Church Calendar

THIS WEEKS EVENTS

TODAY
7:00 a.m.

Mens Growth Groups

8:15 a.m.

Prayer, Room 205

9:00 a.m.

The Cross Road

9:00 a.m.

Worship Service

11:00 a.m. Worship Service

6:00 p.m. Small Groups
MON
7:00 p.m. The Most Excellent Way
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Mens Breakfast
December 5
Greenskeeper Workday
December 5
Girls Night Out
December 7
Lords Supper
December 20
Mens Retreat
January 29-31

Connect
Holiday giving
There are many opportunities to
give during the holiday season.
For the next three weeks there will
be various options how you can
give. Check out the tables in the
welcome area and see how you
can get involved!
Giving tree gift tags for children
in local schools

New to SHC?
Were glad youre here!
Wed love to get to know
you and tell you more about our
ministries. Fill out a visitor card to be
contacted with more information.

Questions?
Do you need more information
about upcoming events?
www.salemheightschurch.org

Foster Parent gift baskets

Holiday food donations for the
food closet. Lists available
throughout the church or
online.

facebook.com/salemheightschurch

503.588.0403

Info & News

Job opportunity
We are hiring for a part-time position in the church office, Monday-Friday,
12-4pm. If you are interested in this position or want more information, call
the church office for an application.
Check in Greeters
Family life ministry is looking for people to join us in a low
commitment way to interact with families and create a warm
environment at the check-in stations. Just come a little before
the service you attend and welcome families and help with check-ins until
service starts. Contact Pete Potloff or fill out the Sign Me Up card today!
Christmas Baskets for Foster Parents
There will be baskets and a list of suggested gifts available in the
Welcome Center starting today. Individuals or small groups can then
provide a special basket full of items to encourage foster parents. The
completed gift baskets must be returned by December 13.
Mens Ministry Events
Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 5 for a great time
of food, fellowship and teaching from Gods Word. Also, Mens
Retreat is coming up January 29-31. Registration will begin online
in December. Be watching for more information!
Greenskeeper Workday
Help keep the church grounds tidy on Saturday, December 5 @
9:00 a.m. at our greenskeeper workday. Contact Scott Hunter @
503.930.2606 or Don Whitehurst @ 503.871.0893 to volunteer.

SHC Staff
Pastors
Justin Greene

Senior Pastor
Carl Chica

Pastoral Care & Missions

Matt MacCollin

Pastor of Men/Careers
Lay Elders
Chuck Moore
Ted Ferry
Administration
AJ Acker

Giving Update
The ministry of SHC is funded entirely by the
generous giving of Gods people. You will
notice that we do not pass the offering plate;
however, there are offering boxes in the back
of the auditorium. We believe from the Word
of God that the Spirit of God will lead people
towards giving back to God of their first fruits.
...God loves a cheerful giver, (2 Cor. 9:7).

Please prayerfully consider what the Lord

would have you do.
Monthly Budget Needed
Monthly Giving To Date
Fiscal ,Year to Date +/Building Fund

$107,000
$ 83,253
+$ 12,563
$ 33,288

Music Ministry
Julie Bernard

Womens Ministry
Laura Chica
Womens Biblical Counseling
Jay Duffus

Mens Biblical Counseling

Ron Groves

Administrator
Scott Hunter

Facilities Manager
Russ Libby

Director of Ministries
Pete Potloff

Director of Family Life

Ed Reister

Our Purpose
Love God.
Love Others.
Reach The World.
We proclaim Him, admonishing every
man and teaching everyman with all
wisdom, so that we may present every
man complete in Christ. For this
purpose also I labor, striving according
to His power, which mightily works
within me. Colossians 1:28-29

Community Connection
Tim Saffeels
Director of Student Ministries

503.588.0403

www.salemheightschurch.org

facebook.com/salemheightschurch

Finals Week at Discipleship

University
Part 5
Advanced Workshops
How to Diagnose Perverted Faith
Luke 9:37-45

Presented by
Pastor Justin Greene
November 22, 2015
In his book, Instruments in the Redeemers Hands, Paul Tripp states:
As sinners, we have a natural bent to turn away from the Creator to
serve the creation. We turn away from hope in a Person to hope in
systems, ideas, people, or possessions. Real Hope stares us in the face,
but we do not see him. Instead, we dig into the mound of human ideas to
extract a tiny shard of insight. We tell ourselves that we have finally found
the key, the thing that will make a difference. We act on the insight and
embrace the delusion of lasting personal change. But before long,
disappointment returns. The change was temporary and cosmetic, failing
to penetrate the heart of the problem. So, we go back to the mound
again, determined this time to dig in the right place. Eureka! We find
another shard of insight, seemingly more profound than before. We take
it home, study it, and put it into practice. But we always end up in the
same place.
The good news confronts us with the reality that heart-changing help will
never be found in the mound. It will only be found in the Man, Christ
Jesus. We must not offer people a system of redemption, a set of insights

and principles. We offer people a Redeemer. In his power, we find the

hope and help we need to defeat the most powerful enemies. Hope rests
in the grace of the Redeemer, the only real means of lasting change.1
In Luke 9 we see this natural bent towards failure on display. Christ labels this
turning away from hope faithless perversion (!), and gives his men an advance
course in diagnosing it. His cure? The Gospel.

REVIEW

HE SAID WHAT?!
Faithless = To refuse to put ones trust in something or
someone.

Perverse = To twist; dislocate; confuse.

Inner defects

lead to a confusion of action (Kittle).

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS
A PERVERTED FAITH LEAVES YOU POWERLESS.

A perverted faith lives for the mountaintop
experience but has no strength in the valley.

A perverted faith trusts a system or recent

successes more than the Savior.

 A PERVERTED FAITH RESERVES ITS PRAISE ONLY FOR THE

ABSENCE OF PAIN.

Creatures = Large in size

A PERVERTED FAITH CLOUDS WHAT WE CAN PERCEIVE.

A perverted faith struggles with the centrality of
the Gospel.

WRAP

1Paul

David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemers Hands, Copyright 2002 by Paul

David Tripp, P & R Publishing Company