Among Friends...Online

Getting Ready For A New Year!

amongfriendsonline — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:18:06 +0000

You’ll notice we’re starting up the blog again. Kristine Weatherly has agreed to help with the maintenance of this site.

We’re wrapping up our Marriage: Survive or Thrive series with the last two session on schooling options. The response has been outstanding for this series and I thank each of you for your support and encouragement! Six of the lessons we covered have been downloaded on line at SermonCloud.com (http://www.sermoncloud.com/among-friends/recent/), if you want to go back and listen to them. The teaching team is considering our next series and we’ll let you all know shortly what that will be!

Happy birthday to those of you who had January birthdays (Sheri and Melody)

According to the info we have so far, those having birthdays in February: Nathan Parsons 2/3 and Deena Bondarczuk 2/22. Not known anniversaries appear to fall in February. There are still a few blanks on in the directory for birthdays and anniversaries, so help Kristine out by getting those dates to her ASAP.

Keep watching this spot for more updates to Among Friends Online!

God bless & Grace 2 U,

Christmas Party 2011

amongfriendsonline — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:46:38 +0000

Christmas 2011

A fun night at the Parsons

A Little Note From Ron…

amongfriendsonline — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:06:57 +0000

Ever feel like you’re drinking from a fire hose?

If I’m reading your faces on Sunday mornings correctly, you’re all a little overwhelmed with the material we’re covering in the Family Matters series. Please don’t let that get you down. I’m not trying to beat you up or bully you into anything. The whole purpose of the study has been to get you all thinking about how you’re leading your families, bringing up your children, thinking about the future. Hang in there with us! None of us are experts. However, if you truly open your hearts and minds to the message behind the Family Matters series, you won’t avoid all the pit falls in raising a family, but you will be able to avoid many and make some very wise, godly decisions for yourself and your family along the way.

In prep for next week, re-read Deuteronomy 6:1-10, Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:1-4, and Psalm 127. As we wrap the study up, and you give some solid thought to the directions and promises found in these passages, I’m sure you will find God’s hand deftly guiding you as your invest your lived into your children.

God Bless & Grace 2 U,

Ron

Ways to Serve!

amongfriendsonline — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:12:51 +0000

Hi everyone!

So, here’s a quick update on what’s been happening behind the scenes with the July 11 outreach! If you are able to help out in any of the following ways please let me know. I certainly do not want anyone to feel obligated or overcommitted so please only do what you can. Our time is short and there’s quite a bit to do! Thanks for helping where you can!

I’m very excited about this outreach for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is because I see this as a powerful day to see how God uses the family of believers to love and encourage each other. And out of the overflow of that bless those whom our brothers and sisters are reaching out to. We are going to be so encouraged by our brothers and sisters at Open Arms, World Impact, and the Union Rescue Mission! And I pray we’ll be of encouragement to their hearts as well.

This will be a busy day full of many opportunities to serve so we want to keep things as streamlined as possible in order to keep from focusing on things and keep the focus on people. We’re planning for 500 families so we’ll be pre-bagging 1,000 bags (or more we hope!) of groceries and loading up a truck the night before – Friday, July 10 from 5-8pm.

Here’s how some of you may be able help – (July 11 is a regular FP delivery date)

500 Fruit boxes with lids from grocery stores – to stack pre-bagged groceries in and transport by truck (boxed to prevent damage during transport as well as easily store larger quantity)
1,000 grocery bags – reusable is preferred so they’ll be easier for the families to carry, however we’ll take paper for sure if that’s what we can get.
Bread donations? – Panera, Western Bagel, Bible Tabernacle
Grants to shop for supplemental food – from Sams
Supplemental shopping – orders will be placed. We need people to pick up the items from various stores

Pick oranges – Piru – tentatively week prior in order to utilize the fruit for the outreach. The owner is checking her schedule in order to confirm a date. (July 5,6,7,8)

Pre-bag the groceries on Friday, July 10 5-8pm

If you would like to volunteer for either pre-bag or the day of the event just let me know or sign up over the weekend at the information counter. We’ll be leaving from the church by bus on Saturday morning at 7am sharp!

Thank you!
Sheri

Serving Teams

amongfriendsonline — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:40:45 +0000

Recently, as a class, we took a survey, and in it, shared where we are serving and would like to serve the class in the future. The list of volunteers are divided into serving teams, and soon we will all meet to delegate responsibilities. Thank you all for being so willing to serve:)

Teaching - Ronand Barbara Thompson, Doug Hambling, Nate Perkins and Timothy Palamootil

Social Activities- Ainilians, Hernandez’, Jones’, Thompson’s, Sarah Daly, Kristine Weatherly, Debra Perkins and Heather Puett

Visitors/New Attendees – Jones’, Perkins’, Thompson’s, Puett’s, Erin Hamblin

Refreshment Coordination – Thompson’s, Jana, Brian Daly, Kristine Weatherly

Retreat Committee – Daly’s, Tim Ainilian, Doug Hambling, Richard Jones, Dave Weatherly, Dean Puett, Sheri Stimson, Thompson’s

Beyond the Gates – Thompson’s, Julie Palamootil, Dave Stimson

Testing…

amongfriendsonline — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:55:08 +0000

Just checking.

Food Pantry Competition

amongfriendsonline — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:25:05 +0000

In support of the Food Pantry, Among Friends openly challenged Serve Together(the class that comes in after us) to a contest of non-perishable food items! We will be collecting and amassing our donations in a corner of room C215(our room) throughout the next few weeks. So bring on the food!! This contest will end on Friday May 29th @ 12:01am. We are going to be counting each item and the most items win. The plan at this point is to have a pizza dinner on Friday night sometime before or during the set up time, LOSING CLASS TO FOOT THE BILL!! SO IF YOU DON’T BRING IN FOOD BRING IN MONEY . Also note that the classroom might be closed during the week so its probably best to bring in your food on Sundays (we will have two of them). Happy hunting and collecting!!

As a class, let us try and focus on these items:

Pastas
Tomatoe Products
Boxed meals
Instant Potatoes
Canned fruit and veggies
Tuna

Case Study from Timothy Palamootil

amongfriendsonline — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:11:55 +0000

The following quotations were taken from a well-known speaker. Please identify the heresies, the doctrinal error (with support from Scripture), and explain the destructive consequences* of holding to such doctrines. (*You can share your opinions here)

Hint: Please pay attention to the use of new terms, and look up Biblical references to see if it has been accurately interpreted in its context. Have fun!

“Ladies and gentlemen, the serpent is a symbol of Satan. Jesus Christ knew the only way He would stop Satan is by becoming one in nature with him. ‘What did you say? What blasphemy is this?’ No, you hear this! He did not take my sin, He became my sin. Sin is the nature of hell. Sin is what made Satan. You remember, he wasn ‘t Satan till sin was found in him. Lucifer was perfect till Ezekiel says, sin was found in thee. It was sin that made Satan. Jesus said, ‘I’ll be sin, I’ll go to the lowest place. I’ll go to the origin of it. I won ‘t just take part of it. I’ll be the totality of it. When Jesus became sin, sir, he took it from A-Z and said no more. Think about this. He became flesh that flesh might become like Him. He became death so dying man can live. He became sin so sinners can be righteous in Him. He became one with the nature of Satan so all those who had the nature of Satan can partake of the nature of God”

“When you say I am saved, what are you saying? You are saying, I am a Christian. What does that word mean? It means, I’m anointed. You know what the word anointed means? It means Christ. When you say I’m a Christian, you are saying I am Mashiyach in Hebrew, I am a little messiah walking on earth, in other words. That’s a shocking revelation! We are not, we are not, having, we don’t have apart of Him running around in our stomach feeling goose bumps. His spirit and our spirit-man are one, united. There is no separation, it’s impossible. The new creation is created after God in righteousness and true holiness. The new man is after God, like God, Godlike, complete in Christ Jesus, the new creation is just like God May I say it like this, you are a little god on earth running around.”

“When Jesus came, He did not give us back Adam’s office. He gave us His office. This is why angels to this day cannot rebuke Satan. Jude says, even Michael will not bring an accusation against the devil why? Because angels are lower today than Satan who holds the office of Adam. But we, as joint heirs with Christ in heavenly places, are higher than Adam [background voice says. 'and angels"] and angels. So, today, angels cannot rebuke Satan, but we can, because we are on the same level as the Son on earth. We’re not God, we’re the children of God. We’re god-like in our Spirit man, not in our flesh. Thank God, our flesh will die and we are gonna have a new body. The Bible says, when we shall see Him our bodies shall be like Him, but our spirit man is already like Him.”

Coffe, Cake and Conversation!

amongfriendsonline — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:01:59 +0000

Hey girls, let’s get to know Barb! She has invited all of us to come to her house this Tuesday, February 10th from 7-9pm. Please come for coffee, cake and conversation. She’ll answer ANY questions we have:) Call or email Debra or Barbara if you need directions. Hope to see you there!

Meals for Kristen!

amongfriendsonline — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:43:20 +0000

Thank you to all who signed up! If you didn’t get to sign up and still wish to bring her a meal, feel free to contact Debra or Kristen to see when another time would be good for you to bring something.

January 20th - Debra – soup, salad and bread
January 22nd – Erin – BBQ beef or pork sandwiches
January 27th – Alicia – chicken caesar casserole, salad
January 29th – Jana – Pasta and salad
February 3rd – Heather – bruschetta chicken casserole and salad
February 5th – Marian – pasta and salad