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As many of you have heard, one of our youth group family passed away this week. Isaac Blackford has been a part of our church for his whole life, and we love him and his family very, very much. Visitation for the family will be tonight from 4-8 pm at the church. The funeral is at 10 am tomorrow at…
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Now, I don’t know about you, but as a parent, I have blown it….no, really…big time. For the most part, I do OK when I’m dealing with my kids. Come on, we all have had moments where we look at ourselves and say, “You da man…woman…individual!” There are times where we get it right. However, it seems like the times…
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Dear parents, From calming storms to healing a paralytic, we have covered some incredible miracles of Jesus in our s.A.M. 9 lesson series. We are wrapping it up this week by exploring how Jesus fed thousands of people in Mark 8—just a few pages after he fed another huge crowd! We’ll see how Jesus satisfied the people’s hunger through a…
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Dear parents, Our story for this week’s Sunday morning lesson on Jesus’ miracles reminds us of the chaos that sin can cause—demon possession, pigs jumping off cliffs, angry crowds. We will look at the story from Mark 5 of a demon-possessed man who was saved and delivered by Jesus. This man was once trapped by evil, unable to function…
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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT: Here is an overview of what we’re talking about. Listed below the summary is a “parent cue” to help you dialog with your child about the session. The question is intended not just to be asked by you, but to be responded to by BOTH of you. Use this opportunity to find out what God is…
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Dear parents, We’re on our second week in the Sunday morning series on miracles Jesus performed. This time we are traveling with Jesus and his disciples onto the Sea of Galilee in the middle of a storm—and will discover how Jesus was able to control the wind and the waves. Teenagers face plenty of their own “storms” in life….
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10 Tips for Better Mealtimes - I absolutely love mealtime. Not just for the obvious reasons, but because it gives me time with my kids that can be very valuable for learning about our kids and truly being students of who they are becoming. Here is a great article that I found that talks about that. For more info, see…
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We love the things Reggie Joiner and the crew at ReThink write and discuss. From time to time we will reprint one of their blog posts. This is one of Reggie’s, dealing with self-control. It’s excellent. If you’d like to check out their site (which you should), you can see this post and a ton of others here. Enjoy. …
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Hey everyone, We are working on moving our entire website over to this version. If you give us a couple of weeks, not only should we have everything over that we need, but we should also have a ton of improvements. Thanks for your patience.
