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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…
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Schools For Conversion
Recently a team from our community visited our friends out in Missouri at Shepherdsfield. Shepherdsfield is another intentional Christian community from whom we’ve learned much over the years. They invited us to participate in a “School For Conversion” which is a conference sponsored by the New Monasticism movement. It was enriching spending time again with…
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Mankind Is Our Business
In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol the hesitant and barely chastened Scrooge, confronting the phantom that was his partner in life, tries to console the guilty and agonized ghost (and himself) with a feeble word of encouragement, “But you were always a good man of business, Jacob.” Immediately, the specter roars out with terrible force,…
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Harvest Party ’08
This year’s Harvest Party theme was superheroes. The week before Harvest Party, we carved pumpkins to fit the superhero theme. A Gotham City skyline, an eight foot city skyscraper made from cardboard and various superhero symbols were our decorations. The costumes were very creative as most were handmade. It was a fun night with food,…
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Prayer Insights pt. 1
As my last few posts reveal, I’ve been reading David Crump’s book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door. I’ve been enjoying the book and want to share some insights I’ve had while reading it. 1. Prayer’s primary purpose is communion with God. Prayer isn’t just a means to get our needs met. It’s not a heavenly drive-through…