Current Worship Theme
Growing Pains
Whether it is in our personal lives or through our experiences with our children or grandchildren we know the bitter sweet feelings of growing pains. Churches can experience something similar. As the school year comes to a close and as we embrace a plethora of life-transitions, let’s spend some time contemplating what we’re going through as individuals, as families, as a church.
Messages in this Worship Theme
- May 05 – Change Isn’t Always the Enemy
- May 12 – Just Breathe…”Lord, help me get to the finish line”
- May 19 – Step Back And See the Big Picture
- May 26 – Transitions: Letting Go & Staying Hopeful
- June 02 –Already Outgrown: Bigger Than We’ve Been, Smaller Than We Think
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Key text: Exodus 3:1-7, 9-12a (NLT)
Key texts: Isaiah 40:28-31 (NIV) Philippians 1:6 (NASB) Romans 5:3-4 (NIV)
Whether it is in our personal lives or through our experiences with our children or grandchildren we know the bitter sweet feelings of growing pains. Churches can experience something similar. As the school year comes to a close and as we embrace a plethora of life-transitions, let’s spend some time contemplating what we’re going through…
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Key text: Luke 15 (ESV)
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