Dear Springs of Grace Family and Friends, Would you consider joining me on Tuesday, May 15th for a time of prayer and fasting directed towards the Summer Ministry at Springs of Grace and One Hope? We believe that we are powerless to accomplish anything of eternal significance – anything that truly matters – apart from…
"…to the praise of the glory of His grace…" Ephesians 1:6
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We are looking for individuals and families who will commit to partnering with interns this summer as they minister and serve at One Hope Ministry. Those partnering with an intern commit to: – Praying regularly for their assigned intern – Asking their assigned intern regularly about personal/ministry prayer requests – Being an encouragement and support…
May this story become the story of way more children in our city and may many of them find a home with families of Springs of Grace. Rescued Posted on 03.30.12 by Maggie Paulus When I was just a little girl, like a wee little thing, I had a different mom and dad. And they…
I hope this helps you pray for those around you. Brother Joe Amazing: The Poorest Households Spend 9% of Their Income on Lottery Tickets By Derek Thompson Mar 31 2012, 11:52 AM ET149 The Mega Millions jackpot makes this the week to talk about lottery economics, so here’s a whopper: Households earning less than $13,000…
I love the church. I love going to church and I love new people coming to church but Easter church attendance scares me. It is possible to come to church and be worse off than when you came. The Apostle Paul told some Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 11:17 that when they came to church is…
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…
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.
I thought this blog post by Tim Challie’s offered very sane and biblical advice about this phenomenon. KONY 2012
These last couple weeks, Jack left for Kenya and I got sick, but life goes on in Tanzania. We spent time in Engikaret with Maasai, went out to visit some HIV widows and children in Arusha, been working on Faces 4 Hope information and attended several parties for Hannah’s 4th B’day, along with a trip…
I was asked to submit my top five quotes today for a project on parenting, coaching and life. This list would change most any time depending on when I was asked but these are some good ones. Here they are if you are interested. My Top 5 would all be Bible verses so I gave…