{"id":1966,"date":"2020-08-28T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T06:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.183.22.105\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2023-08-02T11:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T11:20:01","slug":"partying-with-the-king-of-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/partying-with-the-king-of-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Partying with the King of the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1966\" class=\"elementor elementor-1966\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30ca5c61 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30ca5c61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This article first appeared in the Winter 2007 edition of MOVE Magazine.<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-344bec57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"344bec57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dfd90ab\" data-id=\"6dfd90ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-112a0e1e 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However, they readily admitted it hasn&#8217;t been easy. It\u2019s been hard to start conversations that continue, and hard to make relationships that stick. However, whenever they throw parties, things suddenly start to look rather different.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perhaps that\u2019s because \u201cGod is a party deity,\u201d as Tony Campolo would say. In fact, God\u2019s people are under strict orders to party.<\/p><p>Part of the Old Testament law involved bringing offerings to throw a gigantic celebration together, and many an eyebrow was raised as Jesus partied away in the New Testament. It is the expression of this abundant life that seems to be making an impact among the students more than anything.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34911e31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34911e31\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-763bb730\" data-id=\"763bb730\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30fe987c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30fe987c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cYou seem different \u2013 somehow whole,\u201d commented one perplexed student. \u201cI am jealousing after your faith,\u201d said another, in halting English that the team didn\u2019t have the heart to correct. \u201cI can see you have something that I\u2019m missing.\u201d<\/p><p>They have thrown housewarming parties, birthday parties, football parties, chocolate parties, girlie parties and Hawaiian themed beach parties. You name it. Any excuse for a party.<\/p><p>\u201cAt first it was challenging to share my faith in that setting,\u201d says team member, Kimberley, \u201cbut I got used to it in the end. It\u2019s a great way of meeting other people\u2019s friends too.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17d6643\" data-id=\"17d6643\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15804b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15804b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/Screen-shot-2012-05-08-at-13.36.58.png?w=836\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-05-08 at 13.36.58\" alt=\"Screen shot 2012-05-08 at 13.36.58\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7805ede8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7805ede8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e6a95cf\" data-id=\"1e6a95cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b69a09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16b69a09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It wasn\u2019t long before the first student placed her faith in Jesus \u2013 the first in nineteen years of student ministry there in that hard ground. Now that calls for a party!<\/p><p>As Jesus tells us in Luke 15:7, the angels rejoice in heaven whenever a sinner repents, and the Middle East Impact Team went right ahead and joined in the celestial celebration. The tears of joy flowed, there was hugging and singing, and the student could be heard still singing, \u201cNow I\u2019m a believer!\u201d on her way home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d2c60a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d2c60a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-daa6ddb\" data-id=\"daa6ddb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67595d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67595d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/andrew-itaga-_sBMs1TrcIE-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg?w=1024\" title=\"andrew-itaga-_sBMs1TrcIE-unsplash\" alt=\"andrew-itaga-_sBMs1TrcIE-unsplash\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-619e0a5\" data-id=\"619e0a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52329ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52329ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>God is a party deity. &#8220;He sent out another round of servants, instructing them to tell the guests, &#8216;Look, everything is on the table, the prime rib is ready for carving. Come to the feast!&#8217;\u201d (Matthew 22:4, the Message)<\/p><p>The team went back for a second year in the Middle East to invite more students to come and join the party with the king of the universe. 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