IFO Update - 10/3/08

BCLR Family --- I thought you might like this!
But first, I want to thank my sweet BCLR family for all your kindness and “overwhelming generosity” shown during the IFO picnic.  You guys amaze me.  There are few people who know how to serve like you do.  One of the many blessings that I personally have is my “extended church family”.  Thank you for loving me, and serving with me, to reach the world for Christ --- as the world comes to Little Rock.

Okay, I wanted to share this with you.  I’ve been thinking about it all week and thought I should pass it on to you.
Last week I used a statement from Barry’s Wingfield’s sermon (one of my Cornerstone pastors) at Conversation Club on Monday night.
Barry quoted a Gallop Poll about American being the loneliness people in the world.
I wrote it into a question to be discussed with the internationals on Monday night.

Question:
A Gallop Poll said that Americans are the loneliest people in the world.
Americans…Do you feel this is true?  Why or why not? 
Internationals….What about your country?  Do you feel that people within you your culture are generally lonely?   Why or why not?

One of the Iraqi’s answered:
In Iraq, each home is responsible for this neighbors…7 houses to the right of him and 7 houses to the left, WHATEVER THE NEED! In doing so, each family is cared for by another.  Therefore, loneliness is not a problem in Iraq.

Now that’s practicing “loving your neighbor as yourself”!  I don’t know about you, but I want to practice what I preach!!!

One more thing: 
We have 2 more weeks of Conversation Club this semester.  We meet on Monday nights, 6Pm at MetroBCM on the UALR campus.  We would love for you to join us.  We would love for you to come, eat, and join in some good discussions.  Here are the discussion questions for this week.  Come if you can.

Conversation Questions:

Tell us about one of the best decisions you’ve made in your life.
Talk about something that you would like to pass down to the next generation.
Talk about something that recently made you happy.
If you had one month to do anything you wanted to do, and cost wouldn’t be a factor, what would you do?
What do you do when you need to relax?
What activity makes you feel the most alive?
Tell about a change that brought a new chapter in your life.
Can you name one way that people from different cultures can understand and respect each other better?
Most Americans know something about the 10 Commandments from the Bible.

Most Americans, however, cannot tell you what they are.  Look over the list below and for discussion…..Share some of your thoughts?
(Remember, Cclub guidelines allow you to pass on questions that are uncomfortable----no problem).
 
10 Commandments, Exodus Chapter 20 --- God’s Standards

1.  You shall have no other gods before Me.
2.  You shall not make for yourself a carved image-any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
3.  You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
4.  Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5.  Honor your father and your mother.
6.  You shall not murder.
7.  You shall not commit adultery.
8.  You shall not steal.
9.  You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10.  You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.  


Serving them for Him – with you,
LaJuana