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Passion Week: Things that happened on Tuesday

Passion Week: Texts that describe what happened on Tuesday With help from the ESV Study Bible, here’s an attempted harmony/chronology of the words and actions of Jesus in the final week of his pre-resurrection life. ——————————————————————————– Jesus’ disciples see the withered fig tree on their return to Jerusalem from Bethany Matthew 21:20-22 When the disciples…

PASSION WEEK SCHEDULE at Springs of Grace

Passion Week Schedule Sunday, April 1st : Block Party at Rose Bowl from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Bring the whole family for hot dogs, games, and fellowship with our neighbors Monday: Prayer Time in the Sanctuary from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Tuesday: Prayer Time in the Sanctuary from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m…

5 BIG DEALS FOR THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 1st

Sunday is a very big day in the life of Springs of Grace. 5 BIG EVENTS 1) This Sunday we will have the privilege of sending out Lane and Sarah Frantz and their family in the new work they are beginning out in Kellyville. Several weeks ago, Lane shared with Pastor Joe and then the…

Post-racial country – not hardly

Please take the time to read this and THINK and PRAY and ask God for grace and wisdom and faith to act. You can read it on their blog with all the pictures here: http://thephilpotfamily.blogspot.com/2012/03/dear-trayvons-mom.html March 26, 2012 Dear Trayvon’s Mom I noticed a friend had shared this, and I thought I’d repost it here…

Martyred on 3/18/2012

Here’s the Fox News story on Joel Shrum that I spoke of this morning. It seems he ran like the winners run! Now he has the prize – Christ-likeness in the presence of Christ. Al Qaeda-linked group claims it killed American teacher in Yemen for Christian proselytizing Published March 18, 2012 SANAA, Yemen – A…

Sing like you mean it!

I want to be a dad like this.

Dad’s, Sing Like You Mean It Because Your Kids Are Watching
by Stephen Altrogge on March 13, 2012

[This was written by a man in my church named Keith McCracken. May we be inspired by the example of Keith’s father.]

My father was a wonderfully eccentric man. He was a quick witted recluse and a virtual Picasso of mechanicalia. He worked third shift (11:00PM to 7:00AM) for 37 years (without missing a day or ever being late) so as to avoid having his talents “supervised into obscurity.” To most people outside of his family he was hard to understand and blissfully unconcerned with anyone else’s opinion of him. But despite all of that he was very overt about his faith in, and love for, our Savior Jesus Christ.

Summer Ministry – Please Read

March 12th, 2012 Dear church family or friend of Springs of Grace, Grace and peace from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This past year the Lord has challenged us as a faith family with several truths. Through the young lady, Jehoshabeath who leveraged her influence as the sister of the king to rescue the…

Criticism

“I do the very best I know how-the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what’s said about me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten thousand angels swearing I was right would not…

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