOT series. Pastor Dave has been laying the smack down on Marriage and this weekend…Dave said that he is going to talk about theS word. 

And this is just one of the many reasons that we parents need to work on putting our kids in the appropriate environment at NHC this weekend as Dave discussed in this blog post.  A mature conversation about the S word and spicing up your marriage…is not one for your kids to hear.

So we’ve got these awesome environments at NHC designed JUST for your kids so they can have their own awesome experiences at NHC.  But you also need to know that it’s key that you as the parent are attentive to where your kids can be and when at NHC.

So here’s the deal!  Got a Uhaambo aged kid…(4th grade and under) - - - well you can come to any service of the weekend and they are coverred.  But if you’ve got a Club 56′er you need to know that their service is available on Saturday night (6:30PM) and- FIRST SERVICE ONLY (9:30AM) on Sunday.

There is no CLUB 56 available during second service on Sunday right now.  Second Sunday service is currently when the SPIKED service is taking place (Grades 7-12).

So plan accordingly.  If you have a Club 56er and you show up during second service on Sunday….well they’ve got no place to go for their own service. BUT…they can serve during that service.  So get with the YPM Adam Cook and he will put you through the appropriate channels to get your 56er serving during 2nd service.  For example, my 56er loves little kids…so she serves with the smaller kids downstairs while I am serving in SPIKED. Not so sure I want her in the main auditorium listening to Dave talk about making your marriage and the Sex in it…HOT and since she’ll get her 56 service at 9:30AM she’s Serving for the 11:30AM. 

So if you have a 56′er and you haven’t made the change yet that will put them in the appropriate place during service…this is as good a weekend as any. Either that - or come see us in upstairs to get them plugged in to SERVE.

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