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February 7, 2016 // Issue 198

“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.” ―Mother Teresa

The One project Seattle begins one week from today! You may collect your IDs for

the gathering and your tickets for the Advance and Create conferences beginning

Saturday, February 13 from 2-10pm in the Grand Foyer of the North Tower at the

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Westin Hotel, Seattle. Check-in will also be available on Sunday, February 14,

starting at 7am and finishing at 8:15am. The gathering begins promptly at

8:30am in the Grand Ballroom.

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Seattle gathering schedule

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 (8:30am-5:30pm)

SESSION 1 (8:30am)

PASSION WEEK: Why It Matters —Paul Dybdahl John 3:16-17

SUNDAY: Triumphal Entry —Raewyn Hankins Mark 11:1-10

MONDAY: Cleansing of the Temple—Iki Taimi Mark 11:15-18

REFRESHMENT BREAK (10:00am)

SESSION 2 (10:30am)

TUESDAY: Blind Guides—Brandy Kirstein Matthew 23:13-16

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TUESDAY: Sheep and Goats—Emily Poole Matthew 25:31-46

LUNCH (12:30pm)

SESSION 3 (2:30pm)

WEDNESDAY: Silence—Karl Haffner

THURSDAY: Foot-washing—Ofa Langi John 13:1-17

THURSDAY: Betrayal—Matthew Gamble John 13:21-30

REFRESHMENT BREAK (3:45pm)

SESSION 4 (4:00pm)

THURSDAY: Gethsemane—Tara VinCross Mark 14:32-42

THURSDAY: The Meal—Alex Bryan (Communion) Luke 22:14-20

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (8:30am-4:00pm)

SESSION 1 (8:30am)

FRIDAY: Trials and Torture—Zane Yi Matthew 26:62-68

FRIDAY: Peter’s Denial—Tim Gillespie Mark 14:66-72

REFRESHMENT BREAK (10:00am)

SESSION 2 (10:30am)

FRIDAY: Jesus and The Thief—Macy McVay Luke 23:39-43

FRIDAY: “My God, My God, Why?”—Jennifer Scott Matthew 27:45-46

LUNCH (11:45am)

SESSION 3 (1:45pm)

SABBATH: The Meaning of the Death of Jesus—William Johnsson Luke 23:44-49

SUNDAY: “Rabbi!”—Dilys Brooks Mark 16:1-8

REGISTRATION

Registration for the One project Seattle 2016 is now closed.

HOTEL ROOMS

Rooms available at the Westin at the group block rate of $145 for One project attendees

are sold out. If you still need a room, the hotel recommends you reserve at the higher rate

(starting at $195 and varying according to occupancy and arrival/departure times), and if

rooms become available due to cancellations, you will be moved to the group rate. Phone

number for reservations: 888.627.8513

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Morning prayer

Each morning of the One project gathering (Sunday, February 1 and Monday, February 15)

you will have the opportunity to join speakers and other leaders in small groups for 15

minutes of prayer—from 7:00am-7:15am. Locations will be announced in next week's One

collective.

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generation One schedule and information

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 14 (8:00am-10:00pm)

8:00am GRAND CRESCENT ROOM

8:30am SESSIONS 1 AND 2

12:30pm LUNCH ADVENTURE GROUPS

2:30pm SESSIONS 3 AND 4

5:40pm MONORAIL—WESTLAKE

6:00pm SUPPER—BAMBOO GARDEN

8:00-10:00pm GAMES AND ACTIVITIES

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (8:00am-4:00pm)

8:00am GRAND CRESCENT ROOM

8:30am SESSIONS 1 AND 2

11:45am LUNCH ADVENTURE GROUPS

1:45pm SESSION 3

LEADERS

Robert Carlson Minot, North Dakota

David Smith Battleground, Washington

SUPPORT TEAM

Nathan Hellman Madras, Oregon

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Shintell Izquierdo College Place Washington

Lonnie Kotanko Sacramento, California

Anthony Lyder College Place, Washington

Daniel Tutupoly Sacramento, California

Please feel free to contact either Robert or David with any questions about generation

One—or even to simply introduce your teen ahead of the event.

DON'T FORGET!

Bring a physical (non-electronic) Bible—you will need it!

A note for parents: All outside trips, breaks, and other activities during generation One will

be done as a group, and chaperoned by members of our pastoral support team. It is

important that everyone stick together and communicate!

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Conference schedule and menu selection

6:00pm Welcome and prayer—Japhet De Oliveira

6:05pm SESSION 1

Healthcare as the Gospel—Mark Johnson

Narrative medicine—Jason Wells

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Patient experience—Sandy Wyman Johnson

Recalibrate session

7:25pm SESSION 2

Palliative care—Kirra Moser

Meaning of mission—Michael Knecht

More Questions than Answers—John Sackett

Recalibrate session

8:45pm CLOSE

Planning for the future—Tim Gillespie, Japhet De Oliveira

Closing remarks—Mark B. Johnson

Dinner will be served promptly at 6pm.

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Create conference schedule

A full-day conversation about the future of Adventism. Tickets are still available.

SCHEDULE (February 16, 2016: 8:30am-4:30pm)

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SESSION 1

A Local Revolution—Alex Bryan

Why (Good) Theology Requires Place—Tim Gillespie

The Work of Neighborhoods—Lisa Clark Diller

Lunch

SESSION 2

How the Local Church Can Bless the Global Church—Japhet De Oliveira

Why Higher Education Needs Local Congregations—Sam Leonor

Local Work: Mentoring (and Trusting) the Next Generation—Paddy McCoy

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Writing "Hosanna (Kingdom Come)"

Elia King, worship pastor at Boulder Adventist Church and worship leader for the One

project, has been busy writing a brand-new song for the Seattle gathering. We asked him

about the process of writing a new song. He says:

"We often listen to songs on the radio or sing them in church, and while they may strike a

chord in our lives, there may more to them than we hear on the surface. In some cases, it

may be enough — even better, in fact — to participate in the song with our fellow

congregants on the surface level without understanding the mechanics of how a song came

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together. If however, you are a music nerd like me, it can be interesting to learn a bit more

about where a song came from."

“Hosanna”

"I heard a story once about how Paul McCartney wrote the now-legendary song

“Yesterday,” with placeholder lyrics, “Scrambled eggs . . .” When I learned that we were

focusing on “The Final Week,” one of the first words that came to mind for me was

“Hosanna.” I didn’t know much about its original meaning, but I knew that it popped up in

the gospel accounts several times. Something in my gut told me that word needed to be

central to the rest of the song, so I started out with just that. Learning more about the

complex meanings wrapped into that single word — that Jesus is Lord, that Jesus is King,

that Jesus is healer and Savior — only confirmed in my mind the choice of that word as the

hook of the song, even though there were no other words written at the time."

Melody and chord structure

"When it comes to writing melodies for worship music, in general I try to take a minimalist

approach. I try to stick with simple, predictable melodies and cadences, because I believe

that the job of worship leaders and songwriters is to give people the vocabulary to express

their hearts to God. As a result, I want the songs I write for people to sing to

be…well…singable. So you may notice the verses stick to just a few notes that follow an

instinctive path. The idea is that if you’re not reading the notes on paper (or on the screen),

you might be able to guess where we’re going next.

When it comes to the chorus, however, there was an idea that had been bouncing around

in my mind that eventually made its way into a voice not on my phone. There was

something about the emotion of the notes alone that seemed to fit with “The Final Week.”

There was something melancholy yet hopefully about the interaction of the melody and the

underlying chords. I was still working with just “Hosanna…” as lyrics, but it as is often the

case in songwriting, something about it just felt right."

Additional lyrics

"One of the most challenging aspects of writing the lyrics for this song was choosing which

theological aspects to emphasize in the song. The stories included in those last few days

vary depending on which account one reads, and deciding how to aggregate and filter

those into sort of a single coherent thread was a journey for me. I read about atonement

theology and the significance of the cross. I read the gospel accounts. I wrote paragraphs

and snippets in journals and on the back of receipts and napkins. I grew particularly

interested in complexity of Jesus as Lord, King, Healer, and Savior, and how those roles all

related to God’s will being done “on earth as it is in heaven.” I spent weeks collecting

information here and there, hoping that something would ignite the creative spark and that

the lyrics would just come to me all at once.

But the final product didn’t come to me in a blinding bolt of lightning. Instead, I took a

couple of solid days poring over my notes, looking for key themes and phrases. I wrote

some things down and crossed some things out. I played with word order and rhyme

scheme a bit. As is often the case with so-called creative work, it didn’t feel very creative at

the time; it just felt like work. But when the dust started to settle, I wrote out a “final” copy of

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the lyrics and sang through it a few times. And it felt good, but it still felt like there was

something missing.

In taking the lyrics to some friends, they suggested that perhaps a call to action might help

— something to strengthen the connection between then and now. Some people call this

the “so what?” element of a song. So with a little more work, the lines emerged between the

verses and the chorus:

So we will follow where You lead us / And we will answer when You call”

Beta testing

"I count myself fortunate to be part of a local church that is open to learning and singing

new songs, because an important part of the songwriting process for me has always been

bringing a piece to a group and paying careful attention to how they respond. Is the key

singable? Is the melody instinctive enough for first-time singers to catch on? Is the phrasing

of the lines such that it feels natural to sing? All of these questions, for me, ultimately have

to do with whether or not people feel comfortable participating in the song. So we “tested”

the song in Boulder for a few consecutive weeks. We played it with our worship team to see

if the dynamics felt like we were on an appropriate journey. We adjusted some lyrics and

melody for phrasing."

Finalizing the song

"I have to admit that committing to a “final” version of something has always been difficult

for me. “Maybe there’s something we could do that would take this to an even better place.”

For me, that thing is to actually bring a new song to a group and to hear them singing it

together. I believe that it’s really important to put in the work of crafting a song, but

especially when it comes to songs that are written to be sung together, I think the final work

of finishing the song often happens as groups of people sing the songs and they become

parts of a community.

"That, at least in part, is why I am so excited to sing this song as part of the Seattle 2016

gathering of the One project. It’s an honor for me to write, lead, and sing together with you

a song that I hope will reach beyond the gathering itself, and become part of your local

church families as we sing together that Jesus is our Savior, our Healer, and our King."

Watch Elia share an introduction to "Hosanna."

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I Cantori concert

The One project is pleased to present Walla Walla University's I Cantori, which will present

a special one-hour choral concert at 7:30pm on Sunday, February 14. The evening's

music will move day-by-day through the final week of Christ's life on earth—enhancing the

theme of this year's gathering.

Theme: Passion Week—from Palm Sunday through Resurrection Day.

Location: Walking distance from the Westin hotel.

Seattle First Presbyterian Church

1013 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104

Time: 7:30 -8:30pm, Sunday, February 14.

Tickets: None needed. The concert program will be on your table at the gathering as part

of your registration.

Contact: For additional information contact Alex Bryan.

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PUC clothing donation project

At the One project, Pacific Union College (PUC) will be working with the organization DESC

to provide warm clothes for the city's homeless population. Seattle can be a very cold and

wet place, so keeping the homeless community warm and dry is a big priority—and much

appreciated. Please bring an extra jacket, sweatshirt, pants, or even socks (new) to donate

to the shelter.

On Sunday, February 14, the PUC team will be collecting these clothing donations at the

doors to the Grand Ballroom throughout the day. We will deliver them to the shelter that

same evening.

Please contact Fabio Maia if you have questions about the project.

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Valentine's Day!

The first day of the One project Seattle falls on Valentine's Day. This may or may not be

important to you, but if you would like to mark the occasion, consider the following:

If you have a Valentine (i.e. you are married, engaged, partnered, or simply

confident enough to have asked another person for a date) and like to eat while

sitting at a table, book a restaurant. Do it now.

If you don't mind eating while walking, pick up a tub of Ellenos Greek yogurt at Pike

Place Market and devour it while strolling to the I Cantori Concert. Do this with your

Valentine or with anyone else who happens to suit you. This will unfortunately

involve venturing into the Market on a Sunday. Only do this if you are large and

physically fit. You may well be trampled. You will almost certainly be elbowed and

jostled.

If you are single and would enjoy dinner with other singles, we have reserved one

table for four at Wild Ginger. We also have reserved two tables for six at Il Fornaio.

If you want space at any of these tables, please note that you must be single. If

we have not filled these tables by noon on Sunday, we will cancel the reservations.

The reservations are all for 7:00pm.

Meet outside the Grand Ballroom when Sunday's program is over (5:30pm) for an

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Urban Adventure. These can be done in groups of up to five. A number of people

have expressed interest in this option—so it appears to be a winner. And it does

not in any way preclude eating a tub of Ellenos Greek yogurt or being trampled,

elbowed, or jostled at a popular Seattle tourist site.

Contact us about your Valentine's Day plans. We will help you get together in suitable

groups to have a great time! NOTE: The cost of your Valentine's Day adventure is your

responsibility.

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Early bird registration open now

Join us in San Diego at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center (February

25-26, 2017) for our 29th gathering, focusing on the Bible's ultimate book. Our theme, "The

Revelation of Jesus Christ" will present a brighter picture of hope in the One.

Please note that we will be meeting Sabbath and Sunday in San Diego.

Early bird registration is $160 per adult. Prices increase on February 16, 2016.

Note that tickets are non-refundable. They can be transferred to another person only

up to December 31, 2016. They cannot be transferred to another gathering.

Sign up to receive the One collective to stay up-to-date on future developments.

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TOP people in Seattle

The speakers are wonderful and the music is unparalleled—but the people you meet and the connections you form make One project gatherings truly unforgettable. In the weeks leading up to our Seattle gathering (February 14-16, 2016), we'll be highlighting a few of the faces you can look out for around the ballroom at the Westin Hotel.

Jasmin Dotson

"I left the last One project in Seattle feeing like a brand new person with a passion for Christ that I wanted to share with anyone and everyone who would listen. For the past two years, I've been living by this motto: Jesus. All."

Jasmin Dotson is 18 years old, and lives in Hot Springs, AR. She will graduate from high

school in May and plans on pursuing a degree in elementary education, and later, a degree

in law.

This is her third One project—and the gatherings are quickly becoming an annual event for

Jasmin! She says, "Three years ago I was going through some very difficult situations, and

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my relationship with God was vanishing—and had been for some time. My pastor easily

persuaded me to attend the One project gathering when he told me that the conference

was purely about Jesus. I cannot recall the specifics of what he said, but it caught my

attention very quickly and I canceled plans I had that weekend so I could go. On the first

day of the conference,I fell immediately in love with the worship. The Holy Spirit touched

my heart in ways I never had felt before. The speakers spoke truth that forever changed my

life in ways that no one else would've ever been able to do. I was so on fire for Jesus!"

Jasmin especially appreciated the anointing on the final day. "The card that has the prayer

we pray over each other, instantly brought me to tears. It is one of the most beautiful things

I've ever read. I couldn't help but feel extremely blessed and humbled by Jesus' gift of

eternal life and the forgiveness He offers us every single day. The One project made me

realize that Christianity isn't just about the 28 fundamental beliefs and ten

commandments—though they are important too. It's about Jesus and your relationship with

Him."

"Why am I excited to be coming back this year? Because I know there are going to be new

ways that God will touch my heart. I'm hoping to see some of my favorite speakers from the

past couple of years as well as new ones. I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am for the

One project because it revived my relationship with Jesus."

Look out for Jasmin in Seattle in February! If you know of an interesting person who

will be attending, drop us a line. We would love to feature a wide variety of people in

the One collective.

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Prepare for a journey

"As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.'" -Luke 9:57

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