Mon Jun 8-Speak Up!
Remember a time when you said something boldly and a time when you chose not to speak up. Which one felt worse to you?
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Fri Jun 5-Shown Extraordinary Kindness
I suspect that each of us will be touched by the Spirit, in a different way, as we read and reflect on this piece of scripture.
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Thu Jun 4-Fruit of the Spirit
Today’s scripture reading immediately reminded me of our Soul Soup ministry. Our volunteers make soup from our church garden veggies and donations of meats, herbs, beans, pasta and broth. We send the soup to a partner church where they feed and donate soup to people who can’t afford nutritious food.
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Wed Jun 3-One Body, One Spirit
Today’s scripture reading immediately reminded me of our Soul Soup ministry. Our volunteers make soup from our church garden veggies and donations of meats, herbs, beans, pasta and broth. We send the soup to a partner church where they feed and donate soup to people who can’t afford nutritious food.
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Tue June 2-What’s in a Name?
I thought that Pastor Joe gave a wonderful message last week on Pentecost Sunday sharing the description from Acts 2 of what that first Pentecost celebration might have looked like. As a Minister of Christian Education for 30 years, I created my fair share of Pentecost celebrations
and Children’s Moments.
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Mon Jun 1-The Lord’s Voice
Here in Psalm 29, David reflects on the awesome power and majesty of the LORD’s voice. The imagery he uses is both vivid and overwhelming.
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Fri May 28-Out of Our Hands, In God’s Hands
There are many times when we will have to entrust someone or something that we care very much for into the hands of someone else.
You feel this when your child needs a medical procedure. You feel this when you hire an attorney to represent your case in court..
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Thu May 27-Fishers and FROG
Do you remember singing the song “Fishers of Men”? It’s always interesting to me when Brian teaches the kids a song during his children’s time. They are typically songs I learned in Sunday School many years ago. The songs have the right messaging but need some tweaks here and there for the times…
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Wed May 27-The Holy Spirit in Numbers 11:24-30
When the Spirit rested on the 70 elders, they prophesied. The Holy Spirit’s presence is not silent or invisible — it produces real, observable manifestations in people’s lives.
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Tue May 26-The Nations Will Know That I’m the Lord
In his book “Knowledge of the Holy,” A.W. Tozer wrote, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”
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Mon May 25-Hope for Tomorrow
There are two scripture passages that are frequently used during Pentecost, the season of the Church that began with worship this past Sunday. Today’s verse from Romans 8 is one and the other is from Acts 2. Both highlight the Holy Spirit but with different focuses. Acts 2 was our
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Fri May 22-Only A Child
Poor Jeremiah, he tries to tell God that he is too young and inexperienced to be called by God to be a prophet. “Ah, Lord God,” he says, “I don’t know how to speak, because I am only a child.” But God is not having any of his excuses.
