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Here is a table I created as a worksheet for young adults to think through their lives. I am indebted to David English for his names and definitions for the phases of life. Years Years 17-22 Years 23-28 Years 29-32 Years 33-39 Years 40-45 Name of phase Defining Decisions Entering the adult world Minor life transitions Priority Decision Phase Major Life Transition Key features Establishing a value base. Deciding to grow up. Exploring life. Testing choices. Confusion about the future. Fear of the future. Choosing covenant relationships over vocal priorities Dealing with emotional wounds for future successful living Connections to  your dream, your covenant relationships, your mentors, and your vocation Where am/was I during this phase? Emotionally? Spiritually? Physically? Relationally? Vocationally? What did I or am I learning about God du...

Faith in Transition - 1 Thessalonians ChristChurch Young Adult Retreat – May 6, 7 2011 Trent McEntyre Campus Director for Crossroads at Georgia Tech and Pastor for College Ministry at ChristChurch Introduction Welcome to most turbulent phase of your life. Young adulthood is a season of transitions. The typical young Atlantan goes through more major transitions between the age of 18-35 than any other phase of life. For example the first major transition is from living with your parents to out on your own. How many major transition have you been through or could you foresee going through in this season of your life? Our Church is entering the young adult phase of its own journey. We were planted as a church to reach Atlanta’s leaders in the Buckhead area nearly 20 years ago. Today the church is maturing and growing as we embark on an exciting plan to expand our facilities in order to grow to a church of nearly 1,000 people. We will experience a number of exciting transitions in the pro...

Can a Bosniac love a Serb? Can an Auburn fan love a Bama fan? Can a cat person love a dog person? These are difficult questions? The real test of love is whether or not we can sincerely love people who are not naturally lovable. We tackled this issue at a recent student meeting on the Georgia Tech campus. Here are my notes from the message. They are somewhat raw and unedited but they contain the main Biblical references that we looked and the main application that I recommended. “Love reign o’er me” - Trusting in Christ’s Supernatural Love Intro - Have you ever noticed how love makes you do crazy things? I remember how Emily, now my wife, made me crazy when we dated.             I wrote 50 letters in about 40 days.             I wrote a song for her in the voice of Scottish Highlander confessing his love for his lassie. Have you also noticed that you have certain ...