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Day One with WI-VIMers

Today was the first day with the WI-Vimers at our work sites.
We are working on two work sites at this point in the week.  The first is continued work on the Liberty Street Project.  It was a great day.  Since most of this crew were here last year it was right to work since the [...]

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Countdown to Mission to GCCP

Tonight an e-mail was sent to our 2010 GCCP Mission Team members and/or their parents reminding them of things they might want to pack for the mission week to God’s Country Cooperative Parish.  At this time in the evening (8 p.m.) four days from now we will be wrapping up our orientation session at Newberry [...]

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GCCP Mission Week & More

Our week of mission to GCCP will be here before we know it!  We will leave after our church service at Grace UMC on June 13th about 11 -11:30 a.m.   We will meet with Katie Peterson, our contact and leader for the week and her interns, at 7 p.m. at the Newberry United Methodist Church.  [...]

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We Never Know The Time or Where or Why

As many of you know if there was anyone who was surprised by my need for emergency surgery last Wednesday it was me.  But there you have it.  Pain, nausea and so on called on me to ask Dan to take me to the emergency room.  It was only a short while before the surgical [...]

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Schedule News

This is a busy time of year and so we are going to be making some changes in our schedule during the month of April.  Please note that the following will be ONLY for April.
First Saturday, April 3rd, Cypress Manor, CANCELED
Second Saturday, April 10th, the Guys will sing at Houghton County Medical Care at 2 [...]

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Hosanna — It’s Palm Sunday and More

Some years ago I (Julie) was at a conference in New Orleans and was still in the city on Palm Sunday.  What a gift that experience has come to be for my faith walk.  I decided to skip the morning activities at the conference (it wasn’t a Christian Conference, but a work related one) and [...]

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Thoughts on Thursday

There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven…
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)
Winter is evident all over –even locations where snow and cold temperatures are not the norm.  Each day of winter brings us closer to spring.  And to summer.  And to our season of mission.  Here is how our season of mission [...]

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More About the “Break Your Cabin Fever” Event

Below is the news release that was sent out to the media about the “Break The Cabin Fever” event.  Enjoy.
Jan. 13 — Newberry – Step out of your house, get out of your routine and attend “Break Your Cabin Fever” Sat., Jan. 30th at the Newberry United Methodist Church.  The event is scheduled for 1 [...]

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BREAK YOUR CABIN FEVER!

The flyer says it all (double click on image to make it full size):

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Joy of Sharing Life

Each month September through May the Amazing Grace Praise Band travels around to four area nursing homes and sings and shares with the residents.  This was our first ministry and continues to be one that provides great joy, not only to the residents of the nursing homes, but also to the members of the band.
While [...]

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