Third Friend Outing This Week

Well, Internet was being goofy, so I hope this post will work. Today, I woke up earlier than normal (8:20ish). Unfortunately, it was hard for me to get comfortable last night (hopefully tonight will be better). Saw a friend at Caribou today, it was great to see her before she goes. It was the third time this week that I got together with a friend. Cool. Other than that, not much else. Saw part of "West Side Story". I say part of it because the disk was scratched. :( Anyway, here's another Urbana update (hopefully longer).

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

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RANDOM NOTES FROM BIBLE STUDY

STUDY: John 1:35-42

Scrpt Ref [Scripture Reference] Proverbs 16:19

Inductive Bible Study

1. Text-centered

2. Active

3. Collaborative

Pattern: Individual-Small Groups-Whole Group

-Observation

Look for: Repetition

Caparison and Contrast

Numbers

People

Cause/Effect

Opening the Bible is an act of prayer.

Cultural Background

Lamb of God-reference to the sacrificial lamb.

Rabbis and Disciples-Religious teachers and their "pupils" of sorts (disciples often followed rabbi around).

Messiah-Christ is Greek for "Messiah"

[I forgot to write a bunch of the definitions down, so I'm just summarizing in my own words]

The Cycle of Witness in John's Gospel

Hear testimony-->Respond (e.g. "Come)--> Experience ("See")--> Believe --> Give Testimony

Q for app (Question for Application): What is it that blocks us from sharing Jesus?

www.urbana09.org/sonagacchi

END OF BIBLE STUDY NOTES

10:17am Just got out of Bible study. It was great. Waiting for Ash and Carol. Going to Dome in a little bit.

11:36am Worship was so great, drama was neat (modern version of text [John 1:43-51])/

RANDOM NOTES

He (the speaker) was smuggled [maybe? Uncertain of word choice] out of Egypt.

When he was a foreign student, people cared about and reached out to him-he still remembers that

He (Nathaniel, from Bible) was....

1. Skeptical

2. Willing

3. Startled

4. Exposed

5. Totally Convinced

Water wheel maker evangelizing [Author Note:can't remember full details, sorry! Maybe they'll come later]

Fig tree-where people lived in safety

We need to all be willing to seek anyone who will listen

Our mission is to take Jesus [Possibly more to it, but I forgot....]

END OF TALK NOTES

Announcements from Greg:

+Wear wristbands and name badges @ all times

+Lunch: Please eat in your designated geometric shape locations [On the back of our badges were shape sequences like TriangleSquareStarCircle. In our Handbook were fours lists of restaurants, each list with a shape by it. This is basically a way to eat without completely overwhelming the restaurants in St Louis. My group would be eating in the Triangle area that day]

+Dinner: Please eat @ your assigned times (don't save spots)

Medical Assistance: Renaissance Suites

Urbana Offering: Goal-$1 million

Give: www.offering.urbana.org

Book of the day: True Story-[don't remember author]-$5

END OF ANNOUNCEMENT NOTES