What's Happenin' @ Collision

Below is a brief summary of what we have been talking about recently.  Most of the time we teach through a series for several weeks at a time that way students that miss can get caught back up quickly, and so we can dissect a topic more fully than just a one night deal. Use the overview and questions for both you and your teen to answer and have a dialog that continues outside the church walls and into your homes.  Use this opportunity to see what God is teaching your student and also allow your student to see what God is teaching/taught you.

Series Overview

The word hashtag has taken over our social world.  Everything from natural disasters to sports events to just silly catch phrases at the end of a status update.  A hashtag groups information based on a descriptor...something that describes the data. The question we are asking of our students is, what message identities you?  What hashtag describes you? #Party kid? #True friend? #Cheater? #Complainer?  You see, there are certain things that every Christ follower should be described as-certain things that should be our #hashtags.  This series will dive into these and expose how a life that uses thee #hashtags is a life best lived in a relationship with Christ.

Week 6 (2014.09.24)

This is our final week of this series. As we close this out, we are looking at one of the final areas we are called to be different in.  That area is the area of compassion.  Pretty much the whole world goes against the message of compassion in it's pursuit of self pleasure and individual dominance over every other person.  But Christ lived a life that was drastically different in the area of compassion.  So many references refer to Jesus' view of the people he ministered to; Never did he look down on them, but rather his heart broke for their needs.  Our lives should reflect that same brokenness of spirit towards the world around us.

Intentional Interaction 

• What happens to our culture if Christians are not filled real compassion?
• Where have you recently seen dynamic compassion in action? What impact did this dynamic compassion have on other people?