our purpose
| we understand that
the Bridge (any bridge)
is not a destination
but a connection that is meant to be crossed.
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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!
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4/25/10 sunday a.m. worship
10:30am @ Allegan High School
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4/2710 prayer walking
7pm @ Lakeshore Pregnancy Center downtown Allegan
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4/28/10 jr.&sr. high hang out
7pm @ the Bird's house
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| podcast | Bridge Podcast!
Click here to listen to messages from the Bridge.
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roger's blog
| "...and there's nothing
you can do about it."
connect with Roger throughout the week via his blog: rogerbird.wordpress.com
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 | sunday worship | - dress is casual
- worship is contemporary
- attitude is relaxed
You don't need to have it all together to come to the Bridge. It's OK to just check things out. Bring your beliefs, your doubts and your questions.
You are welcome here.
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this sunday
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Matthew 6v.5-18
Our Father in heaven,
may Your name
be kept holy.
10 May Your Kingdom come soon.
May Your will be
done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today the food we need,
12 and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
13 And don't let us yield to temptation,
but rescue us from the evil one.
We will finish up this passage this week looking at what the Lord's Prayer teaches us about God and ourselves.
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bridgekids this week!
| Clearing the TempleSunday, April 25
Episode #2: Accept-What was Paul's attitude
toward unchurched people? 2 Corinthians 5:17 Set yer' KIDMO
sails for CATCH, the land where we CATCH God's vision to work and grow together.
Join Johnny and Beachcomber
Burt as they search for the hidden Treasure
God has placed in each one of us. This series focuses on the
beginning of the church, the importance of being plugged in and C ONNECTED to the
body. The life of Paul shows us how to A CCEPT and T REASURE others, face C HALLENGES when
times get tough, and H
ONOR others as Jesus did. Grab your swim trunks and dive into
the depths of God's word and discover how God has designed us to be a
light to the world.
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| tent city
june 20-25
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 Attention Jr. and Sr. Highers, June 20-25 will be the Bridge's first Tent City local mission trip. 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. We will camp at Tri-Ponds Campgroundand serve in various places during the day. Last year we sorted donated items at a local second hand store, yard work/landscaping, painting, clean-up, etc. Bring your tent, your work clothes, your bathing suit and your friends for the 2010 Tent City! TRI-PONDSTriPonds is a beautiful 60 acre camp with tall shade trees, refreshing ponds,
pool, and big fields for games. Some of the activities they offer are: Swimming Basketball Softball Bicycling...paved
campground, or scenic county routes Volleyball Hiking: campus woods or local trails Horseshoes Playground Petting Zoo We are also possibly planning a half-day kayak trip on the Kalamazoo River! __________________________ |
| the Bridge on facebook
facebook.com/thebridgeinallegan
|  Hey, the Bridge has a Facebook page now instead of just a Facebook group!
Make sure to friend us and stay in touch at facebook.com/thebridgeinallegan!
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| what i'm reading
|  a generous orthodoxy- Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant,
liberal/conservative, mystical/poetic, biblical,
charismatic/contemplative, fundamentalist/calvinist,
anabaptist/anglican, methodist, catholic, green, incarnational,
depressed-yet-hopeful, emergent, unfinished Christian.by Brian D. McLaren__________________________ |
| freedom in Christ
if the Son sets you free, you are truly free
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The Mission
Statement of Set Free Ministries is to set captives free from Satan's
bondage through Christ's power and prayer, by encouraging them to know
and walk in God's Word.
__________________________ At the Bridge we have always acknowledged that none us of has it all together and that we are all in the process of "crossing together" to connect to God, each other, and our community.
To help us "cross" more effectively, Bridge folks, Lisa DeKryger, Martha Mark, and Jody Black, are all currently completing Freedom in Christ training for Set Free Ministries. This training will give them some skills to help all of us get free from more of the garbage that entangles us and pulls us down and keeps us from being all that God has for us to be.
If you are interested in finding out more about getting free from the junk in your life contact Lisa DeKryger at lisa@crossingtogether.com.
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| starting point class
sign up
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Even though things have gotten pushed back a little bit, we are STILL planning on offering another Starting Point classfor people who haven't had a chance to take it yet.
If you haven't taken the Starting Point class yet and would like to please email me(if you just tell me on Sunday morning I WILL forget, so please send it to me in writing. Thanks!)
For those who don't know, our Starting Point class is
the first of three classes that we will offer to help our folks move
into deeper relationships with God, each other, and to the community of
Allegan. Our next class - Connecting Point, which will help us move deeper into
relationships with one another - will be offered, hopefully, sometime
in April. Our third class - What's Your Point?, which will help us discover how
God has designed us, how He has gifted us, and where He is calling us
to serve - will be offered later this summer.
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| roger's blog
rogerbird.wordpress.com
|  I'd like to invite you to my blog "...and there's nothing you can do about it".
It consists of my ramblings on some random things, some funny things, hopefully some profound things... and also mp3's of the Sunday messages from the Bridge.
Check back to it often and make sure to add your own comments and questions - they may give me more ideas for things to write about.
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Pray for the people around us to be hungry for God and that they would see Him in us.
Pray
for God to lead us in and provide leaders for the planting of our next church(es).
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Colossians 4v.2-62Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3And
pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we
may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
4Pray that I may proclaim it clearly,
as I should.
5Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
~Roger
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If you have prayer requests please email them to: prayer@thebridgeinallegan.com.
If the prayer request that you send in is about someone else, please make sure you have their permission first!
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