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Year-End Reflections from Grant Recipients
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
We have been blessed to receive and reflect on year-end reports from 2009 recipients of Worship Renewal Grants. The reports tell of both pain and growth in worshiping communities around the continent. Here are some excerpts from responses we received to our year-end questions.
Tags: communication, congregations, gleanings, growth, leadership, learning, reflection, renewal
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Bethany Church Muskegon
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Posted by Betty Grit: Bethany Church received a 2008 Worship Renewal Grant to strengthen their commitment to become a multicultural and multigenerational congregation. As the choir gathered in the front of the sanctuary it was evident that it reflected this commitment. Led by Leslie Montgomery, old and young of many cultures joyfully sang and led [...]
Tags: Betty Grit, congregations, renewal
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Alban Weekly on 'The Art of Governance'
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
From Alban Weekly: Religion transforms people; no one touches holy ground and stays the same. Religious leaders stir the pot by pointing to the contrast between life as it is and life as it should be, and urging us to close the gap. Religious insights provide the handhold that people need to criticize injustice, rise [...]
Tags: albanweekly, congregations, orgs, renewal
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Charles Spurgeon on 'the Laodicean church'
Monday, April 20th, 2009
I felt convicted by this Spurgeon sermon on Revelation 3:14-21 as I read it at ccel.org: [T]hey were what the world calls “Moderates,” they were of the Broad-church school, they were neither bigots nor Puritans, they were prudent and avoided fanaticism, respectable and averse to excitement. Good things were maintained among them, but they did [...]
Tags: churches, congregations, elders, laodicean, lukewarm, pastors, programs, renewal, revelation, sermons, vitality
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