SC3 STUDENT E-MAIL NEWSLETTER 8.29.05

SC3 STUDENT E-MAIL NEWSLETTER 8.29.05

++ Tamolitch Pool Hike – September 17 – 9 AM–5 PM. Bring sack lunch, $2 for ice cream, and wear comfortable clothes. Please sign up with Cory. Everyone welcome. 4.6 miles round trip.

Contents
1. Something for Your Heart
2. Surf Report
3. Forgettable Fact
4. Potent Quotables
5. Parting Shot
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1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Well, summer is winding down and it's back-to-school time again. As you reflect back over the past three months, do you feel that you got the most out of that time? Before you answer, keep in mind it's not so much what you did during your summer as what you learned from it.

In his book, "The Kingdom of God Is a Party," author Tony Campolo tells of how one college president liked to spend his summers. John Coleman, former president of Haverford College (a rather fancy-schmancy school in Pennsylvania) would spend his summers as a garbage collector. He would go to a nearby community where people didn't know who he was and pick up trash with the regular crew.

But in addition to being just one of the guys, he would also try to add an element of fun to the job. He would tell his fellow workers stories they had never heard. He would encourage them to sing on the job. And whenever someone tried to get rude or demeaning to one of the crew for being "just" a garbage collector, he could use his top-level education to put such people in their place.

"But wait," you say, "I could never be a garbage collector. I have to think about college resumes, the future, and such." Point taken. But that's why you need to remember that what you learn from something is what's most important.

Suppose you did take a job collecting garbage for a summer and someday your college admission official asked you what you learned from the experience. Some people might say, "I learned to pour nasty, repugnant garbage from cans into the back of a truck without getting maggots in my hair." (Not a great answer.) You, on the other hand, might say, "I learned the satisfaction of doing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay." (Better.) Or, "I learned that the world is filled with trash, and I want do to whatever I can during my lifetime to make it a better place." (Excellent response!)

Of course, it will be nine months now before you can consider another summer job. Productive or not, this summer is behind you. Yet here comes fall and winter--and the possibilities they bring.
For example, maybe you can devote an occasional Saturday to serving others for the sheer satisfaction of doing something positive with your life. During a lunchtime at school you might sit with a loner or strike up a conversation with someone who isn't very popular. Such "jobs" will never be listed on your resume, but you will be developing skills that will help you throughout your life. And if you also help make the world a better place as you do, so much the better.

On your own ...
In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, he introduced a whole new way of relating to other people--especially unpleasant people. Read Matthew 5:38-42.

http://biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&version=NLT&passage=Matthew+5%3A38-42
As you plan to return to school (or otherwise move ahead with your life) this fall, what situations do you anticipate where these verses will be relevant?

2. SURF REPORT
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3. FORGETTABLE FACT
The average person almost immediately forgets 56% of all new information he or she learns.

4. POTENT QUOTABLES
When one door closes another opens. But we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
- Alexander Graham Bell
They serve God well who serve his creatures.
- Caroline Norton
Those who make the worst use of their time most complain of its shortness.
- Jean de la Bruyére

5. PARTING SHOT
Why is it called "after dark" when it's really "after light"?

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