Biggest Loser series coming soon!

Yesterday was an awesome day!  I love it when we have a baptism as part of the service!  I look forward to the days where we are having them every week!

 

Well, we have finished up with our series on Praying Like Jesus and if you missed one of the sermons, you can always go to our church website and listen to them there.  Starting this week we will be kicking off our series, The BIGGEST Loser.  For the next 4 weeks we will be diving into 4 different parables about the end times that Jesus used which all have one thing in common: each had a biggest loser.  Here is a brief outline of what to expect for the month of May.  I would encourage you to read ahead on these parables.

 

Matthew 25:1-13 – Parable of the Ten Virgins

Luke 12:16-21 – Parable of the Rich Fool

Matthew 25:31-46 – Parable of the Sheep and the Goats

Luke 16:19-31 – Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

 

As I briefly mentioned this past Sunday, this series has 2 parts.  The first part is the serious side of this series as I believe each of us will be challenged over the next month to examine ourselves.  I pray that God will speak to each one of us and reveal the areas of our lives that don’t align to the life he has called us to and that we will have the courage to obediently follow Jesus Christ with our whole hearts and not just with parts of it.  The second aspect of this series is a fun side.  The reality television show “The Biggest Loser” is a weight loss competition among a number of individuals in which they work toward and celebrate the shedding of extra pounds.  Our challenge will not be nearly as organized as the TV show, but I do want to offer a friendly competition to anyone who would like to participate.  Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to lose or shed those extra pounds.  We will have an official weigh in this coming Sunday (May 5^th) before and after service for anyone who wants to join in.  Then, over the month of May, you are to work out, eat healthy, and support others who have signed up.  At the end of the challenge (May 26^th), those participating will once again weigh in, and I’ll be giving away an award for to the person who can lose the highest percentage of body weight.

 

Everyone is invited to join in.  You do not have to be overweight to participate.  This is a friendly competition, and we want to encourage one another through it.  If you have a local gym you go to… great.  If you like to jog… awesome. 

 

Ladies, Asia and I have invited a friend of ours (Kelly) to come lead Zumba here at the church (in the gym) each Saturday, starting this weekend (May 4^th) from 9:30am-11am.  Zumba is a form of aerobics that hit the scene in 2001 and is now the world’s largest organized fitness program.  In case you are worried, let me assure you that the movements and music will be appropriate.  With Zumba being such a popular event, I encourage you to invite a friend to come and join in with you.  And don’t forget to invite them to church as well.