Impact Christmas Party in San Jose - December 20th

You and your friends are invited to Impact's Christmas Party! 

We'll have soup, bread, hot chocolate and Christmas caroling! We'll also be looking at Christmas lights and watch the famous Charlie Brown Christmas special!

Time: Thursday 12/20 any time after 6:30 pm

Where: Christian's house: 
1134 Glenn Ave. 
San Jose CA 95125
(408) 416-1802

Bring? A warm coat for looking at the lights. Do not bring food, dinner is provided. 

Healthy Relationships with Each Other

Join Impact for our next series: "Healthy Relationships with Each Other", taught by guest speaker Dr. David Eckman. In this series we will look at how God's example of a loving relationship with us can help form healthy relationships with each other.

Series Dates: November 8th - December 13th 2012

Thursday Nights 7-9PM

“David Eckman, Ph.D., has been a pastor for 16 years followed by 7 years as a Dean and Vice-President for Western Seminary in San Jose and Portland. He holds an M.Div., M.Th., and Ph.D. He has studied at Oxford University in England working on his doctorate, and received his Ph.D. in Old Testament and Hebrew from Golden Gate Seminary. He is presently part-time faculty for Western Seminary and full-time with Becoming What God Intended Ministries. He is an author of numerous books and an international speaker and educator He has authored Becoming Who God Intended, Knowing the Heart of the Father and Sex, Food, and God.”

Thursday Night Study, Nov. 1

Thursday Night Study - John 17

Please read John 17, you may use the questions below to prepare for the study this Thursday. 

Introduction

1.  What going away gift have you received or given that still warms your heart or brings a smile?

2. What is the best reason you have heard for not believing in Jesus as Savior?

Study

1. What event is it now "time" for (v. 1;  12:23-24)?

2. What does it mean to "glorify" someone (v. 4 – 5, 10, 22, 24)? How is Jesus is deity emphasized here?

3. Who is the focal point of Jesus' prayer in verses 6-19? Why? If you had to file a report to the Father of Jesus' activities, how would you verify verses 6-8?

4. What is Jesus' concern in verses 11 and 15?  What does he mean by "the name you gave me" (see 8:58; Ex 3:14)? What do the events surrounding the original revelation of this name show about its power to save (Ex 3:7-10)?

5. What does he mean by his request in verse 17? What is its purpose?

6. Who is the focus of Jesus's prayer in verses 20 through 26? Toward what end? What kind of unity exists between God and Jesus that we should copy?

7. What does Jesus'  ultimate desire (v. 24) reveal about his love for us?

8. How do verses 25 - 26 some of the major concerns of Jesus in chapter 13 – 16?

Personal

1. This week, whom have you glorified by the way you lived? How so? 

2. What two phrases sum up your goal for the past year? 

3.How are your prayers for others like and unlike Jesus' prayer? Do your prayers reflect the short-term urgent, or the long-term important needs that people have? What can you apply to your prayer skills from this chapter?

4. How does the fact that Jesus existed before the world began affect the way you live?

5. How important to you is unity with other believers? With whom do you share this unity? How can you experience more unity?

"Serendipity Bible for Groups" third edition c. 1998 pp. 1506-1507; Zondervan Publishing House