Heartland Community Church
Main Street at Acacia Avenue
Ripon, California
Youth of Heartland
Join us each Sunday for worship, praise, and fellowship.
Worship Service - 10:30 AM
Sunday School 6-8th grade
"Monday Meet & Munch"
Come and play some ping-pong, pool or foosball during your Monday lunch. The Youth Center will be open from 11:30 to 12:15. You are also welcome to just hang out and eat lunch as well. I hope to see you there. Pastor Hefti. If you have questions, call Hefti >>>
Angels Aware
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Christmas musical.
1st through 8th grade
Practice begins September 13.
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Well, hello Heartland family!
The Pulse (the youth of Heartland) continued on in their journey to maturity. It's been an interesting road, but for those that have been willing to endure, there has been greater personal growth and deeper relationships for the faithfulness that they have offered to God and each other. For many this has been a year of recognizing the cost of maturity.
I know that it is difficult to believe, but the world hasn't changed much in the year that has passed. It still makes demands on our time and energy and offers only stress and depletion of that energy in return. The problem that we all face is recognizing that all that the world offers and all that we pursue in the world will never provide the life and relationships that we long for in the deepest places of our hearts. And I'm not saying that pursuing the life that God offers us won't cost us our time and energy, but the difference will be in the fruit that results.
In 2008 I have not let up on persisting that we spend time together in God's Word and that we continue to meet with one another and learn to share our lives with each other. There is the desire to do the flashy events or just play games and hang out, but I have to trust that God's Spirit will do a work in these students' lives through His Word. The hope is that when they are in a time of need and they
need insight or encouragement, that the Words that they have read together with fellow believers will be spoken into their lives by the Spirit.
As I wrote above, this has been a year of recognizing the cost of maturity. Some, when they recognize the cost, will do whatever is required of them and make the most of their opportunity to grow. Others, who seeing that the cost is too high or more than they are willing to surrender, decide not to persist and lose out on the opportunity to grow. I am convinced that maturity cannot be achieved apart from the relationships formed in the Body of Christ, and for those who are not willing to invest in their relationships with others, their growth will be stunted and maturity will not be achieved.
In the past year I have seen students move in both directions. Some choosing to make life in the Body of Christ a priority and others thinking it is expendable or optional. My heart aches for those who have walked away and rejoices with those who have remained faithful. My prayer is that each one of us, young and old, will hear the call of God to remain in Christ. And that we might realize that remaining in Christ has much to do with our remaining in the Body of Christ, His church, this fellowship of believers, which He has provided for us.
My hope for this next year is for the chaos and discord of the world to grow dim and distant, while the peace and unity of the Lord grows bright and ever-present. So, may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen (2 Corinthians 13:14). Hefti Brunold III
Pastor Hefti
Church Office:
Heartland Community Church, 127 S. Acacia Avenue,
Ripon, California 95366
Phone: (209) 599-4233 Fax: (209) 599-2643
E-mail: Heartland Office@charterinternet.comE-mail: Heartland Webmaster
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