Welcome to Life of Christ.
Book report and Community Service report due date is Jan. 18. Make sure you follow all directions and turn it in on time to receive full credit.
Week of Jan 16:
Mo: off
Tu: the Church Jesus came to build
Wed: Semester projects are due and End Times
Fr: End Times
Week of Jan 23:
Mo: Study hall/prep for other finals
Rest of the week: Finals. Bible final: present your community service report.
Week of Jan. 9-12:
We will look at evidences for the resurrection and start looking at the end times - Jesus' return
Guidelines for community service:
Jesus came to serve (Mark 10:45), so as His followers we want to do the same. We hope and pray that through serving you will develop a servants heart and that you will also learn to see how the Lord has gifted you.
- You need to serve 10 hours during the semester.
- You may not get paid for the service.
- Choose from the following ideas:
- Feeding the homeless with your church or other group
- Going on a mission trip for a weekend during the semester
- Working at your church in the nursery, children’s ministry, choir, sound, band, etc.
- Working as an assistant coach for a little league or similar program.
- Serving in a retirement home or hospital.
- Serving in a ministry such as a homeless shelter or other program for the poor and needy.
- Helping organize worship event at Village.
- Other – must discuss them with me first.
- You need to give an oral report of the service you did by the end of the quarter and show written evidence that you have done it. Include in the evidence:
- The name of an adult overseeing your work
- The address and phone number of the place you worked at.
- A 150 word summary of what you experienced, what parts you liked and disliked.
Guidelines for Reading:
You need to do one book report during the semester.
- It must be a book about the Lord Jesus.
- It must be a book from the list below or another good book about Jesus (show it to me before you decide to read it) of at least 150 pages in length.
- You must write a 250 word book report on the material you read. Write about what you learned, what made you think, what helped change your life, what questions you have about the material in the book.
- It will also be due by the end of the semester.
- Suggestions for reading:
- The for Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- All of the following books: Isaiah, Daniel, Zechariah (Books containing many prophecies regarding Jesus)
- All of the following books: Romans, 1 Corinthians, Hebrews, Revelation
- The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel
- The Case for the Real Jesus, Lee Strobel
- The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey
- Great Lives: the Greatest Life of All, Charles Swindoll and Kate Reading
- Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message, Ravi Zacharias
- Why Jesus? Ravi Zacharias
- More than a Carpenter, Josh McDowell
- Practice Resurrection, Eugene Peterson
- The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, Gary Habermas and Michael Licona
- Did the Resurrection Happen….Really? Josh McDowell
- Spiritual Discipleship, J. Oswald Sanders
- Mark of a Man, Elizabeth Elliot
- Following Christ, The Man of God, Charles Swindoll
- The Darkness and the Dawn, Charles Swindoll
- Bruchko, Bruce Olson
- Through Gates of Splendor, Elizabeth Elliott
- Lords of the Earth, Don Richardson
- Peace Child, Don Ridchardson
- The Narrow Road, Brothe Andrew
- The Cross and the Switchblade, David Wilkerson
- The pursuit of Holiness, Jerry Bridges
- Renewing your Spiritual Passion, Gordon McDonald
- 90 minutes in Heaven, John Piper
- On Fire for Christ, Dave and Neta Jackson
- The Slumber of Christianity, Ted Dekker
- Breakthrough Prayer, Jim Cymbala
- Miracles, C.S. Lewis
- If you want to walk on Water, you’ve got to get out of the Boat, John Ortberg
- Any book by Max Lucado
- Jesus, Who is He? Tim LaHaye
- The Legacy of Jesus, John McArthur
- Crazy Love, Frances Chan
- An other book about Jesus or being a follower of Christ. Have me check it before you read it! In our library you can find most of these book in the circular stands or in the 200 section.
My email address if gerardv@villagechristian.org
God bless you,
Mr. van Heijzen