Archive | September, 2008

Learning Who I Am

This past Sunday at the Vineyard, we kicked off a new message series called Influence::How I’m Wired to Make a Difference in the World.  One of the next steps we encouraged people to take at the end of the message was to spend some time wrestling with the question, “What is my purpose in life?” [...]

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Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike

Shortly after after Hurrican Katrina, the Vineyard began a new ministry called Mercy Response.  If you are interested in helping out financially, or by volunteering, you can go to their web site & learn about current needs.

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Has it really been a week?

Has it really been a week?

Wow, just realize that normally I have a Saturday book recommendation…I actually finished up a good book, but not sure it is one every one would enjoy…Reformed and Always Reforming, by Roger Olsen.  He takes a really good look at standard “conservative evangelical” theology and calls us to something beyond that.  I loved it.
Since I [...]

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Saturday Book Recommendation

At the Leadership Summit this summer, there were a number of great speakers, and since most of them had books out, we decided to read some of them together as a staff this year.  The first on the list was a great book on leadership by Harvard Professor, Bill George, True North.
George interviews 125 of [...]

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Horizon’s Kinship Video

Here is the video we showed this past Sunday in church.  Thanks to Tyler Baier for doing a great job with it!
(once you’ve seen it, you can head over here, & sign up for one of our fall groups)

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Just a hamstring

Nothing broken or dilocated!
Just a hamstring strain.

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Update

So hannah is in getting x-rays. The guess is dislocated hip or muscle strain.
Normally they’d give her crutches and send her home. But with her wrist she can’t use crutches. More to come.

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Building update

So we met with the planning board on Monday. Looks like everything is set for Sundays. Now they want to make sure we have adequate parking when we meet at other times.
Hopefully, everything will be set on the 30th.

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Broken?

So, Hannah just got the cast off her broken arm yesterday…now we sit in the emergency room to see if she has broken her leg.

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Saturday Book Recommendation

Saturday Book Recommendation

I tend not to use the phrase “Christian,” all that much…it is not a phrase I use to describe myself, or our church.  For many people who are not connected with God, the word “Christian” stiir up some pretty vivid images, as well as some pretty strong emotions…sadly, most of them are not positive.
unchristian, by [...]

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