OFFERING ON SEP 27/28, 2014Required for weekly budget: $33,800

Budget: $42,197 • Imagine: $3,092

AROUND BETHANYAnnual General Meeting (AGM): Sun Oct 5, 2:30 pm in the Fireside Room. All are welcome, whether or not you are a member. Annual Reports and proxy forms are available at the Welcome Centre.

Communion Next Weekend: We will take part in communion during the services on Oct 11/12.

October 4/5, 2014Saturday, 6:45 pm • Sunday, 9:30 & 11:10 am

THE UPSIDE-DOWN KINGDOM

Guard Your HeartPastor Larry Shantz speaking

PRAISE & PRAYERDeepest Sympathy to...• Jeff & Pauline Wilts (Elise, Elijah) on the passing

of Jeff’s father, Siebrand Wilts, on Tue Sep 30.

• Cheryl Wasyluk and family on the passing of her uncle, Raymond Priddle, on Tue Sep 30.

Congratulations to Hans & Jayne Duldner on the birth of their grandson, Oliver James McIntyre, on Mon Sep 29. Parents are Greg & Alicia McIntyre.

Lift Up in Prayer: Wes & Stephanie Collins, Enrique Serpas, Agnes Riches, Stephanie Neal-Loback

Our Praise & Prayer Room (Room 121) is available after each service for those looking for a quiet place to pray. People are there to pray with you if you wish. Pick up a card to submit your praise and prayer requests OR check out our Praise & Prayer Wall at bethanycc.ca/praiseandprayer.

KIOSKS THIS WEEKENDPRAYER: Sign up to take the Prayer Basics course offered on Sun Oct 19, 26 and Nov 2, 11:10 am in Room 117. Learn ways to strengthen your relationship with God through prayer.

A GLANCE AT BETHANY: Are you new to Bethany? Want to get connected with others? Sign up for our “A Glance at Bethany” Newcomer’s Lunch coming up on Sun Oct 19, 12:45-2 pm in the Fireside Room.

SIGN-UP: Looking to learn more about Bethany and what we’re all about? Sign up to take the Bethany Basics course offered on Sat Oct 25, 9 am to 12 noon AND Sun Oct 26, Nov 9 & 16, 11:10 am to 2:30 pm. Note: Completion is required for membership.

SPORTS: Sign up for Adult Flag Football offered on Sun Oct 19, 3-5 pm and Sun Oct 26, 2-4 pm at Woodland School (1511 Seventh St, St. Catharines). All adults (age 16+) are welcome to join us.

MISSIONS: Help send a child to school in Nigeria. Sponsorship is $110/year per child. For donations of $25 or more, receive your choice of a scarf or an original Nigeria scene note card.

GROUP LIFE:• Find out how to get connected through Life Teams,

Bible studies and events.

• Pick up this week’s Life Team Study Guide.

• Sign up for The Joshua Study, an eight-week course on the book of Joshua offered on Thursdays, starting Oct 16, 7 pm in Room 117.

The SEP/OCT issue is available at the Welcome

Centre. Pick one up today!

THE UPSIDE-DOWN KINGDOM

Guard Your Heart

RESPONSE FORMOctober 4/5, 2014

I would like:

more info about becoming a Christ follower

more info about Bethany

a church mailbox

to be included in the Bethany Phone &Address Directory (fill in info below)

offering envelopes (fill in info below)

to arrange “direct debit” for offerings

to receive a LARGE PRINT bulletin

to subscribe to the Bethany eBulletin (fill in email below OR visit bethanycc.ca)

more info about Life Teams(participating, leading, coaching)

more info about support & recovery(Celebrate Recovery, The Landing)

Other:

Guard Your Heart for it is the Wellspring of Life: (Proverbs 4:23; Matthew 5:27-30)• Victorian philosophy of sexuality• Hedonistic philosophy of sexuality

Jesus Quotes the Sixth Commandment: (Matthew 5:27, 19:5-6)

Guarding Against the Things That Make Us Vulnerable to Commit Adultery:• When there is a lack of intimacy in your marriage• When you experience grief or depression• When there is a long period of separation• When you spend a lot of time alone with the person

of the opposite sex• When you are successful• When you become too close to another couple

Jesus Addresses the Root of the Issue: Our Hearts (Matthew 5:27-28; Mark 7:21-23)1. Fundamental distinctions between love and lust...• Is sexual desire the same as lust?• Is sexual temptation the same as lust?• Is lust really synonymous with adultery?

2. Reasons why uncontrolled lust is so harmful...• Lust denies the dignity of man• Lust devours the person who becomes controlled by

it (Ephesians 4:17-19)• Lust destroys natural desire (Proverbs 5:18-23)• Uncontrolled lust can spiritually destroy a person

(Matthew 5:29-30)

Guard Your Heart:(Psalm 119:9-11; Philippians 4:4-8; Ephesians 6:10-18)

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