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Chatham Student Newsletter

January 5, 2010

Contents

1.  Something for Your Heart

2.  Surf Report

3.  Forgettable Fact

4.  Potent Quotables

5.  What is Going On?

6.  Prayer

7.  Birthdays

8.  Picture of the Week

9.  Uh, That's Funny?

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1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

"In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe." (Hebrews 1:1-2)

Jesus Above All: His Universe

Christmas can sometimes leave us with a limited impression of Jesus. Yes, He's the "reason for the season," but who plays Him in the Christmas pageant? Usually a doll or some nervous mom's tiny baby. And, yes, we say over and over that He grew up and that He came to die for our sins -- but that's still only part of His story.

So we're going to listen in this week as the writer of Hebrews reminds us again that Jesus is far above everything and everyone. And He always has been. And He always will be. All of life is His story, not just Christmas and Easter.

For starters, today's passage tells us that Jesus' name is on everything -- twice. First, He is the "heir," or the one who gets everything in the end. (That includes you and me and everything we can think of.) But He is also the one through whom everything was made in the first place. Turn us over, and you'll see, "Made through Jesus."

It literally is His universe.

Think: Could any person or being be more important than the one through whom everything was made and who will inherit everything in the end? Does thinking about Jesus' power make you feel smaller?

Pray: Praise Jesus as the heir of all things and the one through whom the universe was made.

Do: Read more about Jesus' above-allness in Colossians 1:15-19.

A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties. Used by permission.

2. SURF REPORT

Connectivity – Check out the new Chatham Blog, as we go through the Bible reading together.

http://cbconnectivity.blogspot.com/

Movie Review of Invictus

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/movies/reviews/2009/invictus.html

3. FORGETTABLE FACT

People who are lying to you tend to look up and to the left (their left).

4. POTENT QUOTABLES

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

~ Maya Angelou

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

~ Booker T. Washington

5. WHAT IS GOING ON?

6. PRAYER (youthal@sbcglobal.net)

Elizabeth Heironimus -Praise the Lord for his faithfulness! My friend Noriko from Japan (we met her when we lived there for a year) has been seriously interested in the Bible for years. This morning she sent me the following e-mail: “I asked my husband, "May I be a Christian?” He said yes. God removed my obstacle in a miraculous way. I decided two things: My funeral will be held by a Christian way. I will be a Christian during my life time. Maybe you prayed for me a lot!” God seems slow but He is working!

Junia Weatherbie – Her grandpa is in the hospital due to cancerous tumors in his head, he was having difficulties and they took him to the hospital. Pray for wisdom for how to treat him, and for strength for the family during this rough time.

Tony Edwards - Pray for resources in getting our home ready to sell, locating support programs for Ian, finding a good home and a body to join in worship.  Also pray for financial stability to allow us to do required costly repairs to our house.   Finally, pray for a smooth transition.

Pastor Al – Praise for a wonderful trip to Wisconsin (Winterfest), also praise for the safe trip with the bus. Pray for lessons learned, and all the God is teaching those that went.

Pastor Al – We are still in flux on the purchase of this other house. There seems to always be one more thing.

7. BIRTHDAYS

Today – Stephanie Bleikamp

Today – Dan Sjogren

8. PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Good Times, Good Times!

9. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?

Q: Why did the cookie go to the doctor?

A: Because it was feeling crummy.