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What Are You Passionate About? (Part 2)

Posted by Ruth Braun on

(If you haven't taken a look yet, check out PART ONE click HERE) I would like to encourage you to read the “About Us” part of the Maranatha website. Under "Community" it says: “The church is a multi-generational family, requiring each person (like a body needs each part)...

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What Are You Passionate About? (Part 1)

Posted by Ruth Braun on

I recently had an opportunity to have a great conversation with one the youth in our church. It is always meaningful to really “hear” the heart of someone and I particularly love to discover the depth of thought in the younger generation. If you’ve never taken the time to do...

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BELONG

Posted by Ruth Bergen on

I remember it like it was yesterday.  Me in my eight year old body, entering a cold, brick building and then a few minutes later..... a classroom.   And there I stood with my freshly braided hair and sheep skin vest, I nervously chewed my finger nails as I turned to look at the...

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For What We Fail to See

Posted by Daniel Fewster on

They just didn't get it. In Mark 8:14-21 we see Jesus warn his disciples to beware the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.  His disciples start talking with each other and are confused because they have no bread with them.  Leaven is a very critical ingredient to have when...

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Good Faith

Posted by Roger Armbruster on

Recently, I had the opportunity to read an excellent book by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons, entitled Good Faith, Being a Christian when Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme. David Kinnaman is the president of Barna Group, a leading research and communications...

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The Freedom Feast

Posted by Ruth Bergen on

  When I’d rather run, avoid, hide or change things relating my current circumstance…. (REPOSTED FROM https://itstrueroo.wordpress.com/) Psalm 23 A psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.2     He makes me lie...

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I'll Never Forget The Pain...

Posted by Ruth Bergen on

I'll never forget the pain  because It was also in those most painful, desperate moments where I struggled to live, that I would also discover a greater measure of Gods grace, mercy and  faithfulness in depths I could never have imagined.   In ways my heart had not...

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Tags: hope, pain, restoration

The Simplicity of Leading

Posted by Clare Braun on

Mark 10:35-45 (AKJV) 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. 36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may...

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WHISPER - Spoken Word and Dance

Posted by Crystal Isaak on

It's here! Check out this video from Sea of Glass and Nathar Creative!     WHISPER  Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust.  Lord can you hear me crying out, in whom shall I trust?The heavens and the earth,The works of your hands,They will one day rust. They will pass...

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Nathar Creative Worship

Posted by Crystal Isaak on

If you would like more information on Nathar Creative Worship, please check out this video and the Facebook page!

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