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[Sunday] Steal Generosity - Generosity
We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income.
We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: Generosity - Steal Generosity
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What Had happened at Grace this week.
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Meet the New Members Oct 23'
Meet the New Members
Pictured
A.J. Di Mattia (Mick),
Pamela & Gary Cotterill, Tommy, Nicole, Kailey & Paisley,
Joseph & Lena Weiler, Jane, Edward & Sophie,
Tony & Blythe Barreto, Zoya & Izi
Not Pictured
Fabrice Larose & Emily Sellas, Kenadi, Atlas & Titus,
Michael Evangelista,
Week 6 Forgiving Challenge Together group: Sanctification
Sanctification Is what we are talking about this week.
Vance and Betsy Together Groups
Wednesdays 2pm
Pastor Cris’ Together Group Meets
Monday Starts at 7PM at Pastor’s House
Thursday Morning at 11am
Video recording releases Friday mornings.
Together Group Video Week 6
Discussion Guide | Week 6
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[Sunday] Honored Blessing - Generosity
Honor your father and mother, and your days will be blessed. Jacob contemplates his long history filled with selfishness, dishonor, and greed and chooses to see the abundance of God by honoring Pharaoh with a blessing.
This is from the confession
Honor your father and mother, and your days will be blessed. Jacob contemplates his long history filled with selfishness, dishonor, and greed and chooses to see the abundance of God by honoring Pharaoh with a blessing.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: Generosity - Honored Blessing
How is honoring different from loving?
Read Genesis 47:1-12. How does Jacob describe his life?
At the end of his life, how and why does he honor Pharoah? What is surprising about that?
In what ways are parents God’s earthly representatives? Living in the abundance of God, how can we be free to honor our parents and leaders around us?
What Had happened at Grace this week.
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Hug A Telemarketer Today
Things You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else (But Church)
Read Whole article at Hug a Telemarketer Today - Mockingbird (mbird.com)
Continuing in the series of Things You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else (But Church), an in-person version of which I presented as a class at Christ Church Charlottesville on Sunday mornings this fall. Click here to read the intro and many caveats.
Who are the most acceptable cultural villains these days? I’m not talking about archetypal bad guys like Nazis or Klan members. I’m talking about people we universally despise — and don’t feel bad for doing so. An individual example would be Dan Snyder, the erstwhile owner of the Washington Commanders football team, about whom I’ve never heard a kind word. Which is saying something; it’s not easy to garner genuine bi-partisan disdain in the DC metro area, but that guy seems to have pulled it off.
But what are the groups that function this way today? ‘Stage parents’ strike me as a demographic that’s pretty hard to love. Maybe that’s more of a personal peeve, though. A generous soul might say their only crime is loving their kid too much. Same goes, I guess, for those awful guys that get in fistfights on the sidelines of their kid’s little league games.
A couple years ago the Internet decided that Karens and Kyles were the worst. Yet there’s a generational element to those resentments that keeps them from being universal. Plus, I know some wonderful ladies named Karen.
Then it hit me: Telemarketers. No one is more casually hate-able.
To be clear, I’m not talking about folks who volunteer their time to make calls for a cause they believe in. Nor really, those who want us to switch our insurance companies (in the middle of dinner). I’m talking about a specific type of tele- or e…………………………………….
Read Whole article at Hug a Telemarketer Today - Mockingbird (mbird.com)
Pastor Cris and Meschac on WPBF Local News
Habitat for Children Was on WPBF 25 Today!
Habitat for Children Ministries stopped by WPBF 25 News at 9 a.m. to discuss a recent trip to Haiti and the school supplies they provided to children.
Support Habitat for Children Ministries.
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Week 5 Forgiving Challenge Together group: Restoration
Restoration Is what we are talking about this week.
Vance and Betsy Together Groups
Wednesdays 2pm
Pastor Cris’ Together Group Meets
Monday Starts at 7PM at Pastor’s House
Thursday Morning at 11am
Video recording releases Friday mornings.
Together Group Video Week 5
Discussion Guide | Week 5
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[Sunday] Split Abundance - Generosity
Have no other Gods before me. What does this mean? We should fear love and trust in God above all things. God has created us in abundance, so rest.
Have no other Gods before me. What does this mean? We should fear love and trust in God above all things. God has created us in abundance, so rest.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: Generosity - Splitting Abundance
What makes you uncomfortable as we talk about stewardship and generosity? How is it tempting to make stewardship more about the law than grace?
Give a description of popular false gods in our generation. How does an idolatrous heart feel and behave toward each of these false Gods?
Read Luke 12:13-34. What question is first asked of Jesus? How does one miss out on the abundance of God?
How does Jesus respond to his question? What does he encourage us to see?
What Had happened at Grace this week.
photos of FLGA Equip Confrence.
We had a Great time at the FL GA Equip Confrence
Kevin worked at the LERT Booth.
Coli and Meschac worked the Habitat for Children Booth
Generosity: What does this mean?
When we talk about stewardship and our money, it always seems like the law is being laid down with little hope aside from compliance. The same feeling can be said about the 10 commandments. But with all the hopelessness around, perhaps looking at the 10 commandments and our generosity though that old question of “What does this mean?” Can give us a vision of God’s abundance.
Generosity: What does this mean?
When we talk about stewardship and our money, it always seems like the law is being laid down with little hope aside from compliance. The same feeling can be said about the 10 commandments. But with all the hopelessness around, perhaps looking at the 10 commandments and our generosity though that old question of “What does this mean?” Can give us a vision of God’s abundance.
Reading Plan
Read around the readings for Sunday
Oct 22
Commandments 1-3Deuteronomy 5:1-15
Philippians 4:4-7
Luke 12:13-34
Oct 29
Commandment 4Genesis 47:1-2, 9-12
Romans 13:1-7
Mark 7:1-13
Nov 5
Commandments 5,6,7,2 Kings 5:19b-24
Ephesians 4:25-32
Luke 19:1-10
Nov 12
Commandments 9, 101 Kings 21:1-10
Hebrews 13:1-8
Mark 10:35-45
Nov 19
Commandment 8Zecheriah 8:12-17
1 Thessalonians 5:12-18
Mark 14:1-11
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[Sunday] Sanctification - Forgiving Challenge
True freedom is experienced through sanctification, when we realize the sins and shame the enemy wanted to use to destroy us now becomes the means we use to not only destroy the enemy but bring others to freedom. This is Peter's story and ours as well.
True freedom is experienced through sanctification, when we realize the sins and shame the enemy wanted to use to destroy us now becomes the means we use to not only destroy the enemy but bring others to freedom. This is Peter's story and ours as well.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: See This weeks Together Group Study
Releases at 11Am on Sunday
What Had happened at Grace this week.
The Urgency of Mercy
The Grace of God does not wait for the correct response. It Produces it.
Read the Whole Article at The Urgency of Mercy - Mockingbird (mbird.com)
Music isn’t the only source of harmonies. Stories, too, can harmonize, as this passage from the book of Mark illustrates so profoundly. The two healings that Christ performs complement one another. They’re juxtaposed. They’re intertwined. They’re meant to be read together…………………………….
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[Sunday] Restoration - Forgiving Challenge
While Peter may still be pining over his past, Jesus is hyper-focused on pointing Peter towards the future. Jesus restores the original call He placed on his life. Not only does God forgive you, but God loves you.
While Peter may still be pining over his past, Jesus is hyper-focused on pointing Peter towards the future. Jesus restores the original call He placed on his life. Not only does God forgive you, but God loves you.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: See This weeks Together Group Study
Releases at 11Am on Sunday
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Haiti Trip 23' Photos
We had such an impactful and fun time in Haiti with Habitat for Children Ministries.
In September of 23” Pastor Cris, Lois, Jan, and Brad whet to Haiti with Habitat For Children Ministries.
Here are some of our photos from the trip, Please talk to us, we would love to talk about it.
Week 4 Forgiving Challenge Together group: Absolution
Absolution Is what we are talking about this week.
Vance and Betsy Together Groups
Wednesdays 2pm
Pastor Cris’ Together Group Meets
Monday Starts at 7PM at Pastor’s House
Thursday Morning at 11am
Video recording releases Friday mornings.
Together Group Video Week 4
Discussion Guide | Week 4
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[Sunday] Absolution - Forgiving Challenge
Jesus beautifully recreates Peter’s worst moment in order to show how Jesus is unafraid to enter into our worst moments, which gives us enough grace to cover even the worst parts of our stories.
Jesus beautifully recreates Peter’s worst moment in order to show how Jesus is unafraid to enter into our worst moments, which gives us enough grace to cover even the worst parts of our stories.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: See This weeks Together Group Study
Releases at 11Am on Sunday
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Week 3 Forgiving Challenge Together group: Confession
Confession Is what we are talking about this week.
Vance and Betsy Together Groups
Wednesdays 2pm
Pastor Cris’ Together Group Meets
Monday Starts at 7PM at Pastor’s House
Thursday Morning at 11am
Video recording releases Friday mornings.
Together Group Video Week 3
Discussion Guide | Week 3
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[Sunday] Confession - Forgiving Challenge
Much like with Peter, Jesus invites all of us back into His presence through confession. But this practice simply shows Jesus positioning Himself to give us His grace, even if we don’t have the words to say how we feel.
Much like with Peter, Jesus invites all of us back into His presence through confession. But this practice simply shows Jesus positioning Himself to give us His grace, even if we don’t have the words to say how we feel.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: See This weeks Together Group Study
Releases at 11Am on Sunday
What Had happened at Grace this week.
God doesn’t need you to be a blockbuster Christian. The big story of Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath shows we don't need a massive spiritual resume for God to love and rescue us.