Seaside’s Coming Events Seaside Thanksgiving Celebration Sermon Series: One Life Changed the World Message #29 Luke 12:1-12 Tonight DEADLY INFECTIONS Join us for a potluck style meal to spend time in fellowship. 5-7:30 pm here at Sowers. Serving Opportunity Oct 23-Nov 20 One of the Seaside Growth Groups will be serving at the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen the day after Thanksgiving. If you would like to help by donating food contact Tom VanSky at 714.925.9739 also check out their website at http://someonecareskitchen.org/pages/help.html# Young Adults Group Sundays at 7pm If you are a young adult come join us as we meet, discuss, worship and fellowship on Sunday Nights at 7pm at the Seaside Warehouse. Looking to Serve? Sundays Every Sunday at 6:00 A.M, a crew of volunteers helps the Seaside Staff unload the trailers, and set-up Stage, chairs, nursery etc. for church to happen. We are in need of some more help. Not an early riser?? Help is also needed after second service to put Seaside back into the trailers for storage during the week. Women’s Christmas Supper Dec 7th Wednesday Dec 7th 6-9 pm at Chateau Blanc Activity Room on Brookhurst and Ellis. $5 to help cover the cost. Talk to Karen Hafeli with any questions. kmhafeli@gmail.com Operation Christmas Child Needs our Help Dec 7th 1. Spiritual infection: Hypocrisy Dec 17th We need Seasiders to be Santa to the kids at the orphanage. We need 46 presents with a $50 spending limit. Don’t know what to get? Come with us and ask the Kids this Saturday. (We will bring back the kids “Letters to Santa”) We could also use help organizing the lists and collecting the gifts. Contact Vicki Dishon dishon4@verizon.net Seaside Family Panama Mission Trip 2012 http://www.panamamissionteam.webs.com/ Luke 12:1-3 THE REMEDY Knowing that what is concealed gets revealed Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; Romans 12:16 Be open and consistent People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy. Proverbs 28:13 2. Spiritual infection: Fear Luke 12:4-7 THE REMEDY The fear of God Hebrews 12:18-28; Psalms 36:1; 111:10; 112:1-10 The love of God 1 John 4:7-18 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? Psalms 27:1 Come help pack boxes on Wednesday Dec 7th from 9am – 1 pm at the Santa Ana Warehouse. Contact Donna Evans for more info. Mexico Orphanage Christmas Seaside Community Church November 20, 2011 3. Spiritual infection: Indecisive Luke 12:8-12 THE REMEDY The assistance and power of the Holy spirit Acts 1:8 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. Romans 1:16 _________________________________________________ Notes and audio available as a podcast at www.seasidehb.org Personal Growth Homework 3. How do you think Luke 12:5 relates to Luke 12:7 with respect to fear? (See also Luke 1:50 and Acts 10:34-35.) Use this as a tool in your personal study throughout the week For the week of November 20, 2011 Luke 12:1-12 Exploring the Scriptures 1. In Luke 12:1, Jesus calls hypocrisy “the yeast of the Pharisees.” From the smallest beginning, it spreads until it influences everything it touches, making it especially dangerous for a Christian. Read Matthew 7:3, Luke 6:46 and James 2:15-16 & 3:10. Do any of these verses speak particularly to you? Ask God to help you in this area of your life. 2. Sometimes we define our value by the judgments of others, such as salary or number of friends on Facebook. But our true value is based on God’s perception of us (Luke 12:4-5). Meditate on Luke 12:6-7, John 3:16 and Romans 14:8. What is the Holy Spirit saying to you? 4. In Luke 12:8-9, Jesus makes a sobering statement that relates to salvation, but can also apply to our daily lives. Think of some ways you acknowledge Jesus before others (such as sacrificial love or standing up for the truth) and some where you might have denied him (such as quietly accepting non-Christian values). Pray about how you will handle these denial situations in the future. 5. In Luke 12:10, Jesus refers to the “unforgivable sin.” Read Matthew 12:24-32 and Mark 3:22-30 to see the context of this sin. Given the work of the Holy Spirit described in John 16:7-14, why do you think that blaspheming him would cut someone off from eternal life?