advent conspiracy
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In December, as part of the Advent Conspiracy, we decided to give the entire offering from one Sunday (December 18) to 3 mission opportunities. The offering that Sunday was $54,944.99! We were excited to be able to share the money in these ways: Kids Across America Camp Scholarships: $5,250 – which will send 30+ kids […]
Continue Readingadvent conspiracy [worship fully]: andrea alford
I read the names, and I remember their stories. Tamar…twice widowed, tricks her father-in-law into sleeping with her so she can conceive, bear a child and cement her place in Judah’s line. Rahab…a prostitute who hides Israelite spies and helps them capture her city. Bathsheba, or the one ‘who had been Uriah’s wife’…the woman with […]
Continue Readingadvent conspiracy [worship fully]: Shane Warbington
In the christian community we often evaluate our corporate gatherings and our personal times of worship and then we give ourselves points based on certain responses. “Boy I sure sang loud today….I really am a worshipper!” When my daughters were 5 and 6 years old a relative showed them a red corvette and this person […]
Continue Readingadvent conspiracy [love all]: Andrea Alford
Love all… My life is messy. I’d bet real money that yours is, too, and that admitting this to each other is, at once, the most difficult and most freeing thing any two people can do. So here, I’ll go first: I’m a mess. My schedule is insane, I never seem to be able to […]
Continue Readingadvent conspiracy [love all]: Tanja Jameson
“Let every heart prepare Him room…” We sing those words every year, know them by heart. Sang them just a few weeks ago in church, in fact. But as I sang that day my voice snagged on the phrase, caught on the joy delivered in Isaac Watts’ lyrical command to “prepare Him room.” As many […]
Continue Readingadvent conspiracy [spend less]: Alison Chino
As we look for ways to spend less, we thought it might be fun to share some creative gift ideas. This was originally posted by Alison last Saturday, Dec. 3, in conjunction with the Women’s Christmas Brunch at FN. ten ideas for teacher christmas gifts For our women’s event today at church, I am doing a […]
Continue Readingadvent conspiracy [spend less]: Taido Chino
I have a problem. Lots of them actually. Problem #1: I like things more than I should. I wish that I could say that I am immune from the all-powerful appeal of the latest shiny gadget, but I’m not. I even own one or two of those pretty glossy pieces of technology. But they aren’t […]
Continue Readingadvent conspiracy [spend less]: Inés McBryde
The first time I heard about Dave Ramsey, my husband was trying to drag me to one of his 13-week finance classes. I basically said “no way José”. I thought I had a handle on “my money” and no one needed to “tell me what to do with it.” He insisted for months. Even took […]
Continue Readingadvent conspiracy [spend less]: Rachel Pinto
What do you really want? Waterdeep is, in my opinion, one of the best bands of the last 20 years. Never mind that they have a smaller following than, say, Limp Bizkit or Matchbox 20 or LMFAO. They are awesome. I started listening to them circa 1997 and I simply have not stopped. Because of […]
Continue Readingadvent conspiracy [spend less]: Jen Holsted
Spending less is a relatively easy notion for me. I come from a long line of penny pinchers. David and I have actually done pretty well over the years of not spending too much at Christmas. None of the adults in my family exchange gifts, we set spending limits for each other, and we only […]
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