We're running mad!

So most of you know that I have yet to recognize the joys of hiking. I am however, more open to running (walking/jogging in my case). At least I get a shirt out of it! Anyways, we are going to Run Through Redlands to get some exercise and share some good times. We'll probably even get some brunch afterwards. Some are doing the half marathon (I am not) while others are doing the 5k. Sign up by this weekend to receive the free run through redlands t-shirt.

i know that there are several runner/jogger/walkers in our group that have expressed interest to do races. So we have designed a special Calimesa Young Adults running shirt that you can purchase for only $15. It is of the cool wicking variety. Let me know if you are signing up so we can get you the group info for the day.
Also, Let me know if you want these shirts. We will order them soon.

Mountain Top Weekend @ Pine Springs Ranch

If you want to get away from the IE, if you want spend a weekend relaxing with friends and sharing God stories: then this is your weekend. This year is exciting because we have the largest number of young adults going.

Young Adult Specific Activities:
*Sabbath Morning 9:30 AM: Let's meet to sing and prayerfully discuss our upcoming ministries including our El Salvador trip.
*2pm: We will gather after lunch on Sabbath and plan our afternoon together.

The retreat starts Friday night with dinner and goes through Sunday morning. If you haven't signed up thats okay. Just bring a lunch and come up for the day.

Directions (click here)

El Salvador Mission Trip August 2008 Signup

El Salvador Mission Trip & Need Assessment Trip
Date: August 2008 (August 3-10)

This is a trip that is totally the vision of our Young Adults. This trip is very exciting because we can all participate together as a ministry whether it is through participation in planning, fundraising, or making the trek down to El Salvador. Everyone CAN participate!! We will need to raise about $5000 for dental materials & remodeling supplies!

Deposit of $250 is due May 17, 2008.
-The total cost of the mission trip is approximately $1000
-It will go towards your total amount of $1000.
-The Deposit is non-refundable.
*However, if you can find a replacement, you may, until
June 1, 2008 when the names of the participants are given to the airlines for tickets. You can then arrange to have the replacement person pay you for the deposit

This includes:
$700 towards your plane ticket (anything more than $700
needs to be supplemented)
Food
Transportation
Tourist/ Customs card
Passenger departure tax
Insurance
Notary (if needed)
*This does not include fees for a passport. (Your passport needs to be valid 6 months past trip)

What we will do:
Dental work, children’s ministry, and remodeling/repairing projects. Please let us know which areas you are interested in when you give us your deposit. We will also need help with leading out worship among our group. If any of you speak Spanish please let us know as well.

Church Directory Needs You

I know that many of you took pictures in the winter for our church directory. Thanks for sharing in that community experience. If you did then we should have your current address and phone number. But this is for everyone else.

IF you consider yourself to be a part of our young adult community and the calimesa church then the church would like to list your information in our church directory with name and phone number and address. Please submit this by friday if you can. Email it to me at
ikim@calimesasda.com

Thanks for your participation. The directories will be out in a few weeks.

Calimesa Pigeons Softball

Our first game is this Thursday at 7:30PM. The full schedule can be found at the Drayson Center's Recreation webpage.

The Message of Micah of Moresheth

Last Sabbath we began to study the Book of Micah. Christians approach the study of the Bible in many different ways. One way that I find enriching and useful to is place the message in its historical context. Many times understanding the historical context enriches and clarifies the original message and helps me translate the message into the 21st century. If you wish to learn more about the historical period that Micah lived and preached in, I suggest exploring the Wikipedia entries on the history of Israel.
Last Sabbath we started our discussion by thinking about what we bring to the text, such as the questions we bring to the text and our biases and expectations. What questions do we want/hope the text to answer? A couple of questions we came up with were "What does this book tells us about God?" and "What does this book tells us about the relationship between God and humans?" We have to be careful not to force the text into answering questions the text never intended to answer, but we also must be aware of underlying questions and biases we have. As we reflect on the message of Micah to Judah and Israel, we then should ask how his message is applicable to the 21st century. Unfortunately, we ran out of time and did not have time to reflect on this question. I encourage you to post any questions or thoughts on Micah that you may have in the comments section.
We continued our study by trying to grasp the message presented in chapters 1 and 2. We noted that there were four separate oracles or messages in the two chapters and that they dealt with God's right to judge everyone for transgressing the law of God. One of the specific transgressions that Micah identified was greed and theft of land by the wealthy in Judah.
We will continue our study of Micah this coming Sabbath and will cover chapters 3 and 4. I encourage you to read those two chapters. As you read through them, try to find the message(s) of Micah and ask yourself how they might be applicable to the 21st century.
God Bless in your study.
Scott

Scott Jones Elder Ordination this Sabbath!

Scott E. Jones will be ordained as an elder at the Calimesa Church this weekend. Like many of our leadership team Scott has sacrificially served our ministry and is now being recognized by the church at large. I would like to also thank all of you that are serving our ministry in any capacity. You are an important part of our community and we appreciate you.

Scott will serve and represent the young adults to our church. He joins Cheri Blue and Jessica Williams who are currently serving as elders.

Night at the Batting Cages

On Thursday night we will be at Hitter's Choice Indoor Batting Cages @ 8pm. We have reserved 1 slow pitch softball cage for the hour. Bring your bats and come take some swings.

Hitters Choice Batting Cages
10446 Enterprise Dr.
Redlands, CA 92374
*post here to let us know if you are coming.

Miracles: Art projects

There were several people that participated in our art project on miracles. this past Sabbath in Sabbath School we invited everyone to create something that symbolize their interpretation of miracles. Here are a few that allowed us to share. I would love to hear a description especially from those who created these so we can hear your stories. Also, if you have some feedback for our miracles discussion or even the art please share.

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