Make Sunday Mornings Uncomfortable

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AUGUST 4, 2019 Make Sunday Mornings Uncomfortable Three Rules of Engagement at Church by Rebecca McLaughlin “Sorry to cut you off!” I’d just started connecting with a close friend at church. I was eager to catch up. But as she talked, I noticed a woman sitting alone, thumbing through her service sheet. Honestly, I wished
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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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Second Sunday Socials – 2018

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The Socials Committee met on February 25 to lay out the remainder of the year’s activities.  It was decided that each of the three members of the committee would take three months, and those assignments follow. Rachelle Mahaffey will be in charge of the socials for March, April, and May. March: bowling (securing date still)
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2017 Easter Egg Hunt

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It’s hard to believe that it is that time again.  LifeSpring’s annual Easter egg hunt is just around the corner.  On April 16, after worship service is completed, we will adjourn to Bob Hart Square, next door, to allow our children to hunt for eggs. On April 9 LifeSpringers are asked to bring filled plastic eggs
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The No Joke Project

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No Joke by Jim Henderson and Cara Highsmith At a small group meeting recently I told a group of people from our church about the imam, rabbi, and pastor from Peoria.  “Sounds like a joke,” said one of our group members.  It does sound like a joke! But it’s not.  These three men from Peoria
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What does LifeSpring look like?

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When we moved to Merced we were given a template that recommended perching near fast-growing communities to capture the inevitable new residents actively looking for a new church home.  At one brief time Merced might have resembled that, however, the national financial collapse put an end to that.  It soon became apparent that none of
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This and that…..

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Don’t forget September 18.  That is the date of our 10th Anniversary Bash.  We will have our grand celebration at the Rossotti Ed-zoo-cation Center, adjacent to the Merced Zoo.  A parking lot is on the north side of the building next to Bear Creek.  We will have occupancy of the building at 1:00, and our celebration
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Blaming God

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Tony Perkins ditches theodicy after flood destroys his home By Mark Silk (RNS) Comes the news that the Baton Rouge flooding destroyed Tony Perkins’ home and forced the Family Research Council president and his family to escape by canoe to their RV on higher ground. Perkins revealed this in a special segment of his radio
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Spence Boelter to Speak at LifeSpring

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On September 11, Spence Boelter will be our guest speaker at LifeSpring. He will speaking in Bruce’s absence.  Bruce will be attending a 3-day American Leadership Forum retreat near Truckee, returning to Merced on Sunday evening. Spence is a LifeSpring favorite, so it will be an honor to have him come back.  Please make him
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What’s Wrong with Trump Is Wrong with All of Us!

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I have been horrified by the rhetoric that I’ve heard The Donald spewing in his run for President of the United States.  What has been even more horrifying has been the support that Trump has gotten from the evangelical community, ostensibly a community of people who espouse the values and ethics of Jesus. In a
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