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Paul Jon 16 “A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me.” 17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying to us, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” 18 They said, “What does he mean by this ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.” 19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’? 20 Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will … Continue reading →

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Paul Next week after church, church board meeting (finances, etc) Little country vibe there for you. coda Jon Preaching with Maria our new youth leader Shout out to Heather for taking over youth group this summer / past 6 months Excited to see what God has in store for our youth and for Maria and her husband Mike Gospel of Matthew (16) and the book of Philippians (1:26…) I And Thou by Martin Buber Principles of how we’re supposed to be in the living world He sees two positions: yes and no Yes position that we’re called to take, where you are called to say yes No position, I don’t want to get too committed From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day … Continue reading →

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Paul coda Heather Mercy’s Village sign-up sheet going around, sponsor a child The pot luck November 18th Online sign-ups Men’s Olympics next Sunday Danny Ray at youth ministry this Friday Pizza at six, show at seven Middle/high school, but elementary appropriate Paul Disappearing Mercy’s Village sign-up sheet Jon Philippians 1:9-11 Grace and Peace to you And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:9-11 ESV) I had the pleasure of working on these verses with a friend of mine over a couple of phone calls This is my prayer Agape – God love, selfless, pursues, sacrificial Perissos – grow, increase, with no … Continue reading →

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Paul Family Sunday No sermon, just worship and scripture Kara Ephesians 3:14-21 Paul / Josie Isaiah 41:11-13 Paul Chris Psalm 119:41-48 Paul It’s one thing to sing all these words in here on Sunday and it’s another thing to go out and live them That’s my own personal challenge as well

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Paul Katie Before a couple of announcements, prayer for the offering Exciting news VBS is just around the corner July 9, 11, 13 www.vacationbibleschool.com/therockchurch Need nursery school volunteers Paul Couple weeks ago Tim spoke about homelessness, last week the ministry about Crave Life from Kurt and Jessica We want more of the good news of God moving in this body Email me throughout the week at Paul@rock-church.com if you’ve got something Communion Sunday today Countless times we feel like prodigals, like we’ve tried His mercy and grace too many times The table is open Jon Grace and peace to you Several weeks ago we talked about grace and peace and how it’s not just words, they’re life-giving words Ask Rob and Jill to come up and minister to us Rob and Jill Not a big fan of ritual and letting words loose their meaning We should At least speaking these … Continue reading →

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Paul … Heather Nobody liked Zaccheus very much He was a tax collector who made a profit by telling his customers that the tax was double the actual tax One day he’s doing his thing All of a sudden way down in the distance he sees a commotion Someone stands up and yells “It’s Jesus!” Everybody knows who Jesus was (Justin Beiber had nothing on him) I need my two tall people No, not you Cas (but I’ll need you later) Tons of people blocking the path Come up here Zaccheus He was a little man I’ve never been sick or blind, but I’m a bad person Maybe Jesus can do something to fix me So he tried standing on his tiptoes Tried jumping up and down Nothing really helped He was a little man He tried bouncing from side to side So this really tall tree (told you I’d … Continue reading →

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Paul Stephen Keating Second week of twenty dozen Agora Jan 19 3rd Thursday Prayer for the offering Paul Jon Genesis 1:1-2 The spirit of God is above the waters Water presents chaos We see God above chaos He begins to speak into this formless void He begins to create order out of chaos So again the spirit of God is bringing light out of the darkness The author of genesis is giving us this picture of how God creates order John 1:1-5 Darkness cannot overcome light Jesus is there at the beginning and separates light from darkness He brings detail and order where there is a formless void We see God creating order from chaos Genesis 1:9 So we have light and then we have these pictures of light, sky, earth, rock, dirt More process going on, it’s getting more complex Genesis 1:11 Life begins to spring forth Detailed God … Continue reading →