Announcements & Agenda for Friday morning, September 23: 1. All the students & schools staff will be heading to Ensenada to join up with the Music & Missions DTS on Wednesday. 2. Janet shared abt our teams. When our guests arrive, we bless them by allowing them to go in the meal line first. One of the things God has called us to do is impact the community with the teams that come to build. Some teams don't know Jesus so we are called as a community is to love them as Jesus loves us. Sit with them at meals, ask them where they are from, etc. We are like a heart, our community expands and contracts in size. We also have a few teams called Deluxe, they pay more to have more. We serve more cause we serve Jesus through that. Those teams eat meals separately and often have different things. We don't love them more! The heart of the leadership & hospitality team is that everyone who steps foot on our campus feels loved & welcomed. Now as a part of our family, the students are responsible to help welcome & love on our guests. The goal for the end of their time here is that we would be closer to Jesus. We never stop learning new things! 3. We ask that you treat this campus as your home. If you have trash, where does it go? Trash can. Should you leave a mug on the stage? NO! Pick up after yourself & if you walk by trash, pick it up! We look like a 5 star resort but we don't have 4. School student & staff party tonight at April's house. Schools are leaving at different times so staff will let you know when to meet. Bring a sweatshirt tonight as it will get cold. 5. Titus meet with Berkeley now! 6. DTS & SBSC & Titus will meet at 9:50 in the Defender. ******************************** John was reminded what a joy it is to be in the presence of God in worship. Welcome to our new students! Every week we meet on Tuesday morning, Wednesday evening & Friday mornings. It is a time for all of our students, staff, volunteers, etc to gather together to worship corporately & hear from God. This morning we took some time to pray over the students. Last night our students were introduced with their name & where they were from but now we want to pray for them as we start our school year off. We started with the Titus participants and SBS-C students. Then prayed for DTS students. Some of the students shared: a DTS student, Chelsi, shared that they had been healed recently & the person who prayed got the word "restoration" & she felt that God was using this time to restore her life. Louisa shared some encouragement to be fully engaged in what the students are doing right now! Don't look forward to what will happen because God is right now in the present so be with Him now! Bruno shared that as he was praying for the students to put forth your whole heart. Put away your preconceptions of the God, the Bible, etc and your family and home, etc. Allow God to do what He wants in your life. It's good to have expectations but allow Him to work. Also, schools are NEVER abt $$$, it's about Jesus!! Don't worry abt the $$$, focus on Jesus, everything will flow!

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