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November News and Notes
from Washington Area Coalition of Men's Ministries |
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Amazing Leap of Faith | |
On Sunday, October 14th, Felix Baumgartner, an Australian daredevil, made the highest, fastest jump in history. After seven years of preparation, he completed his daring fall of more than 24 miles, free-falling for over five and half minutes and reaching a speed of 833.9 miles per hour. After his successful fall, Baumgartner said,
"It was harder than I expected. Trust me, when you stand up there on top of the world, you become so humble. It's not about breaking records any more. It's not about getting scientific data. It's all about coming home."
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Tony Evans to Headline | |
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Our Next Men's Conference
Saturday March 23, 2013
New Antioch Baptist Church Randallstown MD
Tony Evans, Senior Pastor, Oak Cliff Bible Church in Dallas TX, best-selling author, and one of the most sought speakers in the nation will keynote.
Dr. Evans will be joined by keynoter
Jeff Kemp, former NFL quarterback for 11 years and now Vice Presient of Family Life in Little Rock Arkanasas
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A Gospel-Driven Prayer |
Jesus, the gospel declares me to be a whole lot worse off than I can imagine, and certainly a whole lot worse that I want to acknowledge. Jesus, I never needed you merely to be a moral model for me to follow. I never needed a religious experience or rules to obey, I needed you to live a life of perfect obedience for me. I needed you to fulfill all the demands of the law for me. Thank you for doing this perfectly, Jesus.
And I needed you to take my place upon the cross, receiving the punishment I deserve for all the ways I fall short of God's glory, breaking, ignoring, and going way beyond his law, and worst of all, worshiping other gods...
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Training Seminar Nov 17 | |
WACMM, in partnership with Man in the Mirror, will present a seminar called "Reaching Every Man"
Saturday November 17, 2012
South Potomac Church
White Plains MD
8:30 am - 12:30 pm.
The seminar will help you build a sustainable ministry to men in your church or take your current ministry to the next level. This is some of the best training available anywhere.
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Genderless Parenting | |
Genderless parenting while politically fashionable simply doesn't work. Men are designed to father; women to mother. God's design for the family is for a husband and a wife to fill different, but complementary, roles in the home. Even from nature we can see that God designed our sexual organs so that reproduction would involve a man and a woman. The raising of children is intended to be a couples-project, with a father and a mother excelling in different ways.
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Changing Lanes | |
Nearly every driver has had the experience. You look in your rear view and side view mirrors, hit the signal, and begin to drift into the next lane of traffic. Those routine procedures give you a sense of safety, so you turn your mind to the things ahead of you.
Then suddenly, you hear the loud horn blast. Your heart jumps into your throat, you swing the car back into your lane, and you make apologizing motions to the driver in the car you did not see...
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What is a Real Man? | |
In the Bible, two men offer us the definition of manhood. Those two men (Adam and Christ) have fundamentally shaped every man's destiny. They are called the first Adam and second Adam. Adam represents corrupt manhood and Christ represents authentic manhood. When contrasted, their lives reveal the definition of a
real man.
A Real Man is one who.....Rejects passivity; Accepts responsibility; Leads courageously; Expects the greater reward-God's reward.
The Apostle Paul tells us that he knew he had crossed over into manhood. In 1 Corinthians 13: 11 he writes, "When
I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child, BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN,
I did away with childish things."
Real manhood begins with surrender to Jesus Christ. What a man surrenders to will determine his outcome as a man. Real manhood repeatedly steps away from childish things. Real manhood means we courageously step up to whatever challenge, temptation or battle we face and do our duty, knowing and delighting in who we
are in Christ.
Check out these "man-on-the-street" interviews on "When Does a Boy Become a Man?
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What's Happening | |
Man on Fire Seminar
November 9 - 10, 2012
Cornerstone Church
Bowie MD
No Man Left Behind Conference
WACMM Open Meeting
Thursday December 6, 20012
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Immanuel Bible Church
Springfield VA
"No Sign-Up...Just Show Up!"
Weekend to Remember Confernce
Nov 30- Dec 2, 2012
Hyatt Regency Baltimore
300 Light Street (Inner Harbor)
Baltimore, MD
Gospel at Work Conference
with Os Guiness, Mark Dever & others
January 11-12, 2013
Covenant Life Church
Gaithersburg MD
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Brothers:
Feel free to contact us about how you can be part of WACMM and its mission to help local churches minister to men. Also, let us know if your church would like to host a WACMM event or if you would like to set up a meeting about either starting a ministry to men or taking the one you have now to the next level.
Have a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving,
Locking Arms Together, Dave Dave Brown Director and Pastor-at-Large Washington Area Coalition of Men's Ministries Chairman, Foundation for Manhood 10309 Freeman Place Kensington MD 2085 240-447-1363 dave@wacmm.org www.wacmm.org |
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