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Devotion: The Softer Side of the Old Testament
After some pretty rough weeks in The Story as we read about battles and God seemingly being pretty hard-nosed about the rules (for example, Moses didn’t get to cross over into the Promised Land because he struck a rock to bring about water rather than just speaking to it), we some real gems through the…
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Devotion: Wilderness Wandering and Spiritual Assessment
After spending 6 weeks dwelling with The Story, how do you feel? Just like the road trip we talked about Sunday morning in worship, the beginning of The Story has been exciting as we see the possibilities ahead for us this year. You may have found that The Story hasn’t been what you expected. You…
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Bethel Bible Study – Exodus Resources
Last week (9/13/2012), we began a Thursday night Bible Study for those who want to delve into the Bible in a structured, yet conversational way. We’ll use the resource from the Life Change Series of NavPress entitled “A life-changing encounter with God’s Word from the book of Exodus”. I have some of these books still…
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Bethel Hurricane Irene Update
Below is a message I sent out to those subscribed to our Bethel eNews. As of 6:30pm on Saturday, August 27, Bethel is planning to have services on Sunday at the scheduled times of 8:00am and 10:00am. If there are any changes, that message will be posted here as well as the media outlets specified…
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Worship Presentation – August 22, 2011
We hosted a forum at Bethel on Sunday, August 21, to discuss worship. We began an alternative worship service at the beginning of July and are continuing it through August. The structure of this service seems to be meeting a need within the congregation. One of the goals (as you can see in the attached)…
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Reflecting Back, Looking Forward
Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? ~ 2 Corinthians 13:5 Socrates is known to have said “the unexamined life is not worth living.” At this time of year, our Ministry Teams are beginning to reflect on what they…
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Seeds for the Parish: Evangelism
I had a moment to sit and read through Seeds for the Parish this afternoon. It’s worth a read for those who want to understand more what “evangelical” is all about, and how we live our message. Click >here< to go to the ELCA site for this publication. I have 3 hard copies of this publication…
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