What we did

Wednesday was a lot of fun with silly games such as Big Booty and a very funny blinfolded taste testing which we then went into how God calls us to be Salt and Light of the world (Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus tells his disciples, "You are the salt of the earth" and "You are the light of the world." In verse 13 we read, "You are the salt of the earth," and in the Greek it is "You and you alone are the salt of the earth. Why did Jesus say that to this small group of uneducated, poor, humble, Galilean disciples? He was telling them that although the world of men is rotting, they as Christians were to function like salt in the world. Why? They alone were different from the world. Like the world, they had also been dead, but from their depravity and spiritual death they had been delivered by the power of God and made alive by their relationship with Christ. )

We then listened to "World" by Five for Fighting. Recently I was really impressed by its lyrics and tone. It is hopeful and yet challenging. It asks us to consider what kind of world we'd want to live in and what we might do to make it so:

Got a package full of Wishes - A Time machine, a Magic Wand, A Globe made out of Gold - No Instructions or Commandments, Laws of Gravity or Indecisions to uphold, Printed on the box I see A.C.M.E.'s Build-a-World-to-be, Take a chance - Grab a piece - Help me to believe it, What kind of world do you want? Think Anything, Let's start at the start - Build a masterpiece, Be careful what you wish for - History starts now...

Full lyrics here. The writer and vocalist John Ondrasik says of the song: "What fed into this is that . . . many stand on their soap boxes and rant and rave without offering any solutions of their own. It's easy to complain. It's hard to do something or offer and alternative solution." How might you use this song? The Cafe used this song to portray on a board what the world looks like and how you think God would want the world to be. We cut out tons of magazines and had a lot of fun discussing different activities we could do for the community. Hopefully I can get some pictures of the other night to show you how much fun we had. Can't wait till next Wed.!