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14 Nov 2022

Have you ever had a time when you have wanted to avoid a conversation with someone because you just knew it was not going to go well? Maybe it was something that hurt you or aggravated you, maybe it was something that concerned you yet you felt it didn’t bother the other person, or so it seemed. Proverbs 15:1 gives us some good advice when times like these arise, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” In Hebrew the word for “gentle” in this verse is......

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07 Nov 2022

What’s Next

David Dahl

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I’m fascinated by all the places in the Bible that leave us to wonder what happened next. How did the formerly demon-possessed man live after Jesus removed his demons and he moved out of the cemetery, and returned to his family and his town? How did Lazarus live once Jesus restored him to life? What was Zacchaeus’s life like after he became a follower of Jesus and, against the advice of his friends and started giving back money to those he’d robbed? What happened to his business? What happened after the woman......

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19 Aug 2022

Being A Disciple

Pastor Scott

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We just returned from another wonderful, faith-building youth mission trip and we had a great time. Seven youth and five adult leaders traveled to western Kentucky for seven days of fun, fellowship, work, and worship. We began our travels on Sunday morning July 10th, traveling 8-1/2 hours to Le Center, Kentucky where we stayed the week at a church with several other church groups from around the nation. Each morning would begin with breakfast and prayer after which we would load up the van and head off to our work sites. We’d......

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14 Aug 2022

I Need You To Lead A Small Group

David Dahl

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“Brothers, children of Abraham, and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent . . .” (Paul’s speech delivered at the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch recorded in Acts 13:26) Do you know the story??? I have in our home, a spiral-bound stack of paper. It was published about 25 years ago. On the outside, it’s not very impressive. Simple black and white text announcing what it contains – the story of the Eastwold and Winslow clans – an odd joining of two family lines –......

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