February 18 Catalyst Information

Parents, please note that at the bottom of the Catalyst Announcements is a new heading entitled Moldova Mission Trip Announcements.

CATALYST ANNOUNCEMENTS
THIS WEEK
Wednesday- Catalyst- 6:30-8:00pm
$10 for 30 Hour Famine due!
Thursday- Dinner and The Following (Peer-to-Peer Ministry Introduction)– 6:00-8:00pm
Friday– 30 Hour Famine. Stop eating at 1:00pm on Friday. Meet at church @ 5pm. We break the fast at 7:00pm on Saturday with a meal. You’re free to head home at 7:30pm

NEXT WEEK
Wednesday– No Catalyst due to Ash Wednesday service @ 7:00pm
Thursday- Dinner & The Following (Peer Ministry)-6:00-8:00pm

MOLDOVA MISSION TRIP ANNOUNCEMENTS
February 21– 7:30pm– Make up bake sale items
Please have your parents bring your bake goods to church at 7:30pm (at the
end of the 30 Hour Famine) so we can put the bags together for sale on
Sunday. Please bring between 4 and 5 dozen cookies per participant.
February 22– 11:00-2:30pm- Café and Bake sale
The café will be open from noon till 2pm. We will set up during second
service.
February 25– 12:00pm– 2nd payment of $200 is due
March 5– 6:00-8:00pm– Moldova Prep Meeting (make sure all your homework is finished)
March 8– 12:30-3:30pm– First Mission Trip Social @ Isaac’s house.

CATALYST SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
This week I am tackling John 17 in its entirety. Due to the children going tubing, we have almost the entire church at our disposal. So, I have created a cross-church relay race as part of my teaching. I (God) will be determining 3 to 4 team captains (Jesus) to carry out each part of the relay. The captains, like Jesus, will have to know their team (disciples) very well. The captains will not be given what each part of the race, just that one room focuses on memory work, another on Bible concordance work, etc.
My point in this relay, is that God gave Jesus the authority over everything. And we are going to be looking at how Jesus used that given authority. He didn't overpower, manipulate, cooerce, but used it to show the Father's (and His) love and to command them to love others. The reason I'm focusing on this is that as I study through John 17, I count the word GIVE (or variations of the word) all over the place.
I'm going to be tying in the relay with the passage by: 1- I gave the captains authority to decide how best to use their team. What those captains say will go. The kind of authority they use with their team can be used to encourage their team to success (and carry out the commands with enthusiasm and love) or to pound down their team into submission through power and control.
I am going to AGAIN being keying in on the amazing love Jesus showed his disciples and followers in His prayer for God's glory and their protection and success.

Here are some questions you may ask your child:
1- how is the authority Jesus displayed different than what is often shown in the world?
2- In Jesus' prayer, He prayed for protection, sanctification, unity, and future glory for his disciples. Why do you think Jesus chose those things specifically to pray for His disciples?
3- Jesus notes that the Father sent Him into the world many times in John 17. How does this give Jesus authority in the world? How does Jesus sending us into the world give us authority?
4- How are we to use that authority?
5- What things can we pray about right now?