Purity and Truth

March 19 – 21, 2010

Foremost Community Hall

Foremost, Alberta

Schedule (Subject to change)

Attendees will recieve a free copy of our new book “Extreme Romance”

Friday Night 7-8:30

Session 1: God’s design for love and romance.

Session covers: Our story, and God’s word on love, romance, and commitment; romance: The permanence of the glue and the power of the flame; the importance of being faithful to your spouse even before you meet.

Saturday morning

9:30-10:30 Session 2: A closer look at compatibility, soul-mates, maintaining emotional purity.

Session covers: How to discover if a person is right for you without doing long term damage; managing long distance relationships; the truth about chemistry and soul-mates; dealing with crushes; making your parents your greatest allies.

10:45-12:00 Session 3: Finding and becoming the right one.

Session covers: Non-negotiable qualities you need in a spouse; qualities you need to develop before you are ready to say “I do”; developing healthy non-romantic relationships; the importance of modesty.

Lunch 12-12:30

2:10-2:30 Romance Jeopardy Game

2:30-3:15 Session 4: Communication 101

Session covers: The limitations of our perception; shaping the message for the listener; how to listen effectively; dealing with conflict; why communication breaks down and how to deal with it.

3:30-4:30 Session 5: Escaping the devastation of lust.

Session covers: Practical battle strategies for conquering lust; evaluating the long- term consequences; From Heidi: A woman’s perspective on dealing with lust.

4:45-5:30 Session 6: Discovering God’s purpose for your life.

Session covers: Discovering your calling and God’s will for your life; making the most of the single years; learning to rest in God’s love, wisdom and sovereignty.

5:45- Supper and Games

Sunday morning

Session 7 (with Dale and Lisa Jost) The most important lessons  learned in 28 years of marriage.

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July 12-17, 2010. Pinecroft Senior Camp, Newport, WA

“Truths That will Set you Free”

Session 1 “What is Truth and Why does it matter?”

Session 2 “There is a God.”

Session 3 “God is good and can be trusted.”

Session 4 “God has spoken.”

Session 5 “God became a Man.”

Session 6 “God has made a way for us to be Reconciled to Him.”

Session 7 “God’s rules are for our pleasure”

Session 8 “Truths that will make love and romance truly fulfilling.”

Session 9 “The greatest pleasure is found in purity”

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October 1-3, 2010 Foremost, Alberta

Weekend in the Word: Critical Thinking

Christians are often perceived as illogical, gullible, and easily misled. But Jesus claimed to be the Way the Truth and the Life. If we didn’t care about the truth, critical thinking would be of little importance. But we as followers of the Truth and the one true God should care deeply about the truth. Scripture tells us to test all things. God tell us to reason together with Him. God gave us the intellectual tools to discover truth, and in so doing, discover the God who passionately loves us and desires that we worship him in spirit and in truth.
These tools of logic have been much maligned by Christians. But they have done so wrongly, since logic flows from God’s immutable Character, and is the tool given to us by God Himself. In these sessions we will look at the importance of critical thinking, and how sloppy, shoddy thinking can lead us astray, and bring us to heresy and ruin, and the greatest consequence of all, be led away from God himself. We are to do all things to the glory of God, including our thinking. Loving God with our minds means that we seek the truth, learn to use the tools he has given us, and learn how to communicate the truth in a thoughtful, well reasoned way. I will address how to think critically about abortion and homosexuality and how to respond to the lies that abound on these controversial issues. Finally, Sunday’s session will cover some basic principles of Biblical interpretation and some common mistakes that people make.

(Please note session order and topic subject to change.)

Session 1. Loving God with Your Mind (The importance of sound reasoning for those who are followers of the truth.)
Session 2. A Brief introduction to Logic.
Session 3. Spotting informal fallacies pt 1
Session 4. Spotting Informal fallacies pt 2
Session 5. Thinking Critically about Culture: Abortion and Homosexuality
Session 6. Avoiding fallacies in Biblical interpretation

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November 6

Extreme Romance Challenge – Red Deer, AB

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November 15-19

Personal Evangelism class - Ecola Bible College, Cannon Beach, OR

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March 4 & 5, 2011

Bigfork, MT – Extreme Romance Challenge, Big Sky Bible Camp (www.bigskybiblecamp.org)

*for younger teens (13-16)*  includes 3 meals and overnight stay in camp cabins (contact Julie – see below – for costs; for details of each session’s material see November 2010 Red Deer Extreme Romance Event above)

Friday afternoon – registration

Friday evening – supper, worship and Session 1

Saturday morning – breakfast, Session 2, (break), Session 3, lunch

Saturday afternoon – Romance Jeopardy game, Session 4, (break), Session 5, clean up and leave

Contact Julie Roberson to register (limited spots available!): 406-257-4188

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Oct. 21-23, 2011

Weekend in the Word - Foremost, Alberta

“Church history, the first 1000 years”

More details on sessions to follow soon! Check out www.hearthbrook.ca for general info on WiW.