Christmas Message

Christmas Message Hey everyone, my name is Shane Adams and I'm a campus pastor with Chi Alpha. I'd like to thank all of our guests for coming to our Christmas party!

Christmas Message Hey everyone, my name is Shane Adams and I'm a campus pastor with Chi Alpha. I'd like to thank all of our guests for coming to our Christmas party!

Special thanks

Special thanks to VLC and Bethany Assembly of God for food, staff, Chi Alpha students and American Friends. For help, setup, baking, etc.

to Treva and Peggy for all of their hard work cooking and baking. Thanks to Dan’s mother-in-law Jacque Peloquin for the gingerbread houses, and for Josh, Josiah, and Hannah for putting together the sing-a-long.

Thanks everyone for coming and sharing this Christmas party with us.

Thanks everyone for coming and sharing this Christmas party with us.

Thanks everyone for coming and sharing this Christmas party with us.

What Christmas Means to Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship Christmas is a special time for our fellowship because it is what we are all about.

What Christmas Means to Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship Christmas is a special time for our fellowship because it is what we are all about. We are grateful to be able to share it with you.

What Christmas Means to Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship Christmas is a special time for our fellowship because it is what we are all about. We are grateful to be able to share it with you.

XA?

For those of you who have been coming to Habitudes or Freedom Cafe or our Bible study, you may not know who we are officially. We are Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, and have been working with students at UMass since 2006. We are part of a national organization on around 300 campuses in the U.S. and around 30 nations. 30k call themselves XAns.

Share who we are For those of you who are new to us, we are Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, and have been working with students at UMass since 2006. We are part of a national organization on around 300 campuses in the U.S. And in over 20 nations.

Chi Alpha=Christ's ambassadors.

XA Opportunities: This connection gets you a host of ops like...

Chi Alpha=Christ's ambassadors.

This connection with our greater movement means a host of opportunities for students like our major Winter Retreat coming up Feb 8-10 in VA, SICM conference in beach houses in

Winter Retreat 2/8/19,

AC-SICM 5/13 in NC,

Summer Job Project

Internships and Missions!

DCR

DCR

We believe that Chi Alpha is a great place to grow in DCR

Real Devotion (to God), Real Community, and Real Responsibility (GC2).

Freedom Cafe In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. (, NIV)

AMERICAN FRIENDS Events every month, meals every Friday during the undergraduate calendar starting next semester. Singing Christmas Tree 12/9 leaving at 5pm.

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American Friends He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. (, NIV)

Events throughout the semester/Host families wanting to adopt you.

If you serve in FC, thanks!!!

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Freedom Cafe In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. (, NIV)

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Christmas for me growing up A celebration with a seriousness. Uncle Robert reading the Christmas story about the birth of the savior Jesus. Profound, mysterious, but a gift unopened. It was a gift I knew about, but never really opened. A gift unopened can't be enjoyed as it was intended.

The more we connect with Him, the more we reflect Him.

Christmas for me growing up A celebration with a seriousness. Uncle Robert reading the Christmas story about the birth of the savior Jesus. Profound, mysterious, but a gift unopened. It was a gift I knew about, but never really opened. A gift unopened can't be enjoyed as it was intended.

Christmas for me growing up A celebration with a seriousness. Uncle Robert reading the Christmas story about the birth of the savior Jesus. Profound, mysterious, but a gift unopened. It was a gift I knew about, but never really opened. A gift unopened can't be enjoyed as it was intended.

The Fall If you are familiar with the Bible at all, you will know that Bible begins with a story about God creating humanity to live in paradise with Him, but it isn't long before they began to disregard the Creator and we read of the first murders, the first wars, the first curses, the first instances of slavery, racism, hate, and all manner of evil.

The Fall If you are familiar with the Bible at all, you will know that Bible begins with a story about God creating humanity to live in paradise with Him, but it isn't long before they began to disregard the Creator and we read of the first murders, the first wars, the first curses, the first instances of slavery, racism, hate, and all manner of evil.

It shares story after story of a nation that prospered when they followed God and that became oppressive and violent and broken when they disregarded Him.

The story begins interjecting prophecies that God was going to reveal Himself in human form to show them what He was like and how much He loved them, release the oppressed, open blinded eyes, release captives, bring peace and blessing to nations.

They predicted that He would suffer and die to pay the penalty for our wrong doing and bring us into relationship with God. His Spirit would also enable us to partner with Him to bring peace on earth.

The Incarnation Through many prophecies we see a picture of what that was going to look like.

The Incarnation Through many prophecies we see a picture of what that was going to look like.

The Incarnation Through many prophecies we see a picture of what that was going to look like.

The Prophecies This God-man was going to be:

Birth/Heritage

Born of a virgin Descended from Judah

Descended from Jesse

Descended from David Born in Bethlehem Be from Nazareth Come out of Egypt (as a young child)

Herald/Forerunner ()

Ministry

Ministry

Minister in Galilee of Gentiles ()

Perform miracles () Ministry to the poor ()

Purifies the Temple suddenly ()

Betrayal

Die for others' wrong doing

Betrayed by a friend

Betrayed for exactly 30 pieces of silver

30 pieces of silver returned 30 pieces used to buy the potter's field Die for others' wrong doing

Die for others' wrong doing

Die for others' wrong doing

Trial ()

Sinless

Wrongly Accused

Died for others

Rejected by His people/despised

Man of sorrows, life of suffering

Did not speak up for Himself in trial (like a lamb led to sheering)

Death

Pierced hand and feet (; cf. )

Gambling for his clothes (; cf. )

No bones broken No bones broken Betrayed by a friend Betrayed for exactly 30 pieces of silver 30 pieces of silver returned 30 pieces used to buy the potter's field Die for others' wrong doing

No bones broken No bones broken Betrayed by a friend Betrayed for exactly 30 pieces of silver 30 pieces of silver returned 30 pieces used to buy the potter's field Die for others' wrong doing

No bones broken R E S U R R E C T I O N ! ! !

No bones broken Crucified with criminals

Buried with rich

R E S U R R E C T I O N ! ! !

And if these aren’t enough, Daniel actually prophesied () around 500 years ahead of time when the Messiah would come and die for us!

Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics Biblical Predictions

Mathematicians (Stoner, 108) have calculated the probability of sixteen predictions being fulfilled in one man (e.g., Jesus) at 1 in 1045. That forty-eight predictions might meet in one person, the probability is 1 in 10157.

God takes the initiative in restoring people through connection to Him.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (, NIV)

God takes the initiative in restoring people through connection to Him. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (, NIV)

whoever "opens the gift" shall not perish.

whoever "opens the gift" shall not perish.

I want to invite you to not just assent to the facts of the birth, the prophecies, or the resurrection, but to begin to unwrap the gift. Enjoy the gift of Jesus. He is meant to be experienced and followed, not just believed.

God gave and now we do

God gave and now we do

Restoration

Restoration

Chi Alpha believes that we can experience abundant life now. And we want to welcome you to walk along side us and be a part of our community.

Chi Alpha believes that we can experience abundant life now. And we want to welcome you to walk along side us and be a part of our community.

Closing!

Closing!

Thanks for listening

Thanks for listening

We have a gift for you.

We have a gift for you.

Next up is gingerbread houses.

Next up is gingerbread and Santa.

We wish you a merry Christmas!

We wish you a merry Christmas!

Party format (general idea)

Party format (general idea)

7-730 arrival/food

7-730 arrival/food

730-750 games

730-750 games

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750-music

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8:05 message

8:10 gingerbread

8:10 gingerbread

815 Santa

815 Santa