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March 2017 Newsletter
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22Mar 2017
10Mar 2017
Bible Study “The End, The Beginning” Week 8
Week 8: READ: Mark 2:23-3:6
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The final scene before intermission links two conflict stories both addressing the question of what is acceptable behavior on the Sabbath. These questions were of obvious importance for Mark to include these stories of Jesus in his Gospel. What are the questions or conflicts we face as a faith...
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03Mar 2017
Bible Study “The End, The Beginning” Week 7
Week 7: READ: Mark 2:13-22
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Imagine the chaotic scene of the luncheon at Levi’s house. There were many tax collector friends of Levi and other sinner friends all sitting together with Jesus and his disciples in what is a typically small Galilean home. The religious leaders of the community, the scribes of the Pharisees who...
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24Feb 2017
February 21, 2017 Newsletter and March 2017 Calendar
Read all our thank-you's this month and see pictures of Pastor Dahlseng's 10 year celebration dinner. Check out all our upcoming events!
February 21, 2017 Newsletter
March 2017 Calendar...
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24Feb 2017
Bible Study “The End, The Beginning” Week 6
Week 6: READ: Mark 2:1-12
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The story of the healing of a man who was paralyzed in the village of Capernaum marks the first of five stories that involve controversy in this collection of conflict stories in Mark: 2:1-12, 15-17, 18-22, 23-28 and 3:1-6. While much of Mark lacks attention to detail and structure,...
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20Feb 2017
Bible Study “The End, The Beginning” Week Five
READ: Mark 1:40-45
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The curtain rises. There is a scene change. There is no background noted. The simple scene is an exchange between Jesus and another man who is kneeling before him by the side of the road. This is a healing story of a man with leprosy.
We do not hear much about leprosy...
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10Feb 2017
Bible Study “The End, The Beginning” Week Four
Week 4: Mark 1:29-39
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The agent of time has often been used to tie stories together. Three stories are knit together by time (as soon as they left the synagogue, v. 29; that evening, v. 32; and, in the morning v. 35). Mark uses this tool of writing to unite these oral stories of Jesus and...
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03Feb 2017
Bible Study “The End, The Beginning” Week 3
Mark 1:21-28
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Jesus and his new-found followers come ashore from the Sea to city of Capernaum. The way the call of the first four disciples is arranged just prior to this narrative, it may suggest that the boat that Zebedee and his hired hands were anchored in was located on the edge of Capernaum. With...
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27Jan 2017
Bible Study “The End, The Beginning” Week 2
Week 2: READ: Mark 1:14-20
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Mark foreshadows the purpose of Jesus’ ministry even before it begins: Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news, (14b-15). The main message of Jesus in Mark, Matthew...
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27Jan 2017
January Newsletter and February Calendar
See how our holiday season went...and our upcoming events at Grace.
February Calendar and Worship Teams
January 2017 Newsletter
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