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February 21st, 2016 › Community UpdatesDearly Beloved, I have posted a handful of photos, most shot by Suzi Raines, on my blog, which you can find here.
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Dearly Beloved, I have posted a handful of photos, most shot by Suzi Raines, on my blog, which you can find here.
Dearly Beloved,
I have posted my hopemail note on why we will not be hosting Ash Wednesday services this year. You can find it here.
Also, I have received a number of responses and have posted the as well. –geno
Dearly Beloved,
On my personal blog I have posted a fantastic note I recently received from Adrienne Kiesel on the topic of finding relief from depression. What makes this most helpful is that she opens her journey to all of us and humbly tells us where she has found help. This is exactly what the Apostle Paul means when he writes 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, “Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” (ESV)
I strongly urge you to take a look at Adrienne’s post. You can find it here. –geno
In a recent blog post I published links to a number of resources that I found very helpful in my journey to attempt to understand the difficulty of dealing with anxiety and depression experienced by many in my own personal space as well as at Hope Chapel. You can access that blog post here.
May God’s peace keep us all,
–geno
On Sunday, January 17, Matt Ryniker spoke on the spiritual rot the so often creeps into our souls. He taught us that the only true help for this malaise is to turn to God and seek Him. This is easier said than done because we are feeling very estranged from God and unable to go to Him in prayer.
So Matt decided to help us by asking several Hope Chapel congregants to offer prayers on our behalf. Aubrey Johnson began that portion of our service with a very beautiful and substantive prayer which she had crafted prior to the sermon. I thought the prayer was very wonderful. Aubrey has given permission to publish her prayer.
You can find it on my personal blog here.
–geno
Dearly Beloved,
On August 27th at 7:00 p.m. in the Family Room we will be holding an informational meeting about the start-up of a Thursday Night Church service. Our current plan will be to start the Thursday Night Church services on the evening of September 24.
If you are interested in more details or in helping to shape this effort, please plan on participating in the gathering on August 27. I will be sharing some of my vision for the gathering as well as my hopes for its impact.
We also have a great need to find out who will be willing to help with the various components of the gathering from setting up chairs to running a computer & projector, to serving communion.
I look forward to seeing you on August 27th at 7:00 p.m.
–geno