By revmcrane on
9/5/2008
9/5/08 - "Remember Me?" A time to reflect on the significance of communion which is more than just bread and wine (well, grape juice in our case!). We all need, like, and want to be remembered. Nothing is more tragic than a family member who can no longer remember his or her family members. Jesus shared the Passover meal with his disciples and asked them to "Remember me." So when we share communion, we gather to remember him...
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By revmcrane on
8/29/2008
8/29/08 - "More than Bread!" It was an evening of asking God to lead us in song, scriptures, and sharing - and responding. Life is more than living and working hard in order to feed ourselves bread (or meat, or beer, or vegetables, etc.)
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By revmcrane on
8/22/2008
8/22/08 "Living Up to Our Names" The story of Simon Peter is a perfect example of someone who received a name that was initially bigger than he was! When Jesus met Simon, he did an unusual thing of immediately giving Simon the "nickname" of Peter - A Rock. Now Simon, who was a big fisherman, probably felt the name was appropriate because of his size and strength, but he was also known as being impulsive and a bit of a hot-head - not quite the steady rock need for the foundation of God's church.
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By revmcrane on
8/8/2008
08/08/08 - "What's in a Name?" This evening, the focus was on names! How we get names (we watched a clip from "Brother Bear" where Kenai receives his totem name), our own names (do we like them, the stories behind them, nicknames, etc.), and the negative names we are sometimes called or adopt ourselves (Loser, Ugly, No-Good). These negative names can have a powerfully negative effect on our lives. To counteract that, we need to...
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By revmcrane on
8/1/2008
8/1/2008 - Embodied Worship: Trusting God with Our Burdens. Our
worship experience this week was based on the scriptures I Peter 5:7-11
and Matthew 11:28-30 which encouraged us to give our burdens to God and
to help others with their burdens. We were invited to write our
burdens on pieces of paper and tie them with ribbons before placing
them in a basket - a symbolic way
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By revmcrane on
7/25/2008
7/25/2008 Experiencing the Sacred through the Ordinary - Making the God Connection -
This week's theme focused on our need to connect with God - and God's
desire to be connected with us. Prayer is a major way for us to
connect with God - even Jesus made sure that he spent time in prayer.
I Thessalonian 5:17 calls us to pray at all times - 24/7 ! The early
Celtics focused prayer more on daily activities vs. a particular tim
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By revmcrane on
7/18/2008
Experiencing the Sacred in Ordinary - Is That You, God? Most of us are constantly bombarded
with sounds, messages, demands of our jobs/families, etc. that we don't even recognize God's presence. We need to make a conscious effort to keep our eyes and hearts open to God' presence in the ordinary places of our lives. Scriptures included God's calling of Samuel who mistakes God
for Eli and Mary who mistakes Jesus for the gardener. If you are interested in the
guided mediation experienced during the worship ser ...
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By revmcrane on
7/15/2008
Lift the concerns of your heart to God's divine interventions. Share what is on your heart and invite others to join you in prayer. Keep in mind that "Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays." - Soren Kierkegaard
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