Volunteer for San Diego CityFest

This morning at FBC was the next to last Executive Team meeting for the San Diego CityFest and Season of Service with Luis Palau.  So far, over 450 churches and over 30,000 volunteers have participated in the Season of Service.  The festival with Luis Palau is September 11 at Misison Bay, and voluneers are needed!

You can sign up to be a volunteer at www.festivalvolunteer.com for most areas needed.  (Kids "Fun Zone" volunteers must register differently for security reasons - you can contact Lyndsey White at lyndsey@fbcsd.com for information after August 18.  FBCSD is hosting 2 booths in the Family Fun Zone!)

Some Volunteer Opportunities Are:

• Ushers (over 400 are needed)
• Interpreters for the Deaf
• Special Needs Outreach
• Follow-Up
• Counseling
• Booth Volunteers
• Security
• Drivers
• Parking Attendants and Much more!

Most importantly, please be in prayer for those who will hear the Gospel who do not yet know Jesus Christ as their savior - and be praying for who in your oikos you can bring to CityFest!

Download Your CityFest Prayer Calendar Here

For more information about San Diego CityFest, please visit:

www.sandiegocityfest.com

San Diego CityFest 40 Days of Prayer Begins Today

TODAY (Monday, Aug 2) begins the 40 days of united prayer leading up San Diego CityFest!  

The link below has the prayer calendar that will be used by thousands of people in congregations all over San Diego and the world.  I encourage you to join with your family each day in praying for this amazing event that will be on Saturday, September 11, 2010.

In addition, please help get the word out by inviting others to join with us in prayer.  Please forward the prayer calendar to others who will pray, wherever they might be.

This is an exciting time in San Diego.  I look forward to sharing more with you about CityFest and ways to be involved in the coming days.  For more information about CityFest and the Season of Service, check out www.SanDiegoCityFest.com

Click here to download the CityFest prayer calendar!

Blessings to you!

Pastor Scott

Christmas in July: UT Article about Sudanese Refugee

This Sunday, we will start "Christmas in July", a food and sundry drive for Sudanese and other refugees living in San Diego.  Since the weather this week feels like Christmas in San Diego, its the perfect time!  We'll tell you more on Sunday morning, but we thought you might find this interesting...

An article in the Union Tribune was posted this week about one of the refugees we work with becoming a US citizen.  The article will give you some idea of a common story for many of the people you are serving through our Feed My Sheep food bank.  

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/03/proud-new-american/

See you Sunday!   Oh, and Merry Christmas!

FBCSD Youth Group Participates in "The Cause"

On Friday, May 21 FBCSD’s Youth Director Brandon Hall, along with 15 other youth workers, students and professional surfers and skaters, helped put on skate demos at local high schools all around San Diego.  The professional skaters who participated in the events are Christians, who use their talent of skating to share God’s love with teens.  

After meeting together in the morning for prayer, the group split off to go to the different high schools.  With help from the school’s Faith Club, Brandon coordinated the skate demo that took place at University High School, where the majority of the students in FBCSD’s youth group attend. 

“We had a great turn-out of about 100 students who spent their lunch watching and listening to the skaters.  It was awesome- so many students heard the gospel today, and that’s what this whole skate demo was about,” said Brandon. 

The skaters not only wowed the crowd with their tricks, but even more so with their testimonies; having lived lives of fame and fortune, but choosing to leave it all behind to follow Christ as their Lord and Savior.

At the skate demo, Brandon and the UC High Faith Club also passed out flyers for “The Cause,” an event happening later that night for teens that featured professional athletes who shared their stories of overcoming tragedy and struggles through the power of Jesus Christ.  “The Cause” was put on by San Diego CityFest with Luis Palau and the Chelsea’s Light Foundation™.   

As result of the Gospel being presented, ten students gave their lives to Jesus.  Praise the Lord!  Thank you for your prayers, God answered in amazing ways.  

Below are two videos, one just a few clips of the promo done at UC High School, and the other is a news report about "The Cause" from KUSI here in San Diego. 

FBCSD

Song Devotional For This Sunday

O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing
(PRAYER) Let my life be a praise song to You and give me strength to proclaim Your love and grace through my words and actions.

"Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live" (Psalm 146:1-2)

Hosanna
(PRAYER) I will put my hope in You because You are faithful.

"When I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, in God I have put my trust. I will not fear; what can mortal man do to me?" (Psalm 56:3-4).

Mighty to Save
(PRAYER) Jesus, You are the hope of the nations and You are mighty to save.

"Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation" (Isaiah 12:2).

Community Prayer
"'All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of the Lord stands forever.'
And this is the word that was preached to you" (1 Peter 1:24-25).

Help us to be a church that trusts in Your word and plans for us

Youth Ministry Working With "The Cause" Friday May 21

Here's 2 events to be praying about today and Friday. 

Brandon Hall, our Youth Director, is working with the "Livin' it" team from San Diego Cityfest to promote "The Cause" to UC High School.   Brandon serves the student run Faith Club at UC High School who is sponsoring a skateboard demonstration at the lunch hour at UC on Friday May 21.  The purpose of the demonstration is to promote "The Cause", a Youth Outreach event that is part of the San Diego CityFest "Season of Service."  

The second event is "The Cause" itself, which will be Friday evening at Horizon Christian Fellowship in North County.  After a great demonstration from some of the top skateboarders, the Gospel will be presented to High School and Middle School kids from all across San Diego County. 

This event is unique from other CityFest events in that it is joining with an event for the Chelsea's Light Foundation.  With the recent tragedies of Chelsea King and Amber Dubios, awareness is being raised by this foundation for how to prevent these things in the future.  But in the midst of this and the publicity is a remarkable opportunity to share the Gospel of JEsus Christ, and so CityFest has been invited to participate.

Please pray today for Brandon's leadership and the students that will be participating, along with anyone else involved.  Pray for the safety of the skaters and that God would use the testimonies to reach people for Christ.

Below is an article from CityFest giving you more information, and also a promo video.

The Cause – CityFest’s 1st Livin It pre-event May 21 

SAN DIEGO’S YOUTH GATHER TO SUPPORT CHELSEA KING AND AMBER DUBOIS

Professional Athletes and Musicians Partner with Campus Christian Clubs to Bring Awareness

(May 4, 2010) – Youth will gather at Horizon North County on May 21 with professional skateboarder Brian Sumner, professional surfers Bryan Jennings and Matt Beacham, NFL player Marlon McCree, and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher for an evening of music, extreme sports demonstrations, and presentations in support of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois.

The Cause is designed to raise awareness among middle and high school students about legislative and educational reform efforts by Chelsea’s Light Foundation™. The professional athletes will share with students about overcoming tragedy and will challenge them to make a difference in their own communities.  Fletcher will be present in support of Chelsea’s Law, sharing how San Diego’s youth can make an impact.

This event is hosted by Horizon’s I-180, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Young Life, UrbanYouth Collaborative, and Walking on Water, a member of the San Diego CityFest with Luis Palau Livin It^® Team.  The purpose of the Livin It^® Team is to engage youth in their own culture and to meet them in their questions about faith and their role within the community.

The Cause will take place on May 21 from 6:00 – 9:30 p.m. at Horizon North County, 6365 El Apajo Rd in Rancho Santa Fe (92067).  All youth are encouraged to attend.

Blessings,
FBCSD

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 14

Saturday, May 1 - Mark 9:35
San Diego CityFest/Season of Service.  Please pray today for the San Diego CityFest with Luis Palau on September 11-12 at Mission Bay Park.   Also, pray for the Season of Service where hundreds of San Diego churches are serving our communities together.  You can learn more at the link below.

www.sandiegocityfest.com