Friday, August 20, 2010

The Grove branches out into the community!

One of our Life Commitments is service. We want to Live Out. Here are some events that are coming up that we are going to be involved in. We need to value what the community values. Let Julie know if you are interested in any or all!

August 26th. Bike-In Movie @ New Belgium 7pm-11pm. We will be volunteering collecting money as people arrive. All of the proceeds go to The Matter Bookstore which raises money for literacy in children.

September 4th. Tour De Fat 9am - Noon. The parade starts at 11am. We will meet downtown at 9am (location TBA) to deck our bikes with leaves and twigs and Grove decorations. Start collecting for your bike now! We will all be wearing green. We are going to walking advertisements for The Grove! If you need a bike, you can rent one for FREE at The Fort Collins Bike Library. Go online, fill out an application, and then head to either location listed on the website to get your bike. You can keep them for up to a week. http://www.fcbikelibrary.org/

September 18th or 19th. We will be volunteering at the Sustainable Living Fair. We will probably take a morning shift around 9-1.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Love and Light

Jesus said, "if any of you is without sin - let him throw the first stone." Shockingly enough, everyone walked away. The standards that we judge by are human and are incomplete. We need to love people, not condemn them. Jesus also said that He is the light of the world. Light illuminates the path before us and shows us the way we should go. It takes away the darkness and keeps us from running into bad situations that we can't see.

We want to be less judging and condemning of those around us. We want to have the mind of Christ and the heart of Christ when viewing other people. We want to take a flash light into those dark places in our soul that we keep hidden and allow ourselves to be changed by Christ.

How have you been better at not judging people this week? How have you loved others through your actions and words? How are you letting Christ light your way?