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Events to Come!• A Special Something… (Feb 13th-16th)

• De-Brief & Sign Ups… (Feb 20th)

• Relationship Panel… (Feb 21st)

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Plan for 2010-2011

Purpose of AFC 2010-2011

• To train and equip youth to serve the community for the Glory of our Lord Jesus Christ– Shared Target: Those that you see everyday

at your school.

• Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Struc+ure• Yuji and MAC

– Officers (6 Total)– Worship Leaders and SG Leaders

Worship Officer– Candidate New Leaders

• Working w/ Dean and MAC

– Scheduling of Worship • Saturday Nights, Outside Activities, Youth

Retreats, Prayer Meetings

AV Officer– Direct the AV Staff– Responsible for all the Sound and Video for

every Youth Event– Train New Students to Handle Sound

Equipment– Delegate Responsibilities as Necessary

Prayer Officer– Responsible for prayer before every

fellowship and meeting• Recruiting of Volunteers• Personal Prayer times

– Participation in Devotionals for the Large Group

Care Group Officer

– Responsible for greeting and seeking out • New comers • New believers

– Responsible for getting newcomers linked with a small group

Ou+reach Officer

– Responsible for praise nights and evangelistic events

– Participation in mission trips encouraged

Ac+ivities Officer

– Responsible for games on Saturday Nights and Retreats

– Organization of Beach Trips and out-of-church Activities

Treasury Officer

– Responsible for• Youth Directory• Minutes for Leadership Meetings• Monetary Funds • T-shirts & Sweaters for Youth Activities

Small Group Officer

– 10 Leaders Total– Responsible for…

• Youth Leadership• Facilitation of Activities and Discussions• Volunteering

– Possible Extra Opportunities

Requiremen+s: Officer

– Must attend Sunday Service– Must attend Sunday School– Must attend Monthly Leadership Meetings

• 1st Session on Sundays

– Must make a One Year Commitment– Must make it to the Leadership Retreat

Worship Leader– Organized by the Worship Officer– Responsible for the Worship

• Saturday Nights• Facilitation on Sunday Morning Service

– Sets the Spiritual Tone for the Ministry

Req: Worship Leader

– Must attend Sunday Service– Must attend Sunday School– Must make it to the Wednesday Bible Study

Calendar– Presentation of Plan to AFC

• January 30th, 2010 (Today)

– Sign Up for Officers • February 20th, 2010 (Saturday after SR)

– Evaluation and Confirmation of Officers• March 20th, 2010

Prayer• Personal Requests

• Snow Retreat– Leaders, Safety, and Transformed hearts & minds

• AFC Leadership 2010-2011

Discretion with Friends

Outline

• What is Common with ALL of Us?

• What is the Point of Friendship?

• Reasons to Stay Together?

• The Horizontal vs. The Vertical?

What is Common with All of Us?

• We are all fallen…– Proverbs 22:24-25– “Make no friendship with a man given to

anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. ”

What is the Point of Friendship?

• Proverbs 27:17, “Iron sharpens iron.”– You care

• Proverbs 17:9-10• “Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he

who repeats a matter separates close friends. A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool. ”

• Proverbs 27:14• “Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,

rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.”

What is the Point of Friendship?

• Proverbs 27:17, “Iron sharpens iron.”– Deep does not mean many

• Proverbs 18:24

• “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. ”

Reasons to Stay Together?

• Good over the Bad– Money

• Proverbs 19:4, 6

– Just a joke• Proverbs 26:18-19

• “Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"”

Reasons to Stay Together?

• Good over the Bad– Honesty

• Proverbs 27:6

• “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. ”

• Proverbs 27:9

• “Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.”

• Proverbs 28:23

The Horizontal vs. The Vertical?

• Friendships reflect your Relationship to God– We were not meant to be isolated creatures

• Genesis 2:18

– Your pride that pushes people away, makes God distant as well

• Psalm 59:11-13

The Horizontal vs. The Vertical?

– Your pride that pushes people away, makes God distant as well

• Psalm 59:11-13• “Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them

totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!

• For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride.

• For the cursing and lies that they utter, consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, that they may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth.”

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