Steve McPherson showed me an interesting tidbit. The University of Iowa studied the impact on a student’s GPA between those who attended a religious service compared with those who did not.  Of course I was not surprised to learn that the students who attended services got better grades than those who never attended. The surprise […]

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After church one evening my whole group of friends went out to Applebee’s. We had a large group so multiple tables were pushed together to accomodate us. As we began ordering and joking around, my best friend sat at the other end of the table, so I hustled around to tell him something, when boom. […]

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“…make the salt water fresh”    On Wednesday we discussed exploding into the world with the message of Jesus. I challenged everyone to talk to their friends about Jesus and to invite them to Plunge (a service designed to be welcoming). In Dive Teams the eighth grade girls asked how can we avoid being labeled […]

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“…makes the salt water fresh” (v9) Ezekiel 47:1-12 My first Boy Scout camp was also my first time away from home. For ten days I slept on a cot in a half tent (canvas walls and roof, but a wooden floor) and often wished for mom. But my mom had sent a huge box of […]

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REMINDER: The parent meeting is this Sunday morning during Sunday School. At 9:45 meet in your student’s room on the second floor of the Walton Bldg (MS in the Harbor, 9/10 in the Loft, 11/12 in the Spot). Afterward Andy and I will gather everyone in the Harbor to outline the year’s events. On Thursday […]

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