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Church for the beaten up, the burned-out, and the just plain bored!
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Greetings!
Hope you're having a great week! Here's what's happening at the Bridge...
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Upcoming Events
6/6/10 5th Sunday 9am @ the Bridge Building (141
Riverfront Plaza)
6/8/10 Prayer walk 7:30pm @ Lakeshore Pregnancy Center
6/9/10 Youth Group 7-9pm @ the Bird's
6/9/10 Kick-off to
summer learning 5-7pm
6/13/10 Baptisms 1pm @ the DeKryger's
6/27/10 Tent City 4pm, June 27 - 9am, July 2
7/17/10 Bridge Band Concert to benefit
Lakeshore Pregnancy Center 7pm @ riverfront gazebo
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5th Sunday
 This Sunday, June 6th, is our next 5th Sunday!
We'll be cutting grass, washing cars, cleaning, pulling weeds, moving appliances and delivering groceries among other things. So, wear your old clothes and bring your
work gloves and come ready to serve the community of Allegan!
So, this Sunday we will not have a regular worship service but will meet at the Bridge Building (141 Riverfront Plaza in Allegan) at 9am and will serve in the community.
*******If you have them, we'll need lots of old towels, buckets,
sponges, sham-wows, squeegees, etc. and maybe some dish soap for our free car wash.
What is 5th Sunday?
Every quarter of the year there is a month that has a 5th Sunday. On
each of those 5th Sundays instead of our regular worship service the
Bridge will get out of our 4 walls
and serve the community.
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Tent City June 27 - July 2
Tent City is a local mission trip for jr. and sr. highers where we will
camp at TriPonds Campground and serve in
various places during the day.
Many
of you participated in Gun Lake Community Church's Tent City last year
and had a great time serving in both Allegan and Wayland.
Last year we sorted donated items
at a local second hand store, yard work/landscaping, painting, clean-up,
etc. and this year will be similar.
Bring your tent, your work clothes, your bathing suit and
your friends for the 2010 Tent City!
Cost: $40/teen
Contact Michele Bird at 269-509-6465 for more information or to sign up!
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- We are in need of adult leaders both during the day and at night. If you are interested and able please contact Michele.
- Anyone interested in providing a scholarship for a teen or other funds for Tent City you can put that in the offering box with a note that it should be used for Tent City.
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Service Opportunity -
Kick-off to Summer Learning
***THIS WEDNESDAY!***
The Kick-off to Summer Learning is Wednesday
June 9th from 5 to 7 and is a free
event for families, with games for the kids, food, a book sale,
information on services in the county, information on fun stuff to do
during the summer, firetruck, school bus, etc.
They usually have close
to 300 people show up representing around 100 families. They will have Subway sandwiches for the folks who show up and could use help with handing out the food, people to provide some desserts and/or chips.
There may also be opportunities to help at
other booths with crafts and games and stuff like that.
They are in need of people who would be willing to provide desserts for this event. If you would be willing to help out please contact Rachel Hill at rachel.hill@lpcenters.com.
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Baptisms
Some things to remember about our baptisms on Sunday, June 13 at 1pm:
- bring picnic lunches
- hang out after the baptism service for some fun family time with
swimming or relaxing by the lake
- bring lawn chairs, suits and towels, picnic blankets, etc.
-everyone is invited!
We will picnic first and plan on starting the baptisms around 2pm.
Directions:
Take M222 to 24th St. (look for Miner Lake
public access sign because the street sign is missing). Go North until
it "T's" into 118th Ave. Turn left (West) and go about 100 ft to Stoney Point
Dr., turn right. Go about ¾ mile down curving left into the woods. Stay right at the next fork. The next house is ours. 1958 Stoney Point
Dr.
You can park in our driveway or
down by the two brown barns.
Give us a call if you need to: 673-6336
If you are interested in being baptized on June 13 please get a hold of Roger at 269-509-6458 or roger@thebridgeinallegan.com. |
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Bridge Band Benefit Concert
WHO: The Bridge Band
WHAT: A concert in the gazebo
WHERE: Allegan's riverfront
WHEN: July 17 @ 7pm
WHY: To benefit Allegan's Lakeshore Pregnancy Clinic
Concessions will be provided by the Bridge and Fat Mike's BBQ. All proceeds will go to benefit the LPC.
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Pray
 Please pray for Michele Bird's brother, Scott. Scott has battled cancer on and off for the last 10 years. He recently had a large lump removed from his neck and while he was undergoing chemo and radiation another lump grew from the size of a pea to the size of a lemon in just about a week.
Scott is now in Houston (he lives in Mississippi) and is undergoing multiple tests trying to figure out what kind of cancer he is dealing with and how best to treat it.
Please pray for miracles.
~Roger
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Philippians 1v.3-11
3 Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.4 Whenever
I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy,5 for
you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from
the time you first heard it until now.6 And I am
certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His
work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
7 So it is right
that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special
place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in
my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good
News.8 God knows how much I love you and long for you
with the tender compassion of Christ Jesus.
9 I pray that your love will
overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge
and understanding.10 For I want you to understand what
really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the
day of Christ's return.11 May you always be filled with
the fruit of your salvation-the righteous character produced in your
life by Jesus Christ
-for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
~Roger
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If you need us to pray for you please email us at
prayer@thebridgeinallegan.com.
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What is the Bridge?
The Bridge is a church in Allegan, Michigan that
is for the beaten-up, the burned-out, and the just plain bored. If you spend time with us, you will hear that a
lot - it is a central idea of how we want to interact with the community
around us.
We want to be a place that
reflects the love of Jesus. Everyone is welcome, with
no prerequisites of church background or prior belief. Bring your faith
and your doubt, your joy and your tears, your praise and your
selfishness. We're not perfect, but we'll love you as best as we can.
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