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Year End Spontaneity

New Years Eve is a bittersweet time. It is a time for new beginnings, new opportunities, and new resolutions that will be maintained for the upcoming few weeks. I normally dream about finally getting 6 pack abs, but normally end up settling for a 6 pack of my …

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Year End Spontaneity

Year End Spontaneity

New Years Eve is a bittersweet time. It is a time for new beginnings, new opportunities, and new resolutions that will be maintained for the upcoming few weeks. I normally dream about finally getting 6 pack abs, but normally end up settling for a 6 pack of my …

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Year End Spontaneity

Waiting

“When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’” (Matthew 11:2-3). We are deep into the season of waiting. Advent is all about …

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Waiting

Out of the Darkness

The Small Group Guide is here. John 1:1-14 December 12, 2010 • Portage First UMC And so, the journey continues. We are spending the season of Advent this year sailing along with the crew of the Dawn Treader, a ship in the magical land of Narnia that is on a …

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Out of the Darkness

Return to Hope: As Close As Our Own Skin

The Small Group Study Guide is here. Luke 1:26-38; Hebrews 12:1-3; Jeremiah 13:22-25 December 5, 2010 • Portage First UMC “There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it” (Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, pg. 3). We met …

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Return to Hope: As Close As Our Own Skin

Strength

“May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the …

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Strength

Gladness

“Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing” (Psalm 100:2). What would it look like if we took this command seriously? Worship the Lord with gladness…the Hebrew word behind that means a lot of things: joy, pleasure, mirth …

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Gladness

Customer Service or Waste of Time?

It was Saturday morning and Judy was working alone, something we rarely do but it is 2 weeks before the election and it is our busy time. The phone rings and the woman on the other end proceeds to tell Judy that she mailed a package through FedEx and she …

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Customer Service or Waste of Time?