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Bible Readings: 2 Samuel 5:1-5; 6:1-5; Psalm 150 Free Resource: David Becomes King (Cross+Gen Worship) Unit Theme (October 20—November 3): God’s Way of Leading The Point: A good leader serves God and the people. King Envy Our story last week, … Continue reading
Bible Readings: Ruth 1:1-17 Free Resource: Serving Refugees (Small Groups) Unit Theme (September 29—October 13): Responding to God’s Love The Point: Like Ruth, we should love others. Responding to God’s Love Two weeks ago, God heard the people of Israel … Continue reading
Bible Readings: Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 6:4-9 Free Resource: The Instructions (Youth) Unit Theme (September 29—October 13): Responding to God’s Love The Point: We are called to love God and others. Since Last Time… Last week, we met the people of Israel … Continue reading
Bible Readings: Exodus 1:8-14 [15–2:10]; 3:1-15 Free Resource: I AM Who I AM (Kids 3rd-6th) Unit Theme (September 29—October 13): Responding to God’s Love The Point: God listens to our prayers. In the past three readings in the Narrative Lectionary, … Continue reading
Bible Readings: Genesis 32:[9-13] 22-30 Free Resource: Are You Strong Enough? (Kids PK-2nd) Unit Theme (September 8—September 22): God Creates Family The Point: God changes us. Broken Relationships In these first few weeks of the Narrative Lectionary year, we have … Continue reading
Bible Readings: Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7 The Point: God gives us joy when God fulfills promises. Free Resource: The Promise of a Son (Cross+Gen Education) Unit Theme (September 26—September 22): God Creates Family A Family Affair We now move to the … Continue reading
Bible Reading: Genesis 2:4b-25 The Point: We are created to be partners in God’s work. Free Resource: Knowing Your Neighbor (Cross+Gen Worship) Unit Theme (September 26—September 22): God Creates Family It’s All about Family This week’s reading starts us off … Continue reading
God’s Story These past few weeks I’ve been looking at the idea of stories, specifically, the Power of a Story. In Part 1, I discussed how stories, in general, are important and powerful. Part 2 (last week), moved from the … Continue reading
This post is the second in a series on the Power of a Story. Last week, we looked at our human need for stories; we are created to hear and tell stories. But more than the tales we hear around … Continue reading
My Need for Stories When I was growing up, there was nothing I liked more than to curl up with a good book. When I was captivated by a story, I would basically ignore everything else (just ask my mom). … Continue reading