At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what is called "Baptist Day."
On this day each one is to bring a lunch to be eaten outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every
"Baptist Day" the school would invite one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological
education center.

One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr. Tillich spoke for two and one-half hours "proving"
that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He quoted scholar after scholar and book after book.
He concluded that since there was no such thing as the historical resurrection, the religious
tradition of the church was groundless, emotional, mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a
relationship with a risen Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead in any literal sense.
He then asked if there were any questions.

After about 30 minutes, an old dark skinned preacher with a head of short-cropped, woolly
white hair stood up in the back. "Docta Tillich, I got one question," he said as all eyes turned
toward him.

He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and began eating it. "Docta Tillich..
(CRUNCH, MUNCH) My question is a simple question ,... (CRUNCH, MUNCH)...
Now, I ain't never read them books you read...(CRUNCH,MUNCH)... and I can't recite
the Scriptures in the original Greek...(CRUNCH, MUNCH) I don't know nothin' about
Niebuhr and Heidegger... (CRUNCH, MUNCH)..."

He finished the apple. "All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate,------was it bitter or sweet?"
Dr. Tillich paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion:
"I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven't tasted your apple."

The white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into his crumpled paper bag,
looked up at Dr. Tillich and said calmly, "Neither have you tasted my Jesus."

The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves.
The crowd erupted with applause and cheers.
Dr. Tillich thanked his audience and promptly left.

Have you tasted Jesus?
Think about it. Little msg from Cliff

 

FRESH 2005/2006!

2 Corinthians 6:2- I tell you NOW is the time of God's favor, NOW is the day of salvation

Psalm 79:13- We your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise

 

 

Goals

Ø        4/5 of Taylor at Fresh by Term 3 2006

Ø        Each grade involved

Ø        Worship FRESH (more)

Ø        Poon- improve on personal leadership, stepping up

Ø        Year 12 involved- ownership

Ø        Prefects involved

Ø        Minimum of 80 people per 1^st term of FRESH (take into account only 3 year groups)

 

 

General Ideas

Ø        Paintings/ banners for FRESH- creating atmosphere, ‘arty’ things

Ø        T-shirts- designs

Ø        Worship FRESH

Ø        Cards- encouragement, question, praise, prayer

Ø        Panel to answer question cards

Ø        “FRESH idle” band competition…expand into FRESH talent lunch

Ø        During talk sit in houses- house rivalry/involvement

Ø        Once a month- guest speaker

        Special Items

Ø        Year 8 invited for FRESH?

Ø        FRESH news

Ø        Video FRESH (e.g. Prince of Egypt)

Ø        Advertising in year groups

        Posters

Ø        Balloons every week- come on!

Ø        Sign on sheet?

Ø        Food/drink outside hall

Ø        Commentators for hangtime/ games

Ø        Music

Ø        Girl-life

Ø        Greeters/Welcomers at the doors

Ø        Topic FRESH (eg. 80’s FRESH- best dress wins prize…etc)

         FRESH Split- Guys/Girls

         Pizza FRESH

         Communion

         Spiritual FRESH- praying, scripture, worship

         Funny/Random Entrance into hall eg. Jump mat

         Leadership FRESH eg. Captains share visions/thoughts with leaders

         Open Mic preaching

         Weekly newsletters/emails to leaders (2 days before FRESH)

         Website

         Guest speakers at leaders meetings

         X-box zone

         Table Tennis

         Catwalk

         Aerobics

 

        

 

Game Ideas

    Criteria for games: safe, easy to organise/pack up, fun, quick, houses able to cheer

Ø              Stuck in the mud

Ø             Bow/stern/port/scrub the deck/captain’s coming…game

Ø             Cricket

Ø             AFL/soccer

Ø             Balloon tied to feet…game

Ø             Lava/river/boat…race game

Ø             Soccer- shoot in goals/holes

Ø             House game- protect your balloon

Ø             Mintie hunt

Ø             Capture the flag

Ø             Newspaper hockey

Ø             Handball

Ø             Soccer shoot out…either at goalie or person tied to goal

         Limbo

         Lamington race 

         Frisbee Food- competition to hit boxes and have to eat whats under them

         Media Man with 4 people and pool noodles

         Human 10 Pin bowling

         Tug-of-War

         Volleyball

         Group Acts- 'Monkey' 'Photo' 'Driving' 'Shoot-out' 'Rock-a-by-baby'

   Keep trying to think of fun and original games we can play- take note of them!

 

 

Leadership Roles

Ø         School Leader/Captain- Jayne, David

       School Vice Captains- Shuvah, Stefen

              Fresh Leader- Lawson

       Cards- Lauren

Ø         Banners- Elyce

Ø         Girl-life- Kirrely

Ø         Music- Cameron

       Set-Up- Lemaire

       Technology- Robbie Young

       Recess Run- Arash Vesali

More roles and their leaders will be allocated throughout the year. Remember that it is up to YOU to take the initiative- you are the leader, so act on it. You are the one to create the atmosphere… 

 

----------------------------

 

In conclusion, I hope you are all pumped for this year! This ministry is going to be soo awesome and it is a great chance for us all to get involved and step up- not for ourselves, but for Jesus Christ- a man who gave it all for us.

 

Remember that year 12 is a year you will remember for the rest of your lives. How do you want to remember it? Two years back, who do you think of: the man who changed the school or the girl with the highest UAI? I remember Joel- the man who stepped up because he got passionate about Pacific Hills Christian School, the man who wanted to make the difference. Don’t let all that go to waste.

 

No ‘what ifs'!