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Church for the beaten up, the burned-out, and the just plain bored!
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Greetings!
Check out all that's going on at the Bridge!
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Upcoming Events
5/14/10 2nd Friday Sing 7pm @ Mike Villar's
5/16/10 Sunday worship 10:30 am @ Allegan High School
5/18/10 Prayer walk 7pm @ Lakeshore Pregnancy Center
5/19/10 Youth Group 7-9pm @ the Bird's
6/6/10 5th Sunday 9am @ the Bridge Building (141 Riverfront Plaza)
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
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2nd Friday Sing
 This Friday, May 14th will be our first "2nd Friday Sing" - an informal jam session at Mike Villar's house with some of the Bridge band members.
Everyone who feels like singing is welcome, parents we'll let you determine whether this would be something for your kids. Unlike most of our Bridge events, we are not planning on having food so you don't need to bring anything except your voices!
We'll start at 7pm and go until we feel like stopping. As long as there is sufficient interest we will do this on the second Friday of every month.
Directions to Mike Villar's House and the 2nd Friday Sing from the high school:
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Leave Allegan High School and turn
right
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Go down the hill to the traffic light,
turn left
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Go to next traffic light, turn right
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Continue on past Village Market on
M-222
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Pass A-37
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As you leave town and begin up the
hill, turn left on Hill Street
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(if you pass Immanuel Lutheran Church
you went too far)
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Mike's is the big, white house on the
right - you can't miss it.
Call me if you get lost 269-509-6458.
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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!
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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5th Sunday
 Our next 5th will actually occur on June 6 which you may have noticed is actually going to technically be a "1st Sunday" (since it's the first Sunday in June).
The reason for this is that the actual 5th Sunday falls on Memorial Day Weekend and we didn't want to have a service weekend when so many of our folks could be off celebrating with family and friends. So, we decided to postpone it until the following week.
So, on June 6th 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. More info to come as the date gets closer.
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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Service Opportunity -
Kick-off to Summer Learning
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.
If you are interested in helping out please contact Rachel Hill at rachel.hill@lpcenters.com.
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Pray
 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
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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