Oh, what a wonderful time we’ll have talking about this in GAMe in just two weeks.  As our culture continues to drive us to equality, will we recognize the culture of the first century church as being the reason for what Paul and others wrote, or will we remain locked into the belief that the Bible is still as relavant today as it was 2,000 years ago?  If we want to make these verses relavant to the culture back then and not absolute truth, what else will we discard?  Why would a loving God design such a plan as this one, that somehow doesn’t produce equality?  Are women second class citizens?  Doesn’t God love us all the same?  Still, we are not the same (go ahead take a second look), so maybe we aren’t “equal”, maybe we have different qualities that God understands, and that is why he gave us different guidelines?  Maybe He has a plan and we just need to figure it out?  Or can we just believe blindly….as if by faith?

 See you at 1Timothy Monday!

Comments are welcome - p. Chad

Men, mark your calendars! Iron Sharpens Iron 2009 will be Feb. 21, 2009 at Calvary Christian Church in Bellevue. For more information, go to Heartland Men of Faith or talk to Craig.

I just wanted to say to the Game that i had a great time at game on monday night! I felt like people actually care that i was there. I am also going on the weekend retreat too and i can’t wait to meet more people there!

Thanks again,

Ryan Wiggins

**Before you read the challenge listed in the comments, you have to know the heart of our ministry. We desire to create a place young college, singles, and even young married can grow in their relationship with Christ and each other. We don’t normally do “commitments” for our studies, but we felt it was time to take 6 weeks to grow deeper internally. If you are brand new to GAMe, just come and see what you think, you are welcome to check it out a few times before you really “commit”. And don’t be afraid, this is just each small groups way of saying “we are in this together and are taking it serious”! (For more questions or comments - please email chad@gameomaha.com)

   My name is Jordan Crumb, and if that sounds unfamiliar it is because we have never meet :)  I’ve never been to GAMe having just learn of the ministery today, but I felt compelled to register and share a short story of how I learned of your group.  I have lived in Omaha for going on 3 years and have yet to find a Christian group, that are my age, with which I can fellowship.  It has been weighing on me to find one to join so I decided to bring it to the Lord.  On my way to work this morning I prayed that the Lord would open a door for me and lead me to Christians in the area I could worship with.  As soon as I got to work there was an email waiting for me from one of your members I happen to work with.  I didn’t know he was part of your group but had a discussion with him the day befoer about Christian Lit.  He emailed me telling me of GAMe and ask if I would like to come check it out.  It was a direct answer to prayer and a blessing.  I look forward to meeting everyone this coming Monday and may come out for the Sunday prayer group as well.

 The power of prayer is Amazing.

Hey GAME friends!  I just want you guys to know that I still think GAME is awesome and will be coming back soon to say hi.  I met some awesome friends through GAME, but abruptly stopped coming.  Just want to say to those great friends- thanks for being a blessing and I still think of you guys.  After going to GAME I had to take sometime off to really pray and make some big decisions. I guess I stopped coming around the time of the singles retreat because I was kind of not ready to make the choices I knew God wanted me to make. Now that I’ve followed through with those hard choices I understand more clearly why I stopped going. Anyway, love GAME and will see you sometime soon.

I just wanted to shout out a Praise God for the way He works in the lives of those who love Him! I moved to Omaha about 1 year ago. It was not on my top 250 places to live, but God had a bigger plan for me. He led me here to marry my husband, Gabe. But God had much more than that for me. Gabe and I had wanted to get more involved in our church or another ministry and to make solid Christian friends who would challenge us. God was silent for awhile. Until one night in the ER, where I work as a nurse, I had a patient come in with a possible head injury from wakeboarding. (I used to wakeboard all the time when I lived in Virginia, but since moving to Omaha I had not met anyone who even knew what wakeboarding was.) While caring for my patient, Bethany, I started talking with her friend, Chad, who brought her into the ER. Making small talk about how I loved wakeboarding but haven’t gone since moving to Omaha, Chad then told me about this ministry called Great Adventure. He said they get together all the time to go wakeboarding. “Ministry? huh. Tell me more about this” I responded. He talked about this community of believers who get together weekly to study the Bible and encourage, challenge, and pray for one another, as well as get together for fun events on weekends. I couldn’t believe it, God was answering my prayer for ministry, friends, and wakeboarding all in the same encounter! He brought this about through a head injury! (By the way, Bethany was fine and was discharged home later that night.) But thanks to God for His creative ways for bringing us together!

Gabe and I were newly married at that time and had no idea we were coming to a singles ministry, but that didn’t matter. We were completely accepted and brought into the group. I got 3 phone calls that week inviting me to join the girls for a weekend event. I was amazed at the hospitality and the authenticity of the group. Gabe and I have enjoyed serving alongside the others during the work days, having people over to our home to bbq and play croquette, meeting for coffee, and the list goes on! We have been so blessed by God through GAMe!

To God be the glory!!!

Let me be the first to welcome you to our newest Blog. This is a chance for you to ask questions, give thoughts, and get involved. It would be nice as well to see some stories from GAMe people added of how the ministry blessed them.
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Chad - Shepherd of GAMe