Revving Up for Summer!

Summer is here!  I can't wait to get ready for two new studies that my Small Group & I are embarking on together.  We start June 1st, and I'll be trying to keep this blog current throughout the projects.  Please join us!
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1. Soul-Detox (5-weeks)
This plan has wrecked all my friends who have gone through it (in the best way).  Here is an excerpt about it:

"We are not a body with a soul.  We are a soul with a body.  While the world rightly teaches us to detox our bodies, sometimes we need to detox our soul.  This 35-day plan will help you identify what's chipping away at your soul, & what's getting in the way of you becoming the person who God created you to be.  You will learn from God's Word how you can neutralize these damaging influences & embrace clean living for your soul."

You can find this plan on youversion.com, provided by LifeChurch.tv.
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2. 30-Day Challenge:
This Challenge is owned by one of my awesome High School gals, Rach!  It embodies several components:

1. Physical
-Either Hike or a Brisk Block Walk, Jog, Swim, Cycle, or Trampolining!
-Avoid all caffeinated drinks for 5 days out of every week for 30 days
-Drink 6-8-oz cups of water every day
-Eat 1 veggie & 1 fruit a day

2. Emotional
-Blog 2+ times a week about the experience!
-Do an extra chore 3x a week
-Call someone you haven't talked to in a while in the next 30 days
-Get up at sunrise, pray & do devos 2x in the next 30 days
-Send a friend or family member a letter via snail mail
-Treat yourself to something you love to do but rarely have time for
-Prepare a meal for your housemates 4x in the next 30 days
-Write 4 letters to a pastor or missionary

3. Mental
-Choose 3 to read or listen to:
Case for Christ by Lee Strobel, Crazy Love by Francis Chan, Spiritual Leadership by Oswald Sanders, This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti, Ishban Conspiracy by Randy Alcorn, Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges, Ragamuffin Gospel, Knowing God by J.I Packer, Guys are Waffles Girls are Spaghetti, Uncompromising: A Heart Claimed by a Radical Love.
-Choose two of the following: Go a week without TV, Go a week without computer, Listen to only Christian music for a week, Go a week without social media, Have a family/housemates-game night old fashioned style (Board Games galore!)

4. Spiritual
Memorize the following:
-Isaiah 26:4, Deut. 6:5, Micah 6:8, Psalm 46:1-3, Galatians 6:14, James 1:19-20, 1John 5:14, & 1Corinthians 13:4-7
-Read a Proverb a day & 2 on Day 30
-Prayer journal every day
-Start 30 Ways in 30 Days Bible reading on youversion
-Live out your faith by volunteering to help someone in need
-Share your faith

5. Financial
-Treat someone to icecream or another treat
-Tithe 10% talent or income
-Give something away that is in good shape but you no longer have need for
-Memorize Matthew 6:19-21
-Tithe your talents 3x in the next 30 days
-Host a car wash to raise money for a desired cause
-Join an event already available to raise money for a cause.

Disclaimers (:
-Reciting Scripture can be to others or aloud by yourself
-Must be done in 30 Consecutive Days
-Chocolate does not count as caffeine!