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Blog Entries - 2019

Esther Zengerle
Esther Zengerle

How to Stay the Course When Ministry Hurts

December 13, 2019

When I first went into ministry, I didn't know what a beautiful and painful journey it would be. Through the joys and the sorrows, I have learned that in order to complete my journey, I would need to retreat,

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Vanessa Shepherd
Vanessa Shepherd

The Good In The Awful

November 18, 2019

By Vanessa Shepherd The weekend forecast was stormy but all weather reports pointed to there being a few hours of break in the rain for my much anticipated yard sale, so at the first sign of things subsiding (with

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Melanie Stone
Melanie Stone

Pursuing Excellence, Not Perfection

October 15, 2019

By Melanie Stone   God excels at what He does; He does all things well. He’s perfect in every way. Psalm 8:1 O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory

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Danielle Hallberg
Danielle Hallberg

We All Crave More

October 9, 2019

By Danielle Hallberg I think it became real for me when I was approached by a young woman who had an eating disorder. She had just graduated high school, was in a ministry internship, and by all outward accounts she

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Kerri Weems
Kerri Weems

When God Is Your Job

September 30, 2019

By Kerri Weems One of the things we have to guard against as spiritual leaders is letting our relationship with God become a job that we have to do, rather than a relationship that we want to nurture. For

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Mark Kinman
Mark Kinman

With God-Like Pursuit

September 30, 2019

By Mark Kinman As a new church barely a year old, we are still changing things and adjusting areas due to growth so as to better meet the ministry needs within the church. Starting out however with a big vision and

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