By Jannette Weaver Each year one of my favorite things to do in the Christmas season is to place my nativity sets – as in plural. I love my nativities. Each one holds a special meaning in my heart. I usually set the wise men of my nativities across the room from the baby Jesus. … Continue reading Missing Piece
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Deeply Rooted in Christ October 22, 2022
Saturday, October 22, 2022 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Golden Avenue Baptist Church558 S Golden Avenue, Springfield, Missouri Register at https://goldenavenuebaptistchurch.org/ Cost = $10 (Includes Lunch) Workshops ….Workshops …Workshops· Finding the Treasure in the Book · Prayer that Changes Me · Rooted in Worship · Lifestyle Discipleship Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in… Continue reading Deeply Rooted in Christ October 22, 2022
Deeply Rooted in Christ August 20, 2022
Saturday, August 20, 2022 Mission Baptist Church Washburn, Missouri Workshops ….Workshops …Workshops· Time in the Word · Prayer · Worship · Discipleship Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed and overflowing with… Continue reading Deeply Rooted in Christ August 20, 2022
It’s a Jesus Book
By JaDonna Brattin I have just had an experience of a lifetime! Being the preschool storyteller for Vacation Bible School is always an adventure. If you have spent any time at all with 3- and 4-year old’s, then you probably have at least one cute story to tell and maybe even a fresh perspective on… Continue reading It’s a Jesus Book
Plans
By Mendi Behnen I recently worked my obligatory “quarantine” jigsaw puzzle. It was an amazing scene from the Grand Canyon and I was looking forward to watching it come together as I pulled out the pieces, searching for all of the ones that would form the border. However, they were the strangest pieces I had… Continue reading Plans
Perspective
By Mendi Behnen Last week my grandson was at my house with a great need to be busy. So, I put him to work helping me fold laundry and put it away. He carried a maroon hand towel and washcloth to the hall bath and stopped short at the shelf where he knew they belonged.… Continue reading Perspective
Spaghetti Therapy
By Mendi Behnen One of my friends taught me about what she calls “Spaghetti Therapy.” She found herself following a pattern of negative self-talk, and recognized it was time to start taking those thoughts captive and making them obedient to Jesus Christ …thus the start of her Spaghetti Therapy. As I explain this process you… Continue reading Spaghetti Therapy
The Shepherds and the Sacrifice
By Mendi Behnen Each year at Christmas our family reads from Luke 2:4-20. This is likely a passage with which you are also very familiar. It tells of the birth of Jesus and verse 8 tells us, “In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their… Continue reading The Shepherds and the Sacrifice
Give Thanks
By Mendi Behnen As Thanksgiving approaches, I am reading Luke 17:11-19 which is about a man who is known for giving thanks. Luke tells us about how Jesus sees ten men with leprosy as he was traveling along the border of Samaria and Galilee. They recognize that He is Master …even over disease, so they… Continue reading Give Thanks
Transformation Weekend 2019
Saturday, October 26 Golden Avenue Baptist Church Springfield, Missouri Workshops ….Workshops …Workshops …Workshops · Integrity · Peacemaking · Faithfulness · Submission · Forgiveness · Spirit-Controlled · Godly Moms · Compassion · Encouragement · Identity Your beauty should … be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s Sight. ~1 Peter 3:3-4 Bring… Continue reading Transformation Weekend 2019