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  • The Way?

    Thomas said, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going.  How can we know the way?”  Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” ~ John 14:5-6a I remember listening to the music of Kenny Rogers when I was young.  As I was reflecting on the State of the Congregation meeting

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  • Into your hands, O Lord, we commend Mark

    Into your hands, O Lord, we commend Mark Lubold. Services and obituary pending.

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  • Haiti – One Year Later & Civic Reflection

    Following are resources published today (1/13/2011) through the Metropolitan Washington DC Synod (ELCA) Haiti – One Year Later LOCAL WORSHIP OPPORTUNITY – On Sunday, January 16 from 3-6:00 p.m., “Service to Serve Haiti – Washington, DC: A Time of Remembrance and Action for Haiti and the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service” will

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  • Devotion: Voices have power!

    The following devotion was published through the Luther Seminary devotion “God Pause” (www.luthersem.edu/godpause) Tuesday, 1/4/2011 Scripture Reference: Psalm 29 Voices have power! When Adolph Hitler spoke at Templehof Airfield in Berlin, one million people gathered to hear him. In 1965, more than 55,000 screaming fans squeezed into Shea Stadium to hear the Beatles sing. When

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  • Happy New Year!

    God bless you this New Year – “The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and for evermore” Psalm 121:8

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  • Step Out of the Boat

    Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”  [Jesus] said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus. ~ Matthew 14:28-29 I used the title and Scripture for this article for the January 2010 edition of the

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  • Into your hands, O Lord, we commend Suza

    Into your hands, O Lord, we commend Suzanne Fish. Services @BethelManassas Mon @ 10:00a – obituary: http://ht.ly/3jBjD #belc

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  • Go Fish!

    Go Fish! And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” ~ Matthew 4:19 & Mark 1:17 When I was first called to serve at Bethel, we adopted as our theme for the year “Growing in Faith – Growing in Community.”  We began that theme with Advent in December

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  • Glo digital Bible designed to reach a younger generation

    It’s for them that an Orlando company came up with the multimedia digital Glo Bible. “You have entire generations of people that don’t engage paper very well,” said Nelson Saba, founder of Immersion Digital. “If you look at Bible literacy among younger generations, it’s dismal. This is designed to be a digital alternative to the

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  • Bishop’s Convocation

    Arrived in Ocean City, MD for the annual Bishop’s Convocation #metrodcelca Posted via email from Pastor Jeff’s Posterous

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