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The New Testament is full of stories of people who had dramatic encounters with Jesus. Now, an encounter with Jesus was different from a meeting with him. Encountering Jesus was not the kind of event where you would go home and tell your spouse, and/or family, "Hey, I ran into this interesting guy today named Jesus...what's for dinner?" An encounter with Jesus involved being brought face-to-face with the choice between eternal life with God, or eternal separation apart from God. Once they realized who this Jesus was, all of their hopes and fears, all the possibilities of Heaven and Hell, were bound up in their response to this life-altering encounter.
Over the next two months, we will spend time each Sunday, exploring the New Testament for individuals who didn't just meet Jesus, but encountered Jesus. An encounter that provided unconditional love and acceptance, physical healing, hope, peace, purpose, joy, and most important...salvation! |
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We begin a three week series called, "Blueprints for the church". The purpose for this series is to walk through the three key biblical roles (pastor/elder, deacon, church member) that make up the local church. Leaning on the practices of the New Testament church, we will take a behind-the-scenes peek at the biblical expectations for these three roles. My hope and prayer is that, throughout this series, each one of us will take time to pray and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the role we are to fulfill at Calvary Parkside. Whether it be as an elder, deacon, Sunday school teacher, greeter, or working behind-the-scenes, of all us have a role to play in building up God's church.
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We embark on a four week journey focusing on who we are and what we do. As we look to the future and embrace where God is taking us as Calvary Parkside, we will take time to look back at the core values on which this church was founded. Core values (core commitments) designed to grow us and shape us into the likeness of Jesus.
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