Northstar Church: October, 2011
Christmas Parade Opportunity
The Christmas season is rapidly approaching, which means it is also almost time for local the “Holiday” parades. This year we will be participating in the Blacksburg (Friday, December 2nd) and Christiansburg (Friday, December 9th) Christmas parades for another opportunity give the community a glimpse of who Northstar is as the Church.
We need plenty of people to help with not only the building of the float, but to also help participate in each parade. There will be an interest meeting next Sunday November 6th immediately following each service in the cafeteria area of the school. You can also email Katie Surratt at luke137@vt.edu for questions and other details.
Servants and Enemies
Cru staffer Adam Wilson teaches on Luke 19:11-27 about the parable of the 10 servants. He challenges us to consider what has God given us that we are not using for His glory?
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From Ladder Climber to Tree Climber
Luke 19:1-10 tells the story about the wee little man, Zacchaeus. In it, we learn about the importance of humility and the extravagance of joy when Jesus calls us by name. We also receive a warning about how easy it is for those of us who know Jesus to be a hindrance to those who are earnestly looking for Him.
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Live Sent: A Missional Conversation Event
We have an opportunity to spend an evening with Jason Dukes next week, on Wednesday, October 26. Jason is a dynamic thinker and missional church mobilizer. He’s a pastoral leader at Westpoint Church and is the author of the provocative book called Live Sent.
We know this is a little “last minute,” but these dates are what he had available for us that work. We hope that you’ll consider attending with your small group. We are confident that you’ll be encouraged and challenged to think differently about “being the church.” We’ll also make sure that there is an opportunity for Q&A and feedback. The overall format is just 90 minutes. The place will be announced soon. Stay tuned here and on our Facebook page.
Here’s what we want to accomplish:
- A fun “joint fellowship” time for all of our small groups
- A deepening encounter as we are challenged to think about what “being the church” means
- An opportunity to hear someone who is helping churches embrace missional living
Time:
- Wednesday, October 26 at 6:30 p.m.
Please respond at this link to let us know when/if you can come. You’re free to bring as many with you as you want!
The Wednesday night gathering will meet at the Wesley Foundation. Click here for a map.
Thanks in advance for your responses. We hope you’ll be able to make it! Sorry for the late notice! It’s been one of those special opportunities that we couldn’t pass up.
FOR PASTORS & STAFF AND CAMPUS MINISTRY LEADERS:
There is a corresponding opportunity for you on this Thursday, October 27. The idea is to invite pastors, staff, campus ministers and key leaders in your ministries to simply come and enoy about a 90 minute time with Jason. We’ll make sure that there is an opportunity for Q&A and feedback. We want it to be a type of “roundtable” encounter.
Here’s what we want to accomplish:
- Encouragement of ministers and key leaders
- Provide a free copy of the Live Sent for those who come
- Feed you and serve you as much coffee as you can drink during the 90
- minutes
- Let you know that we love you and appreciate you being a kingdom partner
- with us.
- Give you an opportunity to meet and connect with a humble, missional theologian that will encourage and challenge us all.
Times:
* Thursday, October 27 at 10 a.m.
* Same day at 2:00 p.m.
Please respond at this link to let us know when/if you can come. You’re free to bring a many with you as you want!
The gatherings on Thursday will meet in the BCM building at the corner of Kent and Washington.
Baby Dedication Recap
On Sunday, October 16th five families committed to raising their children in Godly homes. Praise the Lord! Six children were dedicated during the 9:00 service among family and friends. The service was followed by a reception for the families and a time to get to know one another. We are so grateful for the way God is growing our church and so excited to be partnering with these families in the spiritual development of their children.
“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deut. 6:5-7
Pride Preventions
In the passage of Luke 18:9-43, the topic of “Pride Preventions” challenges us to evaluate our self-consummation.
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Glory in the Highest Christmas Concert
Two years ago, Shane & Shane and Phil Wickham came to Virginia Tech to help kick off our December Nights, and they are coming back again! Mark it on your calendars, and spread the word! December 6th at 8:00 pm, Shane & Shane and Phil Wickham will kick off the Christmas season at Burruss Hall at Virginia Tech. We hope you’ll be present for this very special holiday concert that is part of our ministry to our community.
Tickets go on sale October 13th and are $9 advance and will be $15 at the door. Get them quick! Click here to purchase tickets!
Help with Northstar’s carpool ministry
If you haven’t heard, this semester Northstar is having a carpool service for students on campus from the Lancaster House for both the 9:00 am service and the 11:00 am service to Blacksburg High School. This is super exciting because more students who would not otherwise be coming to church at Northstar are now able to get a ride. It truly has been an awesome ministry so far, and each week more students show up needing a ride.
We desperately need people to volunteer to drive! I can’t drive everyone in one load in my car, which is so cool that it’s even a problem! But at this point, I am having to go to both services and sometimes taking two trips… as you can imagine, it’s just not the most convenient thing to have to do this.
Reasons to help:
- It’s an awesome way to meet new students and get them connected to Northstar
- It’s only like 15 minutes earlier than you would be going anyways
- It will help YOU get more involved with Northstar too
- You can invite them to lunch afterwards and get to know them more!
I am going to try to figure out a driver schedule, so you can just volunteer once a month, or more if you can. We need 2 drivers for 9:00 am and maybe 3 for 11:00 am. If there’s a specific Sunday in October or November that you would like to help, let me know that too.
What you would need to do:
- Notify me (email below), and I’ll assign you a Sunday.
- For the 9:00 am service, meet at Lancaster at 8:40ish
- For the 11:00 am service: meet there at 10:40ish
- and don’t forget they’ll need a ride back to campus too!
We invite you to join in on what God is doing in Blacksburg and at Virginia Tech 
Please reply with what service, what Sunday and how many Sundays you would like to help, how many empty seats you have free, and your cell number! Also, let me know if you can think of others that would be interested in driving, and pass the word along to students who might need a ride to church!
~ Sloan Gutkin
This week: baby dedication & baptisms!
If you come to the 9:00 a.m. service, you’ll be in for a special treat this week as we witness some special families dedicating their children to the Lord. It’s a wonderful time for our church to encourage parents as they seek to bring up their children in a way that honors and exalts Christ.
There will be a fun reception for the families that you’re invited to participate in immediately after the 9:00 service in the cafeteria area.
In addition, we will have a baptism service between the two morning services – approximately 10:45 a.m. Don’t miss this exciting testimony of all that God is doing in the lives of people in our community and campuses!
Discipleship seminar
“Jesus commanded to ‘Go and make disciples of all nations’ and spent much of his time teaching 12 disciples. But how do Jesus’ words and his example of disciplemaking apply to our lives today? Come out to Lucie Monroe’s Coffee Company in Christiansburg on October 25th at 6:30pm to learn more about what discipleship is and how God can use it to change your life and the lives of others.”
The seminar will be led by Adam Wilson who is serving Northstar as our discipleship director.
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