This Week: Music, Street Games and Love Languages... Next week: Rock Climbing Training and Dealing with Danger...

March 2  Live Music then Street Games--Frisbee, Man Hunt, Whatever and the Love Language of Gifts and Touch

4 p.m. Wesley Cottage wear clothes for being active

We’ll start with some live music and then go down to the park or school and play frisbee and/or other outside games.

We’ll talk about two Love Languages:  Gifts and Touch

In Matthew 26:6-13 and Luke 7:36-50 we see Jesus comment on the expression of love in the giving of a gift and in human touch. We'll talk about the importance of our being able to express our love using all the love languages.

Dinner will be baked potato bar. We’ll get a volunteer to bring potatoes and everyone else can bring what goes on baked potatoes.

March 9 Rock Climbing Training and Dealing with Dangerous Situations in Life

4 p.m. Wesley Cottage

We’ll get some training for rock climbing and belaying (we won't be actually 'rock climbing' this day) from Christy and Scott Thrift (the owners of Thrifty Adventures Wilderness Guiding Service). We’ll learn knots and commands and we’ll talk about the spiritual aspects of climbing.

Then we'll also get some training in what to do when we find ourselves in dangerous situations (when we're overwhelmed by despair, or in a group which is doing something we know we shouldn't, etc)

Dinner will be a sandwich bar.

Here's a picture from some of the folks enjoying last week's Feast

Fabulous Feast Night

February 23 Friendship Feast

4-6p.m. Wesley Cottage Wear a nice sweater or jacket

We’ll begin by talking about how important Quality Time and Acts of Service are to our loving relationships. Luke 10:38-42 Is the story of Mary and Martha and highlights the contrasts and complimentary nature in our love languages.

Then we’ll get started on our Feast. We’ll have beautiful food and we’ll get lessons on etiquette from a local dinner  party enthusiast. Learning etiquette will allow us to show respect to others and will equip us for the most important of dinners. This is part of developing assets in our youth as a way to build resiliency. It will be a fabulous Friendship Feast. 

Katrina’s bringing the entree, Rob is brining salad and green beans…

We need people to sign up to bring: a vegetable casserole (no noodles), rolls, soup or dessert. Call Rob with questions and RSVP 828-606-3452

Come no matter if you can't bring anything or RSVP, we want you here; invite a friend and we'll see you then!

Game Night and Spaghetti

February 16 Game Night and Spaghetti pot luck

4 p.m. Wesley Cottage

We’ll be playing games (Apples to Apples, Catch Phrase or whatever else you bring)

We’ll begin our study of The Five Love Languages.

Those Five are: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Affection, Quality Time and Gifts.

How to figure out your primary language:

1. Your upbringing can speak into your love language. How did you parents show you love growing up? What made you feel the most loved as a child? There is a high probability that is your primary love language.

2. When you really want to show someone you care about them, what first comes to your mind to show it? Your most basic instincts can show your primary love language as well.

3. Painful relational experiences can show your primary love language. If someone close to you hurt you in a deep way or neglected to show love the way you wanted, perhaps the deep hurt/dissatisfaction came because the way you most feel loved was not met. This means that what they failed to do is what you value the most because it is your primary love language.

We’ll begin with Words of Affirmation…Anxiety weighs down the human heart,
   but a good word cheers it up. Proverbs 12:25

I’ll bring spaghetti and sauce and everybody else can bring what they want to go along with it (veggies, salad, desert etc)

Bring a friend and see you then…

We're Hiking on 2/9, Rain or Shine

We'll meet Sunday 2/9 at the Wesley Cottage at 4 p.m. to hike, rain or shine, sleet or snow...
It doesn't matter what the weather will be because we want to experience our beautiful winter in any fashion in which it comes. Bring a snack for the trail and we can share around. We'll pick our trail once we see the conditions and who is there (Bradley Falls is high on my list).
We'll study more of our plan for asset based ministry and read from Isaiah 58:1-12 and Matthew 5:13-20.