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Archive for February, 2008

If you are like me, you have experienced times in your life where it seems like God is inundating you with the same message from a variety of means. For me, that time is now and I believe God is tellng me ithat I need to enter a period of fasting just to seek Him, [...]

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Resources for Leaders- Providing Care

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

This is a great article in Christianity Today about caring for group members in crisis. We’ll also post Michael Glenzer’s notes from his retreat breakout in the next few days.

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Weekend Summary - February 2/3, 2008

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Connection Cafe - Connection Cafe is coming February 9 & 10. If you’re new, looking to get connected or just want to meet new people then join us for food and fellowship after the Ballston, Georgetown, 6:30pm Ebenezers, or 11:30am Union Station services.
Spring Semester Small Groups - We kicked off our spring semester [...]

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Practical Justice: Living Off-Center in a Self-Centered World
by Kevin Blue
Reviewed by John Hasler
After reading the first few chapters of this book, I posted on my blog that if I were to write a book- I would write this book. Although this did not remain completely true as I continued reading, I think that it [...]

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Spiritual Disciplines

Friday, February 1st, 2008

From Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline (if you haven’t read it, you need to):
The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so that he can transform us…
The Disciplines are God’s way of getting us into the ground; they put us where he can work within us and transform us. By themselves the Spiritual [...]

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