Genesis 12: 1-4;  2 Timothy 1: 8-10;  Matthew 17: 1-9 Hopefully every one of you, at some time or other in your life, has had what I like to call a “mountaintop experience.”  This is an experience like Peter, James and John had when they saw our Lord transfigured before them.  It is one...
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Exodus 32:7-11,13-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 Discipleship, if you really think about it, is an adult experience of faith.  While children can and do believe in Jesus, their expression of faith is pretty much limited to the choices their parents make for them.  A child cannot typically live the call to discipleship because...
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  A BeFriender is a companion on the journey of others in need, offering listening, presence, and compassion.  Someone who can allow others to express their own feelings without telling them how they should or shouldn’t feel. We are thankful for our trained and currently active BeFrienders:  Marge Cagley, Patty Craft, Marlene Daul, Cathy...
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Job 38:1,8-11; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41 They were just going out for a little midnight cruise — something a little bit risky and perhaps a little daring because you really can’t see well out on the water in the middle of the night.  But, it was his idea, and so far everything they...
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