The Driven Missions trip to Greater Los Angeles 2006
Our Mission
Turn both your pockets and your hearts inside out and give generously to the poor
Jesus
Covenant
1. Do all blog devotionals 2. Attend Driven/Sunday School/invert/small group when not at work 3. Weekly Prayers: 15 min for L.A. & 15 min for team 4. Silence: 1 hour weekly (20 min times) 5. Helping Hands 6. Committed to each other.
Training Schedule
April 22 - 6p April 23 - church services April 23 - 12:30-2pm May 7 - 12:30-2pm May 21 - 12:30-2pm June 3 - 9am-4pm all day advance June 3 - 3pm Parents Meeting June 4 - 12:30-2pm June 11 - 12:30-2pm
The world doesn't care about the poor. In fact, most people try to ignore them all together. This doesn't just happen right now, its been going on forever. Psalm 140: 12 says that Jesus was different. He "secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy." Jesus paid more attention to the beggars and diseased than He did to the wealthy and the Pharisees. He shook society because He dared to help those in need. So, since we as Christians are trying to be like Jesus in everything we do, shouldn't we be doing the same? Instead of watching the celebrity news to see who broke up this week, we should be watching for poverty and people who need our prayers. To me this is one of the most important things that we'll need to remember in LA; paying attention to the people we're there to serve rather than searching for movie stars.
sorry about the delay, we're working on it. click on the title to see the scripture.
I think that this passage means that we should all keep our gifts of ministry in use. You know, like daily doing something to grow in Christ because the passage states that others will see you (us) mature before their eyes.
We should keep a watch on what we do and not be diverted. It's easy to be led astray, especially in high school, but we as the christians on campus should be firm in our faith. If we keep at our own salvation(faith) then others around us will see the growth in us and will eventually find salvation.
Going to California, we are going to need to be mentally prepared for the toll this trip will take on our faith, so when we continue to grow in Christ, it will be less of a shock.
james' note: I love this-a lot of time we spend thinking just about the culture shock, but what is the faith shock going to be? How does the faith shock really affect us? Awesome thoughts!
