Frontline Arlington Campus News 2-2-12

 

Georgetown Haiti Mission Trip Dinner Monday Please come out and support   the students of Georgetown University as they prepare to serve in Haiti.   There will be a support raising dinner next Monday night (Feb 6th) at 6:30 in   the lobby. Please bring a donation and come hungry! Have questions? Contact Whitney   at whitney.cahan@mcleanbible.org

 

Baptism Class If you are interested in being baptized   on February 13th, make sure to attend a short class after Monday’s   service. If you have questions please contact Enoch at enoch.haven@mcleanbible.org.

 

Connect Dessert If you are new to Frontline Arlington   in the last couple of months then we would like to invite you to our Connect   Dessert, directly following the service Monday. Just head out to the East   Corridor for some good sweets and a chance to meet some new people. See you   there!

 

Future Leader’s Program If you are a recent college grad who feels called to ministry, check out the   Future Leader Program, a year-long, paid program that prepares you for   ministry and leadership. Apply at www.mbcfutureleaders.com by Saturday, Feb 25.   For more information, email rachel.thomas@mcleanbible.org

 

Men’s Huddle All men are invited to join us on Saturday, Feb 11, for   breakfast at 8:15am in the Café at MBC Tysons. The main session starts at 9am   with Jerry Leachman, former Chaplain of the Washington Redskins. For more   information and to register, visit www.mbctysons.org/menshuddle or email menshuddle@gmail.com

 

Women’s Conference Ladies, there is still time to   get an “early bird discount” if you register for the MBC Women’s   Conference by Feb 6! This year’s conference theme is “Biblical Womanhood   in the 21st Century” and our keynote speaker, Mary Kassian, will discuss   what it means for women to live biblically amidst the challenges of today’s   culture. We also have a great line up of breakout seminar speakers that you   can learn more about on our website(http://mcleanbible.org/wc-seminar) or Facebook   page (http://www.facebook.com/events/363376187010302).   The conference takes place March 2-4 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MD.   So grab a friend and sign up today! You can register at ticket central or   online at www.mcleanbible.org/womensconference (http://mcleanbible.org/wc-register).   Scholarships are available on a case by case basis, if you are interested in   applying for a scholarship to attend contact terri.edwards@mcleanbible.org

Come Alive – Day 21

Welcome to Come Alive: 21 Days. These entries are coinciding with our 3 week vision series that we are currently in and we pray they both challenge and encourage you. This is the final post and it was written by John McGowan, our Frontline Teaching Pastor.

Come Alive: What Changed?

We’re starting a new series at Frontline this week, so this post is the official end of “Come Alive”.  But before we turn the page completely, there’s one simple question I want to put in front of us:  what changed?  By that I mean, how are you different now than you were 21 days ago?

What’s come alive in you?  Your own relationship with Jesus?  A burden to reach our city for Christ?  Or are you praying about going to Haiti?  Feeling led to get involved in a Regional Community?  What’s different?

If you have solid answers to that question, praise God!  Hold on to those things.  Journal them.  Share them with your small group.  Confide in a close friend.  Giving voice to what God has done in our lives helps solidify His work and provide accountability as we go forward.

But I’m writing today for the person whose honest answer is “absolutely nothing.”  I’m writing for the person whose answer is, “I’m further from God, trapped in more sin and feeling hopeless.”  My guess is there’s more than a handful of people who would give a similar answer.

As I prayed for you this morning, I felt God leading me to Psalm 62:8, “Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.”  Some of us are just one honest conversation with God away from amazing things coming alive in our hearts.  Blog posts and sermons will help.  God’s Word will never fail you.  But you’ve got to get alone with Him and pour your heart out.  Lay it all out there – the mess, the hurt, the pain, the feeling that you missed it and the desire to be changed by Him.

God doesn’t turn His back on the honest searching of His people.  He draws near to us when we draw near to Him.  Run to Him today.  He’s the One you need.

- John McGowan

To listen to the sermons from this series, please click here.

Come Alive – Day 20

Welcome to Come Alive: 21 Days. These entries are coinciding with our 3 week vision series that we are currently in and we pray they both challenge and encourage you. This post was written by Edward Hunt, our Frontline Arlington Campus Pastor.

Did you know that Christ was thinking about you when he was praying to God? “As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world” (John 17:18) Here Christ is praying for you and all the disciples that have and will ever live. You come from a long line of faithful men and women who have entrusted themselves fully to living a “sent” life no matter what the cost. The cost of following Christ demands the entirety of our lives. In the western church we haven’t experienced this “cost” as many have around the world. This very day your brothers and your sisters are being persecuted for their faith. Let us not be so lulled to sleep by the comfortable Christianity that we experience and forget them. Let us pray diligently for them. A dear brother once said “When you unite in prayer for the persecuted church, you notice a powerful connection – to Christ, to one another and to our brothers and sisters living under oppression. In the place of prayer, we come to see the spiritual depth to be found in suffering.”

I know it is easy to forget with everything we have going on in our lives but I beg of you to fight against this. To fight against my forgetfulness I signed up for a daily email that tells me ways I can be praying. Please go to this website and join me in praying for the persecuted church: http://www.opendoorsusa.org/pray/.

- Edward Hunt

To listen to the sermons from this series, please click here.

Come Alive – Day 19

Welcome to Come Alive: 21 Days. These entries are coinciding with our 3 week vision series that we are currently in and we pray they both challenge and encourage you. This post was written by Natalie, a member of the Frontline Prince William campus.

Months before our team was in Kenya I was beginning to see God move in my heart in a powerful way. I had recently moved to the Washington DC area and I was still transitioning from college life into the real world. I knew in college that every time they spoke of global missions either at church or at Campus Crusade for Christ on Thursday nights, I always felt interest in my heart. When I moved here I heard about the Frontline PW Kenya team that was being created I felt that interest overwhelming my heart again. The process of preparation was something that I really wasn’t prepared for but God prepared me for every step of the way. What I mean is, between February and our departure in late June, God softened my heart through some of the most difficult trials of my life, testing of my faith, and the process of transitioning into a new life in Northern Virginia. Throughout the process I realized that I wasn’t alone in this preparation to serve our God in a foreign country, God created friends to walk with me and show me that he’s going to take care of me through it all.

This mission trip to Kenya was more than an opportunity to serve others; it was a God designed experience for my heart to change. It was a chance to see what breaks God’s heart in this world. My life is forever changed and like God intended in Romans 12:2, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. He showed me the world at a new angle while softening my heart in the process.

One of experience that was particularly transforming for me was my new understanding of Revelation 7:9, “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.” Before going to Africa I did not have a solid understanding of what it meant by “tribe.” I knew that there are different languages, and nations and people but the tribe thing just didn’t make sense to me. While in Africa we met people of different tribes and within these tribes the people spoke many languages. Their tribes were sacred pieces of their identity and who they were. I learned the meaning behind what God meant when he placed that word there in the Bible but I also realized that scripture says that one day a great multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language will be standing before his throne. Many of the people living in Africa don’t even have access to a Bible and even if they do, they may not be literate. How will they ever learn about God and his promises and then one day be with us followers there when we stand before his throne? I realized then how important it was for us to be there in Africa sharing the gospel with the people, just as it is important to share the gospel here with our neighbors in the United States.

- Natalie

To listen to the sermons from this series, please click here.

Frontline Arlington Campus News: 1-26-12

*Frontline Arlington 2012 Winter Retreat

*Registration closes this Thursday February 2nd. Join us the weekend of February 17-19 for a weekend retreat to Massanutten Resort. The cost is $175 for those skiing and $90 for non-skiers. To find out more and to register please visit: http://frontlinearlington.com/frontline-arlington-winter-retreat/  For more information contact Rachel McCullough at rachel.mccullough@mcleanbible.org

Arlington Regional Community

Arlington: The next Arlington regional community gathering will be Sunday, January 29th, 2012 from 11 AM – 1 PM. For more information contact Jeff Kommerstad at jeff.kommerstad@gmail.com

Georgetown Haiti Mission Trip Dinner

Please come out and support the students of Georgetown University as they prepare to serve in Haiti. There will be a support raising dinner next Monday night (Feb 6th) at 6:30 in the lobby. Please bring a donation and come hungry! Have questions? Contact Whitney at whitney.cahan@mcleanbible.org

Pretty and Polished Day

Pretty & Polished is gearing up for our annual Pretty & Polished Day on Saturday, February 11th. We will be visiting nursing homes throughout the DC area to share God’s love and affection by providing hand massages and simple manicures to the elderly.

P&P has leaders heading up teams in Arlington, Alexandria, DC, McLean, and Rockville that need volunteers. We’d love to open even more locations if more leaders come forward. Would it be possible to have your campus announce Pretty & Polished Day and the call for volunteers during the next two services? Those wanting more information can email me at prettyandpolished@mcleanbible.net or they can register to volunteer at http://www.prettyandpolished.com/p/valentines-day-2012.html

Baptism Class

If you are interested in being baptized on February 13th, make sure to attend a short class after next week’s service. If you have questions please contact Enoch at enoch.haven@mcleanbible.org

Men’s Huddle

All men are invited to join us on Saturday, Feb 11, for breakfast at 8:15am in the Café at MBC Tysons. The main session starts at 9am with Jerry Leachman, former Chaplain of the Washington Redskins. For more information and to register, visit www.mbctysons.org/menshuddle or email menshuddle@gmail.com

Women’s Conference

Ladies, there is still time to get an “early bird discount” if you register for the MBC Women’s Conference by Jan 31! This year’s conference theme is “Biblical Womanhood in the 21st Century” and our keynote speaker, Mary Kassian, will discuss what it means for women to live biblically amidst thechallenges of today’s culture. We also have a great line up of breakout seminar speakers. The conference takes place March 2-4 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MD. So grab a friend andsign up today! You can register at ticket central or online at www.mcleanbible.org/womensconference. Scholarships are available on a case by case basis, if you are interested in applying for a scholarship to attend contact terri.edwards@mcleanbible.org

Musicians Needed

The Creative Arts Ministry is currently looking for individuals who would be interested in playing during musical worship. Please contact Tony at tony.alany@mcleanbible.org

Connect Meeting

Want to know more about Frontline Arlington? Want to join a regional community or small group? Meet us in the overflow area for our Connect meeting immediately following the service.

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