Until Next Year...

Our next meeting is on January 13th in the Delaware room.

See you in 2009!

Masquerade

Get your dresses, ties, coats, jewels, hats, and canes. It's gonna be grand!!

Save the date - Resolved Masquerade!

When: Friday, December 5th, 7pm

What to wear: Formal or cocktail attire

What to bring: A mask!!!

Get ready!! More details to come!!

What You've Been Looking Forward To All Year

Remember to bring back your formal donning for the Resolved formal.

Regular?

Regular 7 o'clock Tuesday meeting in the Delaware. Not so regular people. Even more not so regular news.

Recently Developed Inclination

Friends,

Check out the Website for New Attitude 2008, a giant conference full of worshiping God, hearing messages about God, talking with you friends about God, reading God's word, and talking to God. 

The website has tons of good articles, audio and video sermons, and a good blog.

2009's conference will be on Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore. 

More information to follow!

www.newattitude.org

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Tonight.

Seven Post Meridian.

Delaware Room.

Dragos and Football

First, Football is on the grass football fields behind the IUP stadium, not at MacPark (that's a change). 11am this Saturday (the 8th). Flag or two-hand-touch; it's for both guys and girls.

Second, we're hanging out at the Drago's house this Friday at 7pm.

On the Menu...

Wii

Meatball subs

Games of sorts

Other cool stuff

The big star is the Drago's house at 660 Chestnut Street. If you need a ride, meet at the HUB circle at 6:45. Click the picture to make the map bigger.

Thanks, Joe and Marty, for  the great question/answer session last night!

Here are some things to look at while you wait for next week...

Can our sin mess up God's plan? 

A post on The Blazing Center blog

Of First Importance

For those hungry for truth and short on time and/or attention

Al Mohler's Blog

News from a Christian worldview

You Betcha!

This week, as wonderfully as always, we're meeting in the Delaware Room in the HUB, 7pm. 

If you've never come, feel completely free to do so. There's always someone new, so you won't be the only one. 

We've got a good God. Let's get together and celebrate that!

Resource of the week:

A blog for those hungry for truth and short on time and/or attention...

http://firstimportance.org/

Man Night/Woman Night

Friends and others,

On Saturday (the 25th) at 5:45pm, we'll be meeting at the HUB circle...

The girls will be eating dinner and watching a girly movie at the Wallworks...

The guys will be eating meat and doing other man-related things. DO NOT EAT BEFOREHAND. We'll be doing plenty of eating together. Meat. Free meat. Grilled over the fire.


Both genders bring warm clothes (just in case there's a spontaneous game of guys vs. girls hide & seek after the festivities).

Questions?

Email benandjanmurphy@yahoo.com


Resolvediup.com

What's More Powerful Than Evil?

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— (Romans 5:12)

"It would seem like sin is the most powerful force in the world. It’s the cause of all human misery... sin severs us from God, and brings down upon our heads the judgment and the retribution of God against our transgressions. Is there anything more powerful than sin?"

Yes, there is! Visit TheBlazingCenter.com (the Altrogge's blog) to hear the rest of this story and to read a quick summary of Mark's message last night...

More info to come on Saturday's guys/girls nights...

Five Truths Every Christian Should Know...

#1 We now have peace with God

#2 Since we have peace with God, we can always rejoice

#3 We were brought to peace with God while we were enemies

#4 Since we have peace with God, we can be assured that we will ultimately stay saved

#5 All gifts from God are intended to generate praise to God

Suggestion: Take one of these truths each day this week. Think about it. Praise God for it. Savor it. Thank God for it. Each one of these truths are amazing. Let's let God change our day through these truths!

From Romans 5:1-11

You Guessed It!

Meeting this Tuesday, 7pm, Delaware room.

Let's come expecting and praying that God will move on our hearts!

Progressive Dinner

This Friday (October 8th, 2008) is a progressive dinner. 

Meet at 5:45pm at the HUB to drive over together, or show up at the Drago's (660 Chestnut St) at 6pm.

The format?

Come, eat, leave. Come, eat, leave. Come, eat, leave. 

We'll eat...

...Appetizers with the Dragos

...Soup and salad at the Jackie/Carol/Laura/Janelle/Olivia house

...Main dish with the Versaces

...Desert at the Wallworks

We'll probably spend approximately  45 minutes at each location.

Questions? Email benandjanmurphy@yahoo.com

P.S. Thanks for the great truth last night, Marty!

Tonight!

Really! Great! Sermon!

7pm! Delaware Room!

Tuesday's Message - Romans 3:21-26

 But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:21-26

Tuesday

Meeting this Tuesday/7pm/Delaware Room/As always!

Mark Altrogge, the Senior Pastor at our church, will be speaking about some really great news this week. 

See you there...

Video Scavenger Hunt!

The best time of your life!

A video scavenger hunt is this Friday's amazing activity! Tons of fun, and even more fighting, this will blow your hilarious genes. Just kidding about the fighting part.

Where: Meet at the HUB circle, and hunt all over Indiana.

When: 6:45, to break into teams.

What: What is a "video scavenger hunt" you ask?

Here are some of the rules:

-Teams should establish two captains, one being the driver of the vehicle for the team and the other being an Indiana native, or someone knowledgeable of the layout and back streets of Indiana.
-Each team will be given one video camera, 10 sheets of white paper (for 10 tasks), and a sharpie.
-You will work together to complete and film each task.
-The entire team must come to the Wallworks at 8:30p.m. regardless of how many tasks you have yet to attempt
-At approximately 8:40p.m. all of the participants will gather to watch the team videos

The scoring is based on a complex rubric (which each team will be given), and we'll watch the videos at the end of the night (they're usually pretty hilarious).

Here are some sample tasks from past years:

-Film the courthouse clock at exactly 8:12pm
-Carry a teammate through the Oakgrove while humming the "Superman" theme
-At a fast food restaurant, order mayonnaise in your coffee. A team member must then drink it.

Who knows what tasks await us this year!
(Don't worry, your team won't make you do anything you don't want to do)

Questions? Contact Megan W. at dkmn@iup.edu

See you there!

Cookout, This Sunday, 1pm

This Sunday (the 21st) at 1pm, bring a hungry stomach and a friend to 660 Chestnut Street for a 'ole fashioned cookout (friend optional).


What: Cookout (think: free food!)
When: 1 pm, this Sunday (the 21st)
Where: Marty and Maryann Drago's house, 660 Chestnut Street
Why: Why not?

How to get there:

(a) meet at the HUB circle at 12:45,
(b) come to Sovereign Grace Church and get a ride over there after church, or
(c) walk (it takes about 10 minutes).

Questions? Email benandjanmurphy@yahoo.com

Posers

Here's an excerpt from the text that Joe read on Tuesday...

"So when you, a mere man, pass judgment
on them and yet do the same things, do you
think you will escape God's judgment?"
(Romans 2:3)

The apostle Paul was confronting the Christian "Posers"; people who say they follow Christ but with hearts haven't been changed from the inside-out.

Great news, though! Paul says in a another letter that if we try to get to God by keeping his commandments, we'll fail miserably and come under the curse of God's judgment.

But Paul quickly follows with,

"Christ Redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us."
(Galatians 3:13)

Jesus really died for real sinners who really need to be rescued from the real judgment we really deserve!


Stay posted for some thoughtful questions for application and details on this Sunday's cookout later this week...

Resolved Tonight

We're betting tonight will be the best evening you've had all day.

Come and get your brain full of truth. We get to worship the God who's big enough to create the world, yet loving enough to save sinners like us!

We're back in Delaware room tonight (7pm) and for the rest of the semester. See you there!

Noodle Sockey Cancelled

Due to all the water falling from the sky, we're going to have to cancel Noodle Sockey tonight. We'll have to do it another time.

The Really Bad News

Last night, Joe spoke about the wrath of God. He reminded us that in order to appreciate the good news, we have to understand the bad news.


Compare his two key passages:

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth." (Romans 1:18)

...and...

"But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ"
(Ephesians 2:4-5)


This week...
- Let’s think about where we were before God grabbed us.
- Let’s think about who Jesus is and what he had to do to save us.
- Let’s thank God for his rich kindness to us!

Resolved Tonight

Hey folks! Due to the inclement weather Resolved has been moved to the Annex at Sovereign Grace Church of Indiana. We will be giving rides from the HUB Circle at 6:45 pm. See you there!!

-The Resolved Crew

Flagstone Theater

This week (the 9th) we're not meeting in the Delaware room, but at Flagstone Theater.

Flagstone Theater is that outdoor, stone stage outside of the Oakgrove. It's along Pratt drive near the construction.
You may have never noticed it before, but it's there (hopefully).


The following week (September 16th) we'll be back in the Delaware room. We'll be there for the rest of the year.

With questions, email benandjanmurphy@yahoo.com

Joe will be giving a great (hopefully) message on the book of Romans! See you at Flagstone!

Meeting Tonight

Meeting.
Tonight.
Delaware Room (next to the food court in the HUB).
7pm.
More good truth from the bible.


See you there!

It's Not REC Anymore...

Hey everyone!

In this blogpost:
1. Hangout reminder (tonight!)
2. Join the Facebook group
3. Marty & Maryann Drago: If you asked them, they'd give you $50
4. Invitation Squad, 1pm Tuedays



Number One:
Just a reminder - we're meeting at 6:30 at the HUB circle (the dead end street between the HUB and Whitmyre) to drive out to Jan Murphy's Parent's house. We'll probably leave about 7 o'clock.

This is what's available tonight...
Sitting around a campfire
Eating food (s'mores n' stuff)
Taking the kayaks out onto the pond
Hiking
Playing a game horseshoe
Talking to your friends
Singing camp songs
And stuff

questions? email benandjanmurphy@yahoo.com


Number Two:
Check out the blog resolvediup.com - Get updates and application questions every week
Join the Facebook group, "Resolved" - Get updates and such

Number Three:
If you haven't gotten a chance to meet them yet, Marty & Maryann Drago are cool and want to do anything they can for you. Their email address is mm.dragos1@gmail.com

They'll talk to you, iron your shirts, clean your room, let you hang out at their house and feed you when they're there, give you a foot massage, eat your vegetables for you, and whatever else you ask them to do.

If you didn't see them at the meeting last week, have someone point them out to you this week. Then go say 'hi'.


Number Four:
In order to apply last week's message, everyone who would like to will be meeting

this Tuesday
at 1pm
at the HUB circle

to walk around and hand out invitations. Look for David Altrogge (who led worship) or Joe Ryer (who preached).



See you Tuesday at 7!

It's Not REC Anymore...

Hey everyone!

In this blogpost:
1. Hangout reminder (tonight!)
2. Join the Facebook group
3. Marty & Maryann Drago: If you asked them, they'd give you $50
4. Invitation Squad, 1pm Tuedays



Number One:
Just a reminder - we're meeting at 6:30 at the HUB circle (the dead end street between the HUB and Whitmyre) to drive out to Jan Murphy's Parent's house. We'll probably leave about 7 o'clock.

This is what's available tonight...
Sitting around a campfire
Eating food (s'mores n' stuff)
Taking the kayaks out onto the pond
Hiking
Playing a game horseshoe
Talking to your friends
Singing camp songs
And stuff

questions? email benandjanmurphy@yahoo.com


Number Two:
Check out the blog resolvediup.com - Get updates and application questions every week
Join the Facebook group, "Resolved" - Get updates and such

Number Three:
If you haven't gotten a chance to meet them yet, Marty & Maryann Drago are cool and want to do anything they can for you. Their email address is mm.dragos1@gmail.com
They'll talk to you, iron your shirts, clean your room, let you hang out at their house and feed you when they're there, give you a foot massage, eat your vegetables for you, and whatever else you ask them to do.
If you didn't see them at the meeting last week, have someone point them out to you this week. Then go say 'hi'.


Number Four:
In order to apply last week's message, everyone who would like to will be meeting
this Tuesday
at 1pm
at the HUB circle
to walk around and hand out invitations. Look for David Altrogge (who led worship) or Joe Ryer (who preached).



See you Tuesday at 7!

Application Questions from Tuesday Night

Last night, Joe said that as Christians we should have an "eager obligation" to spread this great news to people who don't know it (referring to Romans 1:14-17). He said that this news about Jesus taking our punishment for us is the only message that has ever saved anyone. Great communication of the truth, Joe!


Some questions to ask yourself...

Do you feel an obligation to share the gospel with others? Why or why not?

Do you feel an eagerness to share the gospel with others? Why or why not?

Joe said that if he gave his friend Tyler a billion dollars on the condition that he would be generous with it, Tyler would be under an obligation (yet a joyous one!) to give to others. How can we develop this same mindset with the gospel we have? What truths about God do we forget that lead us to think otherwise?

How can the following scriptures encourage you in this area? Hebrews 13:20-21, Romans 5:6-8, Romans 10:13-15

"No, Not The State..."

Welcome back, everyone!

Our first meeting is at 7pm this Tuesday (the 26th) in the Delaware room. The Delaware room is the room right by the food court in the HUB.

Get ready to sing to God together, listen to a great message about Jesus, and meet some people!

Applications Questions From Last Night

Hey Friends,

Here are some application questions from last night's message. I would encourage you to think through how these apply to your life and to share your thoughts with others.

_How should knowing that Jesus called you when you were a sinner affect your heart? Is your love for God affected by the truth that Jesus came looking for you?

_David encouraged us to remember the specific ways that God drew us to himself. How did Jesus draw you to himself?

_David encouraged us to be friends of sinners. Would you call yourself a friend of sinners? What keeps you from spending time with those who don't know Jesus?

_What is one way that you can grow in being a friend of sinners?

Have a great week!

-Stephen

Bowling Extravaganza

Here are some highlights from around the world of Resolved!

_There will be bowling this Friday night! Get ready for a fun night of bowling, bumpers, and smoky bowling alleys. Ben Murphy will be sending an email out with all the details.

_Please remember to invite a friend to Resolved this week. I want to fill the Susquehanna room until we're busting at the seams!

_New Attitude is coming soon. Click here to check out the NA promo video.

_We started a Resolved group on Facebook. If you come to Resolved, you need to join!

See you tonight...

The Resolved Circus

Hey Fellow Resolved Cadets,

Here's some reminders for your calendar:

_Remember to invite at least one person to Resolved next week. I want to see our room packed to the point of bursting!

_The guys book study starts this Saturday morning at 10 am. We'll be meeting at Sovereign Grace Church. Get ready guys - this is going to be intense. Think American Gladiators.

_The girls book study will be starting on January 27th at 7 pm. The girls will be meeting at the Commonplace Coffeehouse.

Have a great week!

The Upcoming Semester

Hey Everybody!

I hope you guys are having a great break and are psyched out of your minds to get back here to good ol' Indiana PA. We're going to have a great semester at Resolved and I'm excited about all that God is going to do this semester.

Here's a couple of things you need to know.

_The first meeting is on Tuesday, January 15th and will be in the Allegheny Room. Notice that we're not in our usual location at the Susquehanna Room. After the 15th we'll be meeting in our normal location.

_While you're on break, check out the New Attitude conference website. The address is www.newattitude.org. Please consider going to this conference.

Have a great final week of break, and come back ramped to go! See you when you get here...