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Vespers Sunday to highlight history
The July Vesper Service, which begins Sunday at 6 p.m. in Jubilee Hall, will be a celebration of our church’s faith heritage. Carl Leonard and Dub Lovell will speak, along with Dr. Bill Crowell.
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BABA tickets on sale Sunday
The line forms in Bishops’ Hall this Sunday at 9:30 a.m.! Tickets for BABA’s 2009 production, Children of Eden, go on sale.
The box office will also be open weekdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., beginning this Monday, July 6.
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Mission focus Sunday is children
July Mission Emphasis Month begins this Sunday! The first Sunday’s emphasis is on children, and the two agencies we will be helping this week are the Child S.H.A.R.E. foster care program and Stork’s Nest. Their requests are listed below.
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Revelation series examines images Sunday
Sunday Dr. Mouzon Biggs will present the fifth in a six-week series of sermons, “THE SIX GREATEST TEXTS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION!”
The first three sermons focused on John's visions and how his mind worked. The series now examines the images he uses in this last book of the Bible.
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From the pastor's study..
July 5 -
“FOR THOSE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK!”
Revelation 21:10; 21:22-22:5
We are ready for July Revival! Across the Bible-belt South, farmers and ranchers gathered for summertime revivals. Fields had been plowed, planted, weeded, and “laid by.” All the farmers could do next was pray for rain and a good harvest.... Read More
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REFLECTIONS: Though diverse, all citizens celebrate as 'full Americans'
We are a beautifully diverse nation, says Bishop Woodie White, but the thing that unites us is that we are all Americans. Our strength is in that unity of diversity.
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GEN-X RISING: An evening at Mad Pizza Co.
Annual conference sessions are a much-needed but often dull process, says Andrew Thompson. Some of the best conferencing happens off the clock—like when youth leaders gather over pizza in the evenings.
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COMMENTARY:
'Fruit Loop' Christians hoard the produce
Fruit is the outward manifestation of faith, says Dan Dick, but too often he encounters “Fruit Loop Christians,” who are more about judgmentalism and closed doors than they are about sharing Christ’s love.
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Q&A: Dragging God into ‘couples counseling’
After struggling with her relationship with God, comedian and author Susan Isaacs took God to “couples counseling” and wrote a book about her change of heart. She spoke with Robin Russell.
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Laypersons sought to help start new churches
A network of lay leaders is being launched to help start new Wesleyan faith communities in five fast-growing regions of the U.S. Jeanette Pinkston reports.
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Blind youth a cheerful giver
Though an optic nerve tumor makes him legally blind, 15-year-old Jeff Hanson hosts art showings to sell his paintings, with proceeds going to children’s hospitals. From UMNS.
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