Bowling Social

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Sunday, February 10, is the date of our next Second Sunday Social, which will be held at Bellview Bowl in Atwater. We will meet at the bowling alley at 1:00. It will be up to everyone to either eat before coming, or purchase food from the bowling alley.
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190217 Weekly Devotional

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Blessed are the poor….. Daily Bible Reading: Monday, February 18.  Read John 1:10-14.  1) What did John saw about Jesus in verse 14?  2) What was his relationship with the world was like? 3) What does a relationship with Jesus create? Tuesday, February 19.  Read Matthe 10:32-33.  1) What does Jesus say about denying we
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Generation Z – Take it slow

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iGens comprise 74 million Americans, 24% of the population of the United States. They are the most ethnically diverse generation in American history, and they are the first generation to have a non-white majority. Generation Z (iGens) are who they are because of the coalescing of tech, media, business, education, and parenting – all working
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Generation Z – Introduction

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Called, Gen Z or iGen, this age cohort was born from 1995 to the present. The oldest members of iGen were early adolescents when the iPhone was introduced in 2007. iGens were so named because two out of three US teens own an iPhone. iGens are the first generation for whom Internet access has been
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LifeLine CDC

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In 2017 LifeSpring decided that she wanted to be a supporting partner in Monika Grasley’s important ABCD Ministry in The Meadows apartments in Merced and the Winton Community Center in Winton. Our support has been very limited to this point and consisted of contributing intelligent toys for LifeLine’s Christmas Toy Store. But things are changing
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190203 Weekly Devotional

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Daily Bible Reading: This sermon prepares for the February 3 sermon.  In a story about fishing, Luke leads us into a question about what caused the disciples to leave their occupations in order to follow Jesus.  Monday, February 4.  Read John 21:1-14.  1) This setting takes place after the resurrection of Jesus.  What was he
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190127 Good News for the Poor

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Daily Bible Readings: Monday, January 28.  Read John 2:13-25.  1) What did Jesus do when he saw the money changers in the Temple?  2) What did that event call to mind for he disciples (2:17)?  3) Do you think any of this was surprising to Jesus?  (vs. 24-25). Tuesday, January 29.  Read Romans 3:9-10.  1)
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190120 Weekly Devotional

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This week’s devotional is about Jesus’ miracle of turning water to wine at Cana, a village in Galilee.  Peter Enns writes that if you want to understand the Gospel of Luke, trace Jesus’ conversations with women.  Truly.  Even though our text for this week comes from John 2:1-11, you can see in Mary, mother of
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190113 Weekly Devotional

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Daily Bible Readings: Monday, January 14.  Read Exodus 3:1-6.  1) What was Moses doing when God spoke to him in this passage?  2) What did God instruct Moses to do?  3) How do you think this event might have been received if it had occurred earlier in Moses’ life while he was still in Egypt?
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190106 Weekly Devotional

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Daily Bible Readings: Monday, December 31. Read Matthew 2:1-12. 1) This event occured sometime between one and two years. See 2:17. 2) Who visits Jesus in this Ephiphany? 3) How do you think Ephiphanies affect people who recognize what they are? Tuesday, January 1. Read John 2:1-11. 1) In this story, where is Jesus, and
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