LAYING IT ALL ON THE LINE ( NO FEAR)

Mark 10:17-22 17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him

and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’[a]”

20 “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”

21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

22 At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

What are we afraid of

Mattew 17:20

20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed,you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

Luke 17:11

Luke 17:11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

.I believe in God and the Gospel of Christ enough to benefit from it.

Whats in it for me.

I Believe in God and Christ Gospel enough to contribute comfortably

Comfortable worship

Matthew 16:24-27

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

Galations 2:20

20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Phillipians 3:7-11 7 But whatever were gains to me I now

consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

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What appends when we believe in God and Christ's Gospel fully?

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Challenge Events Bible Reading Challenge Bulletin Board Challenge Daily Devotional Leadership Challenge Outreach Challenge Scripture Challenge Service Challenge Song Leading Challenge Teaching Challenge

Bible Reading Bible Reading

Challenge: Participants will read from either Old or New Testament, no paraphrase translations. Not less than one minute or more than two minutes, including introduction. Reading can be done in either English or Spanish.

Bulletin Board Challenge

Bulletin Board Challenge: Participants will decorate bulletin boards ahead of convention time.

Gold awarded for completing one bulletin board and assisting a teacher with another one.

Daily Devotional Daily Devotional:

Participants hold a daily devotional which includes Bible reading according to a plan. Will spend time also in prayer each day and keep a journal of prayer time. Gold medal awarded for holding devotional 60 days in a 63-day period, or 15 minutes per day 5 consecutive days for three months.

Leadership Challenge

Leadership Challenge: Limited to 9th-12th grade students. Students will lead younger LTC students by coaching or co-coaching team events. No more than three teens working together with one team. Recognition plate given for completion.

Outreach Challenge Outreach Challenge: Two

grades groups available. Choose from a list of available activities or projects. Gold is 6 projects for ages 3rd-6th grade, and 7 projects for 7th-12th grades. Projects include such things as: VBS, doorknocking campaigns, service on a mission trip, etc.

Scripture Challenge

Scripture Challenge: Participants memorize 100 Bible verses. For gold -- 3rd to 6th can recite verses in two sessions of 50 verses each. 7th - 12th recite all 100 verses in one setting. No paraphrases allowed.

Service Challenge

Service Challenge: Participants undertake projects that help the community. Some suggestions are: picking up trash in the community; writing letters to sick and shut-in; write letters to missionaries; free babysitting, etc. Gold is 12 projects for ages 7th - 12th (or 30 hours), and 10 projects for grades 3-6, or 20 hours.

Song Leading Challenge

Song Leading Challenge: Limited to 3rd-6th Grade Only. Participants choose one song from a pre-approved list. Song will be sung before local judges.

Teaching Challenge

Teaching Challenge: Individual event. Each participant helps a Bible Class teacher. Gold requires different totals based on grade level.

Convention Events

Art Bible Bowl Bible Reading Children's Book Chorus Drama Puppets Scrapbook Song leading Speech

Art ART -- Participants do an art project in one

of six categories: drawing, painting, multi-media, sculpting, computer generated art or photography. Art must reflect current year theme and come from one of five Bible passages: The burning bush, the 10 commandments, the golden calf, the bronze serpent, or Balaam's Donkey. Five grade levels available for this event. Art is completed ahead of time and turned in at convention for viewing. Only ONE art event per participant.

Bible Bowl

Bible Bowl -- ALL PARTICIPANTS GOING TO CONVENTION MUST COMPETE IN BIBLE BOWL. NO EXCEPTIONS. Teams will be assembled according to age groups. Each team consists of four participants

Bible Reading

Bible Reading -- Participant will choose a passage to read from a full translation. Entire presentation not less than one minute or more than two minutes. Five grade levels available for this event.

Children's Books Children's Book --

Participants will write a children's book about current theme. Can be fiction or non-fiction , any genre. Book must be illustrated: drawing, cartoons, computer generated or original photography. Can be a team event with one writing and one illustrating -- only two per team. Five grade levels available for this event.

Chorus

Chorus -- Participants will sing pre-selected songs in a chorus. Performance limited to 8 minutes. Four grade levels available for this event.

Drama

Drama -- Participants will perform a drama skit of not more than 8 minutes. Drama must reflect theme. Five grade levels available for this event.

Puppets

Puppets -- Participants will perform a puppet skit in teams based on this year's theme. Each team will have a maximum of 10 minutes. Five grade levels available for this event.

Srcapbook Scrapbook --

Participants will help put together a scrapbook reflecting the activities of this congregation over the past year. There are five grade levels for this event.

Song Leading

Song Leading -- Participants will choose one song from a pre-selected list. Younger kids doing Song Leading Challenge not allowed to participate in both events.

Speech Speech -- Participants

will write and deliver one speech on current theme. Third through Sixth grade participants may deliver a speech on a Bible character. Speeches must be three to six minutes in length. Five grade levels are available for this event.

Enjoy Yourself

This is a great opportunity to grow spiritually, but don’t forget to enjoy yourself.