College & Career
The "Not Of This World" ministry is held on Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. in the EnGedi Cafe. We fellowship, worship and spend time studying the scriptures. Our age-range for this ministry is anywhere from 18 (or out of high school) to mid 30's.
1John 2:14 - 17 says, "I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the Word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."
Though we are not all "young men" the general consensus of this group is young adults. As we strive to be overcomers of this world, it is absolutely a daily battle. The pulls and excitements of the world are very tempting, yet we know that these things lead to destruction. The NOTW group started to give the opportunity to be in God's Word and also to have a place of fellowship with others of the same age. Our hope is that through fellowship we can find strength in our weakest moments and encouragement to press on. As John wrote, we want to be known as those that do the will of God and are separated from the world, hence the name, "Not of This World."
God has truly blessed us. We have a great group that welcomes all and is set on fire for Jesus. We encourage anyone that is in this age range to come and check us out.
Our vision is to draw closer to God by falling deeper in love with Him. The goal is that we would be solid, mature Christians that are unmovable and unpersuaded because of the knowledge and love we have for our Lord. To have love that is also directed toward one another, which encourages us to be a close-knit fellowship that welcomes the greatest and the least. Our desire is that Jesus would be and remain our focus, passion and life-line.
