Poetry Slam

**Join us with a night filled with relaxation, poetry/spoken word & testimonies**

Be sure to invite a friend!

The 5 Love Languages

For those who were interested but could not make it to the program, here are the 5 love languages conducted by Pastor King & his wife. This is just a brief summary & for a possible video contact the Audio Visual Dept. at Victory Temple.

* What is the Love tank?

It's a barometer of how an individual needs for intimacy & love are being met.

*Love is a choice (a long-lasting emotion) shown through emotions.

*The 5 love languages are:

Words of affirmation, Receiving gifts, Acts of Service, Physical Touch & Quality Time.

Words of Affirmation- Giving positive feedback/ constant reassurance/ empathy/ seeing the world through someone else's eyes.

Receiving gifts- Don’t mistake this love language for materialism; the receiver of gifts thrives on the love, thoughtfulness, and effort behind the gift. Whether it be expensive/inexpensive or simply your physical presence this shows your thinking of the person & that there is some sort of connection.

Acts of Service- Helping with chores or activities. Expressing in action the willingness to do things for the other person to express love. This shows the other person that it is not just the act but also the thought that went into the act of service. Laziness, broken commitments, and making more work for them tell speakers of this language their feelings don’t matter.

Physical Touch- This language isn’t all about the bedroom. A person whose primary language is Physical Touch is, not surprisingly, very touchy. Hugs, pats on the back, holding hands, and thoughtful touches on the arm, shoulder, or face—they can all be ways to show excitement, concern, care, and love. Embracing, kissing, some form of physical communication. This shows how important the other person is to you.

Quality Time- Willingness to be together. This involves listening time which allows you to focus on one person only and listen for feelings and observe body language. Being there for this type of person is critical, but really being there—with the TV off, fork and knife down, and all chores and tasks on standby—makes your significant other feel truly special and loved. Distractions, postponed dates, or the failure to listen can be especially hurtful.

If need be use *The Floor Method*

*The Floor Method*

For this to be effective, this must be followed without interruption.

The Speaker

1- Speak for yourself! Do NOT mind read.

2- Keep it brief. Do not go on & on.

3- Stop to let the listener paraphrase (This ensures you both are on the same page)

The Listener

1-LISTEN. Focus on them. Have eye contact. Do not multi-task.

2-Paraphrase what you hear

3- Don't debut. Focus on the 'issue'

BOTH

1-When speaker has the floor do not interject & vice-versa. You will get your turn!

2-Remember to paraphrase so no one is confused.

3- Share the floor.

Pass this on & remember to determine what your love language is & that of your close ones.

God... Will you be mine?

Reflecting on the recent holiday, a lot of people believe that they have found true love. Whether it is in their significant others, their animals, or the common inanimate object. The big question:

What is TRUE LOVE????

Christians or otherwise, we know that there is an origin for everything. Nothing just appears out of thin air because it wants to. Right???? So where does love come from? Not just any kind of love though. We're talking about TRUE LOVE.

The Bible gives some examples of relationships that we can learn from: Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and Rachel, David and Bathsheba, Solomon and his woman, and the list can go on. But where did all these people get the love.

Three verses are going to show us that True Love can only come from God.

The first:

^"1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." (John 1:1-3)

The second:

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. ⁹ This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰ This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ¹¹ Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (1 John 4:7-11)

Hopefully you see that the Word which was in the beginning came from God and is God. God is Love and we are born of God. So not only is God the origin of love, we, because of Him and through Him can and should love. There are plenty of other texts that reveal God's love for us and His challenge to us to show the same love for our neighbors. Look it up!

So what is True Love. God is True Love. And because He has shared this unconditional love with us, why not share it with someone else. It means more than any teddy bear or flower, and amounts to more than any diamond. It spans generations and lifetimes and cannot simply be contained in any 24 hours celebration.

God loves you and so do I. :-)

We are Connected 2 Christ... but you are....????

Sometimes it is easier to identify yourself as a member of a group. You don't have to worry about being the "only one" because everyone around you has some characteristic that makes them just like you. 1 Peter 1:9,10 say:

"9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy." (KJV)

No matter how much you may want to think that you are the same.... God has called you to be different. Never compromise your royalty for anything less than perfect.

¹² I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. ¹³ No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Phillipians 3:12-14 (NLT)

Always remember God is love.

2nd Meeting

So the second week is here. This meeting was about the TRUE trust in God.

Small skit provided by group 1

So as you may not know. Last week it was told to the general members that they would have a more active part in the membership. Part of that is hosting meetings from time to time.