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Close to You
Mike Mason says in Practicing the Presence of People, “Over the centuries many spiritual books have been written on love, but little has been written on friendship. The reason, I believe, is that church people generally know little about it. Compared to such great concerns as sound doctrine, evangelism, prayer, worship, and ministry, friendship does…
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Building Continues
The renovation of our back building continues. We are currently in the painting stage. Here are a couple panoramic pictures of one of the two-bedroom apartments.
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Thanksgiving
One of the practices we have in our community is our Friday morning thanksgiving time. The men meet early before work each morning, and on Fridays we take time to tell each other what we’re thankful for. It’s fun hearing from the other men what blesses them and how they’re seeing God’s goodness in their…
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Honesty, Communion, Happiness
Over the years I have seen that the one essential virtue is honesty. Honesty is important because it is what relationships are built on. Honesty creates closeness in a relationship. When someone speaks truthfully it enables you to trust them. You simply can’t have a warm and intimate relationship with someone you don’t trust. Honesty…
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Mission Phrases
In my last post I laid out the biblical story in nine points. This helped give me perspective about the mission of the Church. I’ve also been collecting various phrases from different authors with the same intent, namely, to clarify what is the mission of the Church. Below is what I’ve compiled so far: I…
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Harvest Party ’07
For this year’s Harvest Party we decided to do a science fiction theme. The week before we carved science fiction pumpkins to display at the party. The teens made the decorations: planets and a huge AT-AT Walker made out of spray painted cardboard. Everyone dressed up in science fiction themed costumes, all of which were…
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Cosmic History
The following is a nine point summary I’ve been working on of the Biblical story. I’m trying to capture an overall picture of Biblical history and where key doctrinal concepts fit in (listed in parentheses). It’s not perfect or complete, but I’ve found it helpful in thinking through the purpose and mission of the church.…
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Seventh Grade Art Class
This is the first year that Renee Krell, Matthew Krell and Brandon Kobus have been in the Jr. High/High School Art Class. They are learning how to watercolor in this quarter of school. Right now they are focusing on using washes to paint the pictures. Washes are a layer of water laid down on the…
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Megan Kobus- Sketches
This is a sketch that Megan had drawn in her sketchbook earlier this year. For art class she has to turn in one sketch a week. Recently she has been concentrating on portrait studies. This one was done in pencil on regular sketch paper.
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Timothy- Forest Battle
This is picture that Timothy drew in his sketchbook using colored pencils. He is a big Legend of Zelda fan and came up with this piece of Link fighting a Baku-Baba plant in the Kokiri Forest.