Greek IMPACT at UNC-Chapel Hill "The Glory of God is YOU Fully Alive!"

Monday Night Summaries

Date:	Title/Summary:	A/V Used	See the speakers notes
	Experiencing God: Sometimes life gets tough, and we just want to ‘never come back.’ We want to check out, disengage, move on to something else. If you’re like me, you even feel this way in your journey of faith sometimes. For some of us we feel that way every day, as we wake up and 10 minutes later we have already stumbled. For others this feeling hits only every once in a while, but when it does, it’s challenging to deal with. Scripture: John 10:10, Mark 12:32-34	Movie Clip: "Billy Madison" - Billy hates the 3rd grade and is never coming back. "On Fire" (lowrez-for modems, etc.) Music: On Fire by Switchfoot
12.05.05	Have Yourself a Merry Christmas: All semester we have been looking at what it means to be ALIVE! But to be "fully alive," we must first look to the life-specifically the birth-of the one who allows us to be Alive! This was a very special Christmas Greek IMPACT!	Movie Clip: GI Christmas '05 Video GI Christmas '05 Video (low rez - for modems, etc.) "Christmas Song" by Dave Matthews Band
11.28.05	The Prodigal: Who is God in relation to us? Who are we in relation to God? To answer these questions we look not only to the Prodigal Son, but also to the Older Son and the Father in this famous passage. Which character are you? Why? What will it take for you to move to a place like the father is in as he welcomes his son back into the fold?
11.14.05	Is the Cross Enough (pt2)?: I don’t believe that the cross is enough for us to truly live. We often end up feeling guilty because we are constantly coming back for the same things. And sometime, maybe next week, maybe 20 years down the road, we stand a real danger of just chucking the faith all together. But thankfully the story does not end there. There is something more, something much greater. After three days, Christ rose from the tomb he was buried in and was resurrected. And THAT’S where we find life. That’s where we find freedom. A dead person does us no good. A dead God, especially does us no good. A risen God, however, can offer so much more. Scripture: Romans 6:4-11, Ephesians 2:4-5, John 10:10, Ezekiel 36:26, Luke 6:44-45, 8:15	Movie Clip: "Worlds Apart" slideshow movie by Dave Shepley Music: "Worlds Apart" by Jars of Clay
11.07.05	Is the Cross Enough (pt1)?: One of the greatest traps in Christianity is the notion that the heart is wicked. How can we be ALIVE if our hearts are wicked? Scripture tells us our hearts have been transformed when we accept Christ. But we don’t often live that way, do we? We try to follow the rules, laws and disciplines, but they don’t mean a thing unless we live as transformed people. So we end up getting fed up with the legalism and the ‘expectations’ of faith... Scripture: Romans 12:2, Galatians 5, Romans 12	Music: "Manner & Means" by Caedmon's Call Quotes: GI Purpose Statement, GI Vision, 'Not Christianity' , by John Eldredge
10.25.05	The Heart is Central: Why do we so often rely on our head to dictate our lives when we know that our heart yearns for something else? Why do we rely on reason, emotion and motive while denying the deepest desires of our heart? Is it insecurity, fear, lack of knowledge? Why are facts not enough when making decisons? Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5, 1 Samuel 16:7, Proverbs 3:5, Matthew 15:8	Movie Clip: "The Passion of the Christ" - Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane facing a decison of whether to follow his heart or his head.
10.17.05	You Have a Role: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Mr. Anderson, a boring accountant became Neo. David, basically a Mr. Bo Peep, rose up to defeat the greatest warrior of all-time. He defeated Goliath with unmatched confidence. Why don't we have the same confidence in our life situations. Why do we approach life with an "Eeyore faith - I suppose I can do it; Oh well, I guess I messed up, etc." If David had that attitude he would have been toast. Scripture: 1 Samuel 17	Movie Clip: "The Matrix" - Mr. Anderson realizes he is truly Neo in a Subway station action scene. Music: "Something Beautiful" by Jars of Clay Quote: Courage, by Nelson Mandela
10.10.05	There Is More Here than Meets the Eye: We are part of a larger story - God's Epic. By thinking only in terms of ourselves and what we can see we are missing out on a large part of what makes us Alive! in Jesus. The facts just aren't enough to compel us to live. A historical account of Pearl Harbor's bombing or the Titanic sinking doesn't captivate the mind like the movies "Pearl Harbor" and "Titanic" can. If we only pay attention to what is seen, we miss what Jesus is trying to do in our lives, like Cleopas and his buddy did on the road to Damascus when Jesus was with them all along. Scripture: Luke 24:13-35	Movie Clip: Preview of the upcoming film "Narnia" Music: "Fix You" by ColdPlay
10.07.05	Special Guest Speaker: Tim Conder - Pastor Chapel Hill BIble Church/Emmaus Way. UNC/Delta Upsilon alum '82 See Tim's bio
09.26.05	Alert and Oriented Times Zero: It seems like we spend much of our lives drifting around, feeling dazed and confused. Sometimes it's because of what we did last night or last week, other times it's laziness and sometimes we're just up to our ears in busyiness and do so much that we just can't see the trees through the forest. The same is true of our spiritual lives. We find ourselves drifting in our faith and think that either we're blowing it or God is holding out on us. But he has a great plan, a plan that allows us to be Alive! Scripture: John 10:10, Luke 4:18	Movie Clip: "The Perfect Storm" - John falls from the helicopter in the midst of the Perfect Storm trying to rescue a ship lost at see. As he hits the water at maximum impact he is alert and oriented times zero.
9.19.05	The Glory of God is YOU fully Alive: This phrase, adapted from a quote by St. Iraneaus in the early 100's is perhaps the most important thing you will hear all semester. God is glorified when we are satisfied - what a concept! Jesus tells us in John 10:10 that he has 'come so that you may have life and have it to the full.' Why don't we live this way then? Why don't we live in the freedom that we are ALIVE! in Christ? Will we be people this semester who take pill like Neo did and engage the adventure, or will we be people who are satisfied with mediocrity - with life as it always has been? Scripture: John 10:10, Luke 4:18	Movie Clip: "The Matrix " - Morpheus is offering the truth - nothing more. Neo has a choice of which pill to take. One will lead to a life of adventure and a battle to win, the other will lead to life as it always has been. Quote: See the St. Iraneus quote and the reason it is our vision on Monday Nights this semester.