Lifestyles of the Rich

Busy busy busy!

It looks like we have a VERY busy October so let’s keep in mind that God’s love is our motive in doing, serving and reaching out to others! Please pray for all of our activities and remember the one that WASN’T POSTED in the bulletin: our open house with Cornerstone this coming Sunday evening at 6:00PM (at Cornerstone).

Shalom.
Byron

Parenting Seminar
Oct. 10 8:45-2:30
“Cooperation, Consequences, and Keeping Your Sanity.” Learn practical ideas from the National Center for Biblical Parenting. Register online at biblicalparenting.org. $25/couple and $15/individual, at Bread of Life Church.

FRESH 2009
October 10, 2009 6PM
The CYM (Children’s/Youth Mininstry) is organizing a trip to the FRESH 2009 crusade at the USC Sports Arena. The speaker is Francis Chan with music from the David Crowder Band. Sign up with Reni: $25 before 10/5, $30 after.

OPEN HOUSE with Cornerstone Presbyterian Church
Sunday Oct. 11, 6:00
Cornerstone Presbyterian has invited our congregation to come to an open house they are hosting just for us! Dinner is provided and a program will follow! Hope to see you there!

Operation Christmas Child
The Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child 2009 National Collection Week is November 16-23.  Begin to collect empty shoe boxes and gift items (school supplies, toys, hygiene items, hard candy, mints, gum, t-shirts, socks, ball caps, sunglasses, hair clips). For more info, contact Stephanie Liu.

CYM Harvest Carnival
Nov. 1st 1:00pm
This year, the Children’s/Youth Ministry (CYM) will be hosting a carnival that reaches out into the South Bay community! With the efforts of all three congregations, we hope that this carnival builds up our own body of believers as well as encourages new comers to our church. If you would be willing to volunteer, please speak with Joe Rigonan. The Carnival website is:
www.efcsbkids.shutterfly.com/carnival

Lifestyles of the Rich
Follow My Lead: 1 Timothy 6:17-21

Who are the Rich?
US! Prof. Donald Sunukjian posits that the Bible teaches that the ancient rich were those who had more than 2 changes of clothes and who had more than just food for the day. We certainly far exceed that standard.

Three Challenges to the Rich

1. Don’t be Conceited: Don’t think that your position of wealth is a result of your own doing.

2. Don’t Fix our Hearts on Riches: Don’t have wealth the focus of life.

3. Do Good: Have good works as the commodity in your life.

Weekly Application Exercises
1. Reflect on the balance of your “good works account.” How rich are you in good works? If your life were focused with the same effort on good works as the effort put forth on school, work, accruing wealth, hobbies or other priorities, what would you life look like? How can you be more wealthy in good works?

2. Money and the love of money is a theme throughout the Scriptures because of how it serves as a lure away from God. How can you enjoy what God has given more without fixing your hope on it?