SCRATCHING THE ITCH

There are millions of sermons in the Bible - potentially that is - and only fifty two Sundays in a year. So where does our focus need to be in the months between now and the end of the year?

Talking about things that are relevant to the people right in front of us!

That might be too simplistic to those who wait for some kind of divine intervention late on Saturday night to guide them for the following morning. But personally I was very grateful to discover some years ago that since God knows everything he can tell us six months in advance what he wants us to do and not just six hours ahead of time.

It was much earlier this year that our pastoral team came to the realization that it would be good to teach on marriage - again - this fall. Sure we did that two and a half years ago, but we didn't exhaust the topic by any means, so plan to delve into some totally different areas to see what the Bible has to tell us.

So Sunday sees the start of ONE.

For those of us that are married, this is the singlest most important relationship in our lives - or should be. It will be good to us to look at ways to strengthen that.

For those not yet married, we want to lay out a ton of Biblical truth so that you know what a good marriage is and what it is not. This should be priority for teens who have some pretty sad role models out in the world of celebrities, rock music and the media - sadly for some of them, even at home.

Here's something I really love - we've never done this before ...

Starting this Sunday, at the same time I'm teaching on Two Halves Don't Make a Whole in Theater 5, we are going to be offering the video seminar, Single Parenting That Works in Theater 8. Some single parents we talked to advised us that there wasn't much out there to assist them in their special role, so we decided to try to support them in their situation.

Scratching where people itch - that's what we're try to do.

Sunday's comin'!