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Weekly Blog posts by our pastor and others.

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    Offering Ourselves

    Monday, Feb 6
    To say that the Holy Spirit is involved in our worship planning is a no brainer. We would all agree that somehow God acts and moves in my sermon preparation and delivery, in Matt’s selection of liturgy, in all aspects of our work. Why then are we surprised when something...
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    Empowering

    Monday, Jan 30
    I have enjoyed the first two weeks of our mission statement series. It has been fun to explore the fundamental reasons that we exist. As we prepare for our third week in this series, we consider the third action word, “empower.” If you look up this word in the dictionary...
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    Psalms Study

    Monday, Jan 23
    We are in the middle of the sermon series regarding our mission as a church. I hope it will bring clarity to who we are and why we exist. The series will end just before the season of Lent. As many of you know, the season of Lent leads us...
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    Schedule Change Update

    Monday, Jan 23
    I wanted to update you all on where we stand in terms of a Sunday morning schedule change. We met on January 22 to discuss the decision as a congregation. The church council shared the journey of discerning a potential change in the Sunday morning schedule. The discernment process involves...
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    Sick Day

    Monday, Jan 23
    This past weekend was a difficult weekend for me. I sat at home with a stomach virus while you all gathered for worship on Sunday. To make matters worse, you also gathered to reflect on an important church decision about changing our Sunday morning schedule; I was unable to join...
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    Coming Together

    Tuesday, Jan 17
    We just returned from a great weekend in Wisconsin with the teenagers; it was a great time to connect with them. The speaker talked about apologetics (defending our faith). Teens are often faced with friends who do not believe in God. The speaker gave our teens tools for conversation with...
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    Responding to the King

    Sunday, Jan 1
    I am sitting in South Georgia on New Year’s Day reviewing next week’s sermon. New Year’s Day is almost over; many will return to normal routines in the next few days. In most minds Christmas is over. Yet, we are only midway through the season of Christmas. Did you know...
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    Christmas Worship

    Monday, Dec 19
    With Christmas less than one week away, we are preparing for two special worship services this weekend. We will meet on Christmas Eve at 7:00 p.m. to celebrate the coming of Jesus in a candlelight atmosphere. We will consider Isaiah 9. We celebrate the fact that God broke into darkness;...
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    January Sermon Series

    Thursday, Dec 15
    It may seem strange to get a newsletter for January before Christmas. However, with vacation schedules, it seemed appropriate to go ahead and mail out a short newsletter for January. I wanted to let you know about an upcoming sermon series that will begin on January 22. We will be...
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    Faithful God

    Monday, Dec 12
    This week, we gather in one combined service to celebrate the coming of Christmas through music. However, we will also open God’s Word together to Isaiah 61. Following up from last week’s text, the prophet speaks of the coming Messiah as one who will seal the covenant of God with...
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