tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77562924744949971832011-04-21T19:55:33.517-07:00Encounter @ Summithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589082500219077148noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756292474494997183.post-20072651019485216972008-09-04T09:21:00.001-07:002008-09-04T09:23:34.029-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HP6NageH71E/SMALffSz7qI/AAAAAAAAABY/alvw_5uIP4c/s1600-h/frequency.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HP6NageH71E/SMALffSz7qI/AAAAAAAAABY/alvw_5uIP4c/s400/frequency.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242202601863507618" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7756292474494997183-2007265101948521697?l=encountersummit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Encounter @ Summithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589082500219077148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756292474494997183.post-67059897141370551902008-07-07T15:09:00.001-07:002008-07-15T14:32:09.150-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_HP6NageH71E/SH0XVMegAmI/AAAAAAAAABQ/TmG8WovzsmQ/s1600-h/encounter_AUG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_HP6NageH71E/SH0XVMegAmI/AAAAAAAAABQ/TmG8WovzsmQ/s400/encounter_AUG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223356795713487458" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7756292474494997183-6705989714137055190?l=encountersummit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Encounter @ Summithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589082500219077148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756292474494997183.post-54471528803741848442008-06-30T08:03:00.000-07:002008-06-30T08:05:46.205-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HP6NageH71E/SGj2O_ikhHI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ymiw6uF8-Ko/s1600-h/encounter_july.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HP6NageH71E/SGj2O_ikhHI/AAAAAAAAAA4/ymiw6uF8-Ko/s320/encounter_july.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217690905743754354" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7756292474494997183-5447152880374184844?l=encountersummit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Encounter @ Summithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589082500219077148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756292474494997183.post-7095214837693443402008-06-03T10:27:00.000-07:002008-06-26T09:16:23.813-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It was an awesome night of connecting with God, people, and creativity. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Next ENCOUNTER will be JULY 6th! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Stay tuned, We'll have updates on here! </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7756292474494997183-709521483769344340?l=encountersummit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Encounter @ Summithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589082500219077148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756292474494997183.post-62990196886307828402008-05-20T19:11:00.001-07:002008-05-20T19:11:38.215-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(100, 95, 94); font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><object width="400" height="300"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1043731&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1"> <embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1043731&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/1043731?pg=embed&amp;sec=1043731">Encounter TAG </a> from <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user433967?pg=embed&amp;sec=1043731">Jarrod Renaud</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com?pg=embed&amp;sec=1043731">Vimeo</a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7756292474494997183-6299019688630782840?l=encountersummit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Encounter @ Summithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589082500219077148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756292474494997183.post-66960591121941596822008-05-17T14:23:00.000-07:002008-05-17T14:26:27.714-07:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Kingdom of God is a real kingdom which means it has language and culture, norms, values, and identity.  As followers of Christ (the King of the Kingdom) it is our joy to learn of Him, live in His Kingdom, and speak</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">this new language.  </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">What does this mean? </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">How does this overlay with our current cultural setting?  </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The answers are peppered throughout the Bible and concentrated in the New Testament; particularly in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7. Read through and keep in mind the differences you notice between God's Kingdom and the worlds kingdoms' in the time that Jesus was speaking. How does this apply to our current culture?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">A quick visual example...</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The British drive on the opposite side of the road from us, the left side. When a Brit comes here, he or she must fit to our culture/norms/laws of driving on the right side of the road otherwise there will be lots of frantic people and most likely a very serious accident. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Take this to a spiritual level.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">It is kind of the same with God's Kingdom.  We may be used to living according to the ways of our world, but God has another culture.  It is often backwards from ours, backwards from our standpoint but correct from Truths standpoint.  </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">  </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">So where do we clash? </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Where do we drive on the wrong side of the road in God's Country? </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Which laws do we break? </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Where do we go from here?</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7756292474494997183-6696059112194159682?l=encountersummit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Encounter @ Summithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589082500219077148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756292474494997183.post-91054776734379188542008-05-14T12:29:00.000-07:002008-05-14T15:24:54.636-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HP6NageH71E/SCs9x2tcaYI/AAAAAAAAAAo/St0iX46cmV8/s1600-h/encounter_june_feather_blog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HP6NageH71E/SCs9x2tcaYI/AAAAAAAAAAo/St0iX46cmV8/s320/encounter_june_feather_blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200318121438374274" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> ** A backwards kingdom **</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">June 1st @ 6pm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">702 17th Ave</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Longmont, CO</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7756292474494997183-9105477673437918854?l=encountersummit.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Encounter @ Summithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589082500219077148noreply@blogger.com3