ISC Friday Night Fellowship

Entries from November 2007

ISC Friday Night Fellowship: Dinner and Discussion

November 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Hello, Everyone! 

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We know that it can be avery busy time at the end of the semester, but we hope that you’ll comejoin us on Friday.  We’ll have a delicious homemade dinner followed bysmall group discussions.

Dinner begins at 6:30pm
Cliff will be the chef of theweek! We’ll enjoy CajunGumbo,Salad,Bread,and Dessert.

SmallGroup Discussion 7:30- 8:30pm
ConnectionGroup
Topic: Forgiveness
Opening question:
Whatis your favorite part of the Thanksgiving holiday?

Bible StudyGroup
Topic:
Good Deeds Part II
Opening question:
Can you remember a time when someone’s actions spoke louderthan their words?

We look forward to seeing you this Friday at Wesley House. :-)
Feel free to bring your friends/family too.

International Student Connection
FridayNightFellowship

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Wesley House is located in WestCampus area, only two blocks away from UT campus. The address is 2202 NuecesSt. (Intersection of 22nd St. & Nueces St.) Here is the link to Google map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2202+nueces+st,+austin,+tx&spn=0.009734,0.014840&hl=en 


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ISC Friday Night Fellowship: Dinner and Discussion (Let’s talk about WORRY)

November 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Dear friend,
Thanksgiving is only one week away, and this holiday reminds us of all the blessings we’ve received from others and also the importance of passing the blessing forward! May each one of us always keep a grateful heart and being a cheerful dispenser of goodness and grace :)

Come join us at Wesley House this Friday to experience and share the friendship in this holiday season~

Dinner begins at 6:30pm
Susan’s friends Jennifer, Chris, Veronica, and David are going to bepreparing the meal this week. Thank you all so much for your kindness to serve!
The menu is Taco Soup, Cornbread, anddessert.
*** If you and/or your friends are vegetarian, please reply to wenjune.chen@gmail.com so we can make sure to provide you dinner!

Small Group Discussion 7:30- 8:30pm
Connection Group
Topic: Don’t worry about it
Icebreaker:
Dogs or cats, which is your favorite pet?  How about the idea of a bird as pet?


Bible Study Group
Topic:
Why WORRY?
Opening question:
"My life is like a blender – and it’s stuck on frappé!" 
"My life is like a sports car in a parking garage – all revved up but nowhere to go."
What other object best describes how your life feels right now?

Scripture encounter:
Matthew 6:25-34

No
meeting next Friday (Nov 23) at Wesley House due to Thanksgiving weekend! We will see you in two weeks (meeting will resume on Nov 30).

                       
Look forward to seeing you this Friday at Wesley House.
Feel free to bring your friends/family too~

Blessings,
WenRong
International Student Connection
FridayNight Fellowship

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Wesley House is located in West Campus area, only two blocks away from UT campus. The address is 2202 Nueces St. (Intersection of 22nd St. & Nueces St.) Here is the link to Google map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2202+nueces+st,+austin,+tx&spn=0.009734,0.014840&hl=en 


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ISC Friday Night Fellowship: Dinner, Discussion, Challenge, & Movie Night~

November 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Dear friend,
How’s your first week of November so far?
School can get crazy right before the week of Thanksgiving holiday! We hope you will pace yourself well and finish every project and studying in time, and we’ll be here pulling for you :)

Come and join us at Wesley House this Friday and see what we have in store for you~
* Dinner
Discussion
* Good Deeds Challenge
* Movie Night

Dinner begins at 6:30pm
We will be having chicken tetrazinni and curry pork & veggies, along with bread, salad, and desserts!
*** If you and/or your friends are vegetarian, please reply to wenjune.chen@gmail.com so we can make sure to provide you dinner!

Small Group Discussion 7:30- 8:30pm
Connection Group
Topic: Treasures and Riches
Opening question:
If youwere given a $1 million today to be spent within one week, how will you spendit?

Bible Study Group
Topic:
How do good deeds affect our lives?
Opening question:
In the last year, what’s the nicest thing someone has done for you?
Scripture encounter:
Luke 10:24-37 (The Parable of the Good Samaritan)
Galatians 6:7-10


Good Deeds Challenge
8:30pm
After the discussion, we will rejoin as a large group for a big announcement regarding a Good Deeds Challenge for the group. We will be giving out some "tools & rules" for the challenge, so make sure you don’t miss out!

Movie Night 9pm~
Forthe night owls, in continuation of the Good Deeds theme there will be amovie night watching "Pay It Forward." Popcorn anddrinks are provided.
"PayIt Forward" PG13  Everything in social studies teacher Eugene Simonet’s(KEVIN SPACEY) life is in order –  every shirt, every pencil, everyperson in its proper place.  To keep the surface placid means neverhaving to go deeper. And no one and nothing in his life has ever askedhim to.
   Arlene McKinney (HELEN HUNT) is a single mother hanging on by herfingertips, working two jobs, and struggling to raise her son, Trevor(HALEY JOEL OSMENT).  She is trying to give him a new life, but in herabsence she is losing him. 
   Eugene gives Trevor’s class an assignment: look at the world around youand fix what you don’t like.  But can you fix people?

                       
Look forward to seeing you this Friday at Wesley House.
Feel free to bring your friends/family too~

Blessings,
WenRong
International Student Connection
FridayNight Fellowship

http://isconnect.wordpress.com/

Wesley House is located in West Campus area, only two blocks away from UT campus. The address is 2202 Nueces St. (Intersection of 22nd St. & Nueces St.) Here is the link to Google map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2202+nueces+st,+austin,+tx&spn=0.009734,0.014840&hl=en 


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