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Scouts to be honored Sunday
This Sunday is Scouting Sunday at Boston Avenue Church! Any youth or child who is part of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts at any level, as well as those who belong to Campfire and other such organizations, is invited to come to worship in uniform Sunday. All who are involved in scouting will be recognized during both worship services.
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Financial Peace class begins
Want to learn to manage personal finances in a very enjoyable way? Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University class is being offered at B.A. The first class began February 3, and another class is forming that will meet on a day other than Wednesday. FPU is a life-changing program that teaches participants to achieve their financial goals. Cost of the 13-week class is $99.51 per family.
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New Life group underway
NEW LIFE, a 7-week support group for those dealing with the pain of separation or divorce, began Wednesday, February 3, but is still open. The class meets from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in J220. Linda Alegria, LCSW, will focus on steps leading to healing and transformation. Call 970-6765 for more information. $40 fee
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Make a health kit for Haiti
Church members are invited to donate health kits for people in Haiti. Each kit should consist of a sealed one-gallon plastic (preferably freezer) bag filled with the following NEW items only. Kits may be brought to church to be sent on to UMCOR, or donations may be made to help provide items in the kits. Those include:
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Haiti relief response underway
Our church is currently taking donations for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. They can be mailed to the church or straight to our United Methodist Committee on Relief and 100% will go to meet needs in Haiti. Donations have already totaled over $14,500. Read more......
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From the pastor's study..
Sunday, February 7 -
"EVERYBODY'S SICK SOMETIME, BUT SOME MORE THAN OTHERS!"
Mark 1:29-39
Thank you, all of you who made Sunday another special day at our church. Our parking lots had been plowed and were dry. Our sidewalks had been shoveled, treated, and were dry. Teachers, choirs, bell ringers, puppeteers, liturgical dancers and instrumentalists were scrambling.....
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Abandoned: Haiti hospital is home to orphaned children
The doctors and staff at Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are caring for 10 to 15 children left “abandoned”—often parentless—by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Kathy L. Gilbert has the story.
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Q&A: Women leave streets behind, find new hope
In 1997 the Rev. Becca Stevens founded Magdalene, a residential program for women to escape a cycle of substance abuse and prostitution. She spoke with Bill Fentum about the rewards of that work.
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Q&A: Asbury a model for modern Methodists
Francis Asbury, whom many historians consider the “Father of American Methodism,” often does not get as much attention as John Wesley. Mary Jacobs spoke with historian John Wigger about Asbury’s tremendous impact on the church.
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Getting the job done: Mission volunteers eager to return to Haiti
Though Haiti’s fragile infrastructure has hampered aid efforts, UMCOR and Methodist churches with deep roots in the country are helping fill in the gaps. Bill Fentum has the story.
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COMMENTARY: Connectional Table affirms plans for holistic 21st-century church
For years we’ve heard grim diagnoses on the future of the United Methodist Church, but in the coming year, says Mary Brooke Casad, the Connectional Table is drawing up blueprints for a brighter future.
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GEN-X RISING: Trading new patterns for old
In the second of a multi-part series on the means of grace, Andrew Thompson explains how spiritual disciplines help our lifelong journey of salvation—and how our culture works against it.
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