the Bridge e-news
church for the beaten up, the burned out, and the just plain bored September 24, 2009
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our mission
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at the Bridge we are
Crossing Together
to connect to:
God,
each other,
the community of Allegan
and new communities as we plant new churches
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don't miss it!
| september 27 @ 10:30am
sunday worship
allegan high school
september 27 @ 1:30pm
bridge starting point class
Mike Villar's house
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podcast
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this sunday
| healing at the pool
"Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3Here a great number of disabled people used to lie-the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.[b] 5One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When
Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this
condition for a long time, he asked him, 'Do you want to get well?'"
john 5v.2-5
The story of the healing at the pool is important for us today because there are things in each of our lives that "cripple" us and keep us from walking with Jesus the way we should and the way we want to.
When Jesus met the crippled man at the pool He asked him one question, "Do you want to get well?" This week at the Bridge, we'll be asking the same question and then be praying for one another in expectation that God will answer our prayers and that we will see healing in our midst!
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this week in kidmo
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Super U
Sunday, September 27
Episode #2:
World Changers trust God. Noah trusted God in tough times.
Proverbs 3:5, 6
It's time to unleash the Super-U inside. In these power packed episodes Johnny Rogers will take you to God's action hero boot camp to raise up the Superhero you were created to be. We'll discover how a World Changer Chooses Wisely, Trusts God, Lives Life on Purpose, Hangs Tough and Takes Risks for God. Yes Super Ones, God can use us in Super-Incredible ways! We'll need to suit up against the enemy and take action against distraction with the help of General Admission and his twin brother Major Idea. You'll be fully equipped as Super-U delivers the Compass Points specifically designed for heroes in the making. And you'll hear the debut of Superhero, the powerful worship song from K'MOTION. So man your stations and get ready to make your life count!
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Wow, September is flying by! There is lots going on at the Bridge, read on to find out more...
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Lakeshore Pregnancy Center - Volunteer Opportunity
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Would
you like to impact lives here and for eternity? We need you! Lakeshore Pregnancy Center of
Allegan is looking for volunteer receptionists, women to work with our female clients,
and men to work with our male clients!
If you love God and want to
serve others, here is your opportunity! Our fall training is coming up,
evenings, late October and early November. Call Rachel at 686-7111 for
all the details.
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Macatawa Bank Partners with Dave Ramsey to offer Financial Peace University classes FREE!
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Want to Lower Your Debt? Increase Your Savings? Live Better While Spending Less? Macatawa Bank wants to help you get out of
debt, stay out of debt, and build wealth, so they have partnered with
Dave Ramsey to offer Financial Peace University classes. What is Financial Peace University (FPU)?
· FPU is the most effective course on personal finance in America!
· More than 750,000 families have attended FPU.
· The average family completing the course eliminates $5,300 in debt while saving $2,700 in just 91 days!
· The program features 13 exciting and entertaining lessons taught on DVD by Dave Ramsey.
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After the video, small-group discussions target our behaviors about
money as we work together to save like never before, eliminate debt,
and build wealth!
· FPU membership includes the Financial Peace University Membership Kit which contains everything you need, such as:
· Lifetime membership to FPU-attend any class, anywhere, anytime, as often as you wish!
· Member Workbook
· Budgeting forms and formulas
· Dave's best-selling book, Financial Peace Revisited
· Envelope system
· Audio CD library with all 13 FPU lessons, two bonus CDs and much more!Free Financial Peace University Membership When you sign up for FPU and open a Macatawa Bank Freedom Package, you'll receive Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University FREE.
This package includes a Freedom Goal 4 It Savings account to build your
emergency fund, tied to a Freedom Checking Account. Offer available
while supplies last or through December 31, 2009. Stop by any Macatawa
Bank branch today!
Go to daveramsey.com to find a Financial Peace
University class in your area, and be sure to check out the three
Macatawa Bank locations in Holland and Grand Rapids that will be
offering classes starting the first week of October.
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dunk tank @ allegan county fair
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We had a great time in the dunk tank at Allegan County Fair! We had over 30 people participate, 7 people do their time in the dunk tank, and we raised about $375 for Love INC!
For the entire week of the fair the dunk tank brought in $1,200 for Love INC. Thanks to everyone who helped out at the booth and made the alleganchurches.com dunk tank a success!
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red cross blood drive
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Thanks also to everyone who helped out at the American Red Cross blood drive on Thursday. The ARC's goal for us for the day was 43 successful donors and we had 50!
Thanks especially to Brandon Andrus who put it all together for us! It was another great way for the Bridge to connect to and to serve Allegan. Great job!
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prayer
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DROP THE ROCKS !!!
by Lisa
DeKryger
I don't know about you, but I was
convicted during the sermon Sunday to DROP
THE ROCKS that I was holding, cocked and ready to fire at people in
my life who have hurt me and the ones that I love. It is easy to condemn those
who seem to be so blatant in their sin, leaving a trail of destruction in their
path, breaking the hearts of the ones that we love, messing up our lives with
their poor decisions. It is much more difficult to drop the rocks because it seems like we are letting them off
the hook, letting them "get away with it"!!! And what about those
who just keep on offending and hurting us over and over again!
Well, fortunately, we don't get to
pick those who can receive God's grace. It is available to all and that
means it is available to us when we fall short, too. I need the same grace as
those who hurt me do. Thank goodness others don't get to decide whether
I should be condemned or not, because I certainly have done things that have
hurt people. "If anyone of you is
without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone. . .those who heard began to
go away one at a time". Let's drop the rocks, too, and see what God can
do through his grace to transform and restore people's lives just as he
has done in our own lives!
Prayer Focus
for this week:
- Take
some time to consider how your own sin has hurt those around you. Thank
God for the abundant grace that He has given you for the mistakes you have
made.
- Pray
that God would help you extend grace to those who you would like to throw
rocks at in the same way that He has extended grace to you.
- Pray
for those who hurt you, that they would be transformed and restored by the
grace of God and find freedom in Him.
- If
you are in an LTG, spend some time confessing to each other about who you
are aiming your rocks at and pray together about it.
- Pray
that we at The Bridge would be so filled with the knowledge of God's
grace in our own lives that it would overflow into the Allegan community
and surrounding areas. That our reputation would be one of love, acceptance,
and GRACE!
please email your prayer requests to: prayer@crossingtogether.com.
If your prayer request is for someone else, please make sure you have their permission to share the information before sending it in.
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what i'm reading
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Erwin McManus offers a vision of the Church taking its rightful place - an unstoppable force created to change the world!
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The Bridge in Allegan
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