If you didn’t remember, we’ve got a lockin coming this friday.

Make sure you guys are at church by 6:30 pm, lets just say 6:15 to be safe. Bring around $20 for bowling and breakfast the day after. Feel free to bring more if you know you’re a big eater.

Oh, be sure to take a nap before coming and stock up on caffiene; we won’t be sleeping at all.

Pickup will be the next day at 7:30 AM.

Speaker: Pastor Dong Woo

Luke 4: 1-13

• How would you like a genuis to ace all your school’s tests for you? (now accepting offers; $10/test)
• Prior to His temptation, Jesus spent 40 days in the desert without food; the amazing thing is that Jesus as a human was physically susceptible to the desires that we all as humans had meaning he was just as hungry as we would be, just as tired as us, and just as weak
• The key thing is, Jesus had the holy spirit with him and thus was able to resist the temptations of Satan; Jesus was the one that took the test for us

Application Points

• WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT! We are fully capable of resisting temptation as Jesus did; we have no excuse for our stumbling. If you find it hard to keep from falling into sin, just imagine how hard it must have been for Jesus, who even as a human remained sinless all his life.
• Just as Jesus said “Man shall not live on bread alone,” we need the Word of God to thrive. Sooo, GET TO WORSHIP WHEN ITS TIME AND STOP EATING WHEN THE CLOCK HITS 1:15

Any questions or comments for Pastor DW, post here.

PDW, if there is anything wrong in the summary, edit this.

Speaker: Pastor Dong Woo Kim

Romans 10: 14-21

• For one to call upon the name of God, one must believe in Him which is not possible without preachers and speakers. We cannot ourselves follow Jesus Christ because of our wretched nature and thus, we need divine intervention to bring us to God, but this is another semon topic probably.
• The gospel has been spread everywhere and there is no excuse then not to believe
• Because Israel, God’s chosen nation, had taken the Word and God for granted, God made other nations and peoples believe in Him to bring out Israel’s jelousy

Application Points

• Israel in the time of the passage is somewhat representative of our church; we have abundant access to the gospel with sermons, praise, and worship week in and week out. We must be careful not to take God for granted.
• In that sense, we should also not act brazenly; to truly be thankful of the Word, we must also treat our brothers and sisters with respect and truly make an effort to change our attitudes through Jesus

Pastor DW, if there was something I misunderstood or something you want to add/change/remove, feel free to do so.

For anyone else, post questions and misc in the comments section of this post.

We’re back from the PCA retreat and boy what a retreat it was. If I may speak for the youth group, this year’s retreat was extremely satisfying and enlightening. The theme was Limited Atonement, the third point of Calvinist doctrine in TULIP. Through Jesus Christ and his sacrifice, the sins of the elect were forgiven and Christ’s righteousness was given to us so that no matter how many times we may sin afterwards, we are no longer subject to God’s wrath. Thanks to the speaker Paul S. Jeon for these clear and helpful messages, the staff for facilitating the retreat, Pastor Dong Woo for doing all the paperwork and putting up with us there, everyone from our church that made it so fun, and most importantly God to Whom no amount of thanks will suffice for all He’s done for us.

In other news, you might notice the new look of the site. I guess I got tired of the other theme and how it glitched on Internet Explorer. I’m continuing to work on the site and right now, I’m finalizing some of the design work for other parts of the site. Today, I got done the new title page which isn’t flash anymore but honestly I think looks pretty good. You can see it at http://youth.cornerstone-pc.com

Other things to come, I’m working on the photo gallery and maybe making a light message board for misc stuff. Subscribe by email if you haven’t already to get your updates in your inbox! Just click the green button up top and type in your email address, then click the confirmation link they send.

~Sinclair

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Oh by the way, make sure you come to church tomorrow by 1 PM for PCA. Make sure you have your clothes and toiletries in hand but more importantly, bring your Bibles and 105 dollars. Even if you forget everything else, bring your Bible and your fee. You can deal without the rest.

Eat lunch before you come; we’re not going to feed you.

~Sinclair

Next week, we won’t be having our beloved Friday night meeting for reasons undisclosed. Some speculate that it might be because of exaustion from the preceeding PCA retreat. Of course, this bold journalist wasn’t convinced by such rumors. Update on the true situation to come in later post.

Oh, also, we have the PCA retreat coming up this Monday. I forget what time we were supposed to come to church by but I’m sure Pastor DW will tell us on Sunday. Make sure you hand in your registration and money ($105?) on Sunday, thats tomorrow!

~Sinclair

March 2008 is here!

Friday, March 7- Games and Birthday Night

-We will be playing games and enjoying fellowship in honor of youth group members whose birthdays are in February and March

Sunday, March 9- Family Night

-be prepared to stay all day at church. youth group members will be preparing dinner for our families and presentations by committees and groups . The main event will start at 6pm and end at 8pm. Please wear appropriate formal clothing because we will be presenting to our parents.