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Mark 4: 26-34From August 23The Kingdom of God is like ... what did the people expect? Not to be too hard on them, what do we expect for the Kingdom of God?The first parable is about the seed (remember the soil, remember the light which is the Word.)One of the parables we looked at was the parable of the farmer sowing seed. Often we are afraid and think that we are all alone when it comes to

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Mark 4: 21-25From August 16Yesterday we were a small group of five but we worshiped the Lord with all our heart. We talked about not hiding a lamp under a bowl but putting it on a stand from Mark 4:21-25. Jesus is the light that lives in each of us and we need to let that light shine. We often tend to hide the Jesus that lives inside of us and even turning off that light. We decide to live in

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Mark 4: 1-20, also Matt. 13: 1-23 & Luke 8: 4-15From August 2Background. This parable comes immediately after the previous chapter - Jesus was meeting in a house and in a synagogue. And He had to deal with constant questions from the religious leaders of the day.Now the location has switched to the open air by the sea. Why? He was reaching another group of people and more of them. People who were

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We read Mark 3:20-35, but this was from all of Mark 3.How many movies or stories are there about the ability of witnesses to report accurately what they have seen? Mark 3 talks about at least 5 different groups who see Jesus in very different ways.I'll even give you one application/question up front. Which set do you relate to most?1) vs. 7 - A large crowd. Something special was happening and

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I started today by having everyone observe the Easter lilies growing under the cross in the middle of weeds and dying plants. What does that image make you think of?Our message today was from Mark 3: 1-6 and Matthew 12:9-13The Pharisees were baiting Jesus, trying to set Him up, get Him to break their rules of Sunday service. They had a man there with a shriveled hand and wanted to see if Jesus

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79 families were served through Gleaners this past Saturday, July 11.Because we didn't have the 100 families who needed food this month we were able to give more away to our families who did come. Seventy-three percent of these families are returns this month. They so appreciate the food, the prayers and the people who volunteer their time. We also want to say thank you to this month's volunteers

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Mark 2:18-27I don't have a lot to say about the message this week but I will copy what Caroline sent out in her prayer list and the link to the video we used. Thanks Caroline. It is At the Cross, Hillsong.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOY0mjjmx8YWe celebrated communion and it was so humbling to kneel at the cross. Thank you Tim for listening to God's call to do that. We looked at Mark 2:18-27. I

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Mark 2:13-17A third week of encounters with outcasts! This time it is the tax collector called Levi (or Matthew). This seems to happen soon after healing the paralysed man as Jesus is teaching to another group of people.The Romans had this nifty way of collecting taxes and transferring feelings away from themselves. They required taxes, they had the local population collect them, and they didn't

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Mark 2: 1-12Jesus continues to show His compassion for people as He again provides emotional, physical, and spiritual healing. In this familiar story, Jesus returns home to Capernaum, to preach the word. And I'm sure that word was what He proclaimed in Mark 1:15-20, "The time has come. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!" Maybe most of the town had been healed by now?

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Mark 1:40-45from 6/21/09"A man with leprosy came to Him and begged Him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. "I am willing, be clean!" Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. Leprosy was a condemnation of death. You were an outcast and considered dead while you were still alive. You had to

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Mark 1:29-38From 6/14/09Healing #1. The mother-in-law of Simon. Jesus showed compassion when he touched her. And her response? Service. My response to my healing? Service also!Healing #2. After sunset, so it was legal to travel. After a day of teaching, Mark says that all the town, all the sick, all the demon possesed showed up at the house for healing. How long did that take? Was that an

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Mark 1:21-28The first disciples witnessed the first teaching of Jesus in Capernaum. The people were amazed because He spoke with the authority of God and not worldly authority.The disciples witnessed the Power of Jesus as He expelled the evil spirit from the man. (What was he doing in the synagogue?) "I know you are the Holy One of God" said the spirit. Jesus will release the world from demon

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I will make you fishers of men, fishers of men, fishers of men if you follow me.Remember that song? Little Jimmy even helped us with the motions on Sunday.We are looking at Jesus, using Mark, and looked at the Mark 1:14-20.Whew! A lot there.In Mark, Jesus bursts on the scene proclaiming Good News (the gospel - restoration with God) and the Kingdom of God (now and forever).Repent, Believe,

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It has been awhile since anyone has posted on this site. I want to say that I feel a mixture of happy and sad about our little church. I don't understand what happened but after being at Gleaners Saturday -even for the short time I was there- I know God is in this place. I believe this is what this little building was meant for. Never do we have so many come and be blessed. I think we members are

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I put fertilizer down on my lawn just before the rain. That was a few days ago, and since then I’ve been looking for signs of growth, for signs that it is working. The grass might be greener, and maybe it is growing. I just can’t tell yet. The growth is slow and steady … but I have faith that it will grow.What I do see are weeds growing! Overnight, all over, I see weeds. They are pretty obvious –

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... by the prayers and praises lifted up by everyone. The message today was on "Endurance". I marvel how what the ladies and I were studying connected with Pastor's message. Our morning study today was taken from 2 Cor. 12: 1-10. We studied about Paul's vision and his thorn in the flesh. We learned that Paul's ability to endure his trials came from his deep connection with God. God was the source

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Hi AllWhen Marc was with us, one of the testimonies he gave was about his health and recovery and his faith in the future that God has for him.He also talked about laminin, a miniture protein in our bodies that holds our cells together.Here is a short bit on laminin.Thttp://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=152b5103d741aca61093

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An email I received the other day. Reminds of Alaina while in Philly. Because of your prayers; God is protecting her....A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan.'While serving at a hospital in Africa, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight

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We are all just a bunch of "crack pots"! That's what we discovered in prayer Tuesday night. I gotta tell ya, if you aren't there; you are REALLY missing out! You can just feel the Holy Spirit moving! I never know how to pray and am pretty intimidated sometimes. Yet on Tuesday night it just doesn't matter! It was really awesome because Pastor Ron, Tim, Caroline and Bonnie walked around the

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Ron, you have our love and our sympathies in the passing of your mom this weekend.We are praying that you will experience both the mercy and the grace of Father.

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We serve food to the needy in the community every month. And yesterday we served for June. Sunday's we share stories about how God revealed Himself to us through these people of whom we served. Isn't it amazing how God surprises us sometimes by showing us His love in such unexpected ways? Take little Jimmy for instance. Jimmy is a 100 mile per hour kid. He has an adorable smile and he likes to be

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I just wanted to say to all of you what a privilege it is to be the pastor of such a group of loving people. You are always more than willing to sacrifice your time and energy in order to serve others.Each time we host the Second Gleaners distribution, I am blessed by watching how you all give of yourselves and the amount of joy we share with those in our community. What makes it even more

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What a wonderful blessing it is to have Bonnie and her smile a part of our church. It's amazing to me how in spite of all she's been through she is always there welcoming us all with a beautiful smile and warm hug. How awesome it is to see this wonderful lady in action with our community. How she can get so many to allow her to pray for them. Just thinking about it gives me Jesus bumps. :0

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Soooo, I just spent some time reading the church blog. I started crying! And reading all the posts; I am so encouraged by what is going on in the church and so excited about what God is doing in your lives. I wish so much sometimes that I could just be there with you all-- but know that God has me out here for some reason. Anyways, I read the mission statements and I honestly really really like

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Tuesday night four of us arrived at 7 pm to hand out flyers for our upcoming food drive. Bonnie and I went behind the church and down Winans and Tim and Ron headed out down 64th and to the Martinie Apartments. It was cold but we were blessed. Bonnie and I met women with children who were so greatful for what we were doing and one women was almost in tears. Bonnie kissed a little baby who

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Check out also John 7:38 "Whoever believes in me, as the scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."Marc DeRuiter

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Hi allJust want to ask that when you vote on a vision or a name that you don't vote because you really like it but put it to prayer and vote how the Holy Spirit directs you. It isn't about what we want but what God wants.BlessingsCaroline

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Hi All,As you know, I really like the "vision" that flows from Ezekiel 47:1-2. It has given me an idea for a name.Living Streams CommunityI intentionally left off the word church as it has the same meaning as the word community. Each of us is a "living stream" flowing from the throne and together we form the mighty river that brings hope, health, healing and forgiveness. I would also cahnge the

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I noticed when Pam came to prayer almost three weeks ago she had on a old Friendship sweatshirt with Micah 6:8.I like this verse because it encompasses all that we talked about on the list and the three areas we have been talking about in the externally focused church. I am suggesting this for our mission and for our vision Isaiah 58:9-10.Mission: to act justly and to love mercy and to walk

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Help by Laurie Beth Jones "The Path" Creating your mission statement for work and for lifeA mission statement is centered around the process, or what we do in order to acheive the end result - which is the vision.By looking into our list of descriptive words we have chosen, I came up with a couple ideas for a mission statement: (I liked Mark's ideas for church names and sparked these thoughts

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Howdy folks, Marc here, I finally figured out how to post to the blog!Can't wait until the next time I get to join you for morning church, it's always a blessing for me! I love the attitude of worship here, and the Spirit of community. Even though I have not been able to come out and help with the Gleaner's project yet, I love the fact that you're feeding people, that's what Jesus would do!If I

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Chris needs some summer help. I thought it might be neat to take the youth kids over to help me with him. He is looking for help the following days and timesSaturday dinner or Sunday lunchTuesday night Putting him to bedDinner Wednesday or ThursdayAs you know, Chris is amazing and he would be a great inspiration for the kids! Let's try to figure out a way to help him! (It the long run, it's going

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We are meeting again on May 4th! Last time we met 6 lovely young ladies showed up and we enjoyed conversation at the BK Lounge (That's Burgar King in case you wondered). We talked about starting now fundraising for Colorado next summer. Any ideas or help in this would be greatly appreciated! I would love to take a group up north this summer if at all possible. More of a fun and bonding type trip.

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Here is the list we came up with to think and pray on about a vision statement. Remember to use also the example in the Chapter 8 of the Externally Focused Church. We need a vision that is compelling to visitors and volunteers. We need to communicate our vision in such a way that we and others will embrace it. Here are the characteristics we came up with to help write a vision.

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We are putting in a community garden next to the church- in front of Duke and Helen's and are cosidering naming this garden after Duke. Fitting for the man who has done so much for Friendship Chapel.

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Saturday was awesome! We served 91 total families! At first it was kinda crazy as we tried a different system. Thinking it would be important to spend private time with each family coming in...we had them register in one room with Kathy and Jacqualine and then they brought in their card to Bonnie and me and I was blessed with being able to talk with each family individually. We got a little (well

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Hi everyone,Seeing all these prayers makes me sad and and happy all at the same time. Why does it make me sad? Because I am missing the Tuesday night prayer time. This is something that I really feel is important for our church in order that we grow (spiritually) and are sure to walk in the direction God has in mind for us. I'm happy because we ARE a church that prays. I admit that sometimes I am

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Hi All, The letters for the next distribution will be dropped off at the Post Office this afternoon. There are 87 of them going out including 6 families from our church. Along with the fliers that Caroline is handing out, we should expect a large turnout. I changed the registration time to 12:45 so hopefully people won't have to wait as long. Sally, if you are doing registration this time make

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I have a chip with pictures from our last food drive and I can't figure out how to get them on this site. I don't have the program installed on my lap top. I need to take the chip somewhere and get the pictures on a cd. I'll try to get that done soon. It would be fun to have those posted for all to see! Stay tuned....if anyone has photos they would like posted, let me know! :0) I'd like to keep a

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This morning I read the Easter Story in all four Gospels. And then while singing He is risen I couldn't help but feel so much love for Him because He died for me. And when Pastor Ron said that even if I was the only one here on earth, He still would have come so that He could die for my sins. How powerful and personal that was for me. I want that and wish for that every day of my life. That

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I would want the name to be something positive, simple and to the point. This is just me and my thoughts. I'm only one person. But when I think of the one who came up with the name and she says it came from God, it settled it for me! :0) When I first heard the name I liked it. And I still like it. I didn't even have to think about it. So far this one gets my vote!VICTORY CHAPEL

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Now add some what ifs. What if resources weren't a limit? And this might be too early, but are we satisfied with what we have? (I did not have a relationship story and no one else shared one either. Maybe I didn't notice the relationship stories and need my eyes opened more.)

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-too often I think this way, and maybe others do too. And that is that I know where I started in the past, what I got involved in and where I went down to, and what I got saved from. And sometimes I look back and say wow, I've really changed (usually the emphasis on I), I'm so much better than I was, this is good enough for me, I don't need to go on muchat all. (Probably would be prettier if I

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Open the whole side up for waiting area. LIKE THIS IDEA -It is a good idea for now. Once it gets warmer, we can have people wait in the sanctuary while we set up outside. RThe last truck driver mentioned something about churches setting up outside. I thought that was just some of those big older churches where people have to walk downstairs to basements and it is hard to move around and, maybe,

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Restoration Allendale ... a bridge to hope communityIsaiah 57: 7-107 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go

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Steve Sjogren (of Serve and multiple other sites) encourages servant evangelism - another way to say externally focused. He writes this prayer:"Here I am God. Love through me - the real me. Ignite me - the real me. Invite many through me - the real me. Thank you for your invitation to me that I am - as I am!Let the filters fall.Let all in me be ignited by the flame of God.I agree with you God -

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I thought of a couple before the garden idea had come out. Whether we decide to grow the garden or not, I love the connotation of these names.The VineHarvest CommunityThe tag line for either could be...."Where seeds are planted"If we do decide to do the garden thing, it would bring a uniqueness to our church that would be known throughout the community. The Bible has so many passages on

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Good Morning AllI just thought that it was time for some new thoughts.(Except for one old thought. Ron, you asked Caroline to pray aboutbecoming coordinator for the gleaners. She is still considering - and will havetime for the praying required soon.-busy week for her. But maybe she istoo obvious a choice, she (and I in a bumbling way :) see things and tryto make them work better. But how do we

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Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM

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"They raised their voices together in prayer to God" (v 24)"Sovereign Lord,...you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them...now Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus"When under attack, when facing a new

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Silver moonlight cuts through the cloud and penetrates the cold dark rock below;Where all is lifeless and nothing moves.There is silence for miles aroundAs if the universe were holding its breath.Slowly and steadily, with ever increasing power it beginsThe battle to create life from death.The corpse begins to breatheAnd the decaying is reversed.His eyes fly open and power flows into His lungs as

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From TimOK, I found my way this far!!Just getting my feet wet - I don't have my Beach Boys shirt on yet.Two things that I like to do when I can get my turn on the lap top at night. I like to play music from My Space artists, and read through some old favorite web sites and try new links.On My Space - Parachute Band (I love their first song - Mercy)http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=

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Greetings and Salutations as pastor said this morning. Marc it was nice to have you back leading us in music. Ron challenged us to "catch the wave". Although I've never surfed it did generate a word picture of riding the "God Wave". I really was moved by the Isaiah 58: 6-12 passage and will pray over that this week. We also spoke the words of Luke 4:18 to each other which was moving. Caroline

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Memo: From "God"To: Everyone!Re: Read this memo for a 100 Days before bed time and it will change your life beyond your wildest imagination…Take Counsel. I hear your cry. It passes through the darkness, filters through the clouds, mingles with starlight, and finds it way to my heart on the path of a sunbeam. I have anguished over the cry of a hare choked in the noose of a snare, a sparrow tumbled

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I really like the idea of a community garden. Maybe we could call it God's Garden...Planting Seeds of Hope (kind of in keeping with Tim's idea, which I also like.)A few musings :1) Who would we target as users of the garden? It seems to me that the people who pick up food may not be the most self-motivated when it comes to planning, scheduling and following through on a commitment of this sort, I

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It was brought to our attention that while we brag about being a church of 'love' and that we 'love and welcome everyone' there have been visitors-recently even-who did not feel that 'love'. What can we do to remedy this? I can say that I personally will look for someone new every Sunday and be sure to welcome them. I want to take that on as my responsibility. Maybe that's why God made me a sales

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...for taking care of the little ones while we have our discussions. What an important and appreciated service you have provided to us! You are all amazing kids and we are blessed to have you as part of our church family!

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If money or manpower was not an option, what type of things could we do to reach out to our community? How could we use our building everyday of the week?Alanon Group, After School Activity Center, Teen Center Celebrate, Recovery Program, Painting Services, Financial Guidance/classes,Food Drive, Video Game Tournaments, Service projects, Community garden, Foster Care, Parent Mentoring, Painting

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We had a small group today but the discussion was good. Thanks Tim for leading and thanks Kristen for leading worship.There are two ways we as Christians lose our impact in a community. One is by losing our saltiness-we become like everyone else or we become known for all we are against, and not what we are for-love, mercy, compassion and service. The second way is by hiding our light. We cannot

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Tim has a new idea that encompasses other ideas......He was thinking of naming our church"CROSSROADS CHURCH" and underneath that "a Bridge to Hope Community".So putting Sue's and Pam's idea together. The church name would be the first and what we're about is Pam's idea. How cool.CROSSROADS CHURCH ~A Bridge to Hope Community-Caroline

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Vicky brought this up a little while ago and I thought it worth sharing with everyone. Perhaps in this process we ought to turn back to Scripture and read again the stories of Abraham and Jacob and reflect on what it meant when God changed their names. Jesus too changed some names as I recall. ;) RonBonnie just called me to tell me that she had been praying about the name and one seemed to come

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I thought that the food distribution last Saturday had a pretty good turn out, and I was glad I joined in the fun (however, my back was telling me the next day, that I should not have unloaded that truck with quite so much enthusiasm.) The thing that sort of bummed me about the food, was that most of it was not "staple food" (yes, we had onions and potatoes, but caramel apple dip, BBQ sauce,

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Today I had an awesome lunch with a new friend. I'm hoping she will be able to come and visit us next Sunday. I just want to encourage everyone to talk about this with your friends and family and just think about Jesus being at your side all day long.Course, you know what has been transpiring in Dean and my life lately so this is much easier I suppose for me, but I am just so excited to see what

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Hi Sal,Thanks for the great idea. Yes it is hard but fun picking a name and we need to support it in prayer. I like "New Life Community" because it signifys beginning again, starting over and Jesus is the giver of new life. I also like the name "Victory Rock Church" or "Rock of Victory Church". I know Jesus is our Rock and he gives us victory through his death and resurrection and the power of

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Please, feel free to give advice, share opinions and any experiences you might have had, etc....at Friendship Chapel. Then...share as we go along and experience this new adventure as we grow together as a family in Christ in our New Church.

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