Pre-Ignite Dinner

This Tuesday, August 18th, is our monthly pre-Ignite Symbio dinner. We'll eat at 6pm and start our meeting at 7pm. Many of us take this opportunity to fast during the day before breaking our fast together over dinner. Feel free to join us in this and take the time you would normally eat to pray and seek God. But if you're not fasting, definitely still join us for the dinner.

Pre-Ignite Dinner

This Tuesday, July 21st, we will be having our monthly meal together at 6pm before our Ignite meeting. Many of us will be fasting over breakfast and lunch before breaking our fast together at dinner. If you're not fasting, though, still feel free to join us for dinner.

House Buying Discussion After Ignite

With prices and interest rates low, and government assistance available, a lot of people are thinking about buying houses. Because it's a topic of interest almost everywhere, and especially for our demographic, we thought it would be good to offer a venue to share some thoughts and discuss the pros and cons of buying a house. After all, such a big and potentially life altering decision should not be pursued without a lot of godly input. So this Tuesday, we are aiming to finish the Ignite teaching at about 8:30. Then afterwards, for whoever would like to stay, we're going to have a conversation about some of the big issues to consider when looking for housing. We'll share some thoughts and have a couple house-buying testimonies. So if you are thinking about buying a house (or may ever think about buying a house), join us after the teaching on Tuesday. We'll try to keep it from going much past 9:30.

Ignite Teachings

All the Tuesday night teachings are up on the Summitview messages page - near the bottom under "Other" teachings. Check them out if you missed any.
http://www.summitview.com/index.cfm/page/messages

Discipleship

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. (3John 4)

This has always been an extraordinary verse to me. On the surface it seems borderline blasphemous. Shouldn't any reference to great joy be associated with the eternal hope of seeing Jesus Christ face to face? For John to say that his greatest joy comes as a result of others' obedience seems misguided. But maybe the problem comes from a lack of understanding of the fullness of life with Christ. True relationship with him demands our lives be directed outward. It seems that much of our sanctification is not complete until our lives are being spent in such a way that others are influenced towards Him. John, then, is expressing the great joy that comes from mimicking Christ's example of discipling others. Perhaps our joy is incomplete until we experience the great delight of being used to shape somebody else's life.

This week at Ignite, Rich Thatcher will be speaking primarily on 2Timothy 2:2, which is one of the classic verses on discipleship:

And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.

Rich will be sharing many principles and practicals on shaping lives (and being shaped) through a discipleship relationship. If my conclusion from 3John 4 is correct, then this is something that we need to understand. In order to experience great joy and the fullness of life with Christ, we need to be better equipped in this area.

So we hope you can make it. It could help to open up a whole new aspect of your relationship with Jesus.

Inaugural Symbio Chili Cook Off

Tonight we are having dinner in the Fellowship Room before our Ignite meeting, starting at 6pm. Chili is on the menu. Many of us will be fasting through breakfast and lunch today before breaking our fast together at dinner. Feel free to join us. Then at 7pm we'll worship together before Mitch takes us through 2Timothy 1:2-7. Hope to see you there!