The End & Back Again: to the beginning
Returning to the Journey with Jesus in Mark’s Gospel: Part 4
Week 1. READ: Mark 8:1-38
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Feeding of the Four Thousand 8:1-10
Welcome to the heart of the gospel found in chapter 8. Mark uses reoccurring stories to tie his gospel together. This pattern is used by Mark in knitting...
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17Jul 2017
Bible Study (Week 8) “The end, the beginning” Part 3 Week of July 16
Week 8: READ: Mark 7:24-37
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There is an abrupt scene change as Jesus set course to leave Galilee and head to the gentile region of Phoenicia. This appears to be a solitary trip for Jesus and there is no indication that his disciples are anywhere to be seen. Why did Jesus up and leave Galilee...
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17Jul 2017
Bible Study (Week 7) “The end, the beginning” Part 3 Week of July 9
Week 7: READ: Mark 7:1-23
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As the next act begins, the mood has changed from the frenzy of the crowds wanting to touch Jesus as well as the throngs of people hauling their sick on mats so he could touch and heal them. This scene opens up with the religious leaders plotting against Jesus. They...
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07Jul 2017
Bible Study (Week 6) “The end, the beginning” Part 3 Week of July 2
Week 6: READ: Mark 6:30-56
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Do you remember a time when you did something on a “shoestring?” For those of you too young to be familiar with this saying, it refers to having fun or doing a project around your home for just a few dollars. It is quite amazing how far a couple hundred...
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05Jul 2017
2017 Golf for Grace Preschool Golf Scramble
Join us on Saturday, July 22. Lunch is served at 12 p.m. and first tee time is at 1:30 p.m. Macktown Golf Course, Rockton, Illinois. Cost is 75 per person....
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05Jul 2017
Grace Magic Waters Family Night July 12th
Join us as we cool off at the Magic Waters Waterpark! We will meet there from 5 to 8 p.m. for fun in the sun and water. $10.00 tickets after 3 p.m....
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09Jun 2017
Bible Study (Week 5) “The end, the beginning” Part 3 Week of June 18
Week 5: READ: Mark 6:14-29
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John the baptizer was in the line of the great Jewish prophets of the Old Testament. As Mark 1 tells us, God sent John to get people ready for the coming of the LORD. He was like a herald in the Roman Empire who came to announce the coming of...
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02Jun 2017
Bible Study (Week 4) “The end, the beginning” Part 3 Week of June 11
Week 4: READ: Mark 6:1-13
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Jesus returns to his hometown, though unnamed in Mark, identified as Nazareth in Luke and Matthew. It was a small out of the way village of about 400 people in Jesus’ day located twelve miles southwest of the Sea of Galilee. It was nothing compared to the Greek styled capital...
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01Jun 2017
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26May 2017
Bible Study (Week 3) “The end, the beginning” Part 3 Week of June 4
Week 3: READ: Mark 5:21-43
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Jesus and the disciples cross the sea one more time in chapters 4-5. The exact location along the shore of the Sea of Galilee is not given. They departed from the gentile dominated southeast side and were met immediately by a Jewish leader as they went ashore. This is a...
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