Author: Adam
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The Great Seed Heist – Jared Barton
The Great Seed Heist is a book that Jared has been working on for the past few years. The book tells the story of Tommy the Squirrel, his best friend Harley, and the great adventures that they have together. Throughout the story, Tommy and Harley have many dangerous close encounters; but they eventually get back…
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Putting it bluntly
“…cut free from any sense of community, we are miserable and lonely as well as rude. This is an age of social autism, in which people just can’t see the value of imagining their impact on others, and in which responsibility is always convieniently laid at other people’s doors. People are trapped in a kind…
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This is brilliant
Normally, I don’t find much value in Saturday Night Live, but this skit is just brilliant.
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Advent Walk ’08
This is our second year doing an Advent Walk; during the walk we have different scenes set up around one of the lawns illustrating the story of the Nativity. At each scene we stop, read a portion of scripture and listen to a song that illustrates that scene. We work our way around in…
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Community versus Society
There is a lot of buzz today about being missional. In fact, according to Bill Kinnon missional is “the Western Church word of the moment.” A whole debate is raging about the merits of missional versus attractional models. The missional movement started out as a way to change the conversation about what the Church is…
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Welcome Luke
Jared and Heidi are now the proud parents of Luke Anthony Barton. Luke arrived at 6 pounds 9 ounces and 19 3/4 inches on November 30, 2008. Luke is an answer to many prayers. Jared and Heidi have been seeking to adopt for quite a while. The community has been in intense prayer for the…
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Help for Homeless Women in India
Our friends over at Charis are working on a new project – helping homeless women in India. They stand near small tea shops or walk aimlessly around the streets of Tenkari, India. They eat when someone gives them food and wear whatever old clothes are given to them. They sleep on other people’s verandahs or…
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For Derek – Have a Super birthday!
Derek
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Prayer Insights pt. 2
I’ve enjoyed reading David Crump’s, Knocking on Heaven’s Door and posted some insights it caused to rattled around inside my head. This is a follow-up to that. 4. Prayer shapes us into a more loving person. Prayer, simply as a regular exercise, has a wonderful effect in focussing us on others and their welfare. It…
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First, Third and Fifth Grade Art Classes
For first quarter in Art Class, the kids all learned watercoloring. Because we have a small school, the art classes are sometimes combined. This quarter the first, third, and sixth graders all learned how to watercolor for the first time; using First Steps Painting Watercolors by Cathy Johnson. The results were absolutely astounding! 1st Grade…