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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Jesus gave his disciples some sobering news before he left them to be crucified. People were going to hate them on account of Him. Is that still true today? What should Christians when we find oursleves hated because of Jesus? Vicar Lusienie Fofana shares his story and shows us how we should also respond.
Readings: Isaiah 66:1-5, Romans 8:1-8, John 15:18-25
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
What is peace? Can you define peace without defining it by what it’s not? Sure, war is not peace, conflict is not peace, fear is not peace, but what IS peace? Listen to Pastor Seabaugh speak of a peace that comes only by the Way, the Truth and the Life. Shalom.
Readings: Isaiah 9:2-6, Ephesians 3:16-4:6, John 14:1-6, 25-27
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
This Sunday we kicked off something we call “Waterlife: Living Baptism, Sharing Stories.” We believe all Christians are authorized on the basis of their baptism to be the official ambassadors of the Lord Jesus Christ in this world. We live our baptism every day and share our stories to encourage each other.
Readings: Exodus 30:17-21, Hebrews 10:11-25, John 13:1-17
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New Year’s Day Sunday, January 1, 2012
With a new year comes great expectations. It’s as if we started fresh and put the old dusty year behind us. What do we expect out of 2012? We can learn a lot about our expectations by examining the expectations of others. Take John 12 for example. Lots of expectations… one Jesus. What are you expecting?
Readings: Deuteronomy 11:8-21, Romans 8:18-28, John 12:12-26
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Christmas Sunday, December 25, 2011
It’s hard to imagine God being born, God being cold and needing to be wrapped in cloths to stay warm, but that’s exactly what happened when Jesus was born. It’s the greatest gift ever, wrapped in cloths. When does the gift get unwrapped for us? Listen to Pastor Seabaugh speak on how the wrapping paper comes off God’s greatest gift.
Readings: Isaiah 11:1-10, 1 Corinthians 15:39-49, John 11:30-45
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Lunch served at noon & supper served at 6 pm
“Difference Making Disciples” — Real Disciples – Real Stories – Real Life
Pastor Seabaugh talks with 5 Difference Making Disciples about how God has shaped them to be
influential in the lives of others. Be inspired by their lives and their stories.
The disciples of Jesus are still rather apprehensive about Jesus telling them he is going away. Another is coming who will reveal truth to the world. Their grief will turn to joy. Even though it will seem like all is lost, have peace, Jesus has overcome the world.
Monday, January 23 Read John 16:1-16. Take the position of these disciples who then know nothing of the Trinity. Who is this Counselor Holy Spirit? What does he do? Is he God?
Tuesday, January 24 Read John 16:17-33. This section speaks of an anticipated joy. When does that joy come? Has it already come, or are we still looking forward to it? Or is it both?
Wednesday, January 25 After reviewing John 16, read Acts 26. Hard to believe people would think killing a Christian would amount to service to God. How awesome is our God? See Acts 26.
Thursday, January 26 After reviewing John 16, read 1 Corinthians 2. Paul speaks of a secret wisdom. How is it revealed? How does that correspond to the work of the Spirit that Jesus speaks of?
Friday, January 27 After reviewing John 16, read 1 Peter 1. Jesus speaks of a complete joy that we will be able to speak plainly about. Does the joy described by Peter qualify as “complete”? Why or why not? What makes this joy so… joyful?
Saturday, January 28 After reviewing John 16, read Revelation 21:1-7. Peace is hard to come by in this world. That makes Jesus’ words in John 16:33 all the more powerful. We have peace because Jesus has overcome the world. How has Jesus overcome the world? What does our peace look like? According to Rev. 21, what will it look like?
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Moved
I recently heard Rev. Dan Hudson from Sanctuary Church in Manhattan, IL speak at the Movement Conference hosted by LINC – Twin Cities. Now, much of the conference moved me, but none more than an analogy that Dan drew up on a sheet of paper. It has to do with aligning our priorities with Jesus’ priorities in what it means to be a part of the Kingdom of God. To do this, he familiarized us with some computer lingo: Programming language, operating system and application. Here’s how they work together. We need a programming language to do anything with the computer. This is the most basic element. That language allows programmers to build an operating system as a platform for things to happen on the computer. The applications are the actual programs that are run on the operating system. (more…)
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In this issue:
1. Spaghetti Dinner — Saturday, February 18
2. Lenten Worship
3. Central Lutheran School Gala – Saturday, Februay 25
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