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Everyone has assumptions about God. Things we think are true about Him, or actions we expect He will take. If we hold tight to these expectations, we will miss out on knowing the real, true God. Instead, we need to know what the Bible says is true of God and let that shape our beliefs.

During this ONE DAY SUMMIT, we will discuss four major expectations people have and what the Bible says about them:

• I want God to save everyone automatically
• I want to find happiness in the world
• I want God to fix my life without touching anything
• I want God to love me by affirming my decisions

The goal is to discover more of who God is so that we can pursue Him rightly and not waste our lives caught up in worshipping a false, non-existent version of Him.

WHAT IS A SUMMIT?

A Street Level Ministries summit is a day event where we take a step away from the normal routine and focus on a topic we believe is important in our walk with God. There will be worship, Bible teaching, small group discussion, as well as time to hang out and get to know each other better.

There will be a mix of people from the Cebu, Toledo, and U.S. SLM groups.

EVENT DETAILS:

November 28: Friday evening members only

November 29: 9AM-4PM Summit @ Street Level Ministries Cebu City Space

TO REGISTER: Sign up at a regular SLM meeting by Thursday, November 20. This event is FREE and open to anyone 18-25 years old.

We spent some extra time in Toledo this week, so we used the time to give away some free coffee and lemonade in front of Consolatrix College during the day. Later that evening we opened up the Toledo SLM Space to hang out, play games, eat pizza, and laugh at some charades. We will be doing a similar hang out on August 15 in Cebu City!

As the semester came to an end, we had a chill evening of board games to celebrate another school year complete. We played all the favorites like Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, and Ticket to Ride. We even held a mini paper football tournament. Stay tuned for our upcoming game night to kickoff the next semester!

A few weeks ago, after we finished up going through Colossians, we watched the film “The Insanity of God” which is an intense and inspiring look at believers in persecution.

We are currently about halfway through a series called “Follow Me” where each week we are taking an in depth look at what it really means to follow Jesus – with biblical teaching and small group discussions. If you’d like to join us, these weekly meetings are open to anyone 18-25 years old. We meet WEDNESDAYS at 6PM (and we have dinner together too).

We also produce Word on the Street magazine – a Christian magazine designed for university students. Recently, one of our members got it approved to be added to the UC Main library!

Street Level Ministries has an option of becoming a member within the organization. This opportunity is for people who have proven that Street Level is a priority in their life and who want to not just attend meetings, but be an active participant in them and serve God through SLM. This group of members (from both Toledo and Cebu) spent Saturday together to discuss, plan, and pray for some upcoming things. One of the main things being hosting a Youth Leader Summit on Bantayan Island soon. If you think to pray for this group and our upcoming endeavors – the summit, as well as outreaches as the new semester is fast approaching – we really appreciate it.

It is also important for us as a group to have fellowship, and get to know each other in real and deeper ways… and what better way than some friendly competition?

This Friday (May 9) at 7PM at the Street Level Ministries Toledo Space we will be hosting an outdoor movie night! Free for students! Complete with hotdogs, fries, popcorn and plenty of sweets! You won’t want to miss it.

Recently some of our members took an opportunity to set up our booth at a large youth gathering to let students know about Street Level. The event was for youth all over Cebu island (and surrounding islands) and was two days long. We had a good time hanging out together at it, and made some good connections along the way. The main piece of information we gave away was a mini ‘zine, “A Compact Guide on How to Not Waste Your Life”.

Since there was a crew from the Toledo side of the island spending some time in Cebu, we took a bonus adventure to TOPS and enjoyed a beautiful afternoon together too! We definitely took a road less traveled to get there, but that was part of the fun.

Recently, both Cebu and Toledo SLM groups had an evening of Pictionary and hanging out together. We warmed up our creative skills by playing “Telephone Pictionary”, where a phrase turns into pictures, and back into phrases, and usually ends up entirely different from the beginning. A lot of laughs and “what is that supposed to be?!” were had.

Then came the main Pictionary event and the competition was fierce. The teams battled their way around the board, showing off their art skills (or lack of art skills) as their teams guessed what was being drawn.

And of course, there was plenty of pizza and snacks to be shared too! As an organization we have nights like this because it’s fun to spend time together, but also, it helps us build deeper relationships with the people we are growing our faith with. Stay tuned for more to come!

On a Friday evening, the members of Street Level Ministries Cebu and Toledo came together for an evening of fellowship and discussion. We were joined by Street Level U.S. current staff and alumni and really enjoyed spending time together, having dinner, and sharing stories.

The following day, we held a full day summit with participants from both sides of the island. We enjoyed a day of fellowship, worship, Bible teaching and small group discussion. The topic of the day was “Decision Time: Full Commitment or Empty Promises” discussing what it looks like to be used by God, verses being people who try to use God, and that now is the time to make that choice.

And just like that, 2024 has come to a close for SLM Cebu and Toledo. We finished the year with a very merry Christmas party this week. We ate way too many cookies, tested our Christmas trivia knowledge, exchanged gifts, and showed off our “humming karaoke” talents. We are very thankful for what God has done in and through Street Level this year… and looking forward to what He has to come next year!

From all of us at Street Level Ministries on Cebu Island…. Merry Christmas!