1. Pirates Ahoy!

2. Opening Question
What’s your favorite book or movie that involves pirates? Would you rather go to a game with the Pittsburgh Pirates or Tampa Bay Buccaneers?

3. Talk Like a Pirate Day September 19th Mark Summers and John Baur
(Cap’n Slappy and Ol’ Chumbucket)
Popularized in 2002 by Dave Barry
Krispy Kreme offers free dozen donuts
Long John Silvers offers extra fish

4. What do pirates seek?
OOTY B

5. The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that is hidden in a field
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that is hidden in a field. A crafty man found the treasure buried there and buried it again so no one would know where it was. Thrilled, he sold everything he had, then came back and bought the field that had the hidden treasure.
Matthew 13:44

6. Or the kingdom of heaven is like a jeweler on the lookout for the finest pearls. When he found a pearl more beautiful and valuable than any jewel he had ever seen, the jeweler sold all he had and bought that pearl, his pearl of great price.
Matthew 13:45-46

7. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21

8. What do pirates thirst for?
LOOD B

9. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
1 John 1:7

10. Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Hebrews 9:14

11. All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children
Matthew 27:25

12. Jesus said to them, "This is my blood
Jesus said to them, "This is my blood. The blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many."
Mark 14:24

13. How are pirates’ bodies?
ROKEN B

14. "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. For Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10

15. If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off
If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It's better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet.
Mark 9:45

16. What is on a pirate flag?
ONES B

17. Everyone will know that you are my disciples by you love for one another.
John 13:35

18. Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.
Matthew 12:33

19. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21

20. Do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
1 Peter 3:16

21. Pirates Pirates search for Pirates thirst for Pirates’ bodies are
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22. Halftime Question
What do you treasure? What do you thirst for? What breaks you? What are you known by?

23. Shanty 23
The Lord be me cap'n, Oi shall not mutiny. He steers me clear o' land lubbers, and pilots me thru the doldrums. He trayned me up roight or else.

24. Shanty 23
E'entho I stagger thru seedy ports, Oi feares no wun, fer ye be wif me; yer pistol an yer cutlass hinspoire me; the grog flows freely. Surely the Kinge's navy and ninjas shall foller me alla dayes o'me loife, an' Oi be swabbin' the Lord's decks forever.

25.   Lessons Costumes: Lord looks at the heart Monsters:
We are strangers and aliens
Zombies:
Dead to sin, alive in Christ
Pirates:
Know one another by love  

26.   Lessons What have you learned about: God You Words Service Bible
Others
Actions
Worship
Church
World
Motive
Outreach  

27. Closing Question
Do you see people as God does? Do you live a life of distinction? Does your past weigh you down? Is your reputation built on love?  